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London Riots Cause Police to Look into Developing Social Media Restraints

Britain's Prime Minister Cameron
British Prime Minister David Cameron is working with London police, intelligence services and industry officials to see if they can stop potential rioters from communicating through the social media. On Thursday, Cameron told British lawmakers that the free flow of information can be used for good, but can also be used for ill.
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World's Fastest Aircraft to be Tested Today

World's fastest Aircraft Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2, capable of reaching speeds of up to 13,000 miles per hour is scheduled to be tested on Thursday morning from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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Falcon HTV-2: Military to Launch Fastest-Ever Aircraft

Speedier, perhaps, than even Superman, the fastest plane ever built, the Falcon HTV-2, can get from London, England to Sydney, Australia in less than an hour, all the while withstanding temperatures of almost 2,000 degrees C, hotter than the melting point of steel.
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MoD Reveals Top Secret Memos of Mysterious UFOs, Aliens

The UK government's National Archives today released 34 UFO files of 9,000 pages from the Ministry of Defence containing top secret memos in which UFOs were discussed, along with sightings and incidents reported by members of the public, during the period 1985-2007.
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UK streets calmer after nights of riots and chaos

Days of rioting and looting across Britain looked to be cooling Wednesday after Prime Minister David Cameron's promised a fightback and flooded city streets with police to try to restore order.
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Analysis: Riots shake faith in UK austerity, stability

In the eyes of the financial markets, Britain was supposed to be a model of successful, sustainable austerity and a safe haven in which the world's rich could buy houses and stash their savings.
Tarmiq Jahan holds a picture of his son Haroon Jahan after he was killed killed by a car along with two other men in the Winson Green area of Birmingham

Father too late to save dying son in UK riots

A father described Wednesday how he rushed to aid a dying man hit by a car during riots in the English city of Birmingham only to find it was his 21-year-old son.
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Will UK Riots Threaten 2012 Olympics?

The UK is seeing the worst civil unrest in 30 years just months before the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, but officials are optimistic that the riots will have no effect on the safety or planning of the games.
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UK Riots 2011: The View from a British Scholar

"The riots in Britain have not been caused by any sort of political or racial tension. That may exist, but that is not at the heart of these riots. These riots are the result of lawless thugs who have seen an opportunity." -- Victoria Honeyman
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Capital One Buys HSBC's Credit Card Units

Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE: COF) has agreed to buy HSBC's credit card unit for approximately $32.7 billion, netting HSBC a $2.6 billion premium.
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London Riots 2011: Libya Calls for Cameron to Step Down

"Cameron and his government must leave after the popular uprising against them and the violent repression of peaceful demonstrations by police," Libya's state news agency Jana quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaaim as saying.

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