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...it was nice knowing Israel... http://www.ft.com/cms/s/ae2d5d24-badd-11db-bbf3-0000779e2340.html Iran on course for nuclear bomb, EU told By Daniel Dombey and Fidelius Schmid in Brussels Published: February 12 2007 22:18 | Last updated: February 13 2007 13:51 Iran will be able to develop enough weapons-grade material for a nuclear bomb and there is little that can be done to prevent it, an internal European Union document has concluded. In an admission of the international community’s failure to hold back Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the document – compiled by the staff of Javier Solana, EU foreign policy chief – says the atomic programme has been delayed …

Italian league halted by violence A supporter is injured during the violence at the Stadio Massimino The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has suspended all matches indefinitely after a policeman was killed at a Serie A match between Catania and Palermo. Officer Filippo Raciti died as violence flared during the Sicilian derby. The FIGC has called off all this weeke…

Ad ban plan 'threatens TV shows' TV news and children's programmes on commercial channels could be threatened by a plan to ban adverts in some shows, a House of Lords report has warned. The European Union has proposed getting rid of ad breaks in all children's and news shows lasting 30 minutes or less. The House of Lords European Union Committee said it was "concerned about the likely implications of these rules for free-to-air programming". Commercial broadcasters ITV and Five have said their output will suffer. "The economics of children's programming are fairly fragile already," said Martin Stott, Five's deputy head of corporate affairs, when giving eviden…

£118,000 for the new boy the boss called a cream puff By FIONA DAVIDSON - More by this author » Last updated at 22:06pm on 12th February 2007 Comments Jonah Ditton was awarded nearly £120,000 in compensation A gay sales manager who worked in his job for just eight days before being sacked was yesterday awarded nearly £120,000 in compensation for being harassed and discriminated against at work. Jonah Ditton, 32, who objected to being called "a cream puff" by his boss, was given what is believed to be the highest award by a tribunal for bias on the grounds of sexual orientation. He said that while working for CP Publishing Ltd, which publishes enterta…

It's Pandamonium as cubs thrill the crowds in China Last updated at 22:00pm on 11th February 2007 Comments (11) Playing to the crowds can be thirsty work – as these panda cubs found when they took a drinks break at a nature reserve in China. The cubs had been enjoying playtime during a naming ceremony at the Wolong Reserve in Sichuan province. One even took a ride on a blue seesaw. scroll down for more Afterwards they were taken to a panda kindergarten where they will spend a year learning how to live in a group. The pandas became celebrities after staff decided to let the public name them. More than 30,000 visited a website to suggest names. …

Love me... NOT! Card makers capitalise on 'Anti-V-Day' movement Last updated at 17:41pm on 12th February 2007 Comments (1) For Lori Schwartz, a happy mum with a decade of wedded bliss under her belt, the greeting card featuring a bloodied, ripped out heart was perfect. "It's Valentine's Day, so here's a card with a heart inside," it read. "I'd tell you whose it is, but the less you know, the better." "My husband and I never get nice cards for each other. We're not into sentiments," Schwartz said while perusing an aisle of "anti-Valentine's Day" cards at an American Greetings Corp. "I expect to get something just as bad, but I may have one upped him this ye…

Heavyweight Amy is world's biggest bunny By DAVID WILKES - More by this author » Last updated at 08:40am on 12th February 2007 Comments (1) Once, it seemed, Roberto the rabbit would always rule the hutch. Measuring 3ft 6ins from the tips of his back legs to his front paws, and weighing an astonishing 35lb (heavier than the average three-year-old child), he is not a bunny to be taken lightly. But now Roberto, long thought to be the biggest rabbit in the world, has been made to look small - by his 'wife' Amy. Who now wears the trousers in their relationship is open to question after it was revealed by their owner, Annette Edwards, that a weigh-in had con…

The fortysomethings who still live off Mum and Dad by BECKY BARROW - More by this author » Last updated at 22:00pm on 11th February 2007 Comments Millions of 'children' as old as 40 are receiving handouts worth thousands of pounds every year from their parents, research reveals today. It says men and women have become "children for life" for their parents, who feel too guilty to say "no" to requests for money. These grown-up children are still relying on their parents despite many reaching the age when they have their own young families. It warns many parents "never stop paying out" for their children - and plan to leave them another fortune when they …

