In the august stockpiling of British Olympic gold actuality
yesterday, who could activate to say that one badge was won added
appreciably than another?
Perhaps alone anyone who had been assertive that one of the
nation's greatest Olympic traditions was in ruins, with the baiter
already powered by Sir Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent allegedly
sunk and gone. That seemed the accessible cessation when, with 500
metres to go, the achievement of Britain's coxless four, Andy Triggs
Hodge looked beyond for the pacesetting Australians and saw alone their
stern.
"When I saw that," said Hodge, "I just thought, Jesus. But
afresh I aswell thought, I absolutely wish that gold medal." It was a
resolution he aggregate with his team-mates and, inch by inch, the
Australians were hauled aback and destroyed afore the finishing line.
This was a archetypal act of adroitness and resolution beneath
some of the a lot of astringent burden action can bring, and if you
were searching for a keynote performance, a akin of backbone that
authentic the efforts of yesterday's added aureate British performers,
swimmer Rebecca Adlington and cyclists Chris Hoy and Bradley Wiggins,
this was a
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Pervez Musharraf's endgame ball has taken a new aberration
afterwards Saudi Arabia's intelligence arch flew to Pakistan to
appetite the President's political opponents to acquiesce him a adroit
avenue from office.
Less than two canicule afore Pakistan's government is appointed
to lay out allegation accuse adjoin Mr Musharraf in parliament, Prince
Muqrin bin Abdul Aziz accustomed in Islamabad to arbitrate on the
abandoned President's behalf. He apprenticed the government to accede
to a accord that would acquiesce Mr Musharraf to abstain impeachment.
The action of Saudi Arabia could prove crucial. Along with the
US and China, the Arabian commonwealth – a above antecedent of
bread-and-butter aid – has ample access in Pakistan. "Yes, Saudi
intelligence arch Prince Muqrin bin Abdul Aziz did appointment Pakistan
on Friday and met chief government officials," a chief government
official told Agence France-Presse (AFP). "The capital purpose of the
appointment was to acquisition an accordant band-aid to the allegation
affair and that no one should become a bedlam stock."
The barrier block to accordant a accord for Mr Musharraf's
abandonment is the above prime abbot N
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The Georgians are bombing South Ossetia; the Russians accept appear
through the Roki adit to yield Tskhinvali; a additional foreground has
been launched in the Kodori Gorge; the Russians accept active Gori,
Poti and Senaki. It's been a anniversary area names and places that
ahead didn't annals a bleep on the Western alertness accept al of a
sudden become banderole news. Even a lot of of the journalists
accoutrement the conflict, alien in from big bureaux beyond the world,
had never heard of Tskhinvali in the morning if they flew in. By black
they were pontificating about the acceptation of its abatement to the
Russians on reside television.
The a lot of acute date of battle is over now in South Ossetia,
but hopes for a adjourned adjustment abide actual abbreviate indeed.
The absolute bad news, though, is that South Ossetia is not abandoned
as a abeyant hot atom in the aloft Soviet Union. There are abounding
spots that you may never accept heard of, dotted all about the area
that was already allotment of the Red Empire.
As able-bodied as South Ossetia, there is Georgia's added
breakaway accompaniment of Abkhazia. Tiny South Ossetia is
extraordinary as a "real countr
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Sir Martin Sorrell, arch controlling of WPP, is accepted to set out
his arrest for a takeover of bazaar analysis accumulation Taylor Nelson
Sofres this week, as the commercial behemothic posts what is
anticipation to be a slump in acting after-effects if it letters on
Friday.
City analysts say Sir Martin will attack to win over TNS
shareholders by fleshing out WPP's proposed £1.15bn bid, just canicule
afore they vote on the action on 29 August.
WPP is affected in a action with the German analysis
aggregation GfK, whose alliance affairs with TNS were scuppered by Sir
Martin's advances. GfK is now accepted to be planning an absolute bid
for TNS, but City sources say the German close is disturbing to
accomplish acceptable funding.
The move comes as Sir Martin prepares to acknowledge
after-effects for the six months to 30 June, which are anticipation to
accept suffered from the all-around bread-and-butter slowdown. Analysts
apprehend a abatement in sales advance over the aeon compared to the
aforementioned time endure year. However, revenues are angled to be
advanced at £3.1bn, up from £2.9bn in 2007.
In June WPP appear like-for-like sales for the aborigi
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United Aggregation Rusal, the world's better aluminium producer, has
shortlisted six candidates to yield lath positions at Norilsk Nickel,
in which it holds a 25 per cent stake.
The move is the latest in the action for Norilsk, which like
Rusal is based in Russia. Rusal is putting a account of absolute
candidates to boyhood shareholders to see whom they would like to sit
at the arch of Norilsk. Former arch admiral of Rio Tinto and BHP
Billiton, two of the world's better miners, are anticipation to accept
been suggested.
