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Builders LondonThe Builders London is the principal trade organisation for private sector housebuilders and voice of the home building industry in England and Wales. It is an exciting industry filled with many talented people and organisations, providing sustainable and attractive homes to meet the demands of consumers. Our member firms account for approximately 80% of all new homes built in England and Wales in any one year, and include companies of all sizes, ranging from multi-national household names through regionally based businesses and small local companies. 1. Europe begins to criticize Chinese crackdown in Tibet data: 27.03.08 Europe on Wednesday sharpened its tone over China's military actions in Tibet as officials said they were considering sending a fact-finding mission to Beijing and a Chinese diplomat sought to defend the crackdown on protesters. 2. Apple could unleash unlimited music iPods data: 19.03.08 Apple is reportedly in talks to sell an iPod and iPhone that would give customers access to all of the six million songs on its iTunes database. 3. Accounting firm under fire in collapse of subprime lender data: 27.03.08 A sweeping investigation found that KPMG enabled New Century Financial's "improper and imprudent practices." 4. Act repeal could make Franz Herzog von Bayern new King of England and Scotland data: 07.04.08 Gordon Brown is considering repealing the 1701 Act of Settlement as a way of healing a historic injustice by ending the prohibition against Catholics taking the throne. 5. Iraq murder charge for US marine data: 19.03.08 A third US marine is charged over the deaths of unarmed Iraqi detainees in Falluja in November 2004. 6. Economic slowdown hits Silicon Valley data: 10.04.08 Job growth has slowed, start-up companies are spending more cautiously, and early-stage investors who nurture the start-ups are growing more frugal. 7. Music cache from Hitler's headquarters features Jewish and Russian musicians data: 27.03.08 Outward hatred for Jews and Russians may have belied a secret passion for some of their greatest musical works, if a recently discovered cache of records proves to be the remains of Adolf Hitler's private music collection. 8. Germany is 'filled with shame' over Nazi holocaust, Angela Merkel tells Israel data: 19.03.08 The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has told Israel that her nation is "filled with shame" over the Nazi holocaust and that she bows before its victims. 9. Wine maker insures nose for ÂŁ3.9m data: 19.03.08 A Bordeaux wine maker has insured his nose for ÂŁ3.9 million, the Lloyd's of London insurance market said. 10. Barroso in change plea to Mugabe data: 10.04.08 European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso says the people of Zimbabwe have voted for change. 11. Broken homes creating 'toxic circle' for children data: 19.03.08 The demise of the traditional family is creating a "toxic circle" of school failure, poverty and crime, teachers said yesterday. 12. Uncertainty at Local Radio data: 07.04.08 As an indicator of the consumer economy, local radio advertising could be hard to beat and Local Radio Company's trading update tracked the course of advertiser... 13. Chia leads four Asian qualifiers for British Open data: 27.03.08 Malaysia's Danny Chia will make his second appearance at the British Open this July after carding a three-under-par 69 for the second successive round at Asia's International Final Qualifying tournament on Wednesday. 14. Angus Fairhurst, member of Young British Artists, dies data: 07.04.08 Angus Fairhurst, one of the group known as Young British Artists, or YBAs, who stirred up the art scene in London and beyond in the 1990s, died Saturday in Scotland. He was 41 and lived in London. 15. The pope gets a guide for his U.S. tour data: 07.04.08 His guide will be a seasoned Vatican ambassador who sees the visit as an opportunity to introduce a complex set of audiences: American Catholics, Americans in general and global opinion leaders. 16. Berlin denies it approved training for Libyan police data: 10.04.08 Amid growing criticism of the country's security services, the German government insisted Monday that none of its departments had allowed its personnel to train Libyan police officers between 2005 and 2007. 17. EU takes web search groups to task data: 10.04.08 Google, Microsoft and other online search companies could be forced to tighten further their privacy controls 18. BBC Proms plans Doctor Who family concert data: 10.04.08 The BBC Proms has unveiled plans for a Doctor Who concert and a celebration of folk music for the 2008 season, only a month after it was attacked by a minister for attracting too narrow a section of society. 19. Google faces loss of talent data: 07.04.08 For some early hires, the internet company has lost two vital ingredients: the anything-goes approach of a start-up environment and the chance to strike it rich 20. Prosecutors quiz Samsung boss data: 07.04.08 The boss of South Korea's Samsung Group is questioned by prosecutors over corruption allegations. 21. Massa wins as Hamilton stumbles data: 07.04.08 Ferrari's Felipe Massa dominates the Bahrain Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton fails to score and loses the championship lead. 22. Cityscape: Helping newcomers navigate the real estate maze of Istanbul data: 27.03.08 A modern businesswoman finds new residents a place to live in an ancient city beset by illegal construction and often untraceable ownership documents. 23. Madeleine McCann parents win apology from Express papers data: 19.03.08 Kate and Gerry McCann have won libel damages worth ÂŁ550,000 and forced two national newspapers to publish front-page apologies for repeatedly implying that they killed their missing daughter Madeleine. 24. What's so bad about Slough? data: 27.03.08 "Slough," which rhymes with "cow" and means "muddy quagmire," is not the only cross the English town has to bear now that a book has appeared, picking on it for being a grim, cheerless wasteland. 25. Can the Group of 7 fix the system itself? data: 10.04.08 When the Group of 7 reveals its response to the global financial markets crisis on Friday, one question they will find hard to answer is: Can you fix the system itself? History suggests not. 26. Setanta talks on possible sale end data: 07.04.08 Setanta Sports, the Ireland-based pay-TV channel, has ended exploratory sale talks after potential bidders demurred from its high price tag 27. Olympics: Kluft to skip heptathlon data: 19.03.08 Olympic champion Carolina Kluft will not defend her heptathlon title at the Beijing Games this year. 28. Cricket: India's Zim tour on hold data: 10.04.08 India's proposed one-day series Zimbabwe is postponed indefinitely because of their busy schedule. 29. Latest Pictures: Latest news pictures, April 7-12 data: 10.04.08 News images from around the world. 30. The Independent reshuffles top management data: 10.04.08 Sir Anthony O'Reilly's flagship newpaper is to appoint Roger Alton, the former editor of The Observer, as its editor in an overhaul aimed at ending years of losses |