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Search for fishing boat missing off Dorset coast 19 mins ago

Three-man crew aboard the fishing boat the Purbeck Isle have not been seen since leaving port on Thursday morningA major search operation is underway for a missing fishing boat and its three-man crew after it failed to return from a trip off the Dorset coast

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G8 summit: Obama to announce $3bn private funding for developing 33 mins ago

Aid agencies warn rich nations not to 'pawn off' $22bn promised to developing countries as leaders meet at Camp DavidBarack Obama is to make a major speech in Washington on Friday announcing at least $3bn in private sector funding to tackle hunger in developing countries, mainly in Africa

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Indiana Pacers beat Miami Heat again 2 hrs, 51 mins ago

Indiana Pacers win 94-75 to take 2-1 series lead as Miami Heat struggle without Chris BoshHunter Felt's NBA blog will be online laterIndiana Pacers 94, Miami Heat 75Indiana lead best-of-seven series 2-1With the Chicago Bulls knocked out after Derrick Rose's season-ending injury, the Miami Heat were expected to dominate the eastern conference playoffs

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Facebook share price set at $38 4 hrs, 13 mins ago

Social network's landmark flotation has investors clamouring to buy, but some analysts issue warnings about IPOFacebook has set the final price of shares in its landmark initial public offering at $38 (£24), the top of the price range it gave this week, as investors clamoured to buy into the social network

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Facebook share price set at $38 4 hrs, 13 mins ago

Social network's landmark flotation has investors clamouring to buy, but some analysts issue warnings about IPOFacebook has set the final price of shares in its landmark initial public offering at $38 (£24), the top of the price range it gave this week, as investors clamoured to buy into the social network

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Facebook share price set at $38 4 hrs, 13 mins ago

Social network's landmark flotation has investors clamouring to buy, but some analysts issue warnings about IPOFacebook has set the final price of shares in its landmark initial public offering at $38 (£24), the top of the price range it gave this week, as investors clamoured to buy into the social network

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Facebook share price set at $38 4 hrs, 13 mins ago

Social network's landmark flotation has investors clamouring to buy, but some analysts issue warnings about IPOFacebook has set the final price of shares in its landmark initial public offering at $38 (£24), the top of the price range it gave this week, as investors clamoured to buy into the social network

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Facebook share price set at $38 4 hrs, 13 mins ago

Social network's landmark flotation has investors clamouring to buy, but some analysts issue warnings about IPOFacebook has set the final price of shares in its landmark initial public offering at $38 (£24), the top of the price range it gave this week, as investors clamoured to buy into the social network

Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Facebook share price set at $38 4 hrs, 13 mins ago

Social network's landmark flotation has investors clamouring to buy, but some analysts issue warnings about IPOFacebook has set the final price of shares in its landmark initial public offering at $38 (£24), the top of the price range it gave this week, as investors clamoured to buy into the social network

Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Facebook share price set at $38 4 hrs, 13 mins ago

Social network's landmark flotation has investors clamouring to buy, but some analysts issue warnings about IPOFacebook has set the final price of shares in its landmark initial public offering at $38 (£24), the top of the price range it gave this week, as investors clamoured to buy into the social network

Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Communications green paper delayed while Jeremy Hunt deals with Leveson 4 hrs, 14 mins ago

Policy thinking on internet piracy, public service broadcasting and spectrum unlikely to be published until the autumnThe planned publication of a communications green paper has been put on hold until after Jeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, has given evidence to the Leveson inquiry and dealt with accusations that he favoured News Corporation in its negotiations to buy all of BSkyB

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Communications green paper delayed 4 hrs, 14 mins ago

Policy thinking on internet piracy, public service broadcasting and spectrum unlikely to be published until the autumnThe planned publication of a communications green paper has been put on hold until after Jeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, has given evidence to the Leveson inquiry and dealt with accusations that he favoured News Corporation in its negotiations to buy all of BSkyB

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Search for fishing boat missing off Dorset coast 19 mins ago

Three-man crew aboard the fishing boat the Purbeck Isle have not been seen since leaving port on Thursday morningA major search operation is underway for a missing fishing boat and its three-man crew after it failed to return from a trip off the Dorset coast

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Facebook share price set at $38 4 hrs, 13 mins ago

Social network's landmark flotation has investors clamouring to buy, but some analysts issue warnings about IPOFacebook has set the final price of shares in its landmark initial public offering at $38 (£24), the top of the price range it gave this week, as investors clamoured to buy into the social network

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Communications green paper delayed while Jeremy Hunt deals with Leveson 4 hrs, 14 mins ago

