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Revealed: the loophole that lets lobbyists keep their clients a secret
Firms paid to help influence Government - such as the one run by Sir Lynton Crosby - can avoid declaring who's paying them
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Ted Cruz could save the Republicans from Trump - but what then?
On paper, Cruz should be just the man to restore sanity to the GOP, but a traditional Republican he most certainly is not
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Willett wins Masters title after dramatic Spieth collapse
Spieth's double-bogey at the 12th saw him lose a five-shot lead and allow Willett to surge ahead to claim an incredible victory
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French speakers outraged after Paxman says language is 'useless'
'The limits of your language are the limits of your world. Paxman’s is becoming increasingly limited, I’m afraid'
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World news in pictures
World news in pictures
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1/30 8 April 2016
Northern Lights seen near the town of Salekhard, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
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2/30 8 April 2016
A Russian army sapper works in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra
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3/30 8 April 2016
Newly-released political student protester and family members cry after being reunited in Tharrawaddy town, Bago Region. A Myanmar court in nearby Tharrawaddy town freed dozens of jailed students, in the first wave of detainee releases after Aung San Suu Kyi pledged that the release of activists and political prisoners would be the first priority of her new government
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4/30 7 April 2016
Kashmiri Muslim women mourn during the funeral of Waseem Ahmad Malla, a suspected militant, in Pehlipora village in Shopian district in south Kashmir. Two suspected militants, one of whom was Malla, were killed during a gunbattle with Indian security forces in Shopian
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5/30 7 April 2016
Ethnic Armenian soldiers stand next to a cannon at artillery positions near the Nagorno-Karabakh's town of Martuni. Armenia’s president has warned an outbreak of fighting in the region could lead to full-scale war, as a third day of fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenian-backed separatists has seen soldiers killed on both sides, in the most intense violence in the area in years
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6/30 7 April 2016
Students from a martial art school attends a training session as they perform Shaolin Kung Fu and other practices in Dengfeng, Henan Province, China
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7/30 7 April 2016
A pro-police supporter yells while protesters charged with rioting during the Mong Kok protests arrive to court in Hong Kong. Protesters appeared in court again over rioting after officials tried to clear illegal street hawkers from the busy commercial neighbourhood of Mong Kok on Lunar New Year
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8/30 7 April 2016
A Swiss guard stands guard at the Vatican
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9/30 7 April 2016
A man shoulders a coffin with the remains of a loved one who was slain more than two decades ago by Shining Path rebels, as he walks to the cemetery for a group burial service, in Ccano, a village in the Huanta area of Ayachcuo department, Peru. Presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori's base of support is in places like Ccano, where promises to build roads, clinics and schools recall her agronomist father's own legacy of delivering aid to the long-overlooked countryside
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10/30 6 April 2016
A Bangladeshi woman collects arsenic-tainted water from a tube-well in Khirdasdi village, outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. A new report estimates that some 20 million Bangladeshis are still being poisoned by arsenic-tainted groundwater drawn from government wells. Arsenic is a naturally occurring and toxic element found in the soil and groundwater of some areas of the world, including vast delta regions like in eastern India and Bangladesh, where rivers empty into the Bay of Bengal
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11/30 6 April 2016
A Bahraini woman sits watching flags during the funeral of Ali Abdulghani, 17, whose family says died of injuries suffered in a police chase, in the Shiite village of Shahrakkan, south of Manama
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12/30 6 April 2016
A woman walks in a yard where tea leaves are dried at a tea company in Dening, Fujian Province, China
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13/30 6 April 2016
A child sits in a tent at dusk at the makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border village of Idomeni. A plan to send back refugees from Greece to Turkey sparked demonstrations by local residents in both countries days before the deal brokered by the European Union is set to be implemented
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14/30 5 April 2016
Pink flamingos stand on the mud flats at the Ras al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary with the Dubai skyline in the background, on the outskirts of the city
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15/30 5 April 2016
A new born albinos wallaby is pictured its mother's pouch at the zoo of the French eastern city of Amneville
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16/30 5 April 2016
Anti-riot police officers arrest a man during clashes within a demonstration of high school students protesting against the government's planned labour reform, in Paris. The Socialist government is desperate to push through reforms to France's controversial labour laws, billed as a last-gasp attempt to boost the flailing economy before next year's presidential election
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17/30 4 April 2016
