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British tourists missing after China quake - Reuters UK
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British tourists missing after China quake
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LONDON (Reuters) - A group of 19 British tourists are missing following the devastating earthquake in China, their travel company said on Tuesday.
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A man stabbed to death outside a fast-food restaurant in London's Oxford Street was attacked in a row after a drink was thrown, police have said.
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Age get to us all


Column by Keith Lobban

THERE I was – sprawled and comfy on my sofa in the corner, snoozing through ‘The Bill’ when I heard her declare stridently: “It’s a damn disgrace, ye ken!”


While Bishop Moran is now 73, anyone seeing or speaking to him could be forgiven for mistaking him for a man 10 years younger. He moves almost athletically and his mind is sharp and agile.


Born in Inverurie in 1971, Chris Harvey lived there with Northern College lecturer father and speech therapist mum for the first three years of his life before a new post for his father in Dundee took the family to live in Fife.


ABERDEENSHIRE were forced to make one change from the side which defeated Arbroath United the previous week for their visit to Penicuik on Saturday to play their SNCL Division One fixture.


After winning 2-1 against Dundee United, at Pittodrie, on Saturday, Aberdeen fans are now pondering whether their club can do the improbable and finish in the one remaining EUFA Cup berth in the SPL.


SPECULATION is mounting that the Aberdeenshire councillor whose casting vote dented the Trump organisation’s hopes of an early start to a proposed golf complex at Menie Estate, near Balmedie, is set to stand as an MP.


SCOTTISH Government Ministers have appointed Reporters David Gordon and Scott Ferrie to conduct the public local inquiry on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR).


AFTER weeks of speculation, details of a lecture to be given by former US President Bill Clinton in Aberdeen in June have been revealed.


Celebrated singer-songwriter KT Tunstall, is the latest special guest of Daryl Hall on the fifth installment of his free webcast, Live From Daryl’s House, exclusive at www.livefromdarylshouse.com.


North Tonight business correspondent Cheryl Paul was one of the first journalists to work on the Aberdeen Independent when it was first published 12 years ago.


WHILE he has the ability to remain absolutely deadpan, there is always more than just the trace of a mischievous twinkle in Bill Duncan’s eye.


Television sports reporter, Tyrone Smith, is a Bridge of Don ‘loon’, born and bred.


THE subject of the first of our 2008 series of profiles is a man who has been responsible for the health of countless family pets in the Aberdeen area for 36 years.


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