Tuesday, 14 June 2011

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The beached white male: an American nightmare

Charles Laurence: Plight of America's jobless ‘suits' raises big questions - like why would you marry one?





Why Cameron’s vaccine plan makes good sense

First reaction: £814m aid pledge will help Britain as well as world’s most vulnerable families

Euthanasia: Mrs Pratchett doesn’t want him to do it

First reaction: Novelist's film was provocative and very moving - but his wife wants to care for him to the end

Does ‘Bridesmaids’ prove that women can be funny?

A new US comedy reignites the debate over whether women can do comedy in the same way as men

Scientists turn human cells into lasers

Single kidney cells use jellyfish protein to emit a ‘beautiful green’ laser beam

US diver to hunt for Bin Laden’s body in the ocean

Bill Warren does not believe Obama and wants to recover corpse to prove Bin Laden really is dead

China's thirst for fine wine boosts Bordeaux

Business digest: Experts warn of 'Bordeaux bubble' as bottle prices reach record highs

Cringes all round as TV man tells Dalai Lama pizza joke

Hapless Australian TV presenter has to explain lame joke to Tibetan spiritual leader (with video)