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Conservatives plan to end lifetime council tenancies
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Radicals fill Pakistan floods aid void
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US under fire for Gulf chemical use
Five scientists and two other officials expressed concerns to superiors about use of dispersants -
London, capital for image laundering
British firms are advising foreign regimes whose activities may have stained their countries' images -
Deadly Israel-Lebanon border clash
Senior Israeli officer and three Lebanese soldiers killed today in clashes in tense border area -
Connecticut gunman kills colleagues
At least nine dead after Omar Thornton opens fire on colleagues and then turns gun on himself -
Premier League plans 'free schools'
League seeking meetings with government with view to setting up schools with sport-based curriculum -
Row over US 'birthright citizenship'
Republican senators bid to halt 'invasion by birth canal' by overturning right to citizenship of children of illegal aliens -
Ground Zero mosque gets green light
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Spain's air traffic controllers to strike
Mid-August walkout could hit estimated 2 million passengers during height of summer tourism season -
Woman 'starved' after mother's death
Stephania Wolf turned down offers of help from social services to care for disabled daughter -
Berlusconi faces fresh sex claims
Woman reportedly tells corruption inquiry PM gave her gifts after having sex with her and two other women
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A danse macabre
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Season guide No4: Blackburn Rovers
Next in our Premier League preview, Barry Glendenning tries to part the clouds of uncertainty hovering over Ewood Park -
Wire actor visits reading charity
Sonja Sohn, Detective Greggs in the US TV drama, visits a Liverpool group that encourages marginalised people to enjoy reading -
Arts funding: no pain, no gain
Bank of America Merrill Lynch's Rena De Sisto on why funding cuts could be good news for the arts -
Drax could be coal-free in 10 years
UK's largest coal-fired power plant looking to convert all six units to burn only biomass -
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The fitness gadget that has it all
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We need a comedy crime fiction wave
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