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Gaddafi begs Obama to halt 'unjust war'
Libyan leader condemns Nato action and says his opponents are al-Qaida members in three-page letter to US presidentMuammar Gaddafi has appealed directly to Barack Obama to halt what the Libyan leader...
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In Praise of Love – review
Royal and Derngate, NorthamptonI brusquely dismissed Terence Rattigan's play when it opened in 1973 accompanied by a clunky curtain-raiser: I even have a copy of the play inscribed to me by the author,...
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Richard Alston Dance Company – review
New Wimbledon theatre, LondonA change of stage can do surprising things to choreography. Two of the works in the Richard Alston Dance Company's current tour were created for closeup viewing – with the...
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LSO/Zhang – review
Barbican, LondonBad timing was, on occasion, an important factor in Prokofiev's career, and Xian Zhang's concert with the LSO presented us with two works notably affected by it. The lyrical First...
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Wroclaw transformed
Wroclaw is trying to shake off the image of Poland being a source of low-cost labourWroclaw, Poland's fourth-largest city, is better known as Festung (Fortress) Breslau. Largely destroyed during the...
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Big Brother returns with celebrity special after move to Channel 5
Richard Desmond's station takes over reality show, which ran for 10 years on C4 and will still be made by EndemolPeople can't do anything to change the dates written on their gravestones, but TV...
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France's reality TV contestants worth €1,400 a day
Court rules participants on shows should be treated as salaried staff, though day rate more than French monthly minimum wageIt's a tough life being a reality TV contestant in France. Those scantily...
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Ivory Coast talks collapse as Gbagbo plays for time
Laurent Gbagbo accuses France of assassination attempt amid fresh fighting and desperation on the streets of AbidjanIvory Coast's incumbent leader caught France and the rest of the world by surprise...
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How Yuri Gagarin's historic flight was nearly grounded
First manned orbital flight in 1961 was almost undone by last-minute hitches, newly declassified files revealHis 108-minute journey into space made him the first man to orbit the Earth and one of the...
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Newly merged Bwin.party rocked by German betting tax proposals
• Gaming firm's shares sink on third day of trading• Federal states propose 16.7% levy on turnoverThe poker and sports betting company Bwin.party has got off to a ignominious start as a newly merged...
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RAB Capital hedge fund swamped by customers demanding their money back
Most clients will pull their cash out of Special Situations fund when withdrawals lock-up ends, RAB admitsOne of the UK's most high-profile hedge funds – which included steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal...
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Suppressed MoD report on Iraq war damns military for being ill-prepared
Guardian reader fought year-long freedom of information battle to disclose contents of report so critical it was kept under wrapsBritain's military machine was ill-prepared for the Iraq invasion,...
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Georgian woman cuts off web access to whole of Armenia
Entire country loses internet for five hours after woman, 75, slices through cable while scavenging for copper An elderly Georgian woman was scavenging for copper to sell as scrap when she accidentally...
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Commons Speaker faces backbench rebellion over his office's budget
John Bercow under fire over 6% rise in office budget at time when Commons is trying to cut costs by 17% over four yearsThe Commons Speaker is facing a new backbench rebellion over plans, seen by the...
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Marks & Spencer boss Marc Bolland adds to high street pessimism
Chief executive says consumer confidence is 'consistently low', although the chain benefits from shoppers looking for qualityThe boss of Marks & Spencer has added to concerns about the outlook for...
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Male solicitor suffered sex discrimination
John de Belin, 45, was made redundant instead of a female colleague who was on maternity leaves, tribunal saysEmployers must act "proportionately" when they provide women who are pregnant or on...
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Glenn Beck will be missed after he leaves Fox News – by satirists
Male counterpart to Sarah Palin has been a particularly useful figure for comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen ColbertHe's played with Barbie dolls on air, claimed Barack Obama is a racist, accused George...
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Sarkozy's motives under intense scrutiny
Analysts disagree on what drives France's interventions in Afghanistan, Libya and Ivory CoastAs French forces take part in three different wars for the first time in the history of the Fifth Republic,...
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Portugal admits it needs EU bailout
Finance minister Fernando Teixeira dos Santos says country has 'to resort to the financing mechanisms' of the EUPortugal admitted tonight that it will need aid from the European Union to overcome its...
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Ian Tomlinson inquest hears barrister accuse G20 officer of lying on oath
PC Simon Harwood back-tracks on claim that Ian Tomlinson had been acting 'defiantly' at G20 protestsThe police officer who pushed and struck Ian Tomlinson shortly before his death was accused of lying...
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