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US-ENTERTAINMENT Summary...the cover of the Rolling Stone's December issue, against the backdrop of the Italian flag. U2 to headline UK's Glastonbury Festival LONDON (Reuters) - Irish rock band U2 are to headline next year's Glastonbury Festival on the 40th... In this article: Michael Jackson, Los Angeles, Avatar, Susan Boyle, American Music Awards, Erin Andrews, Silvio Berlusconi, Taylor Swift, and Rolling Stone |
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | November 12, 2009
UN food summit 'fails before it begins'
...the gathering. Britain will be represented by two junior ministers, Mike Foster, from the Department for International Development and Jim Fitzpatrick, of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The US, the world's...
In this article: UN, Food and Agriculture Organisation, Medecins Sans Frontieres, US Agency For International Development, G8, Silvio Berlusconi, and Hugo Chavez
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Times Online | November 12, 2009
Berlusconi fortune at stake as wife takes him to divorce court
...its growth. Mr Berlusconi's business empire embraces construction, television, football, insurance, advertising and publishing as well as villas and other properties in Milan, Sardinia, Bermuda, Britain and the United States. Ms Lario's...
In this article: Silvio Berlusconi, Veronica Lario, Gianfranco Fini, Milan, and Rome
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BBC News | October 27, 2009
Mills loses bribery case appeal
...accepting money but said it came from another Italian David Mills, the estranged husband of UK cabinet minister Tessa Jowell, has lost his appeal against a bribery conviction in Italy. He was convicted of accepting GBP400,000 from the...
In this article: Silvio Berlusconi, Tax, Tessa Jowell, Italy, and UK
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CNN | October 21, 2009
Berlusconi: I don't really like my job
...him if the call had been successful. Another time, he startled Britain's Queen Elizabeth II during a group photo at Buckingham Palace when he shouted over to the American president: "Mr. Obama! It's Berlusconi." This prompted the queen...
In this article: Silvio Berlusconi, Veronica Lario, Italy, Barack Obama, CNN, Naples, Rome, Allegations, and Ideology
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Sick Berlusconi to miss EU summit
...it uncertain when the treaty will take effect. Mr Berlusconi, a friend of Tony Blair, has said he would welcome the former UK prime minister becoming the new EU president under the treaty. It is not yet clear whether Mr Blair will be a...
In this article: Silvio Berlusconi, EU, Tax, Franco Frattini, Tony Blair, Brussels, Rash, Scarlet fever, Italy, and UK
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Belgian PM is first 'president of Europe'
...him a divisive figure in Europe. And as the one man who might have been able to take Britain into the European single currency, he had not even attempted to do so while he was Britain's prime minister. Public backing from Italy's Silvio...
In this article: European Union, Herman Van Rompuy, Europe, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, U.S., George W. Bush, E mail, Catherine Ashton, and CNN
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Guardian | November 10, 2009
Ken Clarke: Labour victory would be better than hung parliament
...and an eye for detail, Clarke said. "None of the likely candidates was known in Britain because the only thing [the British media] follows in continental politics is Berlusconi's sex life," he added. Evidently sceptical about his leader's...
In this article: Kenneth Clarke, Labour, Peter Mandelson, Alistair Darling, David Cameron, Tony Blair, Britain, and Inflation
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FT.com - World | October 27, 2009
Italian judges reject Mills appeal
...battles with the courts took a fresh twist on Tuesday when Milan judges rejected an appeal made by David Mills, his former UK lawyer who was convicted earlier this year of accepting a bribe to help the Italian prime minister. Mr...
In this article: Silvio Berlusconi, Milan, Tax, Mediaset, Fininvest, and Tessa Jowell
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or as Britain) is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border, sharing it with the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea. The largest island, Great Britain, is linked to France by the Channel Tunnel.
- Name:
- the United Kingdom
- Conventional Long Name:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Capital:
- London
- Language:
- English (de facto)
- Largest City:
- London
- Government type:
- Parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy
- Legislature:
- Parliament
- Upper House:
- House of Lords
- Lower House:
- House of Commons
- Founding Date:
- May 01, 1707
- Formations:
- Acts of Union 1707
- Area:
- 244820
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $2.228 trillion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 18th
- GDP (nominal):
- $2.680 trillion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 20th
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 6th
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $43,733
- Time Zone:
- GMT
- Currency:
- Pound sterling
- Demonym:
- British, Briton
- Drives On:
- left
- Currency (code):
- GBP
- Country Calling Code:
- 44
- ccTLD:
- .uk
- EU Accession:
- January 01, 1973
- Anthem:
- "God Save the Queen"
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