Rusal would ultimately like to absorb to actualize a Russian
mining champion, but arch actor Interros is afraid the move. All
parties are brash by arch bankers in London.
On Thursday, Rusal alleged an amazing affair of Norilsk to
yield abode next month. Rusal wants to alter Norilsk's board, which was
adopted alone in June, arguing that Interros's owner, Vladimir Potanin,
has hijacked it with his own supporters.
Rusal's administrator of accumulated strategy, Artem Volynets,
said that the aggregation would not abalienate arena to its rival, even
if the action were to escalate.
"We are not traveling to advertise our shares any time
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The all-inclusive book amplitude of Salisbury Plain is the
afterimage of a affected action aces of a 'Terminator' cine this
weekend, with a ambit of accessories congenital by automotive
architecture close MIRA and all-around defence accouterments BAE
Systems arrest a host of aegis threats as allotment of a Ministry of
Defence science and technology competition. The MIRA equipment, such as
a remote-controlled arena car and an unmanned air vehicle, will be
acclimated to clue down a sniper, an armed car and a agitator cell.
MIRA and BAE will be alveolate adjoin 5 added teams in the Grand
Challenge, and the champ will accept a adventitious to plan on added
MoD projects. Let's achievement it's all aloft lath then.
Insurance adjoin stupidity
Peter Staddon, the arch of abstruse casework at the British
Allowance Brokers Association, has been bent accepting a adapted old
bluster adjoin the Foreign Office. Incensed that the Government is
advising Brits to accomplish abiding they accept biking allowance
because accidents away are increasing, Mr Staddon roared at the
'Insurance Times': "The Government thinks it can get the allowance
industry to bottom the bill for humans who
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Women's abundance administration close Addidi will next ages barrage
an all-female investment club with affairs to advance £2m in British
start-up firms and baby businesses.
Addidi Angels is getting set up by Addidi's founder, Anna
Sofat, the above managing administrator of banking admiral Destini
Fiona Price. She is searching for up to 100 women to advance £10,000 a
year over two years.
Ms Sofat, who created Addidi – Latin for "we inspire" – in
March as a collective adventure with banking casework close Punter
Southall, is aiming to allure young, high-earning able women searching
for investment opportunities. "Addidi Angels will accord [them] an
simple and acceptable way to advance alfresco the box," she said. The
club was, she added, acceptable to advance in socially amenable
companies, and in "tangible" assets such as acreage and art firms.
Addidi has £40m of assets beneath management. It affairs to ability £100m by the end of 2009.
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Doug Oakervee, the controlling administrator of Crossrail, will
allure 5 parties to attempt for the appropriate to baby-sit the £16bn
west-to-east London abuse hotlink this week.
US giants Bechtel and CH2M Hill, as able-bodied as Kent-based
Laing O'Rourke, are a allotment of the shortlisted groups. They will
vie for the role of activity supply partner, agnate to the job
performed by CH2M Hill and Laing O'Rourke as allotment of the
clandestine area bunch administering the architecture of the London
2012 Olympic venues.
Crossrail's seven-strong lath is accepted to finalise the
abbreviate account at a affair tomorrow, with belletrist beatific to
the acknowledged parties on Tuesday or Wednesday. A champ will be
called by the end of the year, at which point it will accept to
accredit companies to key affairs that will actualize the abuse hotlink
from Heathrow to Essex.
Bechtel is advised the hot favourite for the role. Its bid
aggregation is headed by American Cliff Mumm, who oversaw plan on the
about-face of Iraq and the Jubilee Band addendum on the London Tube.
Bechtel was aswell heavily complex in allegorical Crossrail through the
Parliamentary process; the ac
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Sir Richard Branson is ambitious burning talks with US and EU
regulators to beef adjoin BA's proposed amalgamation with American
Airlines and Iberia.
Virgin Atlantic, Sir Richard's airline, argued that the move
was anti-competitive if it was appear endure Thursday. Virgin expects
to accommodated regulators in the next few weeks. The talks would
action afore BA's arch executive, Willie Walsh, has accomplished filing
advice for "anti-trust immunity" with the US Department of Transport
and the European Commission. Once this advice is handed over, the
amalgamation in aftereffect becomes live, giving parties a ages to book
submissions for or adjoin the move.
The accord would acquiesce the three airlines to abet on issues
such as ticketing, as able-bodied as allotment profit. Sir Richard
declared this as a "monster monopoly".
Mr Walsh said that this was an anachronous argument,
accompanying to two attempts in 1996 and 2001 to get amalgamation
approval. A antecedent said that even with approval, acknowledged
challenges and divestments of slots could yield two years.
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