Policy thinking on internet piracy, public service broadcasting and spectrum unlikely to be published until the autumnThe planned publication of a communications green paper has been put on hold until after Jeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, has given evidence to the Leveson inquiry and dealt with accusations that he favoured News Corporation in its negotiations to buy all of BSkyB

Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Sunshine Boys – review 5 hrs, 22 mins ago

Savoy, LondonAmerica's Danny DeVito and Britain's Richard Griffiths join forces in this joyous revival of Neil Simon's 1972 comedy about a pair of superannuated vaudevillians

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Parenting lessons: this is not the nanny state, says David Cameron 6 hrs, 14 mins ago

Prime minister launches Can Parent initiative to offer guidance and says he will push for childcare tax breaksParenting classes should be taken as seriously as driving lessons, David Cameron will declare as he announces measures to help the "nation-builders" raising Britain's next generation

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Northern Rock split 'could leave taxpayers with £2bn bill' 6 hrs, 14 mins ago

National Audit Office raises questions about Treasury decision to split the Newcastle-based bank in two in 2009Taxpayers face losses of at least £2bn on the continued state ownership of Northern Rock, the National Audit Office (NAO) has concluded as it raises questions about the decision by the Treasury to split the Newcastle-based bank in two in 2009

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G8 summit: Obama to announce $3bn private funding for developing countries 33 mins ago

Aid agencies warn rich nations not to 'pawn off' $22bn promised to developing countries as leaders meet at Camp DavidBarack Obama is to make a major speech in Washington on Friday announcing at least $3bn in private sector funding to tackle hunger in developing countries, mainly in Africa

Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Facebook share price set at $38 4 hrs, 13 mins ago

Social network's landmark flotation has investors clamouring to buy, but some analysts issue warnings about IPOFacebook has set the final price of shares in its landmark initial public offering at $38 (£24), the top of the price range it gave this week, as investors clamoured to buy into the social network

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Donna Summer's death: pop mourns singer who transformed dance music 4 hrs, 18 mins ago

Madonna and Elton John among those to pay tribute to artist who enjoyed string of hits including disco anthem I Feel LoveDonna Summer, the singer who perhaps more than any other defined the disco era, has died aged 63 of cancer

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Barack Obama tells EU: boost growth now or face a global crisis 4 hrs, 28 mins ago

Germany to be urged to ease austerity during G8 talks as fears of global recession growBarack Obama is to put pressure on Germany to ease the pain of austerity with policies to boost growth, as he uses two days of talks with the G8 industrial nations to warn Europe that it needs to act swiftly to spare the world economy from a second deep recession in four years

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Philosophy 5 hrs, 11 mins ago

Study of how to think about ideas and ask questions about truth, right and wrong – includes ethics, history of philosophy, logicWhat will I learn?If you wake up in the middle of the night in cold sweats wondering what life is all about, then a philosophy degree should sort you out

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Moody's downgrades Santander UK along with 16 Spanish banks 5 hrs, 42 mins ago

Shares in Bankia, Spain's fourth largest lender, also tumble as rumours spread of depositors withdrawing fundsThe credit rating agency Moody's has downgraded 16 Spanish banks along with Santander's UK arm, citing the Spanish government's reduced ability to shore up the banks

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Facebook share price set at $38 4 hrs, 13 mins ago

Social network's landmark flotation has investors clamouring to buy, but some analysts issue warnings about IPOFacebook has set the final price of shares in its landmark initial public offering at $38 (£24), the top of the price range it gave this week, as investors clamoured to buy into the social network

Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Donna Summer's death: pop mourns singer who transformed dance music 4 hrs, 18 mins ago

Madonna and Elton John among those to pay tribute to artist who enjoyed string of hits including disco anthem I Feel LoveDonna Summer, the singer who perhaps more than any other defined the disco era, has died aged 63 of cancer

Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Barack Obama tells EU: boost growth now or face a global crisis 4 hrs, 28 mins ago

Germany to be urged to ease austerity during G8 talks as fears of global recession growBarack Obama is to put pressure on Germany to ease the pain of austerity with policies to boost growth, as he uses two days of talks with the G8 industrial nations to warn Europe that it needs to act swiftly to spare the world economy from a second deep recession in four years

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Trayvon Martin postmortem reveals traces of drugs in 17-year-old's system 5 hrs, 55 mins ago

Florida teenager, who was shot dead by a neighbourhood watch leader, found to have traces of marijuana in blood and urineTrayvon Martin had traces of marijuana in his system on the night he was killed by a neighbourhood watch leader later charged with the teenager's murder, a postmortem report has revealed

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David Cameron calls for world trade boost before G8 talks 6 hrs, 14 mins ago

