Hammond’s rocket car on eBay (Daily Mirror)
The jet car in which Richard Hammond crashed and nearly died has gone on sale on eBay. More: continued here
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Bush Seeks to Restore Tattered U.S. Image With Heavy ’08 Travel (Bloomberg via Yahoo! News)
Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) — President George W. Bush’s diplomatic passport will acquire a slew of new country stamps during his final year in office as he tries to rebuild the U.S.’s international standing and create a foreign-policy legacy beyond Iraq. More: continued here
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Hammond crash car on ebay (Ananova)
The dragster in which Top Gear’s Richard Hammond almost died is up for sale on eBay. More: continued here
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Digital Vigilantes: Using eBay to Catch a Truck Thief – PC World
PC World Digital Vigilantes: Using eBay to Catch a Truck ThiefPC World –4 hours agoThe story of how a mild-mannered software developer from San Antonio, Texas, ended up running his own undercover sting operation against eBay fraudsters … More: continued here
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Britons sending Christmas cards via India – Sify
ITN Britons sending Christmas cards via IndiaSify, India –4 hours agoMany Britons have found that the Indian postal system is cheaper and more reliable than Royal Mail. There have been several instances when Britons …Royal Mail stamps on claims of undelivered Christmas postIndependentRoyal Mail loses 2m presentsTimes OnlineComplaints soar over late online giftsTelegraph.co.ukBBC Newsall 40 news articles…
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Burglars raid village post office (BBC News)
Burglars steal nearly £1,000 in cash from a Shropshire post office. More: continued here
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Flashback December 25, 2002-2004 (Saipan Tribune)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture gave the people of Rota a timely Christmas gift, following its approval of the Commonwealth’s request for the distribution of emergency food stamps on the island. More: continued here
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Fake cops fail at holiday FedEx hijacking (Moldova.org)
The three phony police officers who hijacked a FedEx truck full of Christmas gifts in New York were unable to open the storage containers.Three men in an SUV, wearing police uniforms complete with badges, pulled over a FedEx 18-wheeler in Manhattan Friday, handcuffed the driver at gunpoint, and then forced him into the back of…
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Royal Mail parcel pledge – Bolton News
Royal Mail parcel pledgeBolton News, UK –Dec 18, 2007By Joanne Rowe LATE night parcel deliveries will be made by Royal Mail staff this week in a bid to ensure Christmas is not ruined at homes across Bolton. … More: continued here
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Stamps commemorate personalities and anniversaries (di-ve)
A set of five stamps and a miniature sheet will commemorate Maltese and Gozitan personalities and local and international anniversaries. The set, which was designed by Harry Borg, will be issued by the Philatelic Bureau of Maltapost plc on Saturday, December 29. More: continued here