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Tributes paid to 'human cannonball' killed at show
Friends of Matt Cranch gather on beach at Newquay to remember him, as others pay tribute on Facebook to 'true gent'Tributes have been paid to a "human cannonball" stuntman who plunged to his death at a...
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Royal wedding early birds enjoy media spotlight
Crash barrier delivery and troop drill disturb sleep for the early arrivals camping outside Westminster abbeyStill with 48 hours to W Day the royal watchers had pitched their bivouac tents, unrolled...
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Royal wedding: Hey – let's be careful out there | Marina Hyde
Never mind the tedious Muslims Against Crusades and English Defence League, the real problem is the Met's citizen policing• We begin with security news, specifically the fear that the happy couple's...
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Britain expels Malawi ambassador in retaliation after envoy is ordered out
UK responds hours after Malawi deports Fergus Cochrane-Dyet in row over leaked diplomatic cableBritain has ordered Malawi's acting ambassador to leave the country, hours after the African state...
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Kizza Besigye, Uganda's main opposition leader, freed on bail
Defeated candidate in disputed election and former friend of president had been charged with inciting protestsKizza Besigye, Uganda's main opposition leader, who was arrested and charged with inciting...
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Ken Taylor obituary
Screenwriter who came up with wonderful parts for women, as in his television adaptation of Paul Scott's The Jewel in the CrownThe screenwriter Ken Taylor, who has died aged 88, had his first radio...
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BP discovers unexploded German bomb next to vital North Sea oil pipeline
Second world war mine off Peterhead, Scotland, threatens to shut dozens of oilfieldsThe discovery of an unexploded bomb on the seabed next to Britain's most important North Sea pipeline is threatening...
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Petraeus in profile: the man who could be president
Former commander of allied forces in Iraq is seen by some as future Republican candidate for White HouseGeneral David Petraeus has achieved the status of hero in the US, mainly because of his...
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Yes to AV campaign is bookended by leaders who are struggling or unpopular
History will decide whether rebuttal on yes team's part to no's negative campaigning on AV would have been better politicsOpinion polls show the no vote hardening and racking up 16 to 18-point leads in...
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BP expects to resume drilling in Gulf of Mexico within months
• BP takes additional $400m in charges from oil spill costs • UK budget changes cost BP £414m in extra taxes BP has predicted it will be back drilling in the Gulf of Mexico within a matter of months...
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Sony's mis-steps
From hidden rootkits on music CDs to the hacked network, the software company has suffered a lot of bad publicity• October 2005 A Windows expert blogs about a "rootkit" – hidden software – he...
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London 2012 Olympics organisers thrilled as Britons apply for 20m tickets
More than half of the 650 sessions are already oversubscribed after last-minute surge on websiteLondon 2012 organisers said they were "thrilled" after revealing they had received applications for more...
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Cameron's call for calm causes a storm
Prime minister prompts Labour ire with a Winner sexist put-downThe prime minister told a female Labour MP to "calm down, dear". The horror! The sheer, sexist, chauvinistic, patronising effrontery of...
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Syrian regime sends tanks to Deraa in further toughening of crackdown
European governments apply diplomatic pressure in attempt to stem violence believed to have left at least 450 deadDozens of tanks have been reported to be en route to Deraa, the Syrian city at the...
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The fault lies with George Osborne | David Blanchflower
The growth figures are disastrous – but so bad there's no chance of an interest rate rise this yearIn his budget speech last month, Chancellor George Osborne suggested that he was hoping for "an...
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Lib Dem president attacks 'wicked' Thatcherism at AV event
Tim Farron claims first past the post made it possible while Alan Johnson urges Labour activists to back changeThe Liberal Democrats kept up the rhetorical pressure on the Conservatives when party...
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Primark and Carpetright updates show householders are reining in spending
Primark promises its cheap chic will stay cheapShopping trends last seen during the recession have resurfaced with discount chains Aldi and Lidl enjoying booming sales and demand for big-ticket items...
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These Guantánamo files undo the al-Qaida myth machine
From the detainees' details it is clear that the west wildly overstated the reach and capability of Bin Laden's terror groupHidden deep in the leaked Guantánamo files is a small but important trove of...
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Istanbul's new Bosphorus canal 'to surpass Suez or Panama'
Turkish president Recep Erdogan trumpets 'crazy and magnificent plan' for channel to reduce traffic and oil spillsThe ferries, fishing boats and pleasure cruisers which crisscross the Bosphorus may one...
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Will Obama's birth certificate silence conspiracy theorists?
Billionaire Donald Trump claims credit for forcing president to speak out on birther controversyThat's a relief. The 44th president of the United States, commander-in-chief of the world's mightiest...
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