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Leader of Iran Opposition Toughens Line on Government
Posted on February 2, 2010
Mir Hussein Moussavi, the Iranian opposition leader, made some of his harshest remarks against Iran’s rulers on Tuesday in an interview published on his Web site, calling their behavior dictatorial and terrifying
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    • Going straight: The ex-convict signing up other prisoners for degrees
    Posted on February 2, 2010
    An amazing two-thirds of inmates emerge from jail to reoffend but an experiment in Buckinghamshire shows what happens when you offer them higher education. Lucy Hodges goes inside to see for herself
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    England is 'cesspit' breeding Islamists, says Soyinka
    Posted on February 2, 2010
    England is a "cesspit" and breeding ground for fundamentalist Muslims, the Nobel laureate and political activist Wole Soyinka has said in an interview in which he also accused Britain of allowing the existence of "indoctrination schools".
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    Question: 'Can the Secretary of State estimate the total pension deficit liability in the public sector?'
    Posted on February 2, 2010
    Answer: 'Close to £600billion, off the top of my head'.
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    Gordon Brown outlines proposals to ditch first-past-the-post voting
    Posted on February 2, 2010
    Gordon Brown has announced that he will seek parliamentary approval for a referendum to ditch the first-past-the-post voting system for Westminster elections.
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    Clare Short: Tony Blair 'leaned on Lord Goldsmith' over Iraq war legality
    Posted on February 2, 2010
    The former International Development Secretary made a damning attack on Labour’s “unsafe” style of Government – accusing it for "secrecy and deceit" and saying too much power now rests with the Prime Minister.
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    'Changing lives but still machista'
    Posted on February 2, 2010
    There was just one woman for every seven men on the Brazilian committee that organised the first World Social Forum (WSF) meeting in Porto Alegre, the southern Brazilian city where this annual gathering of social organisations from around the world was born ten years ago.
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    Anwar denounces sodomy trial as corrupt
    Posted on February 2, 2010
    Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has appeared in court on sodomy charges, threatening to subpoena the country's prime minister.
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    • 'Race still an issue in Cuba'
    Posted on February 2, 2010
    "We have to admit that the problem exists, determine its impact on the social model that we defend, and tackle it in depth," says Esteban Morales, an Afro-Cuban economist, political scientist and author of numerous articles and essays on the subject.
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    Today's Comments
    Posted on February 2, 2010
    Robert Fisk: Israel feels under siege. Like a victim. An underdog
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    • Asia review
    Posted on February 2, 2010
    Japan's whalers are at sea again, harvesting meat that few will eat
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    • The population crash
    Posted on February 2, 2010
    Across Europe, we are having fewer babies. In many places, such as the deserted town of Hoyerswerda in east Germany, the falling birth rate is already taking its toll
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    The Sports Report
    Posted on February 2, 2010
    Football:
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    Arms sales to Taiwan could backfire on US
    Posted on February 2, 2010
    Yet another US arms sale to Taiwan. Yet another volley of angry rhetoric from China.
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    • Exclusive: Vote of no confidence in Tory economic policies
    Posted on February 2, 2010
    Poll lead slips to 7 points as vast majority of voters say Cameron should be clearer about plans for cuts
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