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Iraqi violence claims 8 in sectarian strife
Eight people were killed across Iraq Saturday, hours after a series of bombings rocked Baghdad in the bloodiest day there in months, officials said. Calls for a halt to sectarian violence went unheeded, with gunmen storming the home of a top police anti-terrorism official and killing him, his wife and their two young children. The BBC said police Capt. Adnan Ibrahim was targeted by Sunni ...
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Eric Schmidt defends Googles tax affairs following Commons criticism
Eric Schmidt has defended his company's financial affairs after a Commons committee branded the internet giant devious and unethical for sheltering its multibillion-pound profits from UK ...
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Tim Southees late burst gives New Zealand hope against England
England suffered a late collapse of four wickets for 12 runs to wreck Joe Root and James Anderson's good work with bat and ball on day three of the first Test ...
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Next coronation to involve other faiths besides Christianity
The coronation of the next monarch will include a role for people of other faiths besides Christianity, in a break with a thousand years of history, The Sunday Telegraph has ...
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Tory party out of control over Europe says Lord Howe
Lord Howe has accused David Cameron of running scared of his backbenchers and endangering Britain's future in Europe. Photograph: David Fisher/Rex ...
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Ed Miliband vows to curb corporate tax avoidance
Ed Miliband has vowed to rip up the rule book as prime minister and go it alone if there is no international consensus to tackle multinationals engaging in ...
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At Google we aspire to do the right thing. So we welcome a debate on international tax reform | Eric Schmidt
At a time when families are having to tighten their belts and funding for vital public services is under pressure, corporate taxation is rightly a hot topic. And as a company that has always aspired to do the right thing, we understand why Google is at the centre of that debate. In the interests of moving the argument forward - away from accusation and toward action - here are three principles ...
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Out out out Can anybody stem the Eurosceptic tide
stand down at the next election after more than 20 years' service, is not a stirrer or controversy seeker. He chairs the foreign affairs select committee and has a mild attachment to the EU because of the economic benefits he believes it brings, but his views seldom make news.So it was a startling moment when, as Ottaway ended a short address during the Queen's speech debate last week, ...
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Tories just about held it together in the past. This time its different | Andrew Rawnsley
As the Conservative party has spent the past week tearing itself and the reputation of its leader to shreds, I have been logging the bulletins issued by Number 10 that claim to describe the temperamental condition of the prime minister. Faced with an unprecedented revolt against the government's programme by its own MPs, we were told ...
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This is a new farcical low and David Cameron is losing control | Geoffrey Howe
Europe within the Conservative party to a new, almost farcical, low. Having previously opposed the introduction of legislation in this parliament to hold a referendum in the next one, the prime minister suddenly allowed a free vote among backbenchers, with the government abstaining, on the extraordinary basis that the party had no policy on the issue.Then, once more than 100 backbenchers had ...
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Poor performance of AEs linked to winding down of NHS helpline
NHS Direct health advice service referred an extra 120,000 patients to accident and emergency departments in the past year, compared with the final 12 months of the Labour government.The increase in the number of calls to the 0845 service that were considered to require "urgent or emergency" assistance came as staffing levels dropped significantly. More than 1,200 fewer people worked ...
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Western leaders study gamechanging report on global drugs trade
drugs policy that is being seen in some quarters as the beginning of the end for blanket prohibition.Publication of the Organisation of American States (OAS) review, commissioned at last year's Cartagena Summit of the Americas attended ...
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England v New Zealand report Joe Root grows in stature to sow seeds of revival
England 232 & 180-6 v New Zealand 207: Yorkshire batsman brings England back into the first Test with gutsy innings but late flurry of wickets also offers Kiwis hope of victory, writes Stephen Brenkley at ...
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Death toll climbs in south China flooding
Chinese officials said the death toll from widespread flooding in southern China reached 53 Saturday, with at least 16 people still missing. Heavy rain fell in southern China, and 10 provinces in the south and central China were reeling from flooding and landslides, China's official Xinhua news agency said. The Chinese government launched a level-four response to the disaster Xinhua ...
