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Angela Merkel says EU needs Britain
German chancellor insists UK is still a key player in the EU and is 'more pro-European than some other countries'The German chancellor Angela Merkel has issued an emphatic plea for Britain to stay in...
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Twitter joke case reaches high court
Paul Chambers challenges criminal conviction over tweet about Robin Hood airport closure and 'blowing the airport sky high'A Doncaster man who said on Twitter that he would blow up a snowbound airport...
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Promises to simplify elderly care not kept, say MPs
Health select committee to say government's health reforms have failed to integrate care for a rapidly ageing populationAndrew Lansley's NHS reforms have failed to come up with the plans and the cash...
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Shipping causes 'chronic stress' to whales
First evidence of physical harm of propeller noise on the animalsShipping noise causes chronic stress to whales, scientists have shown for the first time, after using the halt in marine traffic after...
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Levi Bellfield seeks leave to appeal against Milly Dowler murder conviction
Convicted killer's application is due to be heard by a panel of three judges at the court of appealLevi Bellfield is due to seek permission to appeal against his conviction for the kidnap and murder of...
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UK trails Poland and Bulgaria on adults educated to A-level standard
Lecturers' union says European data shows Britain risks languishing in 'mid-table obscurity' due to rising cost of learningThe UK has a smaller proportion of adults with A-levels or their equivalent...
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Ministers defend rapid cut to solar power subsidy
Energy minister Greg Barker says decision to cut feed-in tariffs was justified by fall in cost of solar panelsMinisters have argued that they had to act quickly to slash subsidies to small-scale solar...
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Uganda gay death sentence bill back on the table
Parliament to debate reintroduced anti-homosexuality proposals that could lead western donors to cut aidA bill that would make the death sentence mandatory for gay "repeat offenders" has been...
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New Maldives president denies plot to oust Mohamed Nasheed
Former vice-president Mohammed Waheed Hassan calls for national unity government as police keep watch on predecessorThe new president of the Maldives has called for the formation of a national unity...
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Vince Cable to be overruled over appointment of university access tsar
Commons education committee expected to veto appointment of Prof Les Ebdon, a critic of higher university feesThe business secretary, Vince Cable, is expected to be overruled by an influential Commons...
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Indian ministers accused of watching porn in Karnataka assembly quit
Three BJP ministers in southern state resign after TV footage shows them apparently watching pornographic clip on mobileThree government ministers in the southern Indian state of Karnataka have...
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The siege of Homs: scores killed in fifth day of shelling
Opposition activists say tanks are pushing deeper into residential areas before feared final ground assaultScores of people have been killed in the fifth straight day of shelling in the beseiged Syrian...
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David Cameron backs Andrew Lansley over NHS reform bill
Prime minister insists health and social care bill will be forced on to statute book despite growing oppositionDavid Cameron is to rally behind his health secretary Andrew Lansley and insist that the...
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Virgin Media posts first-ever profit
UK cable company beats forecasts to report net income of £75.9m for 2011Virgin Media has brought to an end nearly three decades of losses for the British cable TV industry by reporting its first ever...
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Snow and -10C temperatures to hit UK
Forecasters predict up to 6cm of snow in the Midlands and East Anglia by Friday Have you taken any great snaps of snow or travel chaos? Send them to us at pictures@guardian.co.uk and we'll feature the...
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Stephen Hester humbled – give that man a carriage clock | Michael White
Given the RBS chief's musings on Today, has the penny finally dropped for the corporate elite on pay and bonuses?How annoying. Stephen Hester, the chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, whose...
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50 stunning Olympic moments No13: Tommie Smith and John Carlos salute | Simon...
Smith and Carlos, the 200m gold and bronze medallists, don black gloves and give the Black Power salute on the podium in Mexico in 1968On 17 October 2005 a 20ft-high statue was unveiled at San Jose...
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Uttar Pradesh election: polls open in India's most populous state
Chief minister Mayawati seeks re-election in vote that could thrust her caste-based Bahujan Samaj party on to national stageIndia's most populous state has started voting in a month-long local election...
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Harry Redknapp and Milan Mandaric cleared of tax evasion
Tottenham Hotspur manager and Sheffield Wednesday owner cleared of evading tax on £189,000 paid into offshore accountThe Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp and Milan Mandaric, the owner of...
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Redknapp trial: how Harry held court for three compelling weeks
Harry Redknapp's already larger-than-life personality only seemed magnified when he stepped into the witness boxEven by the seldom conventional standards of the professional football world, the saga of...
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