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Helicopter crash co-pilot spared jail
Robert Hamilton given a suspended sentence for his role in a 2007 helicopter crash that killed three servicemenThe co-pilot of an RAF helicopter that crashed during a "jolly", killing the pilot and two...
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Credit agencies pile pressure on EU leaders
Moody's downgrades Belgium by two notches and warns that indebted countries will find it increasingly hard to fund debtsEuropean leaders are under renewed pressure to boost the firepower of the EU's...
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Man convicted of wife's murder for the third time
Evelyn Lund's decomposed body found in car in French lake almost two years after disappearance in 1999A British man was convicted for the third time of killing his wife, whose decomposed body was found...
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Sudoku 2,059 hard
Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9.For a helping hand call our solutions line on 09068 338 228. Calls cost 60p per minute at all times. Service...
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Simon Hoggart's week: Christopher Hitchens: monster and turnip
Memories of the 'contrarian' who left his wife, betrayed a close friend – and wrote more than most people have read✒To come to the point, Christopher Hitchens could be a monster. He left his first wife...
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Sudoku 271 killer
Normal Sudoku rules apply, except the numbers in the cells contained within dotted lines add up to the figures in the corner. No number can be repeated within each shape formed by dotted lines.For a...
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Lucy Mangan's pick of the week: The story, the stat, the quote, the tweet
Lucy Mangan on the people and stories in the media spotlight in the last seven daysThe storyJacques ChiracZut Delors! Il est – against what sometimes seemed like toutes les odds – accompli. Former...
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Good to meet you … Arun Debnath
A Pakistan-born reader tells why reading the Guardian is like supporting a football teamI was born to a Hindu family in a remote village in erstwhile Muslim-ruled east Pakistan, and, aged five, started...
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The Saturday interview: Gillian Anderson
Gillian Anderson was cast as Dana Scully in The X-Files at 24, but since then she has specialised in tragic heroines. She next appears, bald and on fire, as the youngest-ever Miss Havisham'You've...
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Acceptance in Lieu scheme brings a dozen new gifts to the nation
A Rubens drawing, 30 artworks by Walter Sickert and a note from Gandhi are among those helping settle tax billsA stupendous drawing of Venus rising by Rubens, 30 artworks by Walter Sickert and a...
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Abortion is not a mental health issue | Deborah Orr
Women should be able to choose to end a pregnancy without having to pretend that continuing it would drive them to despair Last week saw the publication of the most comprehensive review ever of the...
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How Britain got its patriotism back | Jonathan Jones
From the monarchy to fashion to old-fashioned food, British culture is brimming with pride. But is there a dark side to this new patriotism?It takes a rare party leader to reach beyond the arid debates...
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Why we should let Ian Brady die | Deborah Orr
We would all win by allowing his deathDespite the horror of his crimes, the murder of five children, Ian Brady nurses hopes of release from prison. He makes no great claims for his rehabilitation. He...
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Unthinkable: Christopher Hitchens at heaven's gate | Editorial
'Do you know who I am? Of course you do, it's one of the drawbacks of omniscience'Saint Peter: Next!Man [defiant]: Christopher Hitchens.St Peter [a half-beat late]: Personal account?Hitchens: Do you...
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Man crushed to death by pontoon
Second man seriously injured after incident at Ipswich docksA man has died and another was left with serious injuries after apparently being crushed at Ipswich docks on Friday evening.Emergency...
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Bidisha's thought for the day: Queens
A true queen is not sentimentally loved, but ardently respected and mortally fearedI like my queens ruthless and their subjects headless. Our own queen, Elizabeth II, has just announced a stately...
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From the archive, 17 December 1957: City drops smear campaign against 25,000...
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 17 December 1957Birmingham Corporation has lost yet another round in the fight against the starlings that fly into the city every night. Now, after...
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John Gardner obituary
Composer in the English romantic traditionJohn Gardner, who has died aged 94, was one of the English composers who defied the serialist tide of the 1950s and 60s, sustaining the romantic tradition...
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Cesária Évora obituary
Singer who took the melancholy morna ballads of Cape Verde round the worldThe singer Cesária Évora, who has died aged 70 after a long period of ill-health, rose from absolute poverty on the Cape Verde...
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Kazakhstan protesters face armed police after bloody clashes
Demonstrations spread to capital of oil-producing Mangistau region after violence which official account says has killed 12Protests in Kazakhstan's oil-producing Mangistau region, unprecedented in the...
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