Bush's key men face grilling on torture and death squads | World news | The Observer -

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Princess facing Saudi death penalty given secret UK asylum -

Mauritania army 'to fight terror' -
Gen Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz has vowed to tackle terrorism, as well as its causes, after being declared the winner of Saturday's presidential election.

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Jogger injured in buzzard attack - A tourist suffers slash wounds to his head when he was attacked by a bird of prey while out jogging in Cornwall. [Front Page News]

Troubled CIT 'talks with lenders' - Troubled US bank CIT says it is in talks to secure financing, as its shares jump on hopes it may avoid bankruptcy. [Business News]

Oil rebounds above $63 a barrel - Oil rebounds above $63 a barrel in New York, buoyed by US data suggesting the property market is on firmer ground. [Business News]

A country is not a company - The poverty of comment on this blog on macro-economic issues always strikes me.
I blame a simple, but fundamental conceptual problem. Over the last twenty or so years he corporate model of thinking has become pervasive; so much so that we suffer that profoundly annoying phrase ‘UK plc’ far too often.
The UK is not a plc. It is a country. A plc is a company. They are not the same.

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Life peers to get right to resign - Life peers are to be given the right to resign from the House of Lords - which hereditary peers could to do since 1963. [Front Page News]