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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 storyPut-upon PutinOh 2011, how are we to face up to a 2012 without Silvio to distract us? Ah. Step forward,...
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Britain in 2011: all our yesterdays | Editorial
Like Samoa until this week, our culture seems also to be a day or two adrift of where the diary says we ought to beThis week the Pacific Ocean nation of Samoa sacrificed its yesterday in the hope of a...
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New Year honours list reflects my aims for 'big society', says David Cameron
PM claims charity workers given honours support his policy, but Labour attack award of KBE to Tory donor and hedgefund bossDavid Cameron has pointedly enlisted the New Year honours list, published...
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Before we build Cameron's big society, we'll need to know what it is
Royal Society of Arts offers its advice as the prime minister's team tries to bring his elusive concept into focus and into actionThe government needs to set up "big society adult education" courses if...
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Bidisha's thought for the day: Ice skating
The risk of amputation is part of the fun of ice-skating, surely?I relish the possibility of amputation. It makes me feel I'm living on a knife-edge – or rather, a skate edge. One of the great things...
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Rupert Murdoch joins Twitter? 'Now this will be fascinating,' says Piers
News Corporation chief seemingly tries to break with 2011's annus horribilis by tweeting 'with his own voice, in his own way'A new year, a new you: even if you're an 80-year-old media magnate, it...
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Iran reports successful medium-range missile test
Ground-to-air naval test firing follows previous day's claim of nuclear fuel breakthroughIran has claimed to have successfully tested a new medium-range ground to air missile during naval exercises in...
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Aum Shinrikyo cult fugitive turns himself in after 16 years
Police arrest Makoto Hirata, a member of the doomsday cult responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attacks on the Tokyo subwayA member of the doomsday cult behind a deadly Tokyo subway gas attack and other...
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Syrian monitors should withdraw, says Arab League body
Observer mission 'giving Syrian regime an Arab cover for inhumane actions'An Arab League advisory body has called for the immediate withdrawal of the organisation's monitoring mission in Syria, saying...
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China's tomb raiders laying waste to thousands of years of history
Bulldozers and dynamite used to strip priceless artefacts from remote sites, with booty sold on to wealthy collectorsChina's extraordinary historical treasures are under threat from increasingly...
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Why can't we be more like Switzerland? | Peter Preston
Wistful Tories look to Basel, and being the sort of nation that can define its own self-interest dailyBe careful what you wish for, even though the sceptics in Tory backrooms seem to have it all...
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Prince Philip attends New Year's Day church service
Duke of Edinburgh applauded by wellwishers in Sandringham after spending Christmas in hospital due to heart scareShowing every indication of recuperating well, the Duke of Edinburgh maintained...
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West Bank theatre founder wanted by Israel after amnesty deal revoked
Former militant Zakaria Zubeidi co-founded Jenin's Freedom theatre with Juliano Mer Khamis, who was murdered in AprilA former Palestinian militant who renounced violence in favour of "cultural...
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Don't give up on young people, urge church leaders
Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope Benedict counsel educating and supporting the young to avoid past tragediesThe archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has urged the public not to give up on young...
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Bentley leads convoy for mini-recovery in UK car production
December PMI figures and Bentley's 37% global sales rise bring a little new year cheer to European stockmarketsThe luxury carmaker Bentleyhas defied the economic gloom with a 37% surge in global sales,...
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Stephen Lawrence verdict: Catharsis at last, but what next? | Hugh Muir
Before his death, Stephen Lawrence was just another teenager who deserved the chance to build a life. There are as many kids like him about todayA friend approached me last week with a question that...
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Unhappy new year for Greece
Greece is struggling to persuade enough investors to accept 50% 'haircuts' on its debt – that could well be because they fear the final figure could still go higher"The bailout agreement needs to be...
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Ronald Searle was our greatest cartoonist – and he sent me his pens | Martin...
Without Searle and St Trinian's, it's impossible to imagine Scarfe or Steadman – and the generations they inspired in turnAbout a year ago I received an unsolicited package from France addressed in an...
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The Irish squatters taking on empty homes and a bankrupt system
A nascent movement in Ireland is occupying 'ghost estates' as a political protest – and in 2012 it will be testing the authoritiesAs Ireland reels from yet another austere budget and a year of economic...
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US army's new Afghan nightmare – how to ship $30bn of kit
Flying home colossal MRAPs that save Nato troops from Taliban IEDs is part of $30bn logistical nightmareThe US army has begun the massive task of withdrawing $30bn (£19bn) worth of military equipment...
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