| Sun, 5 Sep 2010 Ed and David Miliband: the battle of the brothers | They were raised with socialism in their blood. Now David and Ed Miliband are vying for the Labour leadership. But how do they feel about sibling rivalry on this scale – and how would each seek to direct the party if successful? Brothers in arms (above, l-r): Ed and... | Google and Galaxy Zoo could aid global climate project | Climate scientists meeting in Britain this week hope to build a database to predict natural disasters precisely. And records of the voyages of the Bounty and Beagle will assist them in their task Victims of Pakistan's floods use a railway track to reach a marooned vil... | Most of the military think Trident is a waste of money | There is a wealth of senior military opinion against renewing the £20bn nuclear weapon programme | Your report on coalition cuts ("Threat to Gurkhas as Fox insists on £20bn Trident replacement") described the Lib Dems as opposed to Trident, suggesting it is an outda... | Google and Galaxy Zoo could aid global climate project | Leading climate scientists will gather in the UK this week to finalise plans for a revolutionary project aimed at transforming their ability to predict meteorological disasters. The goal is to create an international databank that would generate forecasts of unprecede... | Ed and David Miliband: the battle of the brothers | On the trail of Miliband, D and Miliband, E over the last month I find myself easily as interested in the idea of fraternity as in the "urgent business" of the renewal of the Labour party. The brotherly campaign for the Labour leadership has been the longest of marche... | Most of the military think Trident is a waste of money | Your report on coalition cuts ("Threat to Gurkhas as Fox insists on £20bn Trident replacement") described the Lib Dems as opposed to Trident, suggesting it is an outdated Cold War weapon. Their positions have yet to be backed by action, such as proclaiming the overwh... | The Blitz: Survivors' stories | Len Phillips, 80, of Bloomsbury, London, sheltered at night in Holborn and the now defunct Museum Tube stations. | When I go down Holborn Tube now I always look at the platform and think "I used to sleep here of a night". There were quite a few hundred people there, w... | Over the top and indefensible By Joseph Barratt 5:30 AM Sunday Sep 5, 2010 Share Email Print | The "shopping list" of the Kaiser's colonies and dependencies was drawn up before the war: German East Africa, Cameroon, Nigeria, German Samoa - they would be divvied up between Britain and its colonies. |... | US carrier here; crew to 'shop, shop, shop, eat, eat, eat' | MANILA, Philippines—On the USS George Washington, men in Hawaiian shirts and sunglasses and women in cool tops and sandals are waiting patiently for their turn to board the ferry that will take them to shore. | Looking more like an airport than a nuclear warship, the ... | | |
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