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Government plans increased email and social network surveillance
Proposal echoes Labour scheme that was scrapped in 2009 over concerns it would breach civil libertiesMinisters are to introduce a new law allowing police and security services to extend their...
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François Hollande 'will retain Franco-British defence ties' as president
Candidate's defence spokesman to fly to London to reassure officials co-operation between France and UK will continueThe man tipped to be France's next defence minister is to fly to London on Monday to...
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Wicker Man sequel revisits original's murky territory
The Wicker Tree has 'jokey bits, sex and a very horrific ending', says returning director Robin Hardy, who admits to schadenfreude at Hollywood remake's failureThough it was the victim of a takeover at...
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Regional pay for public-sector workers 'could increase union membership'
Independent pay experts warn that localised wage deals for public sector could lead to more confrontations over salariesSetting regional pay levels for public sector workers could increase trade union...
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Damascus on edge as Syria's strife encroaches on capital
Food prices on the rise, gas and electricity run short and latest influx of people fleeing Homs rattles capitalYasser sits in the dark in his clothes shop in Damascus's Old City, listening to the whirr...
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Trayvon Martin death: analysis of 911 call casts doubts on Zimmerman story
Screams on recording almost certainly not from man who claims to have shot in self-defence, voice experts tell Florida newspaperAnalysis of the emergency phone call made just before the unarmed African...
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French leftwinger Jean-Luc Mélenchon sees support rise in new opinion poll
Anti-capitalist presidential candidate likely to come third with 15% behind frontrunners François Hollande and Nicolas SarkozyJean-Luc Mélenchon, a fiery leftist whose anti-capitalist agenda has shaken...
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Student who abused Fabrice Muamba on Twitter 'should not have been jailed'
Thomas Hammarberg, the European commissioner for human rights, calls Liam Stacey's 56-day sentence excessiveThe Swansea student given 56 days in prison for posting racially offensive comments on...
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Fuel tanker firms and union set for Acas talks over strike threat
Talks through conciliation service pencilled in for Wednesday, as Tory ministers defend government's handling of sagaCrisis talks between the Unite trade union and fuel distributors are due to begin on...
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Game Group to carry on trading after OpCapita steps in to buy business
Investment firm says it will retain remaining 333 UK retail stores and safeguard 3,200 jobsStricken retailer Game Group, which went into administration last week, has been given a new lease of life by...
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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood to field presidential candidate
Egyptian group accused of power grab attempt after announcing candidacy of Khairat al-Shater despite vow not take partThe Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has announced it will field a candidate in the...
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Eric Brenman obituary
Psychoanalyst who stressed the need to get more closely in touch with the experience of the patientEric Brenman, who has died aged 92, was an independent-minded Kleinian psychoanalyst. He helped bring...
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Lincoln Hall obituary
Australian moutaineer and writer who had a miraculous escape on Everest in 2006Late on 25 May 2006, Barbara Scanlan took a call from Everest base camp in Tibet explaining that her husband, the...
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MI5 warns of plot to assassinate Chechen refugee in UK
Theresa May in court bid to deport Russian suspected of involvement in conspiracy to murder British-based separatistThe home secretary is fighting a legal battle to deport a Russian man described as a...
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What will the developers bring to this resurrection at the Elephant? | Giles...
In my new parish at Elephant and Castle, flats sell for £1.6m in a glamorous tower. But those in deprived housing are ignoredDating back to the early 13th century, the ancient name of the parish is St...
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Cirque Mandingue – review
Roundhouse, LondonYou know how circus acts can sometimes be a bit creepy? Clowns, especially. Well, Cirque Mandingue's Foté Foré, the opening act of the month-long CircusFest, had a touch of that, even...
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Mali coup leader backtracks over constitution as rebels advance
Amadou Sanogo promises free and fair election but offers no timetable, as Tuareg rebels penetrate TimbuktuThe junior officer who overthrew Mali's democratically elected leader last month and dissolved...
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Syria warned by Hillary Clinton to implement Kofi Annan peace plan
US signals it is losing patience with Damascus at meeting in Istanbul, while confusion lingers over international responseBashar al-Assad has been warned to implement a UN-backed peace plan to end more...
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Parsifal – review
Millennium Centre, CardiffAppropriately enough, the Mariinsky theatre's brief visit to Britain this week is dominated by an opera that ends on Good Friday. Wagner's Parsifal has been a central part of...
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