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A Tory landslide seemed inevitable at the next general election. But recent soundings show a different trend as Labour benefits from optimism about the economyAlastair Campbell is not normally one to trash the state of the na (Read More)
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African version of Spitting Image has delighted big audiences by ridiculing corrupt politiciansA rapping president describes himself as "a real bad dude"; a prime minister and vice-president fight over lavatories; and a set o (Read More)
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Chance of hung parliament as Conservative lead falls to 6%Labour's hopes of avoiding a general election rout at the hands of David Cameron's Tories will be boosted today as a new poll shows a sharp fall in the Conservatives' (Read More)
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In a country where brutal civil war raged just two decades ago, surprisingly little anger remains todayIt's hard to imagine a more tranquil place than Gaza: farmers taking their produce to market, women and children standing (Read More)
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President calls for Afghan forces to take control of security within five years, and vows to tackle corruptionHamid Karzai called for Afghan forces to assume responsibility for unstable areas in three years and to take comple (Read More)
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Western leaders want Karzai's inauguration speech to set out reforms and a programme for tackling corruptionLiveblog: follow the ceremony as it happensHamid Karzai will be sworn in for a second term as Afghanistan's president (Read More)
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Thousands of ordinary Americans herald their 'uber-patriot' idol as her book tour begins to a soft country soundtrackThe Second Coming of Sarah Palin felt an awful lot like the first one.There was the strikingly familiar figu (Read More)
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Afghan national holiday declared as VIPs of 42 nations arrive for presidential ceremonySecurity forces increased patrols on the streets of the Afghan capital today, bracing for possible militant attacks during tomorrow's inau (Read More)
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• Compass fears poll defeat could be devastating • Pre-budget report may be deciding factorThe influential centre-left pressure group Compass has reopened the question of whether Gordon Brown should lead Labour into the gener (Read More)
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Metropolitan Police say fewer youth murders justify a tactic critics say can alienate childrenPolice have doubled the number of Afro-Caribbean and Asian primary school children they stop and search in London in the last year, (Read More)
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As Kosovan Serbs defy Belgrade's call for a total boycott of elections, obstructionism is starting to look an outmoded policyKosovo held the first elections after independence without incident, and apparently without any lose (Read More)
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The readers' editor on … the familiar confusion between underestimate and overestimateSome sentences make you think twice. When Guiding Light, the world's longest-running soap opera, came to an end in September, a short piece (Read More)
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Labour MPs are demanding to know why the Electoral Commission's inquiry into Lord Ashcroft's donations to the Conservative party has dragged on for 10 monthsControversy over Lord Ashcroft's donations to the Conservative party (Read More)
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Right-wing radicals are already pinning presidential ambitions on a mother-of-five from Minnesota who calls herself a 'fool for Christ' and condemns Obama as a socialist at the head of a gangster regimeShe is a striking brune (Read More)
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Many Kosovo Serbs will boycott local elections tomorrow - and not without good causeThe first local elections since Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia in February 2008 take place tomorrow, and calls f (Read More)
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She's 81 and growing frail, but revered author and poet Maya Angelou has lost none of her legendary wisdom and humour. In a rare interview, she explains why she's not about to retireDuring a trip to Senegal, Maya Angelou cal (Read More)
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She's 81 and growing frail, but revered author and poet Maya Angelou has lost none of her legendary wisdom and humour. In a rare interview, she explains why she's not about to retireDuring a trip to Senegal, Maya Angelou cal (Read More)
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• David Davies will suggest dropping Derby and Challenge Cup• BBC has not bid for live international cricket since 1998A review of sport's "listed events" will recommend that the England cricket team's home Ashes Tests should (Read More)
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• Crucial pre-budget report to be delivered on 9 December• Darling expected to draw battle lines on public spendingThe chancellor, Alistair Darling, will deliver his crucial pre-budget report on 9 December, it was announced t (Read More)
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Julian Lloyd Webber is fearful for the future of 'a social project with music at its heart'It's a glorious autumn morning in the seaside town of Aldeburgh on the Suffolk coast. Outside, the main attraction is the sunshine, (Read More)