Five Star Service Award for SIPP Providers Dentons Pensions

Dentons Pensions are the only Bespoke SIPP Providers to be Awarded 5 Stars at Financial Adviser Service Awards – the benchmark for service levels in the retail financial marketplace.Godalming Surrey (PRWEB UK) 20 December 2012Hosted by comedian Stephen K Amos, The Financial Adviser Service Awards were held on 22 November 2012 at The Natural History Museum. Dentons Pensions were the only bespoke SIPP...

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Kenya police: 28 people killed in clashes

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A police official says 28 people have been killed in clashes between farmers and herders in south-eastern Kenya.Anthony Kamitu, who is leading police operations to prevent the attacks, said Friday that the Pokomo tribe of farmers raided a village of the Orma herding community, called Kipao, at dawn in the Tana River Delta.The latest deaths in a tit-for-tat cycle of killings may...

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FBI: 1 of 2 bank robbers who escaped federal Chicago jail arrested after dayslong manhunt

CHICAGO - Police say one of two bank robbers have been arrested after the pair's brazen escape from a high-rise federal jail in downtown Chicago sparked a dayslong manhunt.FBI spokeswoman Joan Hyde says Joseph Banks was captured late Thursday.Banks fled the Metropolitan Correctional Center early Tuesday with Kenneth Conley by apparently smashing a hole in a wall at the bottom of a narrow cell window...

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Raid on Kenyan coastal village leaves 28 dead

MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Raiders killed villagers and burnt homes in an early morning attack in Kenya's volatile coastal Tana Delta region that left 28 people dead, police said on Friday.They said the raid appeared to have been a revenge attack following clashes between farmers from the Pokomo tribe and semi-nomadic Orma tribesmen, who have fought for years over access to grazing, farmland and water...

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French leader: Al-Qaida link to Nigeria kidnapping

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — President Francois Hollande says a French engineer kidnapped in northern Nigeria was "without a doubt" seized by a group linked to al-Qaida's north African wing, or its jihadist affiliates.The French leader told Europe-1 radio on Friday that "powerfully armed" assailants captured the engineer two days earlier.Nigerian police have said that about 30 attackers stormed the French...

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Bernard Madoff's brother gets 10-year sentence

NEW YORK (AP) -- Peter Madoff was "frankly, not believable" when he claimed he was as surprised as anyone to learn his brother had blown $20 billion of investor money in a massive Ponzi scheme that lasted for decades, a judge said as she sentenced him to 10 years in prison.The disbelief was a recurring theme at the sentencing proceeding Thursday for the 67-year-old former chief compliance officer...

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Manziel could make history by winning Heisman

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Johnny Manziel certainly has the statistics worthy of a Heisman Trophy  winner. He plays in the powerful Southeastern Conference. He has a signature win — all things Heisman voters typically look for.The only question is whether the voters will give the award to a freshman for the first time.Adrian Peterson, star running back for the Vikings and the only freshman...

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Bielema excited for challenge of SEC at Arkansas

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Bret Bielema watched from afar in April as Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long handled the difficult circumstances surrounding Bobby Petrino's firing, liking what he saw so much that he wrote Long a letter of support a few months later.Bielema also liked what he heard from Long earlier this week during a clandestine meeting in New York, eventually agreeing to become the...

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Notre Dame's Te'o wins Bednarik Award

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o has won the Bednarik Award, given to the nation's most outstanding defensive player.Te'o was presented with the award Thursday night at the Home Depot College Football Awards show at Disney World. He beat out finalists Jadeveon Clowney from South Carolina and Georgia's Jarvis Jones.The leader of the nation's top-ranked scoring defense,...

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Notre Dame's Kelly wins coach of the year award

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Brian Kelly of Notre Dame has won coach of the year at the Home Depot College Football Awards show at Disney World.Kelly received the award Thursday night. He becomes the first two-time winner, having previously received the honor in 2009 while he was at Cincinnati.Kelly led the 12-0 Fighting Irish to the school's first undefeated regular season since 1988 and only the...

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