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Obama outlines $117bn bank levy
Posted on January 14, 2010
President Barack Obama has said Wall Street must repay $117bn (£72bn) to taxpayers and criticised banks for "massive profits and obscene bonuses". The tax is to recoup money US taxpayers are expected to lose from bailing out the banks during the financial crisis. "My commitment is to recover every single dime the American people are owed," the president said.
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    • BBC 'must end obsession with targeting under-35s'
    Posted on January 14, 2010
    The BBC has been warned to stop chasing young viewers and mass audiences by wasting money on sports rights, such as for Formula One coverage, and formulaic game shows, such as BBC One's Hole in the Wall, that could be provided by commercial channels.
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    African review
    Posted on January 14, 2010
    'I'm not dead', says Nigerian President
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    • Today's Comments
    Posted on January 14, 2010
    Norman Tebbit: The Left-wing BNP could cost Labour seats at the general election 
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    Haiti earthquake survivors await global aid effort
    Posted on January 14, 2010
    BBC correspondents say the situation is increasingly desperate, with no coordinated rescue plan so far and aid only trickling in. The search for survivors continues but rescuers have little lifting equipment and are often using their bare hands.

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    • Blair froze out Iraq war dissenters
    Posted on January 14, 2010
    Tony Blair froze out anyone with concerns about the Iraq war and was not challenged on the issue by a Cabinet that had been "conditioned" to accept that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, the Iraq inquiry has been told.
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    Full veil not welcome in France, says Sarkozy
    Posted on January 14, 2010
    Nicolas Sarkozy last night threw his weight behind moves to ban the full Islamic veil in France, calling for an "unambiguous" parliamentary resolution against an item of clothing he said was "not welcome" in a country which valued sexual equality.
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    Taliban 'killing thousands of civilians'
    Posted on January 14, 2010
    More Afghans are dying in their country's bloody insurgency than at any time since 2001, a new UN report says, thanks largely to the Taliban's use of indiscriminate roadside bombs and suicide attackers.
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    • Our universities are not under threat. Their income is at record levels
    Posted on January 14, 2010
    Peter Mandelson: The government's firm commitment to increasing educational opportunities is unchanged.
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    China set to ignore Google demands for end to censorship
    Posted on January 14, 2010
    China offered its first indication today that it will ignore an ultimatum from Google to relax internet censorship and reminded all companies they must strictly abide by state controls of the country’s cyberspace.
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    MPs call for curb on top earners after supertax flops
    Posted on January 14, 2010
    The supertax on bankers' bonuses has failed, MPs warned last night as they demanded curbs on the pay and perks of all top earners, not just those in the City.
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    Dementia disgrace: Ministers break promise on making Alzheimer's a national priority
    Posted on January 14, 2010
    Ministers have broken their pledge to make dementia a national priority, a watchdog says. Despite claiming that care for those with Alzheimer's would top the NHS agenda, it does not appear on the Department of Health's official list of priorities. And promises of a 'memory clinic in every town' have been axed.
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    Cost of cheap alcohol will double to curb binge drinking
    Posted on January 14, 2010
    Minimum prices for alcoholic drinks would be set by the Government under radical plans being drawn up to cut Britain’s growing binge-drinking problem.
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    The Sports Report
    Posted on January 14, 2010
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    Exclusive: Brown invokes spirit of 1997 with return of pledge cards
    Posted on January 14, 2010
    Labour is to fight the next general election on a five-point promise to boost public services and slash Britain's mountainous debts, The Independent has learned. Senior ministers will attempt to reproduce the success of the Labour pledge card, which was the centrepiece of Tony Blair's triumphant election campaign in 1997.
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