Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT 
A suspected al-Qa'ida terror attack was foiled yesterday after two bombs posted to the United States were uncovered in Britain and Dubai.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT Bonfire Night, the celebration of which was once compulsory, is all about the failure of Guy Fawkes' gunpowder plot in 1605. We all know, don't we, that the aim of Guido and his conspirators was to blow up Parliament and deliver England back to the Pope?
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Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT 
Unlike bodyline bowling, the latest controversy in the robust cricketing rivalry between England and Australia is unlikely to cause a major diplomatic incident.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT 
The first paramedic to arrive at one of the 7/7 bombings refused to take seriously injured victims to hospital because he said his job was to stay at the scene, an inquest heard yesterday.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT 
A Zimbabwean asylum seeker whose deportation from Britain was halted after his wrist was broken while he was being restrained by security guards is to be flown back to Africa tomorrow on a British Airways plane.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT 
A private security company at the centre of a police investigation into the death of a 46-year-old Angolan asylum seeker has failed to retain its contract with the Home Office.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT If David Cameron and Nick Clegg ever really enjoyed a honeymoon, this was the week when it ended.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT Thousands of low-paid working parents will see their family budgets shrink by hundreds of pounds or more in two years' time as a result of George Osborne's £18bn raid on welfare, according to new analysis.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT 
Members of the transgender community have paid tribute to a renowned cross-dressing human rights lawyer who died this week when he was hit by a Tube train during rush hour.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT 
The parents of a British aid worker fatally injured during an attempt to rescue her from Afghan kidnappers have praised the United States for admitting that one of their soldiers may have killed her.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT An Irish teenager made parliamentary history yesterday by becoming the first ever Sinn Fein member to cross the threshold and speak in the House of Commons.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT 
David Cameron yesterday claimed to have achieved a "spectacular success" over European spending, despite accepting that Britain would have to hand over £430m more to Brussels next year.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT You might ask why shouldn't Wayne and Coleen Rooney enjoy a break in the sun?
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Posted: 29 Oct 2010 08:22 AM PDT Labour leader Ed Miliband said today the party's fightback to power had begun.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2010 07:25 AM PDT Paramedics who treated survivors of the 7/7 bombings complained that some people died because they lacked equipment to move them, an inquest heard today.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2010 06:13 AM PDT Higher rate taxpayers who fail to declare that their partners are claiming child benefit will be fined under planned welfare reforms, it was disclosed today.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2010 06:12 AM PDT David Cameron told opponents of housing benefit caps to "think again" today as he insisted no-one would be made homeless by limiting "extravagant" benefits.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2010 06:07 AM PDT A teenage student today became the first Sinn Fein member to speak in the House of Commons.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2010 06:01 AM PDT 
David Cameron insisted today he "made a real difference" in EU budget negotiations despite criticism that he has failed to prevent any increase for next year.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2010 05:57 AM PDT Detectives investigating the murder of a farmer believed to have died in a botched robbery made a fourth arrest today.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2010 05:56 AM PDT A "good neighbour" who stabbed a man he caught urinating through his letterbox on a yob-plagued estate was jailed for five years today after admitting manslaughter.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:40 AM PDT A rescue is mission was launched today after a tall ship lost its mast in high winds.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:28 AM PDT A doctor accused of failing to spot that Baby P had a broken back days before his death was today given the opportunity to bring a High Court challenge in a bid to halt a disciplinary hearing.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:23 AM PDT The latest council by-elections showed sharp fluctuations in Liberal Democrats' fortunes.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:05 AM PDT Boris Johnson faced calls to apologise for "appalling" comments about housing benefit reforms today after London's mayor dramatically stoked political controversy over welfare cuts.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2010 01:02 AM PDT A senior Tory MP warned today that the Government's proposed Child Benefit shake-up would be "virtually unenforceable".
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Posted: 29 Oct 2010 12:34 AM PDT An internal police investigation was under way today after CCTV footage emerged which appeared to show officers repeatedly punching a stab victim.
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Posted: 29 Oct 2010 12:29 AM PDT The Government's strategic defence review was a lost opportunity for a radical reassessment of the UK's role in the world, a poll suggested today.
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Posted: 28 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT 
One of Britain's most-decorated female spies was initially dismissed as "scatterbrained" and "not very intelligent" by her superiors, documents released for the first time today reveal.
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Posted: 28 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT The Bolton striker Ivan Klasnic has been arrested on suspicion of rape, it was confirmed yesterday.
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