Prime minister to meet new French president before two days of informal talks with world leaders at Camp DavidDavid Cameron has flown to Washington for critical talks with world leaders, urging them to act urgently to boost world trade and describing trade deals as "the one big stimulus" that would make a real difference in lifting the world from recession

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Nato summit in Chicago and G8 at Camp David – Thursday 17 May 7 hrs ago

Protesters gather at the Nato summit in Chicago, while demonstrations are also planned close to the G8 summit5

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Live Q&A: Employing disabled people, 24 May, 1 pm - 3pm 12 hrs, 52 mins ago

Join us on Thursday to discuss the role played by social enterprises in increasing disabled employmentMany social enterprises employ disabled workers

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West Papua's indigenous people hurt by Indonesia's resource extraction – video 13 hrs, 13 mins ago

Indigenous tribes living in West Papua face are suffering as their land is destroyed by timber and palm oil companies

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We must curb this epidemic of death and injury 13 hrs, 29 mins ago

More money for road safety and better designs for high-speed highways would reduce huge loss of lives and productivityRoad crashes are one of the most disturbing global health problems of our time

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Is water, energy and land for all possible? 15 hrs, 6 mins ago

Lowering consumption in the developed world, renewables, ending land grabs, a price for natural resources, private sector investment – what's the answer?How do you ensure access to safe water, energy and land in a way that benefits the poorest people on the planet but does not harm the environment?The latest European Development Report (EDR), launched in Brussels on Wednesday, sketches out a few broad ideas, but the big question is how do we translate this 200-page document into practical action?The overriding message of the report, Confronting scarcity: managing water, energy and land for inclusive and sustainable growth, is one of urgency – we have to act now to find sustainable ways to meet the increasing demand for resources

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Covered markets prove hard sell to street vendors 18 hrs ago

Street vendors in Lusaka face sanitation and congestion problems but are not keen on trading in the covered marketThe neatly laid out kiosks, with their red brick walls and green corrugated roofs, give the new Soweto market near the city centre a tidy and orderly air

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Beleaguered West Papuans left to count the cost of Indonesia's palm oil boom | Johnny Langenheim 20 hrs, 17 mins ago

Indigenous Papuans are reeling from the cut-price sale of the land and forests that are their lifebloodPapua is one of the last great frontier wildernesses

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Communications green paper delayed while Jeremy Hunt deals with Leveson 4 hrs, 14 mins ago

Policy thinking on internet piracy, public service broadcasting and spectrum unlikely to be published until the autumnThe planned publication of a communications green paper has been put on hold until after Jeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, has given evidence to the Leveson inquiry and dealt with accusations that he favoured News Corporation in its negotiations to buy all of BSkyB

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Parenting lessons: 'this is not the nanny state' 6 hrs, 14 mins ago

Prime minister launches Can Parent initiative to offer guidance and says he will push for childcare tax breaksParenting classes should be taken as seriously as driving lessons, David Cameron will declare as he announces measures to help the "nation-builders" raising Britain's next generation

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Northern Rock split 'could leave taxpayers with £2bn bill' 6 hrs, 14 mins ago

National Audit Office raises questions about Treasury decision to split the Newcastle-based bank in two in 2009Taxpayers face losses of at least £2bn on the continued state ownership of Northern Rock, the National Audit Office (NAO) has concluded as it raises questions about the decision by the Treasury to split the Newcastle-based bank in two in 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk
David Cameron calls for world trade boost before G8 talks 6 hrs, 14 mins ago

Prime minister to meet new French president before two days of informal talks with world leaders at Camp DavidDavid Cameron has flown to Washington for critical talks with world leaders, urging them to act urgently to boost world trade and describing trade deals as "the one big stimulus" that would make a real difference in lifting the world from recession

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Child support charges 'could increase poverty' 6 hrs, 15 mins ago

Fees to access maintenance collect by replacement to Child Support Agency also penalises women, says committeePlans to charge single parents for access to the replacement for the Child Support Agency could worsen child poverty, MPs have warned

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'Team UK' effort saves Ellesmere Port car plant 6 hrs, 58 mins ago

Feared closure averted as GM announces that next Astra car model will be built at Merseyside and Polish plantsThe Vauxhall car plant at Ellesmere Port has been saved from closure, preserving 2,100 jobs and creating 700 more, after workers accepted a deal that will result in the next-generation Astra built at the factory

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Facebook share price set at $38 4 hrs, 13 mins ago

Social network's landmark flotation has investors clamouring to buy, but some analysts issue warnings about IPOFacebook has set the final price of shares in its landmark initial public offering at $38 (£24), the top of the price range it gave this week, as investors clamoured to buy into the social network

