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British soldier deaths bring Afghanistan toll level with Falklands
Posted on February 8, 2010
Two British soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said this morning, taking the number of British deaths in the war in Afghanistan to the same total as were killed in the Falklands conflict.
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    A search for allies in a hostile world
    Posted on February 8, 2010
    Iran’s proclaimed ambitions in Africa are particularly worrying for Israel, which once had a lot of friends on the continent and wants to keep the few that remain
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    Tymoshenko refuses to concede defeat in bitter Ukraine elections
    Posted on February 8, 2010
    The battle for the presidency of Ukraine continued to hang in the balance today as Viktor Yanukovych edged closer to victory and his bitter rival Yuliya Tymoshenko refused to concede defeat.
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    • The town where pupils speak 150 different languages
    Posted on February 8, 2010
    The survey in Reading, Berkshire, shows how schools are being put under mounting pressure by the rising levels of pupils who do not speak English as their first language.
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    Labour suspends MPs charged over expenses
    Posted on February 8, 2010
    David Cameron claimed to have scored a tactical victory after Labour announced that it was suspending the three MPs accused of false accounting in relation to their parliamentary expenses.
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    • Euro under pressure as Greek crisis becomes a 'huge game of chicken'
    Posted on February 8, 2010
    The euro faced renewed selling in foreign-exchange markets on Monday morning as doubts about the ability of Greece to cut its deficit heaped pressure on the single currency
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    OBITUARIES
    Posted on February 8, 2010
    Sir John Dankworth
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    Americas review
    Posted on February 8, 2010
    Baptists' descent from Idaho to the hell of a Haitian prison
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    • Obamas host Super Bowl party at White House
    Posted on February 8, 2010
    US President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, were spending Sunday at the White House hosting a Super Bowl party.
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    • West alarmed as Iran steps up enrichment of uranium stocks
    Posted on February 8, 2010
    President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today ordered Iran's atomic energy organisation to begin enriching its uranium stockpile to a higher level, further raising fears over the country's nuclear ambitions.
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    • Today's Comments
    Posted on February 8, 2010
    Boris Johnson: General Election 2010: Gordon Brown will be in power for ever if Cleggie gets PR
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    • Cameron: we need to get a grip
    Posted on February 8, 2010
    Rifts emerge as polls show Tories eight seats short of majority
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    'Tidal wave' of business failure feared as tax help scheme ends
    Posted on February 8, 2010
    The Government has been warned that it faces a "ticking time bomb" of company closures and job losses when a scheme to allow firms to delay their tax payments is wound up.
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    Thousands to lose jobs as universities prepare to cope with cuts
    Posted on February 8, 2010
    Universities across the country are preparing to axe thousands of teaching jobs, close campuses and ditch courses to cope with government funding cuts, the Guardian has learned.
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    The Sports Report
    Posted on February 8, 2010
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    • Connecticut gas explosion at power plant 'leaves up to 50 dead'
    Posted on February 7, 2010
    As many as 50 people may have been killed in an explosion on Sunday at a US energy plant in Connecticut, a hospital spokesman said, adding a search and rescue operation was under way.
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    • Yanukovich 'wins' Ukraine run-off
    Posted on February 7, 2010
    The National Exit Poll, a consortium partly funded by Western embassies, said Yanukovich had secured 48.7 per cent of Sunday's vote against Tymoshenko's 45.5 per cent.
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    Poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy on the new language of unlove
    Posted on February 7, 2010
    She says all poems are about love and reveals that her work was shaped by a shocking teenage affair. Our first female laureate talks candidly about her passions, her heroes and why she would make a naughty nun
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    • Choice of 7-year-old as samba queen causes uproar in Brazil
    Posted on February 7, 2010
    A decision by one of Rio's top samba schools to let a seven-year-old girl lead its 2010 carnival procession has caused uproar on the eve of what Brazilians call the greatest party on Earth.
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    • UK forces prepare for biggest Afghan offensive since 2001
    Posted on February 7, 2010
    The bloodiest fighting in the eight-year war in Afghanistan is expected to break out this week as British troops yesterday continued to prepare for what will be the largest air assault seen since the first Gulf war in 1991.
  • Afghan displaced face harsh winter
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    Thriving black market in Haiti aid
    Posted on February 7, 2010
    International efforts to help Haiti recover are still gaining pace but aid agencies believe that 10 per cent of the donations are being sold on the black markets.

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    Weekend Interviews
    Posted on February 7, 2010
    Dolly Parton gets up front and very personal
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    Bruised Maid Dies at 12, and Pakistan Seethes
    Posted on February 7, 2010
    LAHORE, Pakistan — The death already seemed like a bitter injustice. A maid died after unexplained injuries she got in the house of her rich employer. But one detail in particular has outraged Pakistanis: she was 12.
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    • Today's Comments
    Posted on February 7, 2010
    John Rentoul: Cameron, the Houdini of Westminster
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    • Palin Assails Obama at Tea Party Meeting
    Posted on February 7, 2010
    NASHVILLE – As Sarah Palin left the stage at the inaugural National Tea Party Convention here Saturday night, the crowd erupted into chants of “Run Sarah Run!”
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    Super-wealthy investors move billions out of Greece
    Posted on February 7, 2010
    A staggering €8bn-€10bn (£7bn-£8.7bn) may have been taken out of Greece by private investors since it became engulfed by economic turmoil in November.
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    Ukraine goes to polls after vitriolic campaign
    Posted on February 7, 2010
    Nationalist heroine or Russian favourite? Five years on from the Orange Revolution, the former Soviet state must choose – and it's set to be close
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    The Sports Report
    Posted on February 7, 2010
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    • A-level entry requirement shock for university applicants
    Posted on February 7, 2010
    LEADING universities have been accused of unjustly raising A-level entry requirements at the last minute because of a surge in applicants and severe government cuts.
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    Make Cherie a Baroness! Extraordinary row over plan to elevate Mrs Blair to Lords
    Posted on February 7, 2010
    Allies of Mrs Blair say she is entitled to the honour on the basis of her decade in No10, her record as a leading lawyer and her charity work. However, the idea, which is being actively discussed in senior Labour circles, is likely to run into criticism from those who may question whether she deserves the same recognition as Lady Churchill.
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