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Setback for Tony Blair's ambition to be president of Europe
Posted on July 1, 2009
Tony Blair's ambition to become Europe's first president have been set back by stiffening opposition from Sweden and Spain, the two countries chairing the EU for the next year.
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Ronnie Biggs refused parole by Jack Straw
Posted on July 1, 2009
Jack Straw today dramatically ordered that Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs must stay in jail because he shows no regret for his crime.
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Britain is facing a reposession timebomb
Posted on July 1, 2009
Britain is facing a reposession timebomb, Vince Cable warned yesterday, as it emerged just six families have been helped by the Government's Mortgage Rescue Scheme.
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Licenced teachers won't be better teachers
Posted on July 1, 2009
Ed Balls's teaching "MoT" will merely bring more pointless paperwork to the profession, says Francis Gilbert.
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Brown's big lie
Posted on July 1, 2009
How long can a Prime Minister in a democracy lie to his country and get away with it? Gordon Brown is trying to find out. 
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Turning fat people into social outcasts
Posted on July 1, 2009
A new report chastising fat celebs as a bad influence is part of a worrying campaign to ‘denormalise’ chubbiness.
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In defence of the right to discriminate
Posted on July 1, 2009
Here in the US, secularists scoff when conservative Christians complain that they’re oppressed. So many demands for putative religious rights – like the ‘right’ to conduct official school prayers – are really demands for religious power.
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Two pop thinkers and their fight about zero
Posted on July 1, 2009
Can the online generation expect everything from music to newspapers to be free? Two leading authors furiously disagree
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Lions Tour
Posted on July 1, 2009
Brian O'Driscoll slams Peter de Villiers' comments as 'mind-boggling'
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Wimbledon report
Posted on July 1, 2009
Andy Murray: Only victory in the final will satisfy me
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    As soldiers die, the MoD is stockpiling for the cold war
    Posted on July 1, 2009
    Defence ministers are too concerned with showing off their military muscle to provide what fighting forces actually need
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    Vegetarians less likely to develop cancer than meat eaters, says study
    Posted on July 1, 2009
    Striking difference found in risk of disease in blood
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    Army faces 20 more abuse claims from Iraqi civilians
    Posted on July 1, 2009
    High Court to hear cases against soldiers accused of shootings and beatings
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    Britain's most profitable rail line to be nationalised
    Posted on July 1, 2009
    Britain's busiest inter-city rail service is set to be nationalised after National Express, which runs the London to Edinburgh route, admitted that it had failed to renegotiate the operating contract with the Government.
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    Airbus rides the Chinese dragon
    Posted on July 1, 2009
    In the time it takes to complete the paper work for planning permission in Britain, a factory in Tianjin has been built and is producing passenger jets.
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    BP consortium wins historic deal for Iraqi oil
    Posted on July 1, 2009
    A BP-led consortium has won the rights to develop Iraq's largest oil field after an exhaustive tender process that opens the brittle state's huge gas and oil assets to foreign exploration for the first time in almost 40 years.
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    PM warned that elevation of Michael Martin could damage Lords
    Posted on July 1, 2009
    Michael Martin, the former Speaker of the Commons, was today elevated to the House of Lords despite a warning from the independent appointments commission that his presence could "diminish" the upper house.
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    Tesco linked to early sale of Northern Rock
    Posted on July 1, 2009
    Tesco has emerged as a potential bidder for Northern Rock as the Government races to sell the state-owned lender before a general election, The Times has learnt.
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    Genetic 'MoT' for disease free babies
    Posted on July 1, 2009
    A “genetic MOT” which can help IVF couples screen embryos for hereditary diseases and have healthy babies could be available in the UK within a year.
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    No need for elderly to sell home to pay care bill
    Posted on July 1, 2009
    Elderly people will no longer be forced to sell their homes to pay for care under government proposals to be unveiled next week.
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    Labour gets jitters over 'Tory cuts' message
    Posted on July 1, 2009
    Labour is to refine its warnings about "Tory cuts" amid signs that Gordon Brown's mantra is making little impact with the public.
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    Return to Neverland as family announce public wake for Michael Jackson
    Posted on July 1, 2009
    Fans are expected to converge from across the world for the first mass-gathering since Jackson died last week.
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    Gordon Brown is not building Britain's future, he's spending it
    Posted on July 1, 2009
    The two PMs, Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson, make dubious promises to build Britain's future.
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