Source: feeds.guardian.co.uk
Communications green paper delayed 4 hrs, 14 mins ago

Policy thinking on internet piracy, public service broadcasting and spectrum unlikely to be published until the autumnThe planned publication of a communications green paper has been put on hold until after Jeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, has given evidence to the Leveson inquiry and dealt with accusations that he favoured News Corporation in its negotiations to buy all of BSkyB

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ECB set for £125m deal to show county games in Asia, say reports 5 hrs, 40 mins ago

• County games in England will be shown on ESPN• ECB to introduce new anti-corruption measuresThe England and Wales Cricket Board is preparing to announce a £125m broadcast deal with ESPN to show county games in Asia

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Alan Partridge switches channels to Sky 6 hrs, 17 mins ago

Steve Coogan moves character from BBC for two one-hour specials and TV adaptation of online series Mid Morning MattersA-ha! His BBC television career famously came to an end when he thrust a lump of cheese in his commissioning editor's face

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TV review: The Great Euro Crash with Robert Peston; Tales of Television Centre 7 hrs, 49 mins ago

Whatever happens, Europe is ruined – but Robert Peston couldn't look happierThe recession has been very good to Robert Peston

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Facebook IPO: the key players and what they are worth 8 hrs, 36 mins ago

Mark Zuckerberg isn't the only one who stands to gain big on Friday. Here are the other early adopters with a piece of the pieMark Zuckerberg, 28Friday is probably the biggest day of Zuckerberg's career since he launched what was then The Facebook at Harvard in February 2004

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Philosophy 5 hrs, 11 mins ago

Study of how to think about ideas and ask questions about truth, right and wrong – includes ethics, history of philosophy, logicWhat will I learn?If you wake up in the middle of the night in cold sweats wondering what life is all about, then a philosophy degree should sort you out

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Economics 5 hrs, 11 mins ago

Study of what influences income, wealth and wellbeing, and how this can be implemented into policyWhat will I learn?It is not essential to have a maths A-level before embarking on an economics degree, but it might ease the pain

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Media studies, communications and librarianship 5 hrs, 11 mins ago

Study of how we communicate – includes information services, publicity studies, media studies, publishing, journalism and mass communicationWhat will I learn?If you think a media degree means spending your day watching television – or at least try to justify doing it as part of your course – think again

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Social policy and administration 5 hrs, 11 mins ago

Study of contemporary social, political and economic problems – such as poverty, inequality, crime, unemployment, healthcare, education and housing – and potential policy responses to themWhat will I learn?Social policy has a long history as a social science subject but expanded rapidly in the UK after the creation of the welfare state in the 1940s

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Examiners axed after marking mistakes 7 hrs, 49 mins ago

Exam board OCR apologises for errors that affected GCSE and A-level gradesFour examiners have had their contracts terminated and 78 others have been ordered to improve their performance after mistakes were made in calculating pupils' scores in GCSE and A-level papers from last summer

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Letters: Outrage at head of Ofsted's stress jibe at teachers 9 hrs, 20 mins ago

As the children of an incredibly hard-working secondary schoolteacher, we feel obliged to express our concern and outrage at Ofsted boss Michael Wilshaw's statement that "teachers don't know the meaning of stress" (Stressed out?, 11 May)

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Parenting lessons: this is not the nanny state, says David Cameron 6 hrs, 14 mins ago

Prime minister launches Can Parent initiative to offer guidance and says he will push for childcare tax breaksParenting classes should be taken as seriously as driving lessons, David Cameron will declare as he announces measures to help the "nation-builders" raising Britain's next generation

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Child support charges could increase poverty, warn MPs 6 hrs, 15 mins ago

Fees to access maintenance collect by replacement to Child Support Agency also penalises women, says committeePlans to charge single parents for access to the replacement for the Child Support Agency could worsen child poverty, MPs have warned

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Iran's persecution of gay community revealed 8 hrs, 20 mins ago

Lifestyles of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people exposes them to horrific punishment, study findsThe lifestyles of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in Iran are comprehensively and systematically denied by the Islamic regime, which exposes them to horrific punishment, bullying and risk of suicide, a study has found

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New York judge writes impassioned defense of medical marijuana 8 hrs, 54 mins ago

In a New York Times opinion piece, a sitting state supreme court judge writes of his cancer and the palliative drug he depends onA New York state supreme court judge has written an impassioned plea to legalize medical marijuana in the state, potentially taking New York one step closer to becoming the 17th state in the nation to allow use of the drug as a palliative

