I'm not particularly knowledgeable about new authors so I'm going to be given a list of 20 exciting new novelists - and hopefully amongst them will be the new Ian McEwan, Salman Rushdie, William Boyd or Kazuo Ishiguro...

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I'm talking about the e-G8, which has assembled a stellar cast list to discuss how the internet can contribute to economic growth.

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Worse, you're not always sure how to buy it, or even if the shop will let you if you're not living in the U.S. So, now that I'm a veteran cybershopper, here is my list of demands for wannabe e-tailers.

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Whatever it was, I'm so grateful it was there because it cemented itself onto my ever-growing bucket list.

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"I'm not aware of a magic piece of intelligence somehow withheld that would have put AbdulMutallab on the no-fly list, " the official said.

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