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The Charles Dickens bicentennial is quite enough, already | Jenny Diski
Dickens novels should be savoured slowly, not overhyped by our anniversary-obsessed mediaBy two o'clock on New Year's Day in this Dickens bicentennial year, I already found myself wishing that either...
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Stephen Lawrence murder: nothing in the Met's history had a greater impact
Cressida Dick, an assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan police, explains how things have changed since the 1993 killingAll murders have a dreadful impact, on those who loved or knew the victim,...
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Bradford rockers Smokie play Kremlin gig
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev invites veteran rock band to perform at special new year shindigLed Zeppelin riffs set his heart racing and the booming chords of Deep Purple are said to shake the...
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Spain's British expats may be suffering but coming home is no safe option
The eurozone's fourth-largest economy is set to see rising unemployment and zero growth in 2012 – and the UK is following the same austerity routeExpats on the run. Not a pretty sight, you might say....
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Eurozone crisis: calendar of key events in January
As the euro approaches its 10th anniversary – fighting for survival – France will start the year with its first debt auction• 5: France will kick off a mad dash to financial markets by eurozone...
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Sandringham murder inquiry launched after woman's body discovered
Police say remains of woman found in woodland at Queen's Sandringham estate in Norfolk had been there for some timeA murder investigation has been launched after the discovery of a woman's body on the...
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Wendi Deng Twitter account is a fake
Feed is not genuine despite briefly having 'tick' badge, News International confirms – but Rupert Murdoch account is realIf the news that Wendi Deng had joined her husband Rupert Murdoch on Twitter and...
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Gales of up to 106mph batter UK leaving two dead and many injured
Sudden vicious storm sweeps Britain, toppling trees, disrupting traffic, closing airports and bridges and cutting power to 25,000A brief but vicious storm has left two people dead and more than a dozen...
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Plastic surgeons challenge breast implant scandal statistics
French breast implants given to 40,000 women in UK 'do not have higher than normal rupture rate', says clinics industry bodyCosmetic surgery clinics are claiming that the substandard French breast...
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Stephen Lawrence verdict is about society as much as his murderers | Michael...
Doreen and Neville Lawrence have exposed an arrogance of unaccountability infecting so many aspects of our democracyIt would be easy to view the Stephen Lawrence verdicts as some kind of definitive...
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Taliban leaders held at Guantánamo Bay to be released in peace talks deal
US agrees in principle to releasing top officials from Afghanistan insurgent group in exchange for starting process of negotiationsThe US has agreed in principle to release high-ranking Taliban...
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BP sues Halliburton for Deepwater Horizon oil spill clean-up costs
Oil group BP lays blame for Deepwater disaster on Halliburton's cement work and seeks unspecified damagesBP has handed the bill for clearing up the disastrous 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill to...
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Greece: we could exit euro in three months
New Greek government says creditors and lending troika must agree bailout terms within weeks otherwise 'we are out of the markets'The Greek government has stepped up the pressure on its eurozone...
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How Stephen Lawrence and his family jolted a nation's conscience
Neville and Doreen Lawrence's long fight for justice sent shockwaves across all levels of British societyThe Lawrences are rare in modern British history – an ordinary family with no special...
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German president urged to resign over threats to newspaper editor
Christian Wulff under pressure over warning to Bild editor about 'judicial consequences' of printing story about his financesGermany's president, Christian Wulff, is facing growing pressure to stand...
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Youssou N'Dour to run in Senegal's presidential election
Singer announces he will take on Abdoulaye Wade but analysts divided over whether he can win or will split opposition voteThe Senegalese music star Youssou N'Dour has said he will stand in next month's...
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HMV hit by further fall in UK music sales last year
Struggling entertainment chain sees shares slide more than 3% despite speculation around sale of live music armA seventh year of falling UK music sales dealt another blow to the HMV share price on...
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Stephen Lawrence front page 'was a monumental risk' says Daily Mail editor
But Paul Dacre says his paper's famous 'Murderers' headline did 'a huge amount of good' in campaign to bring killers to justiceIt is said to be the only front page to adorn the wall of Paul Dacre's...
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Lawrence verdict: 'I thought Stephen was seriously hurt. But not fatally'
Doreen Lawrence tells of the night she learned her son Stephen had been attacked and the search to find out what happenedIn 1998 Doreen Lawrence, the mother of Stephen, gave an extended statement on...
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Iran-US tensions over Gulf send oil prices soaring
Brent crude spot prices rise from $107 to $111 after Tehran threatens US aircraft carrier over use of crucial shipping routeThe price of oil jumped by $4 a barrel on Tuesday as tension between Iran and...
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