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Blackberry PlayBook hits UK today

Blackberry maker RIM’s first tablet PC, the PlayBook is officially launched on Thursday in UK, which may give a tough competition to Apple’s iPad 2, especially over the starting price tag.
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Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook calls user shrinkage report faulty

Facebook dismisses the Inside Facebook report, calling it inaccurate, as the actual growth has been measured as a 21 percent in Facebook users in the United States in May.
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Enoch Powell’s “Rivers of Blood” Speech (FULL-TEXT)

Here is the full-text of Enoch Powell’s famous (some would say infamous) “Rivers of Blood” speech on immigration. It was delivered to a Conservative Association meeting in Birmingham, England on April 20 1968. The speech led to Powell being sacked by Prime Minister Edward Heath and might be considered the pivotal moment of Powell’s long political career.
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Scotland to issue its own sovereign bonds

The British government announced that Scotland will soon be allowed to issue its own sovereign bonds – guaranteed by Scotland itself, and not the UK government.
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Thousands of UK postal workers likely to lose jobs

Up to 20,000 postal workers in Britain are likely to lose their jobs after the Royal Mail posted a £120-million loss in its letters and parcels business largely as a result of more people abandoning the system in favor of internet communications.

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