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Dow Jones breaks through 13,000 for first time since banking crisis

Wall Street driven by more upbeat economic news in the US – despite uncertainty surrounding Greece and a long-term solution to the eurozone crisis The Dow Jones industrial average – an important...

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Theresa May plays a familiar part in the farce of border control | Simon Jenkins

Whitehall reorganisation is ministers' favourite blood sport. But frontline staff must be allowed to make their own decisionsHalf a million foreigners have apparently entered the UK since 2007 without...

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Fear of Wales height persuades England to bring in Geoff Parling

• Second-rower set for first start after Tom Palmer dropped • Ben Youngs and Phil Dowson likely to start on benchEngland have sprung a surprise by omitting the experienced Tom Palmer from their...

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Country diary: Wenlock Edge: In the darkness of the woods

Wenlock Edge: Shaken by the suddenness of snow, small birds cluster in the lattice of hedge trees like dark fruit, staring across fields of crackling whiteInside looking out: small birds cluster in the...

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Letters: The UKBA and child asylum seekers

The compensation payment to child asylum seekers who were unlawfully detained (Report, 18 February) is a symptom of a deeper problem affecting, at any one time, thousands of young asylum seekers...

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Letters: Crumbling credibility on the NHS

Jackie Ashley's grudging comments about Liberal Democrats' work on the health and social care bill overlook two significant points (Only fear of losing face keeps this mad NHS gamble going, 20...

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Letters: The search for the true meanings of love

Simon Jenkins (Comment, 17 February) enters a debate with Jeanette Winterson on love. He lists the Greek words for love but omits one – charis – usually translated as charity, a debased word which now...

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Letters: Rioting in Tibet

I am writing with regard to a letter (Remember Tibet, 7 February), which gave a groundless and distorted account of the recent incidents in some Tibetan areas of China, and even agitated for anti-China...

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Letter: Hungary's positive role in helping Roma

Your report (Roma living in fear as armed militias terrify village with message of hate, 27 January) gave a vivid impression of degrading poverty – and sometimes fear. Last spring the village of...

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Somalia: UK weighs up air strikes against rebels

Fears over piracy and al-Shabaab insurgents lead Britain and other EU countries to consider air strikes on logistical hubsMounting concern about the twin threats posed by pirates and Islamic insurgents...

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Letters: Frinton overseas

I have to disagree with your correspondent's assertion that Ofsted needs to reduce its emphasis on the evaluation of teaching in its school inspections (Letters, 15 February). Teaching quality is...

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Letter: Picasso and women

Your article on the new exhibition at Tate Britain entitled Picasso and Modern British Art (How Picasso helped British art go modern, 14 February) began with Vanessa Bell's enthusiastic response to...

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Al-Shabaab: the Somali militant group recruiting young Britons to its ranks

Intelligence agencies say young extremists are travelling to training camps in Somalia as they once did in AfghanistanAt a court hearing on Monday in the port city of Mombasa, a young British man in a...

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Greece bailout: six key elements of the deal

The main points of the second rescue package for Greece agreed by eurozone finance ministersThe Eurogroup of finance ministers declared that "ensuring debt sustainability and restoring competitiveness"...

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Facebook's nudity and violence guidelines are laid bare

Nipples are rude but crushed limbs are OK – a document leak has revealed the social network's attitudes to sex and violenceFacebook bans images of breastfeeding if nipples are exposed – but allows...

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Carlos Tevez issues unreserved apology to everybody at Manchester City

• 'My wish is to concentrate on playing for Manchester City'• Fine still possible for comments about Roberto ManciniCarlos Tevez has issued an unreserved apology "to everybody I have let down" at...

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Champions League Napoli v Chelsea: five things we learned | Dominic Fifield

André Villas-Boas does not sit on the fence while Napoli's attacking threat is slick but the Italians are not unbeatable1 Villas-Boas is really not one to sit on the fenceGut instinct suggested André...

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Reading confident Brian McDermott will turn down Wolves' approach

• Brian McDermott holds talks with tycoon Anton Zingarevich• Wolves have seen managerial candidates fall by waysideBrian McDermott's future is set to be resolved on Wednesday morning, with Reading...

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An attack on Iran would be an act of criminal stupidity | Seumas Milne

US and Israeli leaders are talking themselves into a disastrous conflict that will make Iranian nuclear weapons a certaintyAfter a decade of calamitous western wars in the wider Middle East, the signs...

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Andrew Lansley: worse communication skills than our cat | Simon Hoggart

It was the junior minister, Simon Burns, who handled most questions about the unloved health and social care billPoor Andrew Lansley had to answer health questions on Tuesday. Or at least was supposed...

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