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Strauss Khan ‘suspect’ in prostitution ring

Strauss Khan 'suspect' in prostitution ring Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is being questioned by French police as a suspect in a prostitution ring inquiry Click here for full story Ed Balls calls for tax cuts Labour shadow chancellor Ed Balls has called for "decisive action ... to boost growth", offering suggestions for tax cuts in next month's Budget. Click here for full story Arsene Wenger: We ...

Rupert Murdoch to tackle journalist arrests

Rupert Murdoch to tackle journalist arrests Rupert Murdoch, the chief executive of News Corporation, has arrived in London to take charge of the latest crisis involving one of his newspapers. Click here for full story UN adopts resolution on Syria The UN General Assembly ...

World’s Most Expensive City

The Wowster is agog at the news of what is the world's most expensive city. The captital of Angola is not the first candidate that springs to mind as the world's most expensive city. Potholed and scarred by years of civil war, ...

UN resolution could spur Syria civil war

The top news tweets from around the world UN resolution could spur Syria civil war The Western-Arab drive to adopt a UN resolution on Syria is a "path to civil war", Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov has warned. Click Here for story ...

We don’t need no education

The Wowster mourns the undermining of education When the welfare state was founded in the UK in the late 40s one of the great leaps forward was the birth of an egalitarian education system. The idea, though not entirely successful, was that ...

Downing Street ‘won’t block other RBS bonuses’

A selection of important news tweets Downing Street 'won't block other RBS bonuses' The government has said it will not block bonuses to other RBS executives, after chief executive Stephen Hester decided to waive his award of £963,000 in shares. Click here for ...