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Eduardo Saverin's tax-free global citizenship | Dan Gillmor 9 hrs, 7 mins ago

Must we tolerate this new global elite of the super-rich and mega-corporations dodging tax obligations in any one country?Eduardo Saverin imagines himself a "citizen of the world"

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Redefining marriage to include same-sex couples would benefit nobody | John Sentamu 9 hrs, 34 mins ago

I object to same-sex marriage because I believe in social pluralism, not fancy-free individualismI will be the first to accept that homosexual people have suffered discrimination and sometimes worse through the decades and that the churches have, at times, been complicit in this

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Could the police be more evidence-based? | @mjrobbins interviews @stevyncolgan for @strange_quarks 5 hrs, 14 mins ago

Last week Stevyn Colgan, author and former member of the Metropolitan Police's "Problem Solving Unit", met me at The Bear in Maidenhead for a beer-fuelled chat about evidence-based policing

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SpaceX Dragon to become first private craft to launch to space station - video 13 hrs, 10 mins ago

Computer animation showing the launch of a Space-X Dragon spacecraft, berthing at the International Space Station, and returning to Earth

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SpaceX prepares to launch first commercial flight to space station 13 hrs, 12 mins ago

In a major step towards space privatisation, SpaceX will send a Dragon capsule with supplies for the International Space StationIn the early hours of Saturday morning, a rocket is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral in Florida on a mission to deliver a capsule full of supplies to the International Space Station

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Russian Soyuz capsule docks with international space station – video 13 hrs, 54 mins ago

The Russian Soyuz spacecraft docks with the International space station on Thursday

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Stuck for an outing? Try the National Tractor Weekend 15 hrs, 20 mins ago

It's the first-ever, prompted by the runaway success of a vintage farm machinery rally in north YorkshireThe grip of the tractor on the human mind is peculiar but real

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Mind your language | Privatisation 15 hrs, 48 mins ago

The P-word carries an emotional Thatcherite kick, but what is happening now is something different – and using the term loosely is counterproductiveThe painful passage of the Health and Social Care Act through parliament has led to claims that the NHS in England is being privatised

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Facebook share price set at $38 4 hrs, 13 mins ago

Social network's landmark flotation has investors clamouring to buy, but some analysts issue warnings about IPOFacebook has set the final price of shares in its landmark initial public offering at $38 (£24), the top of the price range it gave this week, as investors clamoured to buy into the social network

Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Communications green paper delayed while Jeremy Hunt deals with Leveson 4 hrs, 14 mins ago

Policy thinking on internet piracy, public service broadcasting and spectrum unlikely to be published until the autumnThe planned publication of a communications green paper has been put on hold until after Jeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, has given evidence to the Leveson inquiry and dealt with accusations that he favoured News Corporation in its negotiations to buy all of BSkyB

Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Facebook IPO: the key players 8 hrs, 36 mins ago

Mark Zuckerberg isn't the only one who stands to gain big on Friday. Here are the other early adopters with a piece of the pieMark Zuckerberg, 28Friday is probably the biggest day of Zuckerberg's career since he launched what was then The Facebook at Harvard in February 2004

Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Eduardo Saverin's tax-free global citizenship | Dan Gillmor 9 hrs, 7 mins ago

Must we tolerate this new global elite of the super-rich and mega-corporations dodging tax obligations in any one country?Eduardo Saverin imagines himself a "citizen of the world"

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Letters: Newspapers set the agenda, not tweets 9 hrs, 19 mins ago

Further to articles from John Prescott (For me, life is Tweet, 16 May) and Charles Arthur (What a lot of characters, 16 May), I feel I should point out the glaringly obvious but unstated conclusion

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Twitter court case defendant pledges to stop 'fantasy' tweets about oil firm 12 hrs, 57 mins ago

Spencer Freeman tells judge he will halt hoax information against Gulf Keystone Petroleum that led to share price collapseA Twitter user has promised to stop posting "fantasy information" about an oil company on the site after the firm took legal action

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Barristers may strike over legal aid reforms and fees 6 hrs, 16 mins ago

Criminal Bar Association head accuses government of duplicity as he warns of action that hit courts across England and WalesThe head of the Criminal Bar Association is to raise the spectre of strike action by criminal barristers across England and Wales in protest at cuts in fees and legal aid reforms

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Redefining marriage to include same-sex couples would benefit nobody | John Sentamu 9 hrs, 34 mins ago

I object to same-sex marriage because I believe in social pluralism, not fancy-free individualismI will be the first to accept that homosexual people have suffered discrimination and sometimes worse through the decades and that the churches have, at times, been complicit in this

