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News
Internet photo's slammed by democracy campaigner
4:07pm Saturday 4th September 2010
Egypt’s most prominent democracy advocate accused President Hosni Mubarak’s government of posting Facebook photos of his daughter in swimsuits and at events where alcohol was served in an attempt to discredit him.
Street is the star as film company comes to town
9:02am Saturday 4th September 2010
A SLICE of Bollywoodstyle glamour landed in Bolton when a quiet terrace street off Spa Road was transformed into a film set for a new British comedy-drama.
Parents of Shafilea bailed
6:46pm Friday 3rd September 2010
The parents of suspected honour killing victim Shafilea Ahmed, from Cheshire, have been bailed pending further inquiries after being questioned by police over her murder.
Sport
Afridi apologises for betting scam
7:41pm Saturday 4th September 2010
Pakistan Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi has apologised on behalf of the three players caught up in the no-balls betting allegations.
Match-fixing trio set-up claims top diplomat
5:41pm Thursday 2nd September 2010
Pakistan’s top diplomat in Britain claimed tonight that the three cricketers facing match-fixing allegations were “set up”.
Cricket crisis adds to Pakistan misery
11:33am Thursday 2nd September 2010
Boxer Amir Khan said the Pakistan cricket scandal has heaped more misery on an already devastated nation.
Business
Meet the husband and wife team behind £10m success
1:03am Thursday 2nd September 2010
Poonam Gupta, an Indian immigrant who co-runs a £10 million commodities and logistics business from her home in Kilmacolm, is determined to quadruple the size of the operation over the next five years – but her husband, Puneet, wants to keep it as a cottage industry.
Halal hampers unveiled for Eid
5:30pm Thursday 2nd September 2010
A halal hampers company has unveiled their special Eid designs for the coming celebration.
Indian firm TATA to develop new JLR engines
4:44pm Thursday 12th August 2010
Indian engineering will play a role in the design of new Jaguar Land Rover engines, Tata Motors chief executive Carl-Peter Forster said today, a long-term threat to Ford which is now under contract to supply JLR engines.
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