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Peter Mandelson: 'We need to get people home'
Government plan to bring back 200,000 stranded Britons will involve Navy if crisis worsens
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Volcano in Iceland has left us trapped in Tenerife
Gill Hornby's holiday in paradise became much less appealling when she was told she couldn't leave
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David Cameron: Back Nick Clegg and you'll be stuck with Labour
Exclusive: 'It is the Conservatives who offer decisive change – anything else and you risk being stuck with what you have got.'
Front page
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Gordon Brown and Angela Merkel attack Goldman Sachs
Bank under pressure amid claims it misled clients as PM calls for investigation and threatens bonus ban
Top stories p2
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Not so lonely for the long-distance runner now, as city marathons boom in popularity
Falling gym membership may explain sport's success as new events spring up around country
Top stories p3
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Iceland volcano: Dan Snow fails in Dunkirk-style mission to transport travellers
TV presenter's attempt to 'rescue' weary passengers is stymied by French port authorities
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Volcano ash flight ban set to cause chaos in British schools
More than 200,000 Britons remain stuck abroad including 16 patients needing transplants
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Ferries and Eurostar lay on extra capacity to help Britons beat shutdown
As restrictions on flights caused by volcanic ash cloud continue, travellers seek alternative ways to get home
UK news p4
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Iceland volcano: Kenya's farmers losing $1.3m a day in flights chaos
5,000 workers laid off and tonnes of vegetables and flowers dumped as ash cloud engulfs Europe
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Iceland volcano: Tales from travellers stranded around the world
From the tourists stuck in a Moscow hotel to the couple married via Skype in Dubai, travellers share their stories
UK news p6
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The professor, his wife, and the secret, savage book reviews on Amazon
A top historian has revealed who rubbished rivals' works in online postings -
Publisher Ether Books gives short stories new lease of life on an iPhone
The mobile app launches today and is being hailed as offering a potential renaissance of a neglected literary form
UK news p7
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There is no case for faiths to get special treatment in court
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Legal experts fear new case of 'libel tourism'
Wealthy Saudi businessmen fights back against media claims in New York and Abu Dhabi with libel writ in English high court -
Immigration is not fuel for BNP support – IPPR study
Social exclusion factors such as lack of qualifications and weak social cohesion far more important
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No 10 Downing Street bugged by MI5, claims historian
Bugs placed in the cabinet room by Harold Macmillan in 1963 and not removed until 1977
UK news p9
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Nick Clegg: We're ready for attacks from Tories and Labour
Buoyant Lib Dem leader claims contest turning into one of ideas, not advertising budgets
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Pollwatch: Election 2010 could be the death knell for first past the post
Electoral system could not long survive a perverse outcome in which first party comes third, and third comes first
Top stories p10
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Watford: A three-way fight between the parties for a key election marginal
The incumbent Labour candidate could be rocked by the Iraq war and the expenses scandal. But who will benefit?
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Gordon Brown insists Labour will win election on substance, not style
PM admits flaws in presentation but says TV debate has thrown the campaign wide open
Top stories p11
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Who will waltz to Westminster from Blackpool?
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Conservatives not for turning despite Lib Dem surge, says David Cameron
Leader brings his parents into campaign frame as he focuses on party's 'big society' agenda
Top stories p12
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General election 2010: Views from Conservative heartlands
From well-heeled Oxted to true blue Beckenham, what do the Tory faithful really think of their party's policies?