Confiscated ivory is moved to secure containers from an ivory stock room at the Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) headquarters in Nairobi. Kenya will burn approximately 105 tonnes of confiscated ivory, almost all of the country's total stockpile. Several African heads of state, conservation experts, high-profile philanthropists and celebrities are slated to be present at the event which they hope will send a strong anti-poaching message
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18/30 4 April 2016
A Turkish police officer escorts a deported refugee from a small Turkish ferry carrying refugees who are deported to Turkey as they arrive at the port of Dikili district in Izmir. Refugees return from Greece to Turkey begun under the terms of an EU deal that has worried aid groups, as Athens struggles to manage the overload of desperate people on its soil
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19/30 3 April 2016
Acrobats perform during a rally organised during the visit of Sudanese president in the town of Zalingei, capital of Central Darfur state.Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir started a tour of Darfur ahead of a referendum on whether to keep the conflict-torn western area as five states or to create one united region
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20/30 3 April 2016
A man takes part in the International Fireworks Fair in Indaparapeo municipality, in Michoacan State, Mexico
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21/30 2 April 2016
People fight with pillows during World Pillow Fight Day in front of the City Hall in Copenhagen, Denmark
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22/30 2 April 2016
Ethnic Chinese Malaysians visit the graves of their ancestors at a cemetery on the eve of the annual 'Qingming' festival in Kuala Lumpur. Qingming, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day, is an annual Chinese festival to commemorate the dead. Families visit and clean the graves of their ancestors, burning incence, paper money and presenting offerings such as food, tea, wine and joss paper accessories
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23/30 2 April 2016
Aerial view taken with a drone of moored "trajineras" - traditional flat-bottomed river boat- at Xochimilco natural reserve in Mexico City. Xochimilco canals are one of the places most visited by local and foreign tourists, to go along the water, eat traditional food and enjoy Mariachi music
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24/30 2 April 2016
A member of Iraqi government forces inspects a burnt Isis vehicle, after they retook an area from its jihadists in the village of Al-Mamoura, near Hit, a Euphrates Valley town located about 145 kilometres west of Baghdad in the western province of Anbar
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25/30 1 April 2016
Flames erupt from an apartment building following an explosion that occurred in rue de Berite in Paris. A gas explosion caused minor injuries to five people, according to police sources
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26/30 1 April 2016
Tourists visit a tulip field in Zhumadian in China
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27/30 1 April 2016
A rescued olive ridley sea turtle is wheeled into the hyperbaric chamber by James Holm, medical director at the Center for Hyperbaric Medicine, and Seattle Aquarium veterinarian Lesanna Lahner
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Supporters of Brazil's Workers' Party (PT) demonstrate in support of President Dilma Rousseff and former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil's Supreme Court removed a politically explosive case against former president Luiz Lula Inacio da Silva from a crusading corruption judge. Judges voted to put Lula's case under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and not federal Judge Sergio Moro. Lula is accused of money laundering and concealing property in connection with a huge probe led by Moro into state oil company Petrobras
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29/30 31 March 2016
Indian rescue workers and volunteers try to free people trapped under the wreckage of a collapsed fly-over bridge in Kolkata. At least 20 people were killed and dozens more injured when a flyover collapsed in a busy Indian city, as emergency workers battled to rescue people trapped under the rubble
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30/30 31 March 2016
A man is seen trapped amid the debris of an under-construction flyover after it collapsed in Kolkata
Player ratings: Tottenham 3 Manchester United 0
We take a look at the individual performances at White Hart Lane
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Pellegrini ponders Kompany recall for Man City's most important game
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Vardy delight in matching Lineker record as Leicester close of title
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'It is a massive challenge for any club to go down,' says Black
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Rooney returns to ease Man Utd's striker problems, reveals Van Gaal
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Eriksen the star man as Spurs run riot against United
Toulon stunned as Machenaud kicks champions into touch to end reign
Racing Metro 16 Toulon 12: Machenaud took over kicking duties after Dan Carter suffered injury to eliminate three-time champions Toulon from the European Champions Cup
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Haskell’s return prepares buzzing Wasps for revenge
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Marler suspended for two games and fined £20,000 for 'gyspy boy' slur
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Cipriani's interception plunges Exiles closer to the drop
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McCall 'feels sorry' as Bath decide to stand by Watson after red card
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Five things to expect in this weekend's Premiership action
Letters Cameron sold his offshore shares, but what about the Cabinet?
