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- EU to impose tougher sanctions on Iran
- Man held in Luton airport cleaning fluid security scare
- Airport workers vote on strike over pay
- BT unable to plug pension gap by raising prices
- Taliban says US drone attacks 'temporarily' hindering insurgency
- Liam Fox warns UK military cannot afford to protect against every threat
- UK health gap between rich and poor widest ever
- Local charity cuts jeopardise David Cameron's 'big society'
- Pakistan's PM gives army chief three more years
- Benefit cuts: 750,000 risk losing homes in south-east, associations warn
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Oil rig alarms were turned off 'to help workers sleep'
Safety mechanisms on Deepwater Horizon oil rig were disabled, chief technician at Transocean reveals -
Gove 'plans covert schools selection'
Ed Balls says leaked document suggests education secretary may scrap schools admissions code -
Trafigura fined €1m for toxic waste
Oil trader convicted of illegally sending hazardous refuse to Ivory Coast and concealing its nature -
Gay priest sex exposé rocks Vatican
Catholic church on defensive after magazine exposes priests visiting gay clubs and bars and having sex -
European banks fail stress tests
Seven fail, but UK banks unscathed by health check which leave markets unmoved after day of nerves -
Pentagon workers used child porn
Staff and contractors with high-level security clearance put at risk of blackmail by their sex crimes -
Conrad Black told not to leave US
Disgraced peer is relaxed and polite in court, but judge says he must appear again next month -
Tory makes 'Brokeback Coalition' jibe
David Davis reportedly repeated an alleged remark by Lord Ashcroft likening coalition to gay cowboy film -
Straw dismisses US Lockerbie invite
Jack Straw says he was not involved in release of bomber Megrahi, so is unable to answer US questions -
Desmond buys Five for £103.5m
RTL says deal with Express owner Richard Desmond is 'based on a fair evaluation' of channel's worth -
Jon Venables jailed for two years
Victim's mother angered as ministry admits Jack Straw knew of cocaine and fighting incidents
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Middle class - endangered species?
Goodbye job security, a salary and foreign holidays. The crisis of a generation is just beginning -
I watched my friend take her own life
Jane Main: She took the glass and drank, then looked at me and said, 'Oh, yuck.' I replied, 'Well, they won't do as last words' -
A step in the right direction
A simple walk out in the fresh air often helps focus the mind. But why, wonders Oliver Burkeman -
How to dress: Polka dots
The rehabilitation of the dot has begun, mark my words, says Jess Cartner-Morley -
A cycle trip across northern England
A new coast-to-coast cycle track, the 169-mile Way of the Roses from Lancashire into Yorkshire opens -
Famous Five go 21st-century
No more 'jolly japes' and 'lashings of pop' as dated language is revamped for new generation of readers -
I'm not chasing my own ambulance
Jo Shapcott, the president of the Poetry Society talks to Sarah Crown -
Wagner sisters end feud cycle
First Bayreuth festival under sole direction of composer's great-granddaughters -
Technology and the novel
Tom McCarthy charts literature's complicated relationship with technology, at once beautiful and menacing
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Black hearts: War crimes in Iraq
In March 2006, four US soldiers, strung out after months in the deadly area south of Baghdad, hatched a plan: to carry out one of Iraq's worst war crimes -
Blanc suspends entire French squad
Laurent Blanc, the new France manager, has decided not to select any of the players who crashed out of the World Cup for his first match in charge -
Cost of Zimbabwe's 'blood diamonds'
Gemstone finds in the country's wild east have brought spies and paranoia and turned Mutare into frontier town
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Red Bull battle between themselves
After tensions exploded on live TV, The F1 team explains why rivalry makes them stronger
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Paul Morley's showing off...
World music: AR Rahmen, Staff Benda Bilili, Céu, Nitin Sawhney, and Radioclit -
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Audio: Children's summer reading: Julia Eccleshare and Joshua Doder (24min 09sec)
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