* Milburn promotion would be snub to chancellor
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Tony Blair last night appeared determined to give his close ally Alan Milburn a &quot;senior and serious job in cabinet&quot; in a move that would test the prime minister&#39;s relationship with Gordon Brown, the chancellor.
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Don't count on the possibility that Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., might run for president next year as an independent.
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Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp has turned down an offer to succeed Sam Allardyce as Newcastle manager, according to reports here on Saturday.
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Claims Gordon Brown pushed through an honour nomination for a friend are denied.
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GORDON Brown will not challenge Tony Blair for the leadership of the Labour party because he will do nothing to jeopardise the party&#39;s election prospects, friends of the chancellor said yesterday.
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tordia writes &quot;Bruce Schneier has come out against a plan proposed by the Missouri Secretary of State, Matt Blunt. Blunt&#39;s proposal would allow &quot;soldiers at remote duty stations or in combat areas cast their
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John Robertson may have been given the most ringing of endorsements by Craig Levein, but Hearts&#39; new head coach is determined to stifle the recruitment plans of his predecessor.
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Â·President was expected to turn down offer of post Â·Plan to 'continue our joint work' with Medvedev
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Â· Chancellor to seek longer detention without chargeÂ· Parliamentary and judicial oversight 'to guard rights'
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President Kibaki yesterday declined a request by Nithi MP Petkey Miriti to rename the Chuka District Hospital after him. &quot;What we need are good services in this hospital and not a change of name,&quot; he said.
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Ed Firmage is a boring academic gasbag. Where did he derive his ability to know the mind and will of God? He undermined at every opportunity the president and all efforts to bring democracy to Iraq.
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Business & money: Â· Fund chiefs stonewall on domicile questionÂ· MPs expected to demand answers next week
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Gordon Strachan turned down the chance to become Portsmouth boss so he didn&#39;t sour memories of his time at Southampton. The Scot, who left Saints in February, felt his recent St Mary&#39;s connections made it uncomfortable for him.
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Humiliated Ministers still not ruling out Yorkshire vote MINISTERS have refused to close the door on a referendum vote for a Yorkshire mini-parliament, despite the rejection of a regional assembly in the ...
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The Cabinet is to meet after one of the most vexed reshuffles of the PM's tenure, with Alan Milburn returning.
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Dirty uncle not welcome Leader of the Ubuntu tribe Mark Shuttleworth has no plans to invite dirty uncle Microsoft over for patent protection talks.â¦
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Senior Liberal Democrats yesterday moved to clear the way for the election of their new leader tomorrow by rejecting an appeal by David Cameron to join him in a new 'progressive alliance' against a centralising Labour government