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Killing of demonstrators in Bahrain and violence in Libya threaten an escalation of regional unrest
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Red carpet treatment lined up for US president and Michelle Obama for first UK state visit by American president since 2003
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Two major hospitals shed hundreds of jobs despite repeated government pledges to protect NHS services
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Two men arrested in South Africa over killing of businessman's wife were tortured by police, lawyers say
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Scotland Yard hands over evidence to interior designer's lawyers they twice claimed did not exist
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Environment minister takes full responsibility for 'wrong' decision to try to privatise English forests
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Universal credit simplifies current system but 1.7m households are set to be worse off after shake-up
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German former minister accuses ex-CIA chief of giving false information about defector's background
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Martha Mesquita da Rocha sworn in after 30 police officers are arrested in corruption crackdown
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French president accused of acting like banana republic dictator by demanding release of Florence Cassez
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Banks with half civil servants' accounts close and cocoa farmers burn crop in protest against Laurent Gbagbo
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Report says as many as 37 men with evidence of sexual abuse allegations against them remained in active ministry
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