Special Stamps Mark Hosting of Club World CupKhaleej TimesABU DHABI – Emirates Post has issued special stamps to mark the hosting of the Fifa Club World Cup played recently in Abu Dhabi. …and more » More: continued here
BRITONS TO SPEND £1M A MINUTE IN SNOWY SHOPPING SPREEUK ExpressMeanwhile the Royal Mail said it was doing “everything possible” to ensure deliveries on time. It said the “severe weather” made certain roads impassable …and more » More: continued here
Feat in philately takes Bhilwara professor to GuinnessTimes of IndiaHis name will figure in the next edition of Guinness Book of World Records for the largest collection of stamps and other philatelic items issued in honour …and more » More: continued here
Times Online Dispute over free databases is latest sign of Brown-Mandelson riftTelegraph.co.ukIt is updated 1000 times a day by Royal Mail staff in Middlesbrough to keep up with changes to buildings, so that postmen can deliver letters and parcels to …The strain begins to show as Brown and Mandelson clash over election strategyTimes Onlineall 11…
Recession means Post Office busier than usual this holiday seasonKOAM-TV"The recession – I guess you could say – has been good for the Post Office," says Sharon Clark, the Postmaster in Carl Junction, Missouri. … More: continued here
Authorities say as many as five people are being held hostage at a post office in a small town in Virginia. More: continued here
An armed disabled man took five people hostage in a Virginia post office Wednesday, the town’s mayor said. More: continued here
A US man in a wheelchair claiming to be carrying explosives takes five people hostage in a post office in Virginia, say reports. More: continued here
WYTHEVILLE — An armed man in a wheelchair took five people hostage today at a post office in this small, rural town, forcing officials to cordon off a three-block area of a downtown filled with holiday shoppers. More: continued here
As eBay competes with Wal-Mart and Amazon, it is working to get more on-time Christmas deliveries and shed its yard-sale image More: continued here