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Brand quits over phonecalls while BBC fights to save Ross
Russell Brand quit his £200,000-a-year Radio 2 show last night as the BBC fought to save the career of its star presenter Jonathan Ross in the row over lewd phonecalls. The BBC suspended a contrite Ross, who is on an £18m three-year contract, yesterday as Brand resigned over the... [continued]
Zoe Williams: Ross and Brand saga brings out the loonies in us 
People: Anna Ford wades into Ross and Brand controversy
Barack Obama made his final major sales pitch to Americans last night with an unprecedented 30-minute peak-time commercial aired on seven channels at a cost of up to $5 million. During the half-hour film he never mentioned his Republican rival Senator John McCain or President George W Bush. Instead... [continued]
US Election: poll gloom for McCain
Prophet Obama smites king John McCain
UN: Congo faces ‘catastrophic’ crisis
Up to 45,000 Congolese refugees were forced to fled a displaced persons' camp near the eastern town of Goma yesterday, while rebel forces loyal to Tutsi warlord Laurent Nkunda battled international peacekeepers and government soldiers. UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, warned of a humanitarian crisis of "catastrophic dimensions"... [continued]
In pictures: Congolese refugees flee heavy fighting
In pictures: Genocide in Rwanda
House prices fall almost 15%
House prices have slumped by 14.6 per cent over the past 12 months, Nationwide Building Society said today. The UK's largest building society's report, the first by a major lender, shows that the average house is worth £30,000 less than a year ago, with the average price falling to £158,872.... [continued]
The Business Pages: all the latest on the financial crisis
Hungary is counting the cost of capitalism
Hundreds feared dead after quake
As many as 600 people are feared dead following a 6.4 magnitude earthquake that rocked eastern Pakistan on Wednesday. The official number of dead has risen to 215 but the death toll is expected to climb with several villages reduced to rubble, aid agencies say. Officals said hundreds had... [continued]
In pictures: the aftermath of the deadly Sichuan quake
Suicide attack in Afghan ministry
A suicide attack inside the Afghan ministry in Kabul on Thursday has left at least five people killed or injured. A suicide bomber blew himself up inside the information and culture ministry, which lies several hundred metres away from the presidential palace in central Kabul, causing massive damage. A... [continued]
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