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Blair 'intervened over F1 tobacco ban'
Fresh details about the Ecclestone Affair - New Labour's first sleaze scandal - have been revealed in Whitehall documents.
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Councils to meet over Iceland crisis
Council representatives are preparing to meet the Iceland ambassador over the £800 million they have invested in the country.
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Armed forces thank small town
Members of the armed forces have paraded through a small town in Wiltshire to thank residents for honouring dead British service personnel
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HBOS collapse 'could have wiped out Virgin'
Virgin Atlantic may have disappeared if Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) had gone under, Sir Richard Branson said.
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Benefit delays hold up funerals
Bodies are going unburied for up to two months because the Government is delaying the payment of benefits, it has been claimed.
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Terror detention plan 'will be thrown out'
The Government's plan to increase the terror detention limit to 42 days will be effectively killed off, a critic has said.
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Publicans angry over alcohol plan
Bars could be banned from offering free alcohol to women, it has been reported.
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Parent slams 'daft' ketchup ban
Tomato ketchup is the latest foodstuff to be banned from canteens at some schools as part of a move towards healthier eating.
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Brothers die in crash after football
Two brothers were among three football fans who died in a car crash as they returned home from watching England's match at Wembley.
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Pets suffer when owners split
Stressed-out cats and dogs are suffering compulsive disorders because of Britain's high break-up rate between couples.
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EU leaders hatch plan for banks in crisis
European leaders have pledged to pump public money into banks battered by the worst financial crisis since the 1930s.
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Palin scandal rocks McCain campaign
Sarah Palin has been hit by a corruption scandal as the Republicans lose ground in the race for the White House.
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Brown claims victory in Paris
The PM encouraged leaders that a British-style bank bail-out can stem global financial turmoil.
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Tsvangirai could walk from power deal
Zimbabwe's opposition MDC will walk away from a power-sharing deal if new mediation efforts fail to break a deadlock over cabinet posts.
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North Korea taken off US terrorism blacklist
North Korea has been taken off the United States terrorism blacklist in a bid to salvage denuclearisation talks.
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Hurricane reaches Mexico
Hurricane Norbert has made landfall over mainland Mexico but is weakening, weather officials have said.
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Mugabe 'threatening power deal'
Robert Mugabe has earmarked three top jobs for his own party, threatening Zimbabwe's power-sharing deal.
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US space tourist blasts off
US video game millionaire Richard Garriott has blasted off into space aboard a Russian rocket.
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Thousands protest against smut law
Several thousand Indonesians have held a rally to protest against an anti-pornography bill that is before parliament.
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Deadly quake hits Russia
Twelve people have been killed and dozens seriously injured in an earthquake in Russia.
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