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Ratko Mladic war crimes trial plunged into confusion 9 hrs, 51 mins ago

Lawyers prosecuting Bosnian Serb commander failed to provide documents to defence, causing judge to announce delayThe Hague war crimes tribunal, already under fire for its slow pace in dealing with Balkan war crimes cases, was thrown into confusion on Thursday by the revelation that lawyers prosecuting the Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic had failed to turn over hundreds of thousands of pages of evidence to the defence

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NYPD reveals stop-and-frisk changes as challenge goes ahead in New York court 10 hrs, 8 mins ago

City council speaker Christine Quinn says better training and accountability are 'significant' but not enough to silence criticsThe New York police department is changing the way it trains and supervises officers carrying out controversial stop-and-frisk searches, the tactic which has left it facing a class action lawsuit over claims it is unconstitutional

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Ratko Mladic trial: general confronted with Srebrenica footage - video 10 hrs, 51 mins ago

Ratko Mladic's trial is shown video and documentary evidence that he personally ordered the killing of up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys from the town of Srebrenica in July 1995

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Guess who's coming to dinner? Anger over Queen's jubilee bash guest list 11 hrs, 46 mins ago

Protesters say invitation list includes monarchs of several countries accused of human rights abusesThe trickiest part of hosting any big anniversary bash is always the guest list – as the Queen is discovering before an unprecedented lunch for the world's crowned heads on Friday

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Kenny Dalglish expresses his gratitude to Liverpool fans 6 hrs, 14 mins ago

• Dalglish: 'Thank you from the bottom of my heart'• Jamie Carragher says Liverpool must focus on fourth placeKenny Dalglish has expressed his gratitude to Liverpool fans for their show of support, 24 hours after his dismissal as manager

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Paul Scholes may have to play until he is 68 as austerity plan bites | Harry Pearson 6 hrs, 23 mins ago

There were apparently discreet inquiries to see whether the Manchester United midfielder might play for England again

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Van Persie delays signing new deal 7 hrs, 7 mins ago

• Holland striker will not rush to sign contract• Manchester City and Juventus interestedRobin van Persie has indicated that he has no intention of signing his proposed new contract at Arsenal in the immediate future as he waits to see which of his suitors will make official offers for him

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Arjen Robben: 'This feels like the only trophy that is missing' 7 hrs, 14 mins ago

The former Chelsea winger has won various league titles and cups in four different countries and is hoping to complete the set with a Champions League victory for Bayern MunichDominic FifieldChelsea will feel like intruders in Bavaria

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Solskjaer is surprise target for Villa 7 hrs, 19 mins ago

• Manchester United legend led Molde to title in Norway • Odds on Solskjaer getting Aston Villa job tumble Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is on the shortlist for the managerial vacancy at Aston Villa

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Champions League final is 'sink or swim' moment, says Chelsea's Cahill 7 hrs, 19 mins ago

• Bayern Munich match first final for Cahill since youth football• 'It has been a fantastic second half of the season'Gary Cahill has described his prospective first appearance in a final since youth-team football as "sink or swim" as he prepares to partner David Luiz at the heart of Chelsea's defence in Saturday's Champions League showpiece against Bayern Munich

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Facebook share price set at $38 4 hrs, 13 mins ago

Social network's landmark flotation has investors clamouring to buy, but some analysts issue warnings about IPOFacebook has set the final price of shares in its landmark initial public offering at $38 (£24), the top of the price range it gave this week, as investors clamoured to buy into the social network

Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Communications green paper delayed while Jeremy Hunt deals with Leveson 4 hrs, 14 mins ago

Policy thinking on internet piracy, public service broadcasting and spectrum unlikely to be published until the autumnThe planned publication of a communications green paper has been put on hold until after Jeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, has given evidence to the Leveson inquiry and dealt with accusations that he favoured News Corporation in its negotiations to buy all of BSkyB

Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Donna Summer's death: pop mourns singer who transformed dance music 4 hrs, 18 mins ago

Madonna and Elton John among those to pay tribute to artist who enjoyed string of hits including disco anthem I Feel LoveDonna Summer, the singer who perhaps more than any other defined the disco era, has died aged 63 of cancer

Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Barack Obama tells EU: boost growth now or face a global crisis 4 hrs, 28 mins ago

Germany to be urged to ease austerity during G8 talks as fears of global recession growBarack Obama is to put pressure on Germany to ease the pain of austerity with policies to boost growth, as he uses two days of talks with the G8 industrial nations to warn Europe that it needs to act swiftly to spare the world economy from a second deep recession in four years

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The Sunshine Boys – review 5 hrs, 22 mins ago

