03/18/2010 12:01 AM
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The bombing of Dresden cannot be used to diminish the holocaust
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The crimes of Nazi Germany were so great that the politically malevolent have
periodically sought to diminish them. One method is Holocaust denial, which
can be argued consistently only by ignoring or faking the historical
evidence.
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03/18/2010 12:01 AM
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German report says Dresden firebomb toll was exaggerated
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A furious debate about one of the most controversial episodes of the Second
World War was ignited yesterday when an official German report concluded
that fewer people were killed in the Allied bombing of Dresden than many
reports previously estimated.
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03/18/2010 12:01 AM
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Emin’s bedtime memories to go on show at the V&A
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A “confessional” quilt, right, by artist Tracey Emin will go on display for
the first time in the UK at the Victoria and Albert Museum on Saturday.
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03/18/2010 12:01 AM
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Manganese Bronze: Black cabs on the road to China
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Mini and Rolls-Royce are now German, Jaguar Land Rover is Indian, Aston Martin
is Middle Eastern. In a few weeks’ time, Manganese Bronze, the owner of
London Taxis International (LTI) and the maker of the latest model, the TX4,
will be Chinese. The alternative may have been corporate failure.
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03/18/2010 12:01 AM
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Jobless total gives Chancellor a £1bn boost, but many give up on work
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Alistair Darling could be fortunate enough to receive a £1 billion dividend
from lower than expected unemployment figures in time for next week’s
Budget, experts believe.
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03/18/2010 12:01 AM
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Health agencies blamed for death of dental-fear girl, Sophie Waller
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An eight-year-old girl with an acute fear of dentists who starved to death
after her milk teeth were taken out under anaesthetic died because of a
“lack of communication” between health agencies, an investigation has
concluded.
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03/18/2010 12:01 AM
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John Smith is fifth person to die from deadly miaow-miaow drug
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The Government’s official drug advisers will recommend later this month that
the “legal high” mephedrone should be banned because of the potential
serious risks to public health.
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03/18/2010 12:01 AM
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Teenagers who died after taking mephedrone were not ‘typical druggies’
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Family and friends of the two teenagers who died after taking mephedrone
insisted yesterday that both were strongly opposed to the use of illegal
drugs.
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03/18/2010 12:01 AM
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Samantha Cameron: secret weapon in ratings war sent into battle for votes
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David Cameron calls her his “secret weapon”. Now, just three days after her
first television interview, Samantha Cameron has been sent into battle for
votes.
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03/18/2010 12:01 AM
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Lord Ashcroft and William Hague to snub Commons inquiry into peerage
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Lord Ashcroft and William Hague will snub an inquiry into how the billionaire
party donor was elevated to the House of Lords after the Conservatives said
the event was biased.
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03/18/2010 12:01 AM
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Tories wired up but not fired up for the first BlackBerry election
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Having had to contend with tweets, blogs and viral videos, Conservative MPs
are facing a fresh technological challenge: the first BlackBerry election.
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03/18/2010 12:01 AM
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Ranks of 'economically inactive' swell by 149,000 to record of 8.16m
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On the face of it, the surprise fall in unemployment is great news for the
Government, which has had little to celebrate lately on the economics front.
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03/18/2010 12:01 AM
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2,300-year-old gold wreath fit for a champion to be sold at auction
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A delicate gold wreath that may once have adorned the head of a champion athlete or a prize-winning philosopher is to be sold in London.
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03/18/2010 12:01 AM
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Interest rates could rise before end of year, Bank of England suggests
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Sterling rose to its highest level against the dollar and the euro for almost
three weeks yesterday as minutes of the latest meeting of the Bank
of England’s Monetary Policy Committee raised the prospect of
interest rate rises before the end of the year.
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03/18/2010 12:01 AM
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Doctors to assess whether the 2.6 million benefit ‘sick’ can work
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More than 500 doctors are being mobilised to assess whether the 2.6 million people on incapacity benefit can work. Yvette Cooper, the Work and Pensions Secretary, will announce next week that claimants will be told when they will be tested, and to be ready to work.
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03/18/2010 12:01 AM
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Sian Williams’s naked plea fails to convince taxman
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The BBC presenter Sian Williams loves her job so much that she would do it naked. Or so she told the taxman.
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03/18/2010 12:00 AM
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Big-money divorces: should prenups be binding?
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On Monday the doors of the newly rebranded Supreme Court will open to the
latest big-money divorce appeal; the fourth in under ten years.
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03/17/2010 11:07 PM
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Defence blunder forces Gordon Brown to beat retreat
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A former defence chief turned on Gordon Brown last night after the Prime
Minister admitted giving inaccurate information to the Iraq inquiry about
Britain’s wartime spending.
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03/17/2010 10:55 PM
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Clinic opens for children addicted to video games and the internet
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Doctors claim to have opened the first dedicated clinic in Britain to treat
children addicted to video games and other technology.
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03/17/2010 08:16 PM
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John Smith is fifth person to die after taking 'miaow-miaow'
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A 46-year-old Marks & Spencer worker has become the fifth person in
Britain to die after taking the drug known as miaow-miaow.
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