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Former Labour leader Michael Foot dies
Posted on March 3, 2010
Labour party leader between 1980 and 1983 dies aged 96
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    David Morrissey's love letter to Liverpool
    Posted on March 3, 2010
    From Crosby beach to a big match at Anfield, actor David Morrissey takes Amy Raphael on a tour of his hometown – and explains why it has inspired him to direct a new film
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    Hundreds feared dead after Uganda landslides
    Posted on March 3, 2010
    More than 300 people are feared dead after heavy rain caused a series of landslides in the mountainous eastern region of Bududa in Uganda.

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    Arrested in Paris, the widow dubbed 'Lady Genocide'
    Posted on March 3, 2010
    After 12 years living a quiet existence in a suburb near Paris, the widow of the assassinated Rwandan president whose death triggered the largest mass slaughter of the 20th century, was arrested yesterday. She is accused of helping mastermind the 1994 genocide.
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    Winston Churchill obituary
    Posted on March 3, 2010
    Former Conservative MP and journalist who came from a famous political dynasty
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    Pakistan's Army takes control of al-Qaeda cave network on Afghan border
    Posted on March 3, 2010
    Pakistani forces have taken control of a warren of caves that served until recently as the nerve centre of the Taleban and al-Qaeda and sheltered Ayman al-Zawahiri, the second-in-command to Osama bin Laden.
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    Argentina celebrates diplomatic coup as Hillary Clinton calls for talks over Falklands
    Posted on March 3, 2010
    Argentina was celebrating a diplomatic coup yesterday in its attempt to force Britain to accept talks on the future of the Falkland Islands, after a two-hour meeting in Buenos Aires between Hillary Clinton and President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
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    Sunnis emerge from political wilderness to stand and vote in Iraqi election
    Posted on March 3, 2010
    A man in a brown robe and white headscarf springs around on stage at an election rally, waving his arms and reciting poetry in a high-pitched voice as snipers scan the crowds from the rooftops of surrounding buildings.
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    Europe review
    Posted on March 3, 2010
    French bishops condemn premium-rate confession hotline 
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    • Today's Comments
    Posted on March 3, 2010
    Hamish McRae: Now it's the BBC's turn to experience a dose of reality
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    • Britain Grapples With Debt of Greek Proportions
    Posted on March 3, 2010
    LONDON — As Greece’s debt troubles batter the euro,Britain has done its utmost to stay above the fray. Until now, that is. Suddenly, investors are asking if Britain may soon face its own sovereign debt crisis if the government fails to slash its growing budget deficits quickly enough to escape the contagious fears of financial markets.
  • Sterling's slippery slope           
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    Greece prepares for more spending cuts
    Posted on March 3, 2010
    Greece will announce more draconian spending cuts today, after the country's prime minister warned of "catastrophic" consequences unless markets were persuaded to lower lending rates.
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    Dubai: Israeli premier faces arrest
    Posted on March 3, 2010
    The head of the Dubai police is planning to seek the arrest of the prime minister of Israel and the head of the country's secret service, Mossad, over the killing of a Hamas leader.
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    • TV series Der Krieg gives Germans a coloured view of black-and-white war
    Posted on March 3, 2010
    The first episode, broadcast on Monday night, was gentle on the German psyche: it recorded their initial military successes, the Wehrmacht soldiers climbing the Eiffel Tower to hang a swastika from the top. As the series progresses, though, German audiences will see how their grandparents died in the snow during the retreat from the Soviet Union.
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    New questions over Ashcroft tax deal deepen Tory donor row
    Posted on March 3, 2010
    Senior Tories expressed growing unease over the Lord Ashcroft tax saga as new evidence emerged to contradict the billionaire donor’s account of how he became a peer.
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    Political debate: Do not adjust your set
    Posted on March 3, 2010
    Political debate: Do not adjust your set
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    James Bulger killer returned to prison
    Posted on March 3, 2010
    Jon Venables, 27, who with Robert Thompson abducted and murdered James in February 1993, was released from custody in 2001, but he has been recalled following the breach, a Ministry of Justice spokeswoman said.
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    Sarah's Law to be rolled out nationally
    Posted on March 3, 2010
    Sarah's Law to be rolled out nationally
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    Ethiopa aid 'spent on weapons'
    Posted on March 3, 2010
    A former rebel army commander says that millions of dollars donated to the relief of the 1984-85 Ethiopian famine went to buy weapons.
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    The Sports Report
    Posted on March 3, 2010
    Football:
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    • Clinton Arrives as Chile Sends Troops to Hard-Hit City
    Posted on March 3, 2010
    SANTIAGO, Chile — As smaller tremors continued to jolt this earthquake-ravaged country, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton flew into Chile’s damaged main airport on Tuesday morning, bearing a handful of satellite phones and promises of more help.

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