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Tax 'holiday' aimed at encouraging shoppers to spend their way through the recession
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Four police officers have been killed in a road accident in Northern Ireland
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Rashid Rauf, originally from Birmingham, had been on the run in Pakistan since 2006
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As London mayor's plan is attacked by Labour and his own party, a rift with Cameron looms
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Audacious scheme saw gang bosses released from prison less than one year into sentence
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Report gives false and vastly inflated picture of the numbers of children who die from abuse in England
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Veteran high-street retailer could go under this week if management fail to clinch a fire sale
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Philip Pullman warns school it will become a 'byword for philistinism and ignorance' if it closes its library
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Nov 23 2008:Dermot Finch: London's success with public transport holds lessons for other British cities
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Gurkhas brave hail of fire for comrade's body
Nov 23 2008:Troops in Helmand carry a fallen rifleman over 100m of open ground amid a Taliban barrage
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'Skull of Doom' goes on show
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Brain exercises are 'waste of time'
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The big issue: Lessons we must learn from Baby P's death
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Pianist's skull plays the jester
Nov 23 2008:David Tennant holds skull bequeathed by concert pianist who dreamed of being on stage in life
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The benefits of welfare reform outweigh the risks
Nov 23 2008:Editorial: Rising unemployment makes the case for systemic change stronger, as long as the reforms are seen to be fair
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Britain is ready to take advantage of this seismic shift
Nov 23 2008:Tristram Hunt: The age of America is drawing to a close, with the Iraq invasion standing as the final act of imperial hubris
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Nov 23 2008:Decision to let dancehall reggae artist Bounty Killer perform in east London denounced by gay pressure groups
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'Martial arts gang' in expat kidnap probe
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