Savoy, LondonAmerica's Danny DeVito and Britain's Richard Griffiths join forces in this joyous revival of Neil Simon's 1972 comedy about a pair of superannuated vaudevillians

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Moody's downgrades Santander UK along with 16 Spanish banks 5 hrs, 42 mins ago

Shares in Bankia, Spain's fourth largest lender, also tumble as rumours spread of depositors withdrawing fundsThe credit rating agency Moody's has downgraded 16 Spanish banks along with Santander's UK arm, citing the Spanish government's reduced ability to shore up the banks

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Indiana Pacers beat Miami Heat again 2 hrs, 51 mins ago

Indiana Pacers win 94-75 to take 2-1 series lead as Miami Heat struggle without Chris BoshHunter Felt's NBA blog will be online laterIndiana Pacers 94, Miami Heat 75Indiana lead best-of-seven series 2-1With the Chicago Bulls knocked out after Derrick Rose's season-ending injury, the Miami Heat were expected to dominate the eastern conference playoffs

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ECB set for £125m deal to show county games in Asia, say reports 5 hrs, 40 mins ago

• County games in England will be shown on ESPN• ECB to introduce new anti-corruption measuresThe England and Wales Cricket Board is preparing to announce a £125m broadcast deal with ESPN to show county games in Asia

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Olympic games: an eternal flame 6 hrs, 11 mins ago

Heaven knows the world needs a little transcendence from the grinding failure of political economy

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London 2012: 10 best of the web | Nicholas Godden 6 hrs, 13 mins ago

Australian shooter to sport a mankini, Chris Coleman's disdain for Team GB and an early taster of the ParalympicsFemale boxer makes historyNatasha Jonas and Nicola Adams created history this week by becoming the first British female boxers to qualify for the Olympics after reaching the semi-finals of the World Championships

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Kenny Dalglish expresses his gratitude to Liverpool fans 6 hrs, 14 mins ago

• Dalglish: 'Thank you from the bottom of my heart'• Jamie Carragher says Liverpool must focus on fourth placeKenny Dalglish has expressed his gratitude to Liverpool fans for their show of support, 24 hours after his dismissal as manager

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Paul Scholes may have to play until he is 68 as austerity plan bites | Harry Pearson 6 hrs, 23 mins ago

There were apparently discreet inquiries to see whether the Manchester United midfielder might play for England again

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Facebook share price set at $38 4 hrs, 13 mins ago

Social network's landmark flotation has investors clamouring to buy, but some analysts issue warnings about IPOFacebook has set the final price of shares in its landmark initial public offering at $38 (£24), the top of the price range it gave this week, as investors clamoured to buy into the social network

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Barack Obama tells EU: boost growth now or face a global crisis 4 hrs, 28 mins ago

Germany to be urged to ease austerity during G8 talks as fears of global recession growBarack Obama is to put pressure on Germany to ease the pain of austerity with policies to boost growth, as he uses two days of talks with the G8 industrial nations to warn Europe that it needs to act swiftly to spare the world economy from a second deep recession in four years

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Moody's downgrades Santander UK along with 16 Spanish banks 5 hrs, 42 mins ago

Shares in Bankia, Spain's fourth largest lender, also tumble as rumours spread of depositors withdrawing fundsThe credit rating agency Moody's has downgraded 16 Spanish banks along with Santander's UK arm, citing the Spanish government's reduced ability to shore up the banks

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Northern Rock split 'could leave taxpayers with £2bn bill' 6 hrs, 14 mins ago

National Audit Office raises questions about Treasury decision to split the Newcastle-based bank in two in 2009Taxpayers face losses of at least £2bn on the continued state ownership of Northern Rock, the National Audit Office (NAO) has concluded as it raises questions about the decision by the Treasury to split the Newcastle-based bank in two in 2009

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David Cameron calls for world trade boost before G8 talks 6 hrs, 14 mins ago

Prime minister to meet new French president before two days of informal talks with world leaders at Camp DavidDavid Cameron has flown to Washington for critical talks with world leaders, urging them to act urgently to boost world trade and describing trade deals as "the one big stimulus" that would make a real difference in lifting the world from recession

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Steve Bell on the Greek financial crisis 6 hrs, 22 mins ago

Greek politicians divided about austerity programme linked to bailout fundingSteve Bell

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In praise of … Penguin 337 | Editorial 6 hrs, 8 mins ago

The bird's great break from Tokyo Sea Life Park triggered wildly hopeful sightings right across JapanIt's always splendid to see the small grab big attention, and – a mere 60cm tall, too little even to be deemed a boy or girl – Penguin 337 has certainly done that

