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WASHINGTON - President Thomas Monson and Elder Oaks were invited to the Oval Office on Monday to present President Obama with his family genealogy in five large leather-bound volumes that review several generations of the president's family.

Hopes that ageing dictator Robert Mugabe would be retiring soon have been dashed, after his party endorsed the 85 year old as ZANU PFa s a Supreme leadera , in a move that a leading political analyst has dismissed as unconstitutional.

One of Britain's busiest rail lines is to be electrified in a move that will introduce greener and more reliable services for millions of passengers.The government is finalising plans to transform the Great Western mainline as part of a drive to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from transport. The programme will involve installing hundreds of miles of electric cables as well as alterations to tunnels, bridges and stations on one of Britain's oldest rail routes.An announcement could come as soon as Thursday, although the financing is still being put in place. The Department for Transport (DfT) and Network Rail, owner of Britain's rail infrastructure, have discussed electrifying the route from London Paddington to Cardiff, taking in Reading and Bristol, as well as the popular commuter route from London to Oxford.However, the programme is expected to be carried out in phases over the next decade in order to minimise disruption.Britain lags behind many of its European counterparts in electr

One of Britain's busiest rail lines is to be electrified in a move that will introduce greener and more reliable services for millions of passengers.The government is finalising plans to transform the Great Western mainline as part of a drive to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from transport. The programme will involve installing hundreds of miles of electric cables as well as alterations to tunnels, bridges and stations on one of Britain's oldest rail routes.An announcement could come as soon as Thursday, although the financing is still being put in place. The Department for Transport (DfT) and Network Rail, owner of Britain's rail infrastructure, have discussed electrifying the route from London Paddington to Cardiff, taking in Reading and Bristol, as well as the popular commuter route from London to Oxford.However, the programme is expected to be carried out in phases over the next decade in order to minimise disruption.Britain lags behind many of its European counterparts in electr

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tom Watson had given senior players a 'second life' with his inspirational British Open campaign, Vijay Singh said on Tuesday.

Published by Jon Land for 24dash.com in Local Government , Education Tuesday 21st July 2009 - 11:17am Teenage boy overdoses on nicotine gum handed out by school A 14-year-old boy was hospitalised after overdosing on nicotine gum handed out at school, it emerged today.

An Australian study appears to have established a link between loss of self-control in old age and problem gambling. However, according to the study, these problems occur only in those people who alr...

Munich - No date for the German trial of 89-year-old alleged Nazi death-camp murderer John Demjanjuk will be set before the end of August, judicial sources said Tuesday. The trial will now likely not take place before October, at least five months af...

Anti-globalisation group Climate Justice action talks of plans to mobilise up to 15,000 protesters to storm Copenhagen summit in DecemberA network of radical green groups is planning to disrupt the international climate change meeting in Copenhagen in December by invading the conference centre and occupying parts of it for a day, it has emerged.The anti-globalisation group Climate Justice Action has said it hopes to mobilise up to 15,000 protesters to storm the climate summit, and a large carbon dioxide emitter nearby, while negotiators try to thrash out a replacement for the Kyoto protocol.'We want to take over the summit space to set the global agenda away from false, market-based solutions, towards an agenda of social justice,' said Tadzio Müller, a 32-year-old German activist who is part of the group organising the protest. 'Real emission cuts will not be achieved by initiatives like carbon trading...It is (the pursuit of) economic growth that is driving us into climate chaos.'But

Two elderly Catholic siblings living in a Protestant interface area in Belfast have been enduring a campaign of attacks over the past week from stone-throwing nationalist youths.Seventy-year-old Mary ...