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Greek leftist attacks EU 'poker'
Thu, 17 May 2012 00:15:44 GMT Greek leftist leader Alexis Tsipras accuses the EU and Germany of "playing poker with people's lives", as millions of euros are withdrawn from Greek banks. |
Spanish queen cancels UK visit
Wed, 16 May 2012 21:17:23 GMT Spain's Queen Sofia cancels a visit to the UK for the Diamond Jubilee following disputes with London over the territory of Gibraltar. |
Fans react to Dalglish sacking
Wed, 16 May 2012 19:00:21 GMT Liverpool fans react to the news that manager and club legend Kenny Dalglish has been sacked. |
Mladic 'headed ethnic cleansing'
Wed, 16 May 2012 16:41:16 GMT Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic intended to "ethnically cleanse" Bosnia, the opening day of his war crimes trial hears. Send us your comments. |
Passport boost for activist Chen
Thu, 17 May 2012 07:54:35 GMT Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he and his family have completed passport applications and officials say they should be ready in 15 days. |
Taylor says witnesses 'bought'
Wed, 16 May 2012 12:39:31 GMT Liberian ex-President Charles Taylor accuses the prosecution of paying witnesses to testify against him in his war crimes trial in The Hague. |
Mexico writer Carlos Fuentes dies
Wed, 16 May 2012 09:43:41 GMT Carlos Fuentes, one of the most famous Latin American authors, known for fiction and political essays, dies in Mexico at the age of 83. Send us your reaction to the news. |
Greek crisis: Your views
Tue, 15 May 2012 14:47:51 GMT 'I would prefer to exit the euro and suffer' |
Olympic ticket sales: Your stories
Mon, 14 May 2012 15:30:27 GMT 'I've just got four tickets for the Men's 200m final' |
When children meet the Queen
Sun, 13 May 2012 02:18:01 GMT Your memories of meeting the Queen |
Your week in pictures
Sun, 13 May 2012 08:07:08 GMT Your photos from around the world this week |
What are your special memories of the Queen during her reign?
Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:26:40 GMT What are your highlights of Queen Elizabeth II's reign so far? |
Jubilee memorabilia: Tell us your stories
Sat, 05 May 2012 05:06:01 GMT What kind of royal memorabilia do you have? |

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| Word of the day |
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:
maffick \MAF-ik\ verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.
"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.
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