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Police aimed for tweeting not beating at anti-cuts march
Scotland Yard adopted new tactics during TUC action after criticism for its aggressive policing at previous protestsScotland Yard's tweet filtered through the crowd at 7.57pm. "The Met police thank...
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Tuition fees increase could open up £1bn gap in university funding
• Plans based on average of £7,500, not top-rate fees• Cost to government may hit education spendingThe government could be forced to spend almost £1bn more than expected over the next four years to...
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Anti-cuts protest: Police arrest more than 200 after outbreaks of violence
Union leaders condemn actions of several hundred not associated with main rally who caused damage and clashed with police in parts of central LondonMore than 200 protesters are in police custody and a...
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Our protest against the cuts was peaceful | Alex Pinkerman
UK Uncut actions on Saturday were creative and fun, in solidarity with those marching against the cutsOn Saturday hundreds of thousands took to the streets of London to protest against the cuts. The...
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German Greens hail state victory in poll overshadowed by Fukushima
• 'Historic' first ever victory in regional Landtag vote• Chancellor suffers after U-turn on nuclear powerThe Green party has taken power from Angela Merkel's conservatives in one of Germany's richest...
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Britain shows it can still stage a decent demo – pity about the mob
The TUC march was carnival-like, with witty banners and outfits, but TV coverage predictably focused on the hooligansSo now we know. Eight years after the Iraq war protest filled London's streets, late...
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Cable confirms ending of 50p tax rate, and reveals 'mansion tax' plans
Business secretary in agreement with the chancellor over tax rate, but says the wealthy have to 'pay their share'The business secretary, Vince Cable, has confirmed the 50p rate on tax will be abolished...
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Rescuers abandon search for woman missing after Swiss avalanche
Avalanche on western slope of Croix de Tsousse kills five and leaves five injuredBERN, Switzerland (AP) Rescuers called off their search Sunday for the last member of a group of 11 French snowshoers...
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Scientists hope to unlock secrets of museum smells
Project led by University of Strathclyde aims to develop devices that will use air samples to glean information about artefactsBritish scientists are aiming to develop portable devices for taking air...
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Libya: Nato agrees to strike at Gaddafi's forces on the ground
Allies agree to hand over complete control of military campaign but Germany and Turkey still have reservationsNato agreed to take over the air campaign against ground targets in Libya, putting the...
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The American right is trapped in a hyperbolic and dysfunctional world | Gary...
To have credibility within the Republican party is to have none outside it. They act as if all their Kool-Aid has been spikedPolls suggest there are between one in three and one in four Americans who...
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Inflation will drop to 1.5% as cuts hit spending, MPC member predicts
Adam Posen calls for another round of quantitative easing and insists the Bank should not raise interest ratesThe Bank of England's leading dove has predicted that inflation will tumble to 1.5% by the...
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Oxford investigates former Iranian president's son over DPhil application
Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani denies claims that thesis proposal was written by others after academic complains of insider helpThe son of the former Iranian president Akbar Rafsanjani is being investigated...
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Libya: Woman allegedly raped by militia has been freed, says regime
Victim claims Gaddafi's militia humiliated and filmed her ordealLibya says it has released a woman who burst into a Tripoli hotel at the weekend to tell foreign journalists she had been raped by...
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Rare lion cubs rescued from traffickers in Somalia
Authorities intervened before the young animals were shipped to Dubai and potentially sold to private buyers as petsSomali officials have intervened to save two three-month-old lion cubs smuggled on...
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Madagascar opposition groups reject new unity government
Three groups, led by former presidents, refuse to initial road map aimed at ending two-year impasseThree opposition groups in Madagascar have rejected a new unity government named as part of a road map...
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Debbie Harry, the Jazz Passengers and Northern Sinfonia – review
Sage, GatesheadDebbie Harry is best known as the face of Blondie. She's slightly less well-known for her intermittent collaboration with Roy Nathanson, a stalwart of New York's free-jazz scene, who is...
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Turkey offers to broker Libya ceasefire as rebels advance on Sirte
Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan challenges western direct action and says prolonged conflict could lead to a 'second Iraq'The Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signalled that Turkey is...
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Radio review: Wuthering Heights
Using the F-word in a modern adaptation of Wuthering Heights arguably makes sense, but the racial slurs are less convincing"It's a shock to realise the extremity of what's gone on," says Ellen, the...
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Enrique Iglesias/Lemar – review
Manchester ArenaPopEnrique Iglesias/Lemar Manchester Arena ∂∂∂∂∂While Lemar's bland-to-amenable urban-pop-soul is met with polite applause, every time he mentions the headline act he is met with a...
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