Posts Tagged ‘briton’

Skiing student reaches south pole

Friday, January 20th, 2012

A student from Newcastle University becomes the youngest Briton to ski the full distance to the south pole.

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Haye could fight on – Klitschkos

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

Vitali Klitschko’s promoter claims a fight with David Haye is still a possibility despite the news that the Briton does not want to renew his boxing licence.

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Haye could fight on – Klitschkos

Mozambique holds ‘pirate hunters’

Friday, September 16th, 2011

Four Americans and one Briton, who say they were trying to free a boat seized by pirates, are arrested in Mozambique, accused of possessing illegal weapons.

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Mozambique holds ‘pirate hunters’

Funeral for shark attack victim

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

The funeral of a Briton killed in a shark attack off the Seychelles is due to take place at the same Lancashire church where he was married less than a month earlier.

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Funeral for shark attack victim

Robles disqualified after clash

Monday, August 29th, 2011

Cuba’s Dayron Robles is disqualified after winning the 110m hurdles at the World Championships, handing Briton Andy Turner the bronze.

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Robles disqualified after clash

Briton is missing in Antarctica

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

A Briton is among three people who have gone missing on a Norwegian boat in a storm off Antarctica.

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Amanda Knox faces slander trial

Monday, November 8th, 2010

American student is to face trial for slander after claiming police beat her during questioning over the killing of Briton Meredith Kercher.

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American Rescuers’ Grenade May Have Killed Aid Worker

Monday, October 11th, 2010

A kidnapped Briton may have been killed by American rescuers rather than her Taliban captors, officials said.

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American Rescuers’ Grenade May Have Killed Aid Worker

Locked in a ‘hell hole’

Friday, October 1st, 2010

Jailed Briton’s experience of Peruvian prison

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Locked in a ‘hell hole’

Death row Briton’s last hope for mercy

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

As Teresa Lewis is set to become the first woman to be executed in the US for five years, Briton Linda Carty continues to await the same fate for killing a young mother in Texas.

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Briton killed in NZ crash named

Saturday, September 4th, 2010

The Foreign Office confirms that 24-year-old Briton Brad Coker was among nine killed in a light aircraft crash in New Zealand.

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Briton killed in NZ crash named

Media and multi-tasking in the UK

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

The average Briton spends almost half of their waking life using media and communications, data from Ofcom suggests.

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Media and multi-tasking in the UK

Media and multi-tasking in the UK

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

The average Briton spends almost half of their waking life using media and communications, data from Ofcom suggests.

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Media and multi-tasking in the UK

Britons ‘multi-task’ with media

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

The average Briton spends almost half of their waking life using media and communications, often multi-tasking, Ofcom reports.

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