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Manchester is a major city within Greater Manchester in North West England. The City of Manchester is a metropolitan borough with City status and has a population of 441,200. It lies at the centre of a large connurbation - the wider Greater Manchester Urban Area is home to 2,240,230 people, making it England's third largest conurbation after those of Greater London and the West Midlands. More about Manchester from Wikipedia »

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Haitians begin to return to unprepared capital

…they didn't want to stay with people they barely knew. More are planning to come back soon.”Alfredo Stein, of the University of Manchester's Global Urban Research Centre, said planners must assume people will return — and must work closely with them to rebuild….

Camilla visits set of UK soap 'Coronation Street'

…says she is a lifelong fan of the show, set in the fictional working-class community of Weatherfield.Camilla visited the set in Manchester, northwest England and watched the cast film a scene from the long-running soap.She said the show was “a wonderful British…

With Grammy nod, the Ting Tings feel like winners

…Tings arrive to KIIS FM's Jingle Ball 2009 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Katy Winn, file)NEW YORK — It all started in bedroom in Manchester, England. Undeterred by the sound of nearby construction wafting through the window, Katie White and Jules de Martino were…

Haye to meet Ruiz in Manchester in April

…in Manchester to announce his forthcoming WBA Heavyweight World Championship boxing fight against John Ruiz of the USA, in Manchester, England, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010. Haye will fight Ruiz at the MEN Arena in Manchester on April 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Jon Super)MANCHESTER,…

Witnesses: Plane tumbled out of sky off Lebanon

…thought that a nasty squall in and of itself would be the prime cause of an accident like this,” said Yates, an analyst based in Manchester, England.Still, one prominent analyst cast doubt on the accuracy of witness reports of flames.”Eyewitnesses almost always…

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Manchester museum will be an addition to the “national treasure” in Preston

…of the game around Europe, is a story in need of a museum. Given the Busby Babes' role in establishing European competition, Manchester is a perfect home for it. With the English evolution at Preston, the European in Manchester and, perhaps, the history of…

Lineup Announced For Bonnaroo Festival

…Tenn. — Music lovers, start making your plans to head to Manchester this summer. Tuesday, Bonnaroo organizers announced the lineup for this year's music festival. Among the headliners are guitar god Jeff Beck, Jay-Z, Norah Jones and the Flaming Lips, who…

Professor Douglas MacDowell: Classical scholar

…properly began his distinguished academic career. Starting as an assistant lecturer he reached the rank of reader in 1970. At Manchester he published his first two books, a commentary on an important speech by the Athenian orator Andocides and a lucid…

Like duck boats to water | Lynsey Hanley

…Great cities are great precisely because they tend to their civic infrastructure. As amusing as it may be to see the Magic Bus of Manchester plying its trade, it's not so funny to recall the deregulatory chaos that brought it into being. Liverpool and Glasgow,…

St Helens North: St Helens North: Conservative Party candidate Paul Greenall

… Paul has previously worked at Ashworth high security hospital near Liverpool and has held academic posts at the Universities of Manchester and Liverpool, where he conducted research into mentally disordered offenders and the evacuation of the World Trade…

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