Needless bureaucracy is costing councils in England £4.5bn a year - money that could be spent on vital local services, according to a report.The Local Government Association said there should be a bonfire of red tape to free up taxpayers' mo
Ken Clarke has said the Conservatives will win the battle against red tape by sweeping away regulation and letting business get on with creating new jobs.The shadow business secretary told the Tory conference firms were swamped by paperwork introd
Israel proved once again just how much it values the lives of its soldiers when it released 20 female Palestinian prisoners Friday in exchange for a videotape. The footage, which was verified by Israeli intelligence officials, shows Israeli Sergeant
MOSCOW - The United States has complained to Russia's Foreign Ministry over what it says is a bid to smear a diplomat with a fabricated sex tape, the U.S. ambassador in Moscow told ABC television. Ambassador John Beyrle said a video apparently feat
Buzz Lightyear has been about as close to infinity as he'll ever get, and he's back. The Toy Story character will get a ticker tape parade at Walt Disney World in Florida Oct. 2 to celebrate his record-setting 468 days in space. The longest stretch
Bin Laden Threatens To Escalate WarfareAl-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden described President Obama as powerless to stop the war in Afghanistan and threatened to step up guerrilla warfare there in a new audiotape released to mark the anniversary of t
NEW YORK - A New Jersey town angry at the release of the Lockerbie bomber is trying to use red tape to block Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi from pitching his tent there when he attends the U.N. General Assembly next month. Construction workers have
KUALA LUMPUR - The ethnic Chinese party in Malaysia's ruling coalition has sacked a top leader over a sex-video scandal, triggering infighting that could further erode the alliance's public support. The Malaysian Chinese Association decided overni
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