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Children banned from playing tag in school playground Last updated at 22:00pm on 9th February 2007 Comments (13) Danger? Headmistress has outlawed 'physical' games In an age when childhood innocence is under threat from every direction, the traditional game of tag would seem an unlikely offender. But headmistress Susan Tuck doesn't think so. She has banned it – along with all other games which involve physical contact – as "inappropriate behaviour". • Health and safety killjoys ban playgroup mums from tea making • Parents' anger after pupils sent home for breaking snowball ban Youngsters aged five to 11 at Bracebridge Heath Primary School near…

New York may ban iPods for pedestrians Last updated at 14:13pm on 8th February 2007 Comments (8) Pedestrians in New York could be banned from wearing iPods while crossing the road New Yorkers who blithely cross the street while listening to an iPod or talking on a mobile phone could soon face a $100 fine. New York State Senator Carl Kruger says three pedestrians in his Brooklyn district have been killed since September after stepping into traffic while distracted by an electronic device. • Apple CEO Jobs pressures record labels to drop anti-piracy technology In one case horrified bystanders screamed "watch out" to no avail. Senator Kruger says …

One million sign petition against road-charging Last updated at 12:29pm on 10th February 2007 Comments (28) A motorists' pressure group this morning called on the Government to scrap plans for road-charging after an online petition opposing the project passed the 1 million-signature mark. Transport Secretary Douglas Alexander insisted he would not allow the scale of the protest to deter him from pressing ahead with trials of charging schemes designed to cut congestion. But the Association of British Drivers claimed that the petition represented only a small proportion of the motorists opposed to road-charging, and predicted the number of signatures …

The tiny airline spy that spots bombers in the blink of an eye By CHRISTOPHER LEAKE - More by this author » Last updated at 21:53pm on 10th February 2007 Comments Tiny cameras the size of a fingernail linked to specialist computers are to be used to monitor the behaviour of airline passengers as part of the war on terrorism. Cameras fitted to seat-backs will record every twitch, blink, facial expression or suspicious movement before sending the data to onboard software which will check it against individual passenger profiles. Scientists from Britain and Germany are spending £25million developing a system which they hope will make it virtually impos…

England won their first major overseas one-day tournament since 1997 as they beat Australia by 34 runs in the second match of the finals series in Sydney. Paul Collingwood hit 70 in England's 246-8 before Liam Plunkett took three wickets in Australia's top order. Three weather interruptions - and the regular loss of wickets - meant Australia's target was adjusted twice. They ultimately needed 211 from 33 overs and finished on 152-8 from 27, Brad Hodge top-scoring with 49. It was the first time in 14 years that Australia had lost in the finals of their home one-day series - and the first time England have won this particular tournament since 1986-87, when t…

Is it a car, is it a plane? It's both! By ANDY BUCKWELL - More by this author » Last updated at 21:29pm on 10th February 2007 Comments Supermobile: The flying car Ever find yourself wishing you could just jump in the car and take off somewhere really interesting? Well soon you will be able to do just that - quite literally. Engineers have developed a car that makes an ideal runaround for town, but when you tire of the congested roads, just press a button and your vehicle will transform into a plane with a 27ft wingspan capable of 120mph. • Gallery: See more amazing pictures of the flying car here This astonishing hybrid vehicle - called the …

'Parents spend more time watching TV than talking to their children' Last updated at 22:00pm on 9th February 2007 Comments (3) A report has found parents spend too little time talking to their children Parents spend more time watching television and cleaning up around the house than talking to their children, a new survey reveals. Too many are unwittingly risking their children's language development by failing to hold basic conversations with them. The findings follow a shock report from the same charity which showed how half of children are unable to speak properly when they start primary school. That study said 350,000 youngsters a year are una…

An explosion of disbelief - fresh doubts over 9/11 By SUE REID - More by this author » Last updated at 22:07pm on 9th February 2007 Comments (9) A new film alleges the U.S. staged the 9/11 disaster to justify the Iraq war The official story of what happened on 9/11 never fails to shock. Four American airliners are hijacked by Osama Bin Laden's terrorists in an attack on the heart of the Western world on September 11, 2001. Two are deliberately flown into New York's famous Twin Towers, which collapse. A third rams into the United States defence headquarters at the Pentagon, in Washington D.C. The last goes down in rural Pennsylvania, 150 miles n…