Top stories p13
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Wales's unreported revolution
Top stories p14
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Robert Mugabe rejects violence as Zimbabwe turns 30
President urges an end to inter-party attacks but the MDC casts doubt on latest call for reconciliation
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Fine owed by George Washington for overdue library books now $300,000
First president of US failed to return two volumes borrowed in 1789 from New York Society Library
International p16
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Polish president and wife buried in lavish state funeral
Archbishop of Krakow calls for Poland and Russia to seize opportunity to come together in presence of Dmitry Medvedev
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Hardliner wins Turkish Cypriot leadership election
Dervis Eroglu appears to have enough votes to surpass 50% threshold required to avoid runoff
International p17
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Nato offensive aims to tackle bribery and corruption in Kandahar
Afghanistan's biggest problem is lack of strong government, says Nato alliance spokesman
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Robert Gates says White House lacks plan to deal with Iran nuclear threat
US defence secretary sends Barack Obama 'wakeup' call reflecting military fears diplomacy may fail
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Russia must have role in Europe-based missile defence system, says Nato chief
Anders Rasmussen calls for Russian involvement in missile defence project
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Chinese president pledges swift help for earthquake zone as toll reaches 1,700
'Grandpa will be thinking of you,' Hu Jintao tells young survivor after he cuts trip short to fly into mainly Tibetan area
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Pope Benedict XVI reduced to tears after child abuse meeting in Malta
Sex abuse victims meet pope, who admits 'shame and sorrow' over the suffering they have endured
International p20
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Hugo Chávez revolution mired by claims of corruption
Ex-socialist star Wilmer Azuaje joins tide of protest against alleged corruption of inner-circle
International p21
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Bolivia climate change talks to give poor a voice
Groups on frontline of global warming head to alternative summit in city of Cochabamba
International p22
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Goldman Sachs prosecution threatens to open the floodgates on Wall Street
The US government will face demands this week to use its 27% stake in Citigroup as a lever to extract more public information about trading
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Chancellor Brown left public finances 'ill-prepared for the crunch'
Chancellor Brown left public finances ill-prepared for financial crisis, says thinktank
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Hippocratic oath' for bank workers meets with scepticism
Jonathan Bartley of Ekklesia, a religion and ethics thinktank, insists that a statement of values could help rebuild trust between the public and bankers
Financial p23
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German bid for Arriva in closing stages
Deutsche Bahn group could seal £1.6bn deal this week
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Workers' pension scheme will be rejected, CBI warns
Business leaders say government's 'Nest' pension scheme will cost too much to attract lower paid workers
Financial p24
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Media consumption on the increase
KPMG, which commissioned YouGov to examine the media consumption among 1,000 people found that those aged between 16 and 24 are more likely to pay for online content
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Soho office puts TalkTalk at heart of digital media boom
The TalkTalk centre will showcase the ISP's services as well as 'incubating' startups by digital media entrepreneurs
Financial p25
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When men's lips meet
Comment & debate p27
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Nick Clegg's rise could lock Murdoch and the media elite out of UK politics
Comment & debate p28
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Smiling in the face of ash
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And for the Lib Dems' next trick? Electrify the foreign debate
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Leaders' debate: Nick Clegg seizes his moment in the TV spotlight
Comment & debate p29
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Country diary: Claxton, Norfolk
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Women and the election: Fairer sex
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Health: Low profile, high stakes
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Corrections and clarifications
UK immigration | Roman Polanski | Mary Marten | Cemetery Junction -
In praise of… the haiku
Editorials & reply p30
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Blues, greens and the split left
Letters: The Greens have been the only party to take on board the relationship between economics and environmental issues. The two main parties buried their heads in the economic sand -
More on the best – and worst – political documents
Letters: Most of the entries in your list were, despite their lofty ideals and influential concepts, written with half the world's population in mind at best -
Off the rails
Letters: Readers caring to remind themselves of the story The Flying Kipper might find in it a parable of the likely fate of the country under a Cameron administration -
Ofsted inspection not about Shoesmith
Letters: Our inspection was about arrangements for safeguarding vulnerable children and young people. What happened to Ms Shoesmith following the inspection is a matter for Haringey -
Judicial review on Afghan abuse
Letters: The policy of transferring persons captured by UK forces in Afghanistan into Afghan custody must be stopped -
Bonus balls
Letters: I have studied incentives for over 20 years, and the evidence points to the extremely detrimental effect of bonuses
Editorials & reply p31
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Mike Zwerin obituary
A jazz trombonist, journalist and author, he was given his big break by Miles Davis
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Ronald Gregory obituary
Police chief who led Yorkshire Ripper hunt
Obituaries p32
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Elizabeth Campbell obituary
A clinical psychologist by training and an academic by conviction who had a fierce intelligence, integrity and spirituality
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Lord Raglan obituary
Peer devoted to social justice, Bugatti cars and baroque music
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Tom Ellis obituary
Labour MP unable to retain a north Wales seat for the SDP
Obituaries p33
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Stiffed!
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