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06/01/2009 Armed raid at restaurant
ROBBERS armed with knives threatened staff before stealing cash from a fast-food restaurant. Three men went into a McDonald's on Wilmslow Road, Fallowfield.
06/01/2009 Man assualted in racist attack
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 21-year-old man suffered serious head injuries during an assault.
06/01/2009 School head's inspection headaches
SCHOOL inspections are a headache for any teacher - but Tarun Kapur has faced FOUR in one year.
06/01/2009 Dr Singh celebrates a new surgery and book
AN Eccles GP is not only celebrating a move to a new surgery, but also being chosen as one of 60 people to be featured in a new NHS book.
31/12/2008 Badshah power
BOLLYWOOD superstar Shah Rukh Khan has been billed as one of the most powerful people in the world.
24/12/2008 H-Dhami breaking into India
ARTIST H-Dhami is hoping to make it in India .
23/12/2008 ‘Ghajini’ to get worldwide release
IN an unprecedented manner for a Bollywood title, Aamir Khan starrer Ghajini will add a further 22 countries to its huge India release pattern on Christmas day.
22/12/2008 New Kids On The Block's second coming
THE success of venerable Manband Take That continues unabated, and even a monumentally annoying Christmas advert featuring them cavorting with Twiggy can’t halt record sales.
22/12/2008 Filmmakers offered unique chance to access all areas
THE UK Film Council and its US office is offering two British directors from black, Asian and minority ethnic communities the chance to take part in six invaluable days of networking and relationship building.
22/12/2008 Shakespearean play aims to address social issues
Medecine Mann productions musical adaptation of ‘Romeo and Juliet’, will give the tragic story of star crossed lovers a fresh and exciting perspective, by combining the original masterpiece with elements of contemporary urban and black culture.
18/12/2008 Pakistani rock band cancel album release post Mumbai attacks
ROXEN, Pakistan's leading rock band, has delayed the launch of their much-awaited album in India in the light of the recent attacks on Mumbai.
18/12/2008 Urban youth 'freestyle' their way to stardom
URBAN British smash-hits Kidulthood and Adulthood have created stars out of ordinary street kids.
17/12/2008 Celebrate Xmas with Jay Sean on B4U Music
UK's leading Asian music artist Jay Sean will be presenting this year's annual TOP 20 of 2008 on B4U music this Christmas.
17/12/2008 Back to old skool
CELEBRATE into the New Year in style at the jewel of London city’s crown...
06/01/2009 Man assualted in racist attack
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 21-year-old man suffered serious head injuries during an assault.
06/01/2009 Gaza massacre: Write to your MP? Are you serious?
THE war crimes in Gaza committed by the Israeli state has bought about mass anger internationally.
05/01/2009 Drivers fined for refusing blind passenger
TWO taxi drivers have been prosecuted for refusing to carry a blind person with their guide dog.
05/01/2009 Building links with India
BUSINESS leaders gathered at Salford Quays to hear the latest on plans to develop business links with India.
03/01/2009 Labour rejects two local councillors
TWO Oldham councillors have been told they will not be able to stand for Labour in the 2010 local elections.
05/01/2009 Doctor’s prescription for retirement
A LONG-serving doctor has retired from his surgery after 38 years.




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07/01/2009 South Asia - I can have as many women as I want: Goa minister
Rejecting his estranged wife’s allegation of bigamy, Goa Tourism Minister Francisco alias Mickky Pacheco Tuesday said he could have as many women as he wanted though he was married to only one.
07/01/2009 Unidentified gunmen attack private TV station in Sri Lanka
A group of unidentified gunmen Tuesday torched a leading Sri Lankan private television and radio station on the outskirts of the national capital, drawing strong condemnation from the US, rights groups and media organisations.
07/01/2009 South Asia - Details of Mumbai attacks not evidence, says Pakistan
Pakistani Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir said Tuesday that the details of the Mumbai attacks provided by India cannot be treated as evidence, besides which it does not contain information that could help the investigators.
07/01/2009 South Asia - Pakistan air chief briefs Zardari on preparedness
Pakistan’s Air Force (PAF) chief Tuesday briefed President Asif Ali Zardari on the operational preparedness of the country’s air force in case of any aggression.
07/01/2009 South Asia - Triumphant Hasina takes oath as Bangladesh PM
Sheikh Hasina of the Awami League (AL), the daughter of Bangladesh’s founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was Tuesday sworn-in prime minister for a second time following her landslide victory in last month’s general election. She was premier previously 1996-2001.
06/01/2009 Sri Lanka - New seating plan in Parliament from today
New seating arrangements will be made in Parliament today with the National Freedom Front (NFF) deciding to sit on the government side.
06/01/2009 Sri Lanka - CFA paved way for victories
Opposition UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday defended the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement and claimed that it had paved the way for the armed forces to achieve their recent military victories.
06/01/2009 Pro-Tamil broadcasting station attacked in Sri Lanka
A private radio and television station on the outskirts of Sri Lanka’s capital has been attacked by an armed gang, causing extensive damage to the studio complex and interrupting its broadcasts, a spokesman for the station said Tuesday.
06/01/2009 India - Chidambaram to visit all states to review security
Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Monday said he would visit all the states over the next two-three months to review security and figure out how to "meet the challenges of the times".
06/01/2009 India - CBI should probe DDA housing scam: Malhotra
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader V.K. Malhotra Monday demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the alleged scam in the Delhi Development Authority’s (DDA) 2008 housing scheme.
06/01/2009 India - People should protest country liquor consumption: Biman Bose
People should come forward and protest against the consumption of poisonous country-made liquor, West Bengal’s ruling Left Front (LF) chairman Biman Bose said Monday, as the toll in a hooch tragedy here rose to 23.
06/01/2009 Kalam dreams of terror-free India by 2020
Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam said he visualises India in 2020 as a country free from terrorism and a secure place to live in with people proud of the country’s leadership.
06/01/2009 India - NDA to cite ’loopholes’ in new terror laws during PM’s meet
A day ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s meeting with chief ministers on internal security, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Monday night decided to point out the "shortcomings" in the new terror laws during the meeting.
06/01/2009 South Asia - Pakistan ready to work with India, Gilani tells US official
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Monday, while talking to a senior US official, said that his government was ready to cooperate with India in the investigations of the Mumbai terror attacks and wants peace in the region.
06/01/2009 South Asia - Gilani urges US to repatriate Pakistani prisoners from Guantanamo
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani Monday urged the US to repatriate all Pakistani nationals held at the Guantanamo prison in Cuba.