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Ministers are secretly planning to cut the number of British troops in Afghanistan, at a time when defence chiefs are appealing for thousands more reinforcements to meet the deadly threat from the resurgent Taliban.
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Secret to a longer life lies on Easter Island
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The Proms: The IoS offers its A-to-Z guide to the 115th season
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€400bn energy plan to harness African sun
It's decision day on a chain of solar generators across the desert that could supply a quarter of Europe's power
Back to Biba: New film explores the fashion label that helped define a decade
It was the fashion hub of the swinging Sixties, as synonymous with those years as the Beatles, miniskirts and the Kings Road. Biba was credited with bringing fashion to the British high street until it vanished almost without trace.
50,000 students could miss out on university
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