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Weatherwatch: Ice-skating disaster that re-shaped Regent's Park lake
A disaster overtook skaters on Regent's Park lake in London on 15 January, 1867 when the ice gave way, plunging 500 people into 12 feet of water. Bystanders tore branches off trees and launched boats...
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Starwatch: The astronomical year of 2012
The brilliant planet Venus stands some 20° above Britain's SW horizon at nightfall at present and features in perhaps the highlight astronomical event of the 2012. However, if this is Venus's year then...
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Actors carry the show for Prada in Milan
Gary Oldman, Adrien Brody and Willem Defoe among the Hollywood talent enlisted to wear Prada's suits and coatsIn picturesThis weekend, during the autumn/winter 2012 menswear shows in Italy's fashion...
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Condemnation of Afghanistan video over the top, says Rick Perry
Republican presidential hopeful said that marines purportedly shown urinating on corpses should not be prosecutedThe Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry has accused the Obama administration of...
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Cruise ship scene marked by modern totem of disaster in medieval harbour
Rescue continues as anger rises at captain allegedly leaving ship and 'inexplicably' taking vessel so near rocks in first placeThe familiar accoutrements of a cruise holiday were all there: the sun...
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Costa Concordia purser: 'I never lost hope of being saved'
Manrico Giampedroni was rescued from Italian cruise ship after breaking leg and getting trappedAn Italian officer dramatically rescued after being trapped on board the stricken cruise ship Costa...
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Italian cruise ship owners question captain's judgment
Francesco Schettino may have been guilty of 'significant human error', say owners of Costa ConcordiaOwners of the Costa Concordia cruise ship said on Sunday night that "preliminary indications"...
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Labour steps up opposition to NHS privatisation plans
Government accused of allowing hospitals to allocate half their beds and appointments to private patientsLabour is to step up its campaign to block the government health reforms, accusing the...
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Corruption in Iraq: 'Your son is being tortured. He will die if you don't pay'
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad reports from Baghdad where families of innocent detainees face extortion from corrupt officialsThe walls of Um Hussein's living room in Baghdad are hung with the portraits of her...
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Iraq: what next for a corrupt and divided country?
The democratic nation state that was supposed to rise from the ruins of tyranny appears to be disintegratingPost-Saddam Iraq has rarely been more brittle. The democratic nation state that was supposed...
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Treasury steps up efforts to turn City into renminbi trading centre
George Osborne announces move to set up forum with Hong Kong Monetary AuthorityThe Treasury will step up its efforts to turn the City into a major centre for trading of the renminbi by setting up a...
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British manufacturing sector uncertain about economic growth for 2012
Economists are optimistic about solid growth in the UK this year but they fear the impact of problems in the eurozoneHalf of Britain's manufacturing bosses expect the economy to deteriorate further...
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Delaware pardons board show clemency to death row prisoner
Panel of five swayed by Robert Gattis's claims that he had been viciously abused by family members as a childThe Delaware board of pardons has for the first time in the modern era shown clemency to a...
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Five missing as trawler sinks off western Ireland
One crewman rescued, but hopes fading for five men on board when boat went down in force 8 winds near county CorkHopes are fading for the safe return of five men missing at sea after a trawler sank off...
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Nazi-themed drinking game 'sparked brawl on LSE union skiing trip'
London School of Economics launches inquiry into allegations Jewish student's nose was broken during incident in Val d'IsèreThe London School of Economics is investigating allegations that a...
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Costa Concordia: British passengers tell of escape
Rescued Italian cruise ship holidaymakers and crew recount panic and chaos as vessel ran agroundBritish passengers on the Costa Concordia spoke of their ordeal as they returned home last night.Rose...
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Sharia law compatible with human rights, argues leading barrister
Sadakat Kadri said religious courts such as the Muslim Arbitration Tribunal, could serve the community as a wholeA leading barrister has called for the UK to become more sharia-literate, while arguing...
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Police investigate deaths of two men in neighbouring homes in Essex
Detectives treat deaths of men, whose bodies were found in Braintree, as suspiciousDetectives are investigating after two men were found dead in neighbouring homes.Both bodies were discovered late on...
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Operation Trident to spearhead attack on teenage gangs
Metropolitan police unit set up to tackle gun crime in black communities to lead joint anti-gangs initiativeOperation Trident, the Metropolitan police unit set up to tackle gun crime in black...
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