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Can the UK afford to tighten immigration rules? | Comment | Subhajit Banerjee
People like me would get turned away - I came to the UK to do a postgraduate course and stayed here to workAccording to the latest figures, Britain has seen a rise in the net migration, driven by...
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The flowers that feed us | Libby Brooks
In austerity, we want all things to be useful. Let's not forget the human needs beauty sustainsThe peonies in the vase by my fireplace have bloomed all week, the tight, fat buds opening to reveal thick...
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Ratko Mladić's arrest is a huge step to Serb moral rehabilitation | Misha Glenny
The Serbian president has shown he is a man of deeds as well as words in righting past wrongs. He deserves our respectIt was fitting that Serbia's president, Boris Tadić, himself announced the arrest...
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French president Nicolas Sarkozy hosts the heads of the world's wealthiest nations in Deauville, France, for the G8 summitSteve Bell
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Colombia identifies almost 10,000 bodies in unmarked graves
At least another 10,000 to be identified in search for victims of decades-long conflictThe Colombian government has identified the remains of almost 10,000 people buried in unmarked graves across the...
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Patriot Act surveillance provisions extended in nick of time
US anti-terror renewal bill raced through Congress and signed with 'auto pen' by Barack Obama from Europe to meet deadlineThe US Congress, racing the clock and rejecting demands for additional...
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From the archive, 27 May 1933: "Menace to Western civilisation"
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 27 May 1933Mr. J. H. Grey, the chairman of the Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers' Association and ex-president of the Joint Committee of Cotton Trade...
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Don't rely on school place lotteries, local authorities are told
New admissions code to outlaw town halls' 'luck of the draw' entry and bring an end to 30-pupil limit on class sizes in some casesTown halls are to be banned from using lotteries as the main way of...
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'Duchess of Cambridge effect' sparks international buying frenzy over dress
£175 dress from high street label Reiss sells out worldwide after Kate is pictured wearing it to meet the ObamasReiss, an understated, privately owned British label of 40 years' standing, has been...
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US-Pakistan relations 'at turning point' after killing of Bin Laden, warns...
Islamabad must take decisive steps against terrorism, says secretary of state after meeting President Asif Ali ZardariThe US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, has said that relations between the US...
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Egypt to open Gaza border crossing
Hamas praise 'courageous decision' to allow Palestinians first free passage out of Gaza for four yearsHundreds of Palestinians are expected to head to the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on...
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In jail: Zimbabwe police sergeant who dared to use Robert Mugabe's loo
Alois Mabhunu may face a year in prison for insulting the president after being caught short at trade fairWhen the call of nature comes, it cannot always be denied. Few have answered it in such an...
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South Sudan says 80,000 displaced by Omar al-Bashir's seizure of Abyei
Attack by northern forces in disputed border region scatters more than double number estimated by UN, says local officialUp to 80,000 South Sudanese may have fled their homes after northern forces...
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Herder's death deepens tensions in Inner Mongolia
Protests erupt after Mongolian herder run over by coal truck as he tried to stop mining convoy driving across prairie landOutside the closed gates of the Xilingol Mongolian high school, Chinese police...
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US put pressure on Saudi Arabia to let women drive, leaked cables reveal
Documents given to WikiLeaks show Obama administration pushed Saudis to give female citizens more rightsThe Obama administration has been quietly putting pressure on Saudi Arabia to allow women to...
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David Cameron spent £680,000 of taxpayers' cash on Downing Street
Refurbishments revealed in government records, including £30,000 for No 11 flatDavid Cameron has spent more than £680,000 of public money renovating Downing Street in the year that his government...
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Spanish protesters clash with police over clean-up
Violence breaks out around Barcelona's Plaça de Catalunya, the first trouble after 12 days of protestsProtesters who have camped out in Spanish squares for the past 12 days clashed with police for the...
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Honda back to full UK production levels by September
End is in sight for shortage of parts following Japanese tsunami and earthquakeThe Honda car plant in Swindon will not return to full production until September following the Japanese tsunami and...
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Ireland's National Asset Management Agency to cash in its UK loan portfolio
NAMA's premature withdrawal from the UK would unleash properties worth nearly €9bn on the London marketIreland's bad bank, the National Asset Management Agency, is to ditch all its London property by...
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