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US commerce department brings heavy tariffs against Chinese solar panels 7 hrs, 25 mins ago

Investigation finds China kept prices low with subsidies, but some in US warn tariff will slow adoption of solar energyThe Obama administration imposed heavy tariffs on Chinese solar panels on Thursday, after finding that China is flooding the market with government subsidised products

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Shock of beauty on a windswept moor 9 hrs, 19 mins ago

South Uist: Though small, tormentil has great character with something infinitely cheering about its buttercup brightness in the most inhospitable of placesThe rock's pale surface is patched and patterned with lichen in shades of grey and soft sage green

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Canada axes green advisory body 11 hrs, 56 mins ago

The Canadian government is to mark the 25th anniversary of its green business advisers by shutting the agency downThe Canadian government is to mark the 25th anniversary of its green business advisers by closing the agency down

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US car industry drives deforestation in Brazil 12 hrs, 24 mins ago

From the Amazon to Cerrado the production of pig iron in illegal charcoal kilns is driving Brazilian rainforests to destruction

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Row over nuclear waste dump proposal in Kent 12 hrs, 35 mins ago

Romney Marshes mooted as site for Britain's first store of high-level radioactive material by Shepway council in KentA furious row has broken out among local politicians over a proposal to build a nuclear waste dump in Kent

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Alan Partridge switches channels to Sky 6 hrs, 17 mins ago

Steve Coogan moves character from BBC for two one-hour specials and TV adaptation of online series Mid Morning MattersA-ha! His BBC television career famously came to an end when he thrust a lump of cheese in his commissioning editor's face

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TV review: The Great Euro Crash with Robert Peston; Tales of Television Centre 7 hrs, 49 mins ago

Whatever happens, Europe is ruined – but Robert Peston couldn't look happierThe recession has been very good to Robert Peston

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A week in radio: Whatever Happened to Bobbie Gentry? 8 hrs, 50 mins ago

This absorbing documentary explored the riddle of Billy Joe, and the mystery of the singer herselfWhatever Happened to Bobbie Gentry? (Radio 2, Monday) began with an enigma and ended with one too

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And Simon said unto Britney: touch me, so that ye may be healed 10 hrs, 19 mins ago

Britney Spears is back, appearing as a judge on the US X Factor – and it's all thanks to Simon Cowell's unconventional therapeutic careTo Los Angeles, next, where Simon Cowell has formally unveiled Britney Spears as a judge on the US version of The X Factor

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TV highlights 18/05/2012 10 hrs, 20 mins ago

Unreported World | Maestro At The Opera | Lip Service | Barry Manilow At The BBC | Episodes | 30 RockUnreported World7

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Desert Island Discs: Margaret Thatcher among new shows to go online 12 hrs, 54 mins ago

More than 450 editions of Radio 4 show go on iPlayer, also including Philip Larkin, Princess Margaret and John CleeseShe chose a survival manual as her book of choice and a photo album of her children as her luxury, revealing in her 1978 appearance on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs something of the woman she was to become

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Parenting lessons: this is not the nanny state, says David Cameron 6 hrs, 14 mins ago

Prime minister launches Can Parent initiative to offer guidance and says he will push for childcare tax breaksParenting classes should be taken as seriously as driving lessons, David Cameron will declare as he announces measures to help the "nation-builders" raising Britain's next generation

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Kakuro 1,292 hard 6 hrs, 19 mins ago

Fill the grid so that each run of squares adds up to the total in the box above or to the left

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Sudoku 2,190 hard 6 hrs, 19 mins ago

Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9

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Redefining marriage to include same-sex couples would benefit nobody | John Sentamu 9 hrs, 35 mins ago

I object to same-sex marriage because I believe in social pluralism, not fancy-free individualismI will be the first to accept that homosexual people have suffered discrimination and sometimes worse through the decades and that the churches have, at times, been complicit in this

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Meet the planet's most powerful star 10 hrs, 19 mins ago

Forbes magazine puts J-Lo at No 1 in the celebrity stakes – thereby making this the most ridiculous of all power listsYou know how some of the stars we can see now actually died gazillions of years ago, but their light is only just reaching us? Please bear that in mind as we discuss this week's announcement that the world's most powerful star is Jennifer Lopez

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And Simon said unto Britney: touch me, so that ye may be healed 10 hrs, 19 mins ago

Britney Spears is back, appearing as a judge on the US X Factor – and it's all thanks to Simon Cowell's unconventional therapeutic careTo Los Angeles, next, where Simon Cowell has formally unveiled Britney Spears as a judge on the US version of The X Factor

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