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Walls never work: in the Middle East or in Ireland
The Independent - London; 1/2/2010; 1501 words; ...settlements" in the West Bank, where the Israelis insist...Israel's illegal claim to West Bank Arab land is based on holy texts...Ireland strangers from England and Scotland. This was the so-called Plantation...s Counties, just as West Bank Palestinians are supposed to...

Bank losses hit taxpayers hard
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 1/2/2010; 314 words; ...by taxpayers on the part-nationalised banks have widened to Pounds 26 billion, it...calculated the taxpayer was nursing on Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group shares, according...driven by the dire performance of the banks' shares during 2009, with RBS the worst...

Losses 'hit Pounds 26bn' ; IN BRIEF
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK); 1/2/2010; 289 words; ...by taxpayers on the part-nationalised banks have widened to Pounds 26 billion, it...nursing an Pounds 18 billion hit on Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group shares on November...driven by the dire performance of the banks' shares during 2009, with RBS the worst...

Province's children are the second best young savers in UK
Belfast Telegraph; 1/2/2010; 398 words; ...with around Pounds 1,037 for girls, according to high street bank Halifax.The group, which analysed its own savings data...Pounds 1,162. At the other end of the scale, children in Scotland have set aside only around Pounds 875, while those in the North...

2010 begins with big chill
The Independent - London; 1/2/2010; 564 words; ...In London, more than 200,000 people gathered along the banks of the Thames on New Year's Eve to hear Big Ben strike midnight...temperatures this weekend, with more snow showers, mainly over Scotland, eastern England, Devon and Cornwall. Ice will be a problem...