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Taliban suspend talks with US
Afghanistan's president, Hamid Karzai, calls for US troops to leave Afghan villages immediatelyThe Taliban have suspended talks with the US saying in a statement that they were presented with...
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Police could face annual fitness tests and compulsory redundancies
Recommendations form second stage of review of police pay and conditions for the home secretaryThe most radical shake-up of policing for more than 30 years could result in ending a ban on compulsory...
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UK arrest linked to Italian Facebook terror investigation
Woman questioned over possible links to Moroccan suspect and web page dedicated to weapons training and Milan synagogueA 40-year-old woman has been arrested in London by a British counter-terrorism...
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F Sherwood Rowland
He played a key role in eliminating the threat from CFCs to the ozone layerWhat could be the human significance of a scientific paper entitled Stratospheric Sink for Chlorofluoromethanes: Chlorine...
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Gilad Shalit's father sparks row over kidnap comments
Noam Shalit, whose son was held in captivity by Hamas, says he would kidnap Israeli soldiers if he were PalestinianThe father of an Israeli soldier held in captivity for more than five years by Hamas...
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Devon NHS children's services set for privatisation
Outcome of tendering process for core services for vulnerable families could provide foretaste of NHS break-up, critics fearCore children's health services in Devon may be about to be privatised, in a...
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Shell admits 207 oil spills in 2011
Anglo-Dutch group is still investigating a further four spills in Nigeria that it admits may raise the 2011 totalShell has revealed that its global oil spill record got worse over the last year with...
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Ugandan group sues anti-gay pastor in US
Sexual Minorities Uganda says Scott Lively promoted violence against gay people there, contravening international lawA Ugandan gay rights group is suing an American Christian evangelist it accuses of...
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Former Mr Universe celebrates his 100th birthday
Manohar Aich from India, who won the bodybuilding title in 1952, was still lifting weights at the age of 99A former Mr Universe who has just turned 100 said on Sunday that happiness and a life without...
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Government plans U-turn on aircraft carriers as catapult costs spiral
Defence secretary wants to switch back to version of Joint Strike Fighter ministers dismissed as more costly and less effectivePhilip Hammond, the defence secretary, has recommended a U-turn on one of...
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Dozens arrested as Occupy Wall Street marks anniversary with fresh protests
Police sweep Zuccotti Park in New York, where protesters gathered to mark six-month anniversary of movementPolice have arrested dozens of Occupy Wall Street protesters during a protest marking the...
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Fidel Castro may have known of Oswald plan to kill JFK, book claims
Retired CIA officer says Cuban leader ordered intelligence officer to listen for news from Texas on morning of shootingIt is one of history's most enduring mysteries and has kept conspiracy theorists...
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Back-to-work schemes to face court hearing
Government will face accusations of forced labour at hearing in two cases at the Royal Courts of Justice in mid-MayThe government will have to defend two of its back-to-work schemes against accusations...
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EU outraged after Belarus executes two men accused of Metro bombing
Alexander Lukashenko, 'the last dictator in Europe', ignores pleas for clemency as critics question fairness of trialThe EU and human rights groups have strongly condemned the execution of two young...
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Pope Shenouda III obituary
Egyptian spiritual leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church for more than 40 yearsPope Shenouda III of Alexandria, who has died aged 88 after suffering from prostate cancer, was for four decades the...
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Designer Karen Millen aims to bounce back from Icelandic banking crash
Entrepreneur who lost millions after collapse of Kaupthing bank in 2008 fights for legal right to trade under her own nameFour years ago the designer Karen Millen was one half of high street fashion's...
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My plea to George Osborne: let's have a budget for banks | Guy Hands
Unless banks are given the confidence to lend sensibly, recovery will be non-existent. Japan-style stagnation awaitsIt would be fair to say that I am not the likeliest champion of western banks. I have...
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Shopworkers' union attacks plan for longer Sunday trading during Olympics
Usdaw says members would be 'vehemently opposed' to move and Labour's Ed Balls calls for consultationA plan to lift restrictions on Sunday trading during the Olympics has been criticised by Labour and...
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Change is coming to China – but will Beijing lead a social revolution?
People's Congress must wait for party to anoint next leaders before addressing growing clamour for reformIt was the greatest political upheaval in years, but it may not be the last. China's dramatic...
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James Murdoch's letter to MPs is a curious bookend to his British career
There is little doubt he was writing the conclusion he would like to the Culture, Media and Sport select committee's long-awaited report into phone-hackingJames Murdoch's seven-page "I did not know...
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