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Simon Cowell confirms engagement to Mezhgan Hussainy on Jay Leno show



The X Factor judge admitted on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno that he had
bought the American Idol make-up artist a ring.

Asked “Are rumours you’re engaged true?”, Simon replied: “Are they true? Well,
I do have somebody in my life now, Jay, yes, and I kind of made a decision
this year to make somebody happy.”

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Snatch Land Rovers blamed for dozens of deaths

Author: By Mark Bulstrode, Press Association

Originally designed as a cheap and quick way of transporting troops in
Northern Ireland, the lightly-armoured vehicles attracted fierce criticism
for failing to protect against roadside bombs.

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I slapped pupils, admits Pope’s brother

Author: By Jerome Taylor, Religious Affairs Correspondent

Georg Ratzinger, who led the Regensburger Domspatzen choir for thirty years
until his retirement in 1994, confessed to occasionally hitting his pupils
but added that he now regretted using corporal punishment.

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Assembly passes policing and justice devolution

Author: By Steven McCaffery and David Young, Press Association

The Northern Ireland Assembly voted in favour of the devolution of policing
and justice powers from Westminster today, despite opposition from the
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP).

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Troop training and equipment inadequate, says coroner

Author: By Lesley Richardson, Press Association

Wiltshire and Swindon Coroner David Masters also highlighted equipment
shortages and pledged to raise his concerns with the Ministry of Defence.

He was speaking as he recorded unlawful killing verdicts at the end of an
inquest into the deaths of Corporal Sarah Bryant, 26, and special forces
reservists Corporal Sean Robert Reeve, 28, Lance Corporal Richard Larkin,
39, and Private Paul Stout, 31, when their Snatch Land Rover was hit by a
roadside bomb in June 2008.

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Government puts up £30m for electric car chargers

Author: By Sarah Arnott

Three consortia ? led by Transport for London, Milton Keynes Council and the One North East regional development agency respectively ? will install charging points at locations such as supermarkets, public car parks and domestic streets.

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Amsterdam website to sell marijuana

Author: By Charles Arthur, Technology Editor

Now even drug dealers are going dot.com. A new company called iToke, based in Amsterdam, plan to let customers order marijuana through the website, or via new “WAP”internet-enabled phones, from next month.

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Lords sleaze watchdog to earn £350 a day

Author: By James Tapsfield, Press Association

The post of Commissioner for Standards has been advertised on the
parliamentary website, and a recruitment firm is also understood to be
identifying candidates.

It is expected that whoever lands the job will work for a minimum of five days
a month, and earn around £350 a day.

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Lords sleaze watchdog to earn £350 a day

Author: By James Tapsfield, Press Association

The post of Commissioner for Standards has been advertised on the
parliamentary website, and a recruitment firm is also understood to be
identifying candidates.

It is expected that whoever lands the job will work for a minimum of five days
a month, and earn around £350 a day.

Read more on Lords sleaze watchdog to earn £350 a day…

Pakistan admits al-Qa’ida suspect is not FBI’s most wanted

Author: By Omar Waraich in Islamabad

Gadahn has featured on al-Qa’ida videos exhorting American Muslims to target the US. He is one of the FBI’s most wanted men, carries a $1m reward and on Sunday, it was claimed that he had been snatched in a raid in Karachi.

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