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Southee treble rocks England in first Test
LONDON (AFP) - Tim Southee bowled New Zealand back into contention in the first Test against England with a dramatic burst late on the third day at Lord's on Saturday.At stumps, England were 180 for six in their second innings -- a lead of 205 runs.England were in the process of building a sound position at 159 for two when paceman Southee wrested back the initiative with three wickets for ...
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Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby abandons his support for civil partnerships for heterosexual couples
U-turn will anger both Tory backbenchers and campaigners who argue same-sex couples should be able to enter civil partnerships as an alternative to ...
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Revealed Devastating impact of bedroom tax which forces huge leap in hardship handouts for tenants
The extent of the suffering inflicted by the "bedroom tax" can be revealed for the first time today as figures show a 338 per cent leap in the number of people applying for emergency handouts in the month since it was ...
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Curfew in place as Nigeria presses Boko Haram insurgents
The Nigerian military Saturday ordered a partial curfew in the city of Maiduguri amid a government offensive against Islamist militants. The 24-hour curfew was implemented in neighborhoods considered to be Boko Haram strongholds in the northeastern city, in a region that has been a hotbed of the Boko Haram guerrilla movement. The military said in a written statement it had the rebels on the run ...
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Grandmother of Chloe Johnson tells of anger and hurt at 5-year-olds death
© Press Association THE Grandmother of a five-year-old girl from Forest Hill who died in a pool at a hotel in Egypt has told of her "anger and hurt". Chloe Johnson's grandmother April told Sky News the family was "devastated" by her death yesterday (May 17) at the Coral Sea Waterworld Hotel in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. She said she was ...
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Google boss Eric Schmidt may snub Prime Minister David Cameron over companys House of Commons grilling
James Cusick is political correspondent of The Independent and The Independent on Sunday. As an experienced member of the lobby, he has previously worked at The Sunday Times and the BBC. His career as a journalist has been split between print and television, including senior positions as producer with Sir David Frost and at BBC Newsnight. He is also an award-winning golf and travel writer, ...
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Downing Street insider Lord Feldman taking legal advice as he denies calling anti-Europe anti-gay marriage Tory activists mad swivel-eyed loons
The comments, reported in a number of newspapers this morning, had allegedly come from a close aide to David Cameron.And the party's co-chairman Lord Feldman has rebuffed internet rumours that it was him that made the comments, reported ...
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Mark Todd knighted at Buckingham Palace
Veteran horseman Mark Todd was formally knighted for services to equestrian sport by Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace yesterday. The double Olympic gold medallist was one of several sports stars honoured. Sir Mark, 57, is returning to New Zealand to attend the funeral of his father, Norm, in Cambridge tomorrow. Sir Mark, who is based in Swindon, Wiltshire, chatted about horses with Prince ...
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Should Chris Huhne be able to resume his life in politics
In Chris Huhne's case, his career in the House of Commons is finished. That is not to say that his ability to contribute to politics outside Parliament (or in other areas) is over. There is plenty that he can do - but he can't do it from the Commons. And this is not to say that an MP who is convicted of a criminal offence will under all circumstances be unable to return to the ...
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Breaking the taboo about drugs
drugs , calls for a change in strategy are growing louder by the day. In Latin America, the debate is positively deafening. Statesmen from Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico and Uruguay are taking the lead for transformations in their own drug regime, which has set a strong dynamic of change across the region and around the world. Their discussion has expanded to the US, where public opinion toward ...
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Investigation launched into excrement found in Palace dressing room at Brighton
Crystal Palace won the match 2-0 with goals from Wilfried Zaha An investigation has been launched into how excrement was left in Crystal Palace's changing room before their play-off victory over Brighton & Hove Albion this week. Palace players are believed to have found fecal matter outside the toilets in the away dressing room of Brighton's Amex Stadium, ahead of their 2-0 ...
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Britain losing interest in leading?
Britain was once the most powerful country in the world, it ran an empire that was the envy of every other colonial power, and gave the world a number of modern institutions that are still widely used today, most notable in the realm of political systems and democratic checks and balances. But Britain today is a shadow of what it once was, some might say it is just another country, nothing special.
Perhaps it’s a little harsh to say there’s nothing special about the UK. The United Kingdom remains an influential country in international politics, especially throughout the Commonwealth, and the capital city, London, is headquarters to some of the world’s biggest companies and home to one of the largest stock exchanges in the world. Read more
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