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The Rivals – review
New Vic, Newcastle-under-LymeThe old way is often the best. This summer, the New Vic is returning to first principles with a proper rep company appearing in a rotating season of plays. Director Theresa...
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Will Sheff – review
St Pancras Old Church, LondonThere is something not quite right about Will Sheff playing a solo show. Across six albums – the latest, I Am Very Far, is released in May – his band Okkervil River have...
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Portugal rejects EU bailout but looks at Brazilian handout
Struggling prime minister José Sócrates is determined to keep going – while Portuguese workers turn to former coloniesIn the port district of Lisbon a steady trickle of young people pick their way...
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Second arrest in Olympic staff explosives case
Arrest of man in Wales follows swoop near London 2012 site on dog handler understood to work for G4S securityA second person has been arrested in connection with police inquiries into an Olympic...
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Libyan security service chiefs key in determining fate of Gaddafi regime
Heads of external security and military intelligence will play a significant role in shaping post-revolution Libya, experts sayIn the Libyan capital, Tripoli, international journalists have taken to...
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BP denies Kremlin move will damage Rosneft alliance
Loss of BP-Rosneft share swap architect Igor Sechin 'will not change plans'Sources close to BP deny that its strategic alliance with Rosneft will be jeopardised by Kremlin moves to force the...
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Shiney Ahuja, fallen Bollywood star, jailed for raping maid
Bollywood star sentenced to seven years in prison as actor Arshad Warsi accuses Indian courts of 'targeting actors'A Bollywood star has been convicted of rape in a judgment that activists say shows...
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Lucian Freud portrait expected to fetch £4.5m at auction
Woman Smiling, Freud's 'turning point' 1959 painting of former lover Suzy Boyt, up for auction at Christie's in JuneA portrait by Lucian Freud of a contentedly smiling woman, regarded as a turning...
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Anne the elephant leaves Bobby Roberts circus after cruelty inquiry
RSPCA and police called in after Animal Defenders secretly film circus worker kicking and beating Anne the elephantOne of the country's most famous circuses has become a target for animal welfare...
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Edward Stobart obituary
He reinvented the image of the road haulage businessThey celebrated his business with pop songs, a fanclub of tens of thousands, souvenirs from Corgi toys to oil paintings, and there were cartoons and...
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Increase in eurozone interest rates would be 'disaster' for Spain, warns...
Leading economist warns of danger of imposing higher borrowing costs before recovery is entrenchedA rise in eurozone interest rates next week would damage Spain's recovery and hurt many small...
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Family justice reforms win backing of lawyers and magistrates
Norgove panel plans to cut family court delays and give access rights to grandparents welcomedLawyers and magistrates have welcomed proposals to streamline the family justice system, including faster...
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The Book of Mormon – review
Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New YorkThere is an extended sequence showing Hitler enjoying oral sex with the devil, a blown up x-ray of a rectal blockage caused by a religious text, and its central song...
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Census reveals that 17% of the world is Indian
Country closing gap with China by adding 181 million citizens in past decade – which is equivalent to population of BrazilThe first results from India's latest census – the second biggest in the world...
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Libyan rebels deny crisis after assault on Brega fails
Fears that Gaddafi forces occupying oil town will be able to threaten Ajdabiya and then the rebel capital of BenghaziLibya's revolutionary leadership has denied that its military campaign is in crisis...
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Daughter wins fight to overturn mother's will
Heather Ilott went to appeal court after mother bequeathed £460,000 to animal charities – leaving her with nothingA woman has succeeded in overturning her mother's will leaving everything to animal...
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Tripoli air strikes killed 40 civilians claims Vatican official
Vatican envoy in Libya Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli says reliable reports that residents in Tajoura died during raidForty civilians have been killed during an air strike on Tripoli, the...
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Troops on standby after Kenneth Clarke privatises Birmingham prison
• Prison officers meet to consider defying strike ban• G4S also to run 'super-size' jail in £750m contracts winThe military has been put on standby as the prison service braces itself for a day of...
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Italy hits out at neighbours over north African migrant influx
Foreign minister says there is no solidarity from other European countries that are failing to take in refugeesItaly has demanded that its European neighbours, starting with France, take on a share of...
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George Osborne urged to drop North Sea windfall tax
Chancellor under pressure from cabinet to abandon plans to impose a £2bn levy on the region's oil and gas companiesGeorge Osborne, the chancellor, is under pressure from within his cabinet to back down...
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