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How does Greece's debt swap work?
Bailout to include private bondholders exchanging €200bn of sovereign debt for mix of new bonds of lower value and cashGreece has finally set a date for a €200bn (£166bn) debt swap for private...
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Swedish man survived in snowed-in car for two months
Doctors say 'igloo effect' kept 44-year-old driver in northern Sweden alive despite temperatures of -30CA Swedish man who spent two months snowed inside his car as temperatures outside dropped to -30C...
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Senegal violence continues over president's third-term bid
Dakar sees fifth day of unrest as police clash with protesters calling for Abdoulaye Wade, 85, to withdraw from electionProtesters demanding the departure of Senegal's ageing president have seized...
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Elizabeth Connell obituary
South African born dramatic soprano hugely popular with audiences worldwideThe internationally acclaimed dramatic soprano Elizabeth Connell, who has died at the age of 65 of cancer, was a dedicated...
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Darkness at the heart of Christchurch, one year after the quake
There are new shops built from shipping containers, a theatre and a rugby ground soon to open. But at night, the empty city centre is a dark smudge among the suburban lightsViewed at night from the...
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French coach crash: tributes paid to teacher killed on school ski trip
Police question driver after maths teacher Peter Rippington dies as coach veers off motorway and overturns near ReimsA coach driver was being questioned by French police after a coach carrying a party...
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Gang life: First he builds trust. Then you help out. Next you're cutting crack
One ex-gang member describes how her life was taken over by a boyfriend, and how the cycle begins at school Lisa remembers the moment she knew her life had been overtaken by the gang. Her boyfriend of...
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Marine Le Pen aims to put bite on Nicolas Sarkozy with halal meat claim
French National Front leader switches presidential campaign back to immigration with assertion about abbatoirs in ParisFrench far-right leader Marine Le Pen switched her presidential campaign back to...
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In pictures: Iran's female ninjas
Many women in Iran have found a novel way to express themselves: training in the arts of the ninja warriorMaxton WalkerShaaz Mahboob
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Iran's female ninjas: fighting for sexual equality
In a country where women's rights – including what they wear – are severely curtailed many have come up with a new way of channelling their rageFor those times when Betty Friedan just isn't enough ......
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Pass notes, No 3,127: Joseph P Kennedy III
Yes, young man is entering US politics. And his name might sound familiarAge: 31.Appearance: Strong jaw, wavy red hair, the air of a man who owes it to the nation to run for office.Bloody politicians....
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Elect me or face ruin, Sarkozy tells France
French president launches bid for second term at meeting in Marseille with flags, music, slogans and a cheering Carla BruniNicolas Sarkozy told his first major rally in his re-election campaign on...
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Interview: Louise Court, editor of Cosmopolitan, on how sex sells
Yes, a focus on love lives still shifts plenty of copies of Cosmo, and its editor is proud of its position on Apple Newsstand – but, as it turns 40, how will it harness the new wave of feminism?The...
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Greek ministers work against clock to implement severe budget cuts
With debt repayment deadline less than five weeks away, Papademos battles to fulfil creditors' conditions Debt-stricken Greece is battling against the clock to implement the drastic budget cuts needed...
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Greece in final bailout talks in Brussels
Lucas Padademos flies to meet eurozone finance ministers as Germany continues to dig heels in over latest rescue packageThe Greek prime minister, Lucas Papademos, is to hold last-minute talks with...
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Country diary: Claxton, Norfolk: Goosander ducklings find their purpose in life
Claxton, Norfolk: Instantly those 30 gram ducklings, all fresh to the world, began to sally after fish fry and were immediately lost in tiny bubbles of intense new experienceThe ice-edged easterlies...
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Hideously diverse Britain: can we export OK! magazine to Nigeria?
For the first time, the gossip magazine will be on sale in Africa, thanks to businessman Alexander Amosu, who believes it will appeal to the wealthy in NigeriaI ask Alexander Amosu, 36, how it...
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Editorial | Iran: stumbling into war
If Obama continues on his current path, he could well have a conflict. For this reason alone, he should change courseThere are two possible outcomes of the barrage of words being launched against Iran:...
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Michael Davis obituary
Bass guitarist with the influential Detroit hard-rock band the MC5The bass guitarist Michael Davis, who has died of liver failure aged 68, joined Detroit's seminal rock band the MC5 in 1965. He stayed...
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Birdwatch: The Avocet
Not many of the "little ships" that took part in the Dunkirk evacuation of 1940 are still on the water, but My Queen is one. Based at Starcross on the river Exe, this sturdy craft is still capable of...
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