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New York City agrees World Trade Centre toxic dust payout
Posted on March 12, 2010
New York City authorities have agreed to pay up to $657.5m (£437m) to rescue and recovery workers who claim that they became ill after inhaling dust at the Ground Zero site of the 9/11 terror attacks.
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Middle East review
Posted on March 12, 2010
Robert Fisk: Living proof of the Armenian genocide
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    • Where the Bar Ought to Be
    Posted on March 12, 2010
    Deborah Kenny talks a lot about passion — the passion for teaching, for reading and for learning. She has it. She wants all of her teachers to have it. Above all, she wants her students to have it.
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    Lehman bosses used accountancy gimmick to cover up debt
    Posted on March 12, 2010
    Dick Fuld, the former chairman and chief executive of Lehman Brothers, and some of his closest lieutenants used a “lazy accounting gimmick” to hide the bank's insolvency, an explosive report by a court-appointed legal examiner has found.
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    West Bank rises up in a new 'white' intifada
    Posted on March 12, 2010
    As Israel cracks down harshly on unarmed protesters, Donald Macintyre meets one Palestinian family whose teenage son has paid a heavy price
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    Greece brought to a halt by austerity protest strike
    Posted on March 12, 2010
    Much of Greece ground to a halt yesterday as public and private sector unions called another general strike in opposition to tough government austerity measures and proposed pension reforms aimed at restoring fiscal order for the battered economy.
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    • Gordon Brown has terrible form when it comes to keeping his promises
    Posted on March 12, 2010
    When events defy the Prime Minister's preferred view of the world, he has a remarkable capacity for applying the Tipp-Ex. History doesn't haunt him because he either ignores or rewrites it. No British leader in my lifetime has embraced the technique of veracity evasion with greater enthusiasm.
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    Today's Comments
    Posted on March 12, 2010
    Johann Hari: Palestinians should now declare their independence
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    • Princess Diana 'was killed after plan to frighten her went wrong'
    Posted on March 12, 2010
    Princess Diana died after attempts to frighten her into dumping Dodi al Fayed and ending her anti-establishment activities went horribly wrong, a leading lawyer has claimed. Michael Mansfield claimed he was sure Diana's 'killers' had no intention of ending her life in a Paris tunnel in August 1997 and simply wanted to scare her.
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    Courts should not try us, say Expenses four
    Posted on March 12, 2010
    Elliot Morley, David Chaytor, Jim Devine and Lord Hanningfield said the allegations against them should be considered by parliamentary authorities instead of a jury. They said they were protected from criminal prosecution by the right of parliamentary privilege, dating back to the Bill of Rights of 1689.
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    'Gaping hole' in rules on foreign doctors, GMC says
    Posted on March 12, 2010
    The General Medical Council has told the Health Select Committee that it is prevented from testing the qualifications of European locums. Niall Dickson, the GMC chief executive said the council is forced to accept skills competency certificates and qualifications "at face value" and is not allowed by European law to check English language skills.
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    Public sector pension costs may reach £79bn a year
    Posted on March 12, 2010
    Pension payments to retired public servants could balloon by 200 per cent to £79bn a year in the next 50 years, according to a report by government spending watchdogs published today.
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    The Sports Report
    Posted on March 12, 2010
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    • Europe's banks brace for UK debt crisis
    Posted on March 12, 2010
    UniCredit has alerted investors in a client note that Britain is at serious risk of a bond market and sterling debacle and faces even more intractable budget woes than Greece.
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    Aftershocks Rattle Chile During Inauguration
    Posted on March 11, 2010
    SANTIAGO, Chile — The new Chilean president, Sebastián Piñera, had not even taken office on Thursday when major aftershocks rocked the central coast of this earthquake-ravaged country. But within hours of his inauguration, he appeared on television to announce that troops, relief supplies and even Mr. Piñera himself would be heading immediately to the quake zone.
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    • Beijingers get back on their bikes
    Posted on March 11, 2010
    Office worker David Dai is one of a growing army of Beijing residents returning to two-wheeled transport.
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    • Whoever wins, Britain will have a hung parliament--Mick Hume
    Posted on March 11, 2010
    It is said that nothing concentrates the mind like the prospect of being hanged in the morning, but the prospect of waking up to a hung parliament after the coming UK General Election appears to be having the opposite effect.
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    Today's Comments
    Posted on March 11, 2010
    Steve Richards: Step forward the minister with a scheme to make a difference
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    Africa review
    Posted on March 11, 2010
    Has Nigeria's First Lady seized control of the nation?
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    • Microsoft launches free rival to BBC iPlayer - the MSN Video Player
    Posted on March 11, 2010
    Microsoft is launching a free online video player - the first serious rival to the BBC’s iPlayer. The MSN video player, which goes live tomorrow, will feature a thousand hours of television programming that is aimed mainly at the youth market, young families and professionals.
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    'Monogamy bores me terribly'
    Posted on March 11, 2010
    As rumours of Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy's affairs abound, Cassandra Jardine asks: is there something to be said for the French attitude towards infidelity?
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    Colleen LaRose: all-American neighbour or terrorist Jihad Jane?
    Posted on March 11, 2010
    Arrest of 'cat lady', suspected of plot to kill Prophet cartoonist, linked to terror suspects held in Ireland
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    • 'I saw Israeli bulldozer kill Rachel Corrie'
    Posted on March 11, 2010
    The final moments of Rachel Corrie, the American peace activist crushed to death beneath a pile of earth and rubble in the path of an advancing Israeli army bulldozer, were described to an Israeli court by an eyewitness yesterday.
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    • My demands for a post-election deal, by Nick Clegg
    Posted on March 11, 2010
    In an exclusive interview, Lib Dem leader explains how he will decide between Labour and Tories in the event of a hung parliament
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    Judges fear prisons will burst under new rules
    Posted on March 11, 2010
    Britain’s leading criminal judges warn that a shake-up of sentencing guidelines could push prison overcrowding to crisis levels. They fear that the Sentencing Council, which comes into force next month with the aim of bringing more consistency to courts, will not curb judges’ use of custody, as hoped, but actually increase it.
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    • One in four reports of anti social behaviour ignored
    Posted on March 11, 2010
    Police are ignoring one in four reports of anti-social behaviour even though it is a more serious issue than crime for some victims, the forces' watchdog warned.
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    • Labour refuses to rule out 'death tax' to fund care for elderly
    Posted on March 11, 2010
    Mr Burnham denied that a single amount would be charged to everyone under a compulsory system, and said that a range of options were still being considered, including a 10 per cent levy on the value of a person’s estate, or paying a means-tested amount in instalments over the course of retirement.
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    The Sports Report
    Posted on March 11, 2010
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    Gordon Brown won't rule out pre-election 'giveaway' in Budget
    Posted on March 10, 2010
    The Prime Minister confirmed that the Budget will be held on March 24, but would not back Alistair Darling's pledge to do more to cut the Government’s huge deficit.
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    Andrée Peel
    Posted on March 10, 2010
    Andrée Peel, who died on March 5 aged 105, was a much-decorated heroine of the French Resistance; known as Agent Rose, she helped dozens of British and American pilots escape from occupied Europe and only escaped death at the hands of the Nazis by the skin of her teeth.
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