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My demands for a post-election deal, by Nick Clegg

Andrew Grice: In an exclusive interview, the Lib Dem leader explains how he will decide between Labour and Tories in the event of a hung parliament.

Tracy Emin, artist: 'The advice my mum gave me 1.You might be able to buy the big house, but can you afford to keep it?  2.Forget about the people who you really love, and concentrate on the ones who really love you. 3.Every day that you are single could be the most exciting day of your life. And I'll always be grateful to her for putting me on the pill when I was 14'

Mother knows best

As Mothering Sunday approaches, public figures reveal the maternal advice they'll never forget.

What crisis? Number of billionaires hits new high

Stephen Foley: Forbes global rich list reflects growing power of Asia - and introduces a new Richest Man.

Peace activist Rachel Corrie is shown at the Burning Man festival

'I saw Israeli bulldozer kill Rachel Corrie'

Donald Macintyre: Briton tells how he saw American activist fall as she tried to defend Palestinian homes.

BA faces prospect of strikes as talks break down

Hopes of a breakthrough collapsed when marathon talks ended last night without agreement.

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Corrag, By Susan Fletcher

The 1692 Massacre of Glencoe can still rouse passions today, so it's a brave author who tries to wrest fiction from it. In her third novel, Susan Fletcher approaches the massacre using two main characters, one historical, the other semi-legendary. What emerges is very much a literary, rather than a traditional historical, novel.

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The top 10 gaming videos watched by YouTube users in the last week include the YouTube leveraging Celebrity Magic 8-ball game, plenty of Modern Warfare 2 videos, and new kid on the first-person-shooter block, Modern Warfare 2.

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US city schools locked down after Australia online threat

A vague threat apparently posted by an Australian on two social networking sites led to the lockdown on Wednesday of all schools in the busy midwestern US city of Minneapolis, officials said.

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Heavy on this may lead to lighter hangovers

Oxygen, it would seem, has an effect on the severity of hangovers. On March 1, a new study was published in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, an academic journal, and researchers concluded that "enhanced dissolved oxygen concentrations in alcohol may reduce alcohol-related side effects."

Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse performs during the 2007 Coachella Music Festival in California

Mark Linkous: Troubled singer and songwriter who recorded as Sparklehorse

Hiding behind the name Sparklehorse, the American singer-songwriter Mark Linkous made affecting, beautiful, bewitching, fragile music, and was championed by Radiohead, with whom he toured, as well as P.J. Harvey and Tom Waits, who both guested on his 2001 album It's A Wonderful Life.


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