WILLIAM HAGUE claimed last night that another Labour government would mean more tragedies such as the murder of Damilola Taylor.
Street crime up as police curb stop and search
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Bush meets man who holds key to his destiny
GEORGE W BUSH began his first visit to Washington since becoming President-elect yesterday, meeting Alan Greenspan, the man who will make or break his term of office.
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First Lady stuck in car on White House visit

Climate talks 'are over until Bush arrives'
JOHN PRESCOTT, the Deputy Prime Minister, accepted yesterday that there was no chance of reviving stalled talks on global climate change before the end of the Clinton presidency.

Netanyahu's hopes are dashed
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S hopes of a political comeback were dashed last night when the Knesset, Israel's parliament, voted through a Bill enabling him to stand for prime minister but rejected another Bill dissolving the legislature.
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Prescott ignores housing plea
JOHN PRESCOTT, the Deputy Prime Minister, announced yesterday that 780,000 homes would have to be built in the south-east of England over the next 16 years.

New cities 'boost' Labour marginals
BRIGHTON and Hove, Inverness and Wolverhampton are to be granted city status after being declared winners yesterday in a Government competition to mark the Millennium year.

Pay awards are not enough, say NHS staff
PAY awards for nurses, doctors, dentists and other health professionals announced by the Government received an unenthusiastic welcome from NHS staff yesterday.

Cost-cutting scientist chosen to take helm at Shell
SHELL swapped a geologist for a seismologist yesterday, as the oil giant said that Phil Watts, one of its group managing directors, would succeed Sir Mark Moody-Stuart as chairman in July.

'Sexually suggestive': 730 people have complained to the advertising watchdog regarding the poster

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target="_blank"> target="blank">Gunners title hopes dented by Tottenham A HEADED goal by Patrick Vieira in the 90th minute gave Arsenal a late but deserved point in a rousing 139th north London derby

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