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British soldiers killed in Afghanistan named by MoD
Ministry of Defence reveals five of the men killed in a huge explosion in Afghanistan were aged 21 or underSix soldiers who were killed when their armoured car was destroyed in a huge explosion in...
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Oil services companies enjoy US shale oil boom
Mid-cap Hunting posts good results, lifting blue-chip peer PetrofacIt's been a good week for oil services companies. Mid-cap player Hunting said this morning the US shale oil market is still booming,...
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Press Complaints Commission to close in wake of phone-hacking scandal
Media watchdog will be replaced by transitional body until replacement is set up after Leveson inquiryThe Press Complaints Commission is to be shut down after 21 years, closing one of the most...
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Irish police clear Occupy Dublin site
Protest camp moved from Central Bank before annual St Patrick's Day paradePolice have cleared an Occupy camp outside Ireland's Central Bank in an operation in the early hours of Thursday morning.Up to...
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Stena Line ferry collides with cargo ship in Belfast Lough
Inquiry launched after Stena Feronia, which was carrying nearly 100 people from Merseyside, is badly damaged in crashAn inquiry is under way into how a passenger ferry travelling from Merseyside with...
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FSA bans former FD of Royal Liver Assurance but he escapes £1m fine
George McGregor was fined for entering into contracts on behalf of RLA without authorisation and which benefited a former RLA employeeThe Financial Services Authority has banned and fined the former...
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Round-up of today's results: Aviva, Morrisons, Schroders
Aviva and Morrisons up; Schroders and Corin Group downA quick run-down of the raft of full-year results this morning.Aviva beat City forecasts with a 6% rise in profits last year to £2.5bn. Profit...
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Queen's diamond jubilee tour steams ahead on the 10.15 from St Pancras
Duchess of Cambridge adds touch of glamour to royal train journey from London to Leicester to open jubilee celebrationsThe Queen let the train take the strain as she began her diamond jubilee tour of...
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Kony 2012 documentary on Ugandan warlord is unlikely viral phenomenon
The 30-minute film about guerilla leader Joseph Rao Kony has been watched more than 30m times in 48 hoursKony 2012 is an unlikely internet phenomenon. The 30-minute documentary about a despot Ugandan...
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Hammerson jumps on news from French rival
BNP Paribas sells stake in French property group Klépierre for £1.3bnHammerson, the retail group with property across the UK and France, has been top of the leaderboard for the past hour or so. The...
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Homelessness jumps by 14% in a year
Almost 50,000 households across England accepted as homeless as repossession rates and unemployment riseThe number of people officially classed as homeless in England has jumped by 14% – the biggest...
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Barack Obama's transgender former nanny finds fame and a job offer
TV crews clamber to interview Evie, who looked after boy who became US president when he and his mother lived in IndonesiaBarack Obama's former nanny, a transgender woman named Evie, has been...
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Iran's supreme leader says Obama comments are 'window of opportunity'
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calls US president's remarks about need to dampen drumbeat of war 'good words and an exit from delusion'Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has described comments by...
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The will to govern shows signs of life
Financiers on trial and the Leveson inquiry are encouraging hints that the political and bureaucratic elite is finding its nerveI was delighted to see on last night's TV news that Kautilya Pruthi,...
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Italian police break up international paedophile network
Ten people arrested in Italy, US, France and Portugal, with another 112 investigated on suspicion of child pornography offencesItalian police have broken up a paedophile network, spanning at least 28...
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Rail industry must find £3.5bn of annual savings, says transport secretary
Justine Greening says nationwide rollout of Oyster-style technology and fewer on-train staff could help reduce subsidyThe transport secretary, Justine Greening, has confirmed the government is looking...
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Joseph Kony documentary makes move from social media to mainstream TV
Half-hour documentary on Lord's Resistance Army leader is aired on Australian national television network TenA half-hour documentary on a Ugandan rebel leader that has been watched by tens of millions...
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Bin Laden's three widows charged in Pakistan
The women have been charged with illegally entering and living in the country, says Pakistan interior ministerPakistan has charged Osama bin Laden's three widows with illegally entering and living in...
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Bid talk lifts Perform and Bowleven
Perform jumps 8% on low liquidity, while Tullow is rumoured to be eyeing BowlevenPerform, which repackages digital sports broadcasts for bookmakers, is leading the mid-cap risers, up an impressive 8%...
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Tributes paid to British soldiers killed in Afghanistan
'Natural leader' and 'the life and soul of the platoon' among men who died in explosionTributes to the six men killed in Afghanistan were led by Lieutenant Colonel Zac Stenning, commanding officer of...
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