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Tony Blair ' personally unaware' at time of war that Iraq did not have the ability to fire long-range chemical and biological weapons.
Intelligence assessment queried danger
Leader: Inquiry into inquiries
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 | | Gulf war syndrome case collapses
An eight-year legal battle by more than 2,000 veterans for compensation for Gulf war syndrome has collapsed.
Special report: the military
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Britain is examining tighter benefit controls to prevent increased immigration, the prime minister says.
Is this the Daily Mail effect?
Special report: European integration
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Soaring house prices to push up loan rates
The Bank of England was last night poised to raise interest rates for the second time in three months as it sought to counter a £100 a day rise in house prices.
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Birt attacks governors over Iraq report errors
The BBC's board of governors will meet in emergency session to discuss crisis that has engulfed the corporation.
BBC bosses set to blame it all on 'off-piste' Gilligan
Special report: the Hutton report
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Shelve Israel trade deal, say MPs
Commons group condemns damage to Palestinian economy and calls for suspension of EU agreement.
Special report: Israel & the Middle East
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The day a bus became a prison for 23 anti-royal protesters
Met pays out £80,000 after enforced mystery tour of capital.
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Research may lead to ban on qat
The Home Office is considering whether qat, a psychoactive plant banned in many countries but legal in the UK, should be banned.
Life: more science news and features
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Killer was obsessed by porn websites
Life jail for musician who strangled teacher and kept her corpse as a trophy after trial hears of internet snuff images.
Fuelling violence?
Special report: crime
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Reid to smash 'NHS cartel'
John Reid is preparing to smash a 'consultant cartel' at NHS hospitals by running an advertising campaign telling patients to bypass doctors who make them wait too long for treatment.
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Never mind the profanities ... here's the apology
John Lydon's language on primetime television may have outraged the country 28 years ago, but it appeared yesterday that the former punk rocker's shock value had worn off.
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Ofsted warns of 'two-tier' curriculum
Stress on maths and English in primaries draws watchdog's fire.
Soham school wins praise for results
Leader: Progress chaser
EducationGuardian.co.uk
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Storms bring flooding chaos
Widespread problems for homeowners. Worst may be over but slow-moving rivers prolong the risks.
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Adams urges bill of rights to keep peace process alive
Sinn Féin chief seeks radical reforms to break impasse.
Special report: Northern Ireland
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Bomb joke Briton seeks deal with cash for 9/11 fund
British student who was arrested after joking that she had bombs in her bag at US airport agrees to donate money to the families of September 11 victims in return for her freedom.
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Baby orphaned after mother murdered and father drowns
A one-year-old girl has been left an orphan after the murder of her mother and two older sisters, and the apparent suicide of her estranged father.
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Police hope to bar 2,500 hooligans from Euro 2004
Police are working on a range of measures intended to prevent hooliganism at the finals of Euro 2004.
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Man did not notice corpse of brother for 18 months
A pensioner did not notice his brother had been lying dead for about 18 months in a room of the mobile home they shared, it emerged yesterday.
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Apology to police for Newsnight interview
The BBC has apologised to a chief constable for editing a Newsnight interview with Jeremy Paxman misleadingly after which the police chief appeared to storm out of the studio.
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Revamped BBC News 24 catches up on Sky
BBC News 24 has drawn level in the ratings tussle with its principal rival, Sky News, two months after a high-profile relaunch.
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Attempt at human cloning has failed, says fertility doctor
Panos Zavos, the fertility doctor who said that he had transferred a cloned human embryo into the womb of a 35-year-old woman, says his client had failed to become pregnant.
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BSkyB finance chief takes £4m exit
Martin Stewart is to quit as BSkyB's chief financial officer, three months after losing out to James Murdoch as head of the satellite company.
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Artist links Ground Zero with seventh century Zen master
Xu Bing's installation, Where Does the Dust Collect Itself?, opens to the public on Saturday at the National Museum and Gallery of Wales in Cardiff
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Clipped wings?
Low-cost giant Ryanair was told this week that it must repay millions in state subsidies. Does this mean the end of cheap flights? Nils Pratley investigates.
Press review: Ryanair discovers the high cost of low cost
Letters: Ground these subsidies
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Loophole puts town centres at risk
Councils fight back in attempt to stop supermarkets expanding floor space with mezzanines and converted storage areas.
Inquiry ruling will be critical
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Orange and O2 customers finally get the picture
Taking a photo with a mobile and sending it to friends and family finally seems to be taking off.
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Wanted: patients for surgery
The NHS is to advertise in papers from tomorrow in an effort to drum up more 'business' for its London patient choice programme.
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