Israel’s Excavation at Al-Aqsa Stirs ‘Volcano of Anger’ Jalil Mustafa & Agencies JERUSALEM/AMMAN, 7 February 2007 — Israeli excavation work near an entrance to a compound in Jerusalem that houses Al-Aqsa Mosque yesterday drew Palestinian protests. Israeli police stationed reinforcements in the alleyways of Jerusalem’s walled Old City to head off feared Palestinian violence at a site at the heart of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The Fatah faction led by President Mahmoud Abbas said in a statement any damage to the mosque would release Palestinian militant groups from a cease-fire with Israel in the Gaza Strip they declared last November. The governing Hamas mo…

How Jamie Oliver's dad changed my life by Jenny Johnston - More by this author » Last updated at 10:21am on 10th February 2007 Comments Starting over: Aaron with Nicci, Leah and Molly The inspiring story of the boy from a family of criminals who has won Jamie Oliver's latest talent search - and how Jamie's dad became the father figure he never had: Aaron Craze didn't like pubs. He associated them with his childhood - and as he points out, who would want to be reminded of that? They made him think of the dark London boozer where his dad would drink himself into oblivion, then invariably pick a fight. 'We'd always end up there when he was supposed t…

POLICE fined a Cambridge student £80 - for making a 4ft phallus in yesterday (Thursday, 08 February)'s snow. John Knowles built a snow penis in his lunch-break on Parker's Piece yesterday (Thursday, 08 February) and was pleased when crowds gathered to admire his handiwork and passing motorists beeped their horns in appreciation. But, despite good humoured onlookers laughing at the cheeky sculpture, a police officer pulled up in a patrol car and asked the student to accompany him to the nearby Parkside station. He then booked the 18-year old for a public order offence, warning him his statue could have offended members of the public, and handed him an £80 fine whi…

The Great Brawl of China Last updated at 08:29am on 9th February 2007 Comments (8) A friendly soccer match between Queens Park Rangers and the China Olympic team ended in chaos after a 50-man kung-fu brawl. The incident is a severe embarrassment for both Championship side Rangers and Premiership champions Chelsea FC, who had invited the team over. Scroll down for more... One Chinese player was left hospitalised with a suspected broken jaw. The match was abandoned by Premiership referee Dermot Gallagher with QPR leading 2-1. Violence broke out when a QPR player was fouled and a mass brawl erupted around two men at the Harlington train…

Why the smell of a man's armpit is a turn-on by FIONA MACRAE - More by this author » Last updated at 23:00pm on 7th February 2007 Comments (8) Expensive aftershave, hair gel, and deodorant are all part of the armoury of the modern-day man. But, when it comes to getting the girl, he might be better to let his natural scent shine though. Research shows that women can be turned on by just a few sniffs of a man's sweaty armpits. The scientists showed that male sweat contains a compound capable of lightening a woman's mood and heightening her sexual arousal. Androstadienone (CORR), a musky-smelling chemical, also speeds up blood pressure, heart…

How fashion beats passion for women by BARRY WIGMORE - More by this author » Last updated at 09:36am on 8th February 2007 Comments (3) A US survey has shown women favour shopping over sex It may come as no surprise to many husbands and boyfriends, but it will be unwelcome news all the same. Most women would apparently rather have a wardrobe full of new clothes than sex. Given the chance to wear nice outfits and look glamorous, they would be willing to sacrifice 15 months of passion, a survey has found. Some even said they would happily abstain for three years if it meant they could wear new clothes all the time. The American survey found that …

Missing for 25 years after getting on wrong bus Last updated at 16:05pm on 8th February 2007 Comments (5) It's been a long journey for Jaeyaena Beuraheng A 76-year-old Malay Muslim woman from southern Thailand who got on the wrong bus 25 years ago and ended up living at the other end of the country has been reunited with her family. Unable to speak, read or write Thai, Jaeyaena Beuraheng boarded a bus in Malaysia thinking it was bound for Narathiwat, one of three Muslim-majority provinces in Buddhist Thailand's far south. Read more... • 'Half-animal' woman found in Cambodian jungle may be long-missing daughter Instead, she ended up 1,200 km…

'Wrong kind of snow' causes commuter chaos Last updated at 12:35pm on 8th February 2007 Comments (14) A snowball fight takes place in Parliament Square The heaviest snowfalls to hit London in seven years caused misery for thousands of commuters today. Four inches fell across the city in a matter of hours and the Met Office warned it will continue through the day with the prospect of icy conditions tonight and tomorrow. It made one in four trains late today, caused chaos on the Tubes and roads as well as closing airports and hundreds of schools. But this wasn't any old snow. It was big snow, and this is the problem, according to the Met Of…