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Medical establishment backs controversial plans to close up to 60 hospital departments across the country as the only way to guarantee the highest standards of care for patients.
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Pontiff 'sincerely regrets' quoting remarks that Islam was 'evil'.
Pope's mission against radicalism
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The hostility between Sao Paulo's police and gangs has erupted into open warfare.
Tom Phillips
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Our beloved Lucy, by parents of stabbed girl
The family of Lucy Braham, who was murdered on Thursday night, have paid tribute to a 'stunningly beautiful daughter'.
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Inside Baghdad: last battle of a stricken city
For two weeks Peter Beaumont, Foreign Affairs Editor, has travelled across Baghdad with the US military. In this remarkable dispatch he describes a desperate struggle to stop a brutal sectarian conflict from ripping the city apart.
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Being progressive will win back disillusioned voters
Peter Hain:
For Labour, the task of renewing after 10 years in government is onerous - and rarely, if ever, achieved by governments of either party.
Post your questions for Peter Hain here
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Focus
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No refuge, no shelter
There is a secret scandal in the health service aff ecting some of Britain's most vulnerable patients. As the NHS struggles with ever-increasing debt,
Jo Revill
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'No smoking gun' in peerages scandal
Yard's inquiry fails to find any compelling evidence of serious wrongdoing.
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Redknapp puts case for defence
30-yard belter from Lomana LuaLua takes Portsmouth to the top of the league and keeps Harry Redknapp smiling.
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Man of the people
When the backstabbing finally stops, could Alan Johnson be the man who delivers the fatal blow to Brown?
Rachel Cooke
meets the education secretary for a Q&A;, lunch and a little light flirting.
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Escape
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Suits you, Monsieur
Euan Ferguson
gets a style makeover in Paris.
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7 days
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Torture - fun for all the family
Armando Iannucci:
You hear a lot on the television about how bad torturing can be, but that's because it's probably not being done right.
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Review
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Masters of the universe
What is the purpose of existence? Is there an afterlife? Scientist Richard Dawkins, cosmologist Paul Davies and playwright Michael Frayn are getting to grips with these existential dilemmas in their new books. Could
Tim Adams
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Aviva faces storm over call centres
The insurance giant's decision to outsource 1,000 jobs dismisses a report on customers' concerns.
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Cash
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So what has Brown done for your family's finances?
Jill Insley
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New York dispatch
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The 2000 election demonstrated how America's electoral process is open to abuse.
Paul Harris
says the system has worsened.
Hope springs from the flood
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