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Chancellor George Osborne and Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander
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Farea Al-Muslimi said that rather than fighting terrorism, drone strikes were fuelling it
Freddie Starr has been arrested for a second time

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Decision not to investigate claim deemed 'scarcely credible'
Tim Cook has been having little luck keeping his backers sweet

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The cash-rich company has diverted attention from its lack of new products with blockbuster payouts

Private schools turn to foreign pupils

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Politicians fiercely oppose plan to donate money to help relief efforts

'Paranoid' legal high addict jailed for 26 years over friend's decapitation

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Mourinho: It will be very difficult for us to reach the final

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Ben Affleck with his wife Jennifer Garner

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The Samaritans haven't bothered to set up a special hotline for devasted fans of the group

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The Caxirola is made from recycled plastic

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Out of this world: Astronaut tweets stunning images of Earth from space

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Tamerlan Tsarnaev a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing

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