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Osama bin Laden's death – killed in a raid or assassinated?
Osama bin Laden's death prompted celebrations in the US but elsewhere the response has been more scepticalExpert commentators Colonel Tim Collins, former Royal Irish Regiment commander and...
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Soros and Paulson move in opposite directions as gold declines
Billionaire traders offer investors clashing opinions over future of falling commodities marketTwo of the world's most successful investors have gone head to head over the price of gold, with the man...
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Fears for euro in Greece prompt secret talks
Europe's inner circle meet to discuss possible debt restructuring for Greece as well as problems in Ireland and PortugalFinance ministers from an inner core of eurozone countries were holding secret...
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Is this the start of a long Conservative hegemony? | Polly Toynbee
With electoral reform hopes dashed, Lib Dems in near-death agonies and the loss of Scotland, Labour has work to doThe AV referendum result comes as a thundering blow. In an era when voters are in...
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AV referendum: Not much tension but plenty of hot air
At the referendum count in east London there was little to do for many apart from find wet paint to watch dryIn the Platinum Suite of the cavernous ExCeL Centre in London's East End, David Dimbleby's...
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7/7 inquest: Breakdown in communication did not cost lives
Emergency services welcome ruling as Lady Justice Hallett raised concerns about lack of funding to London Air AmbulanceThe lack of resources, communication breakdowns and confusion that caused delays...
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Nat Rothschild leaps from the Bullingdon to join billionaires' club
Nat Rothschild's stakes in mining groups and money from his investment funds have pushed his wealth up to the £1bn mark As a scion of the world's most famous banking family, Nat Rothschild was never...
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AV referendum: Yes campaign handed thumping defeat
• Lib Dems wounded as UK votes to maintain first-past-the-post• No campaign establishes unassailable lead of 69% to 31%Supporters and opponents alike have acknowledged that the alternative vote would...
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Royal wedding: one week on, royals revel in flawless PR performance
Huge media clamour is the only cloud over monarchy's hopes of a new dawn, writes Caroline DaviesThe Queen was at Newmarket – a day centre, not the races; Camilla planted a tree; and, somewhere in...
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Election 2011: Teenage Labour candidate takes Lib Dem seat
Eighteen-year-old Jake Morrison beat former council leader with almost 40 years' experienceJake Morrison, an 18-year-old hospital care worker, took a seat in Liverpool from the veteran former Liberal...
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Royal wedding dress designer lets it slip
Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen divulges select details of how she felt dressing up Kate and Pippa MiddletonClearly she was supposed to keep shtoom, but with the entire world clamouring to know any...
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7/7 inquest verdict: MI5 cannot be blamed
Coroners' conclusion that MI5 could not be blamed for the bombings was without equivocation, but for some doubts remainIt would be "nonsensical and offensive" to suggest that if MI5 knew about a...
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All's Well That Ends Well – review
Globe, LondonThis is a good, clear, well-spoken production by John Dove of one of Shakespeare's most beguiling but least-loved plays. All it misses, for reasons that may not be entirely its own fault,...
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From the House of the Dead – review
Grand, LeedsOnly Janáček, having based operas on singing foxes, zombie divas and day-trips to the moon, would make his final work an almost completely static drama, based on Dostoyevsky's account of...
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Is it OK to shoot an unarmed Osama bin Laden? Ask Jimmy Stewart | Marina Hyde
Lost in the moral maze surrounding Osama bin Laden's death? John Ford's classic western will show you the wayAs a certain someone once said: there's an old poster out west … actually, forgive me....
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Mariza – review
Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonBack in the autumn of 2002, Mariza made her London debut with a remarkable, passionate performance at the Purcell Room that justified her role as the new celebrity of...
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Paul McCartney announces engagement to girlfriend Nancy Shevell
Former Beatle, 68, to wed New Yorker Shevell, 51, but no details yet of when and how he proposedHis place in the rock'n'roll hall of fame is secure, as is Paul McCartney's only slightly dented fortune...
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Greens emerge as largest party in Brighton and Hove
Party wins 23 council seats, a gain of 10, leaving Greens just short of having an overall majorityThe Greens have emerged as the largest party on Brighton and Hove city council after local election...
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Elections and AV referendum produce a moment of clarity | Jonathan Freedland
Alex Salmond stands tallest, closely followed by David Cameron with Nick Clegg far behind. Personalities matter, more than everA year ago, the country was plunged into a weekend of murky uncertainty...
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Tony Kushner row deepens as supporters renounce honorary degrees
Pulitzer-winner playwright was removed from honour list for his critical views on Israel after CUNY trustee lobbied against himA row over the decision by a leading New York university to refuse...
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