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The tiny kingdom of Swaziland is marking 40 years of independence amid growing unrest at the lavish spending of the country's king.

A WALK in aid of the Alzheimer's Society is taking place at East Carlton Country Park on Sunday. (04/09/2008)

The frontrunner to become Japan's next leader will pledge tax cuts and bigger government spending to boost the economy, a newspaper said on Monday, a contrast with rivals worried about the country's huge debt.

TELEVISION celebrity Clarissa Dickson Wright will be a guest at the Hampshire Country Sports Day next weekend. The TV cook and author, will be signing copies of her autobiography at the annual sporting extravaganza at Tichborne Park near Alresford on Sunday, September 14.

Comment is free: Michael Tomasky: Polls show most think their country is on the wrong track, and they won't be swayed by Palin's culture-war rhetoric

Michael Tomasky: Polls show most think their country is on the wrong track, and they won't be swayed by Palin's culture-war rhetoric

Jessica Simpson was so nervous at a listening party for her new country music album, she warned guests she might vomit.

Mark Cocker: Claxton, Norfolk

Thailand's embattled prime minister Samak Sundaravej told the nation Sunday he was confident there would be no military coup, despite weeks of street protests calling for his resignation.

When foreigners are kidnapped in Afghanistan it always makes headlines, but it rarely rates a mention when Afghans are abducted in their own country as worsening security and poverty fuel crime.