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Nationalisation threat to banks

The Government is using the threat of a wholesale nationalisation of banks in an attempt to force institutions to lend billions to small companies.
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Hillary Clinton's experience and personality are expected to hold her in good stead as Barack Obama's Secretary of State

Clinton signs for Obama's dream team

Hillary Clinton has finally agreed to become President-elect Barack Obama's Secretary of State.
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Bottom of the pile to the top of the league

A football team from one of Africa's largest slums is a match away from winning the Kenyan championship.
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Fighters with Afghanistan's Taliban militia stand on a hillside at Maydan Shahr in Wardak province, west of Kabul,

Kabul then and now. Have we learned nothing?

Robert Fisk: 'Terrorists' were in Soviet sights; now they are in the Americans'.
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Jon Gaunt: 'I'm an antidote to the lefty consensus'

Jon Gaunt is a shock jock in shock. Ian Burrell meets the self-styled voice of the dispossessed.
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Thousands of victims of asbestos-related cancer and their families won a test case at the High Court yesterday which opens the way to the award of compensation running into millions of pounds.

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At the height of his powers: the wildly imaginative Eddie Izzard has a new West End show

Eddie Izzard: Keeping it surreal

Fans of the adorable comic genius have had to be patient while he has pursued a straight acting career. But at last he's back with a new show


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Andrew Grice: The Chancellor must consider tax hikes.

Despite the weight on his shoulders, the Chancellor remains remarkably calm.

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Howard Jacobson: The lesson of Hitler's deformity.

So Hitler actually did have only one ball. I call that a pity for history.

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Deborah Orr: Praising the public on pointless decisions.

People power, as it pertains to television anyway, is proving to be a tricky beast.





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