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Christine Lagarde under investigation over role in payments to Bernard Tapie
The French finance minister is to be the subject of a full judicial inquiry after Tapie received £248m to end 15-year legal disputeShe's a former synchronised swimmer who became the first female...
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2012 Paralympics organisers say games will be 'an extraordinary hit'
2012 Paralympics organisers say they will not give away seats – as in the past – but half the tickets will cost £10 or lessOrganisers of the 2012 Olympics have declared the Paralympics will be an...
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Raj Rajaratnam: stunning downfall for 'king of kings'
Son of a sewing machine boss enjoyed a rapid rise by trading on connections in the Asian community and world of technologyJust before his arrest in October 2009, Forbes magazine ranked Raj Rajaratnam...
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Billionaire hedge fund boss faces jail as he is found guilty of insider dealing
New York court finds Raj Rajaratnam guilty of insider dealingBillionaire hedge fund boss Raj Rajaratnam is facing up to 20 years in prison after being found guilty of insider dealing in a New York...
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Disabled marchers turn out in thousands for benefits protest
Many of the demonstrators fear that, despite changes that have already affected them disproportionately, the worst is yet to comeWaving placards with slogans such as "I didn't chose to be disabled" and...
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Pop stars among investors hit by taxman's victory
Former members of Liberty X among wealthy people to suffer blow after supreme court ruling in favour of taxman in £1.5bn tax avoidance caseFormer members of pop group Liberty X and hundreds of other...
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BA and Unite union move closer to ending cabin crew dispute
Agreement comes after nearly 18 months of hostilities, including 22 days of walkouts, and will be debated by BA crew at Unite meeting near Heathrow airportBritish Airways and the Unite trade union have...
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Police reform bill defeat for government in Lords
Rebellion by Lib Dem peers helped carry an amendment that marks a major defeat for the coalition on its first anniversaryThe government suffered a major defeat in the Lords when a rebellion by Liberal...
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Plans to reform House of Lords could include a lottery to cull peers
Nick Clegg's white paper to include several options for cutting second chamber seats to 300 by 2015A lottery could be used to decide which peers are thrown out of the House of Lords under one method...
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David Willetts' wrecking ball | Priyamvada Gopal
The selling of places to the wealthy is at one with the coalition's destructive policies on universitiesBefore the predictable and hasty denials emerged, angry incredulity greeted universities minister...
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Clegg's Charles Atlas act won't wash | Paul Goodman
The coalition's weakling is talking tough – but the Lib Dems and the Tories still need each other as much as everIn February, David Cameron promised "muscular liberalism". On Wednesday, Nick Clegg...
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Newt Gingrich confirms he will take on Barack Obama in White House race
Former House speaker joins a thin field of Republican candidates while Obama's poll surge sets up first $1bn campaignA surge in support for Barack Obama after the killing of Osama bin Laden has failed...
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Maradona and Liverpool greats play exhibition match for Chechen leader
All-star football game in Grozny the latest attempt by president Ramzan Kadyrov to show republic has recovered from warAs night fell on the Chechen capital, the roars reached a fever pitch. A...
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Rapper Common's White House invite upsets rightwingers
Republicans Sarah Palin and Karl Rove are among those critical of the inclusion of the lyricist in a music and literature eventIt should have been a controversy-free event, a night of poetry at the...
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Joanna Yeates trial: Mirror and Sun face contempt charges
The attorney general is to launch action against the newspapers, as the landlord arrested for questioning sues for libelThe attorney general, Dominic Grieve, will begin court action on Thursday against...
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Ugandan riots erupt after claims opposition leader barred from flight
Kizza Besigye said an official at Nairobi airport told him his plane would not be allowed to land in Uganda with him on boardRiots have erupted again in Uganda after an opposition leader claimed he had...
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Osama bin Laden's diary: 'Consider Los Angeles, spread out the targets'
Personal, handwritten journal and collection of computer files reveal his hand at work in every recent major al-Qaida threatOsama bin Laden kept pressing followers to find new ways to strike at the US...
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Punishments for burglars tightened up by sentencing body
Judges and magistrates told to impose severe sentences on criminals who inflict anguish or trauma on victimsBurglars who target homes will normally be expected to be sent to jail, under new sentencing...
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Letters: Privilege and a university education
You write that "David Cameron insisted that the proposal would not create privileged access to universities for rich students" and quote him as saying "university access is about being able to learn,...
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Corrections and clarifications
• An interview with the new editor of Esquire magazine quoted him as saying: "I'm a total starfucker." As this was a quote and central to the subject's view of his own personality, this usage within...
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