Send your letters to letters@independent.co.uk
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Satyajit Das The high cost of war is damaging the global economy
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Bridget Hamilton If you think that millennials are selfish at work you'd be right
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Independent Voices Letters: Cameron’s resignation might just save us from Brexit
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John Rentoul Panama Papers are damaging George Osborne and Boris Johnson's chances
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Independent Voices Letters: Death of the obituary
Kingsman 2: Game of Thrones' Pedro Pascal cast in sequel
He will play a “swaggering, sharpshooting cowboy” named Jack Daniels
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Sarah Michelle Geller posts first photos from Cruel Intentions remake
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Edge of Tomorrow 2 is happening, Tom Cruise stuck in another time loop
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The 5 best sequels to classic novels
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Why [spoiler] should have stayed dead in Batman v Superman
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Michael Shannon on Midnight Special, Zack Snyder and Boardwalk Empire
Drake announces Views from the 6 release date
The album will finally be released on the 29 April
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Black Eyed Peas to reunite for new album
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Deftones Interview with Chino Moreno: ‘We’re expanding our sound'
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Watch the moment fans save the day after sound cuts out at Adele's gig
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Merle Haggard: Contemporary country music is 'a bunch of crap'
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SImon & Garfunkel's Sound of Silence charts thanks to Sad Ben Affleck
The latest Game of Thrones clip is almost too tense to handle
It is Ser Davos against the Night's Watch
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Watch BGT's sword-swallower on numerous other TV talent contests
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Tom Hiddleston reveals how he prepared for The Night Manager
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The Voice final prompts 'fix' accusations as Cody Frost first to leave
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Clarkson and co. are struggling to name new Amazon Prime car show
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10 times Glenn has almost died in The Walking Dead
60 everyday words and phrases you never knew came from Shakespeare
Ever found yourself hungover after 'too much of a good thing' or been left 'in stitches' at a joke? Shakespeare's influence is still widespread today
Breaking ground
Florals are a tried, tested but somewhat tired fashion trope – but not this season, as all manners of designers give them all manners of makeovers. Alexander Fury plucks the best of the bunch of the season’s reimagined blooms
Seaweed is rich in nutrients - so why do we ignore it in Britain?
The 'new' veg looks poised to become a popular ingredient in home kitchens thanks to supermarkets and celebrity fans
Cool Place of the Day: Solomon's Island, Cornwall
Every day, a new place to discover or explore in the UK, from coolplaces.co.uk
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What you need to know about taking domestic flights in Peru
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Cool Place of the Day: Skara Brae, the Orkney islands
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What happens if you don’t turn on phone’s flight mode when flying
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Couple who quit their jobs to travel the world reveal how they did it
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facts about planes that airline workers won't tell you
Hidden steam-bent timber extension wins over planners - and adds £600k
Securing permission to add a two-storey extension to a Victorian house in a south London conservation area required a lot of imagination - and curved timber.
New robot-based customer service tools to come to Facebook Messenger
The company wants to replace customer service phone numbers — and could do serious damage to Twitter and other competitors when it does
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SpaceX finally manages to land re-usable rocket onto a barge
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Global warming to be far worse than predictions, cloud analysis shows
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WhatsApp encryption might have made chat app illegal in India
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Netflix price to rise for millions of people
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Fallout wins big Bafta prize as Rocket League also picks up awards
- Review
- Tech culture
iPhone SE review: gently-refined handset is the best small phone ever
The most affordable iPhone yet is a subtle but important upgrade, writes David Phelan
- Review
- Gaming
Quantum Break: Laying the groundwork for something revolutionary
A convoluted story, not helped by a below average TV show
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PlayStation 4 remote play introduced with latest software update
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Miitomo, Nintendo's first-ever mobile game, is now available worldwide
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Final Fantasy 'Platinum Demo' now available on PlayStation and Xbox
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Gamers confess to the worst things they've ever done while playing
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Sony 'PlayStation 4.5' could be revealed by October
The 12 best hidden features in the new iPhone update
Often iPhone users have no idea they even exist