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US deficit supercommittee to admit defeat
Republicans and Democrats blame each for other for failure on deal to reduce federal deficit by $1.2tn over 10 yearsA congressional super-committee set up to reduce the federal deficit is planning to...
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Spanish limbo worsens debt crisis
Prime minister elect Mariano Rajoy powerless to calm markets until lengthy transition period is overA landslide victory by Mariano Rajoy's People's party (PP) in Sunday's general election did nothing...
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The Workers single is a smiley kind of protest
The song promoting the TUC day of action is a cracking tune – and there's not a simpering celeb in sightOpening with a shot of a cup of tea, the video for the Workers' single sets its cuddly stall out...
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Times are tough for politicians – but why all the tears?
Republicans can't seem to stop themselves breaking down in tears, but it's not just American politicians who are so lachrymoseIn 1972, US presidential candidate Ed Muskie broke down in tears during a...
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After Syria's year of revolution, the end of Assad is in sight | Rana Kabbani
The Syrians have suffered a litany of horrors. Their resistance to Assad's regime will stand as an exemplar of human courage'Be careful what you wish for" will be scribbled on the totalitarian...
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Country diary: Waltham Brooks
It has been like a summer's afternoon, bright and warm, but the sun is already low in the sky as I climb over the stile and take the uneven, grassy path leading out on to the marsh. The sun is a large...
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Letters: We need more than ghost bikes to reduce cyclist deaths
You quoted my personal thoughts on ghost bikes (Ghost bikes: memento mori or wrong signal?, 11 November), taking one sentence from a much longer conversation, so I would like to clarify my views.As a...
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Letters: UK climate policy
Your article (Rich nations 'give up' on new climate treaty until 2020, 21 November) is a misrepresentation of the UK's position. The UK would like to see a global treaty signed straight away but some...
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Labour: Health warning over labour rights move
Once again, we see a British government willing to weaken labour rights (UK to relax working-time rules as price of EU deal, 21 November). The existing directive already offers considerable...
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Letters: Colombia must improve human rights
The British government's commitment to place human rights at the heart of foreign policy must not be forgotten as Colombia's President Santos (Colombian president heads Civets nations to drum up trade...
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Norwich report alleged racist abuse of James Vaughan to police
• Striker received abusive messages on Twitter account• Club says it cannot currently comment any furtherNorwich City have passed details of alleged racist abuse of the striker James Vaughan to the...
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Egypt's cabinet offers to resign as protests against junta grow
Interim government bows to growing pressure as violence leaves 33 people dead and more than 2,000 injured in ongoing clashesEgypt's interim government hastendered its resignation following a third day...
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John Steinbeck's bitter fruit
Seventy years after The Grapes of Wrath was published, its themes – corporate greed, joblessness – are back with a vengeance. Melvyn Bragg on John Steinbeck's remarkable legacyI read The Grapes of...
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Energy resource bureau aims to bring State Department out of the dark ages
Newly-established bureau, headed former US ambassador to Mexico, to focus on expanding energy resources worldwideIt can often seem as if the US establishment is stuck in a time warp when it comes to...
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After the supercommittee, Congress needs rehab | Ana Marie Cox
Supercommittee failure is symptomatic of Congress's doomed bargaining. Like a delusional addict, it has to want to changeThe failure of the supercommittee (which didn't even exist long enough for...
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The Spanish election is a mandate for the indignados | Katharine Ainger
For Spain's indignados, last Sunday's election delivered a mandate for struggle and resistanceProposals for voting strategies proliferated in the runup to Sunday's general election in Spain. People...
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Grover Norquist, the tax lobbyist with an iron grip on the Republican party
Man whose influence is blamed by Democrats for the refusal of Republicans to sign up to a deficit-cutting deal with tax risesGrover Norquist took an interest in politics at an extremely young age. He...
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Supercommittee: the full statement
The full statement from the supercommittee co-chairs senator Patty Murray and congressman Jeb Hensarling"After months of hard work and intense deliberations, we have come to the conclusion today that...
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Egypt's military: guardians of the revolution no more | Editorial
There had been no shortage of Egyptians who have suffered from the military's transformation, from heroes of the revolution to its nemesisThe spark was, as ever, unanticipated. A few dozen protesters...
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In praise of … Canada's Group of Seven | Editorial
Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven may not have the iconic glamour of the Da Vinci show, but in its own way it is every bit as eye-openingFrustrated by the now totally sold-out advance tickets for the...
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