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Thursday, 30 July 2009
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News
News RSS Feed - click to grab the feedObituaries
- Richard Ferguson: QC who defended Rosemary West, Terry Marsh and Patrick Magee
- Jill Balcon: Actress of stage, screen and radio who married the former Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis
- Brian Goodwin: Hugely influential and insightful biologist, philosopher and writer
- John Ryan: Cartoonist and animator who created Captain Pugwash
- Lives Remembered: John Sidgwick
- John Howell: Staunch Welsh nationalist and Plaid Cymru stalwart
Voices
Voices RSS Feed - click to grab the feedEditorials
- Leading article: Assisted suicide calls for the wise exercise of discretion
- Leading article: A depressingly predictable attack on asylum-seekers
- Leading article: The unresolved struggle for Iran
- Leading article: The stubborn gender pay gap
- Leading article: Summertime blues
- Leading article: Tw*t was that?
Commentators
- Ben Chu: Made a loss? Never mind, here's your bonus
- Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf: We will not rest until the gains of peace are felt by all Liberians
- Rebecca Armstrong: Take a leaf out of her (borrowed) book
- Gwede Mantashe: South Africa's optimism will survive these protests
- Nick Cartwright: A verdict that forces the hand of prosecutors
- Patrick Mercer: We must be ready to tend to the casualties of this war
- Nick Clegg: Don't leave the Liberal Democrats out of it
- Terri Judd: 'Amputees, blinded, burned. You name it, they had it'
- Emma Kenny: The skills gap in the Wii-generation
- Jonathan Brown: 'After taking up residence in York, I realised it's more Bath than Barnsley'
- Lord Mandelson: A university education remains the gateway to the professions
- Lisa Markwell: A good tan isn't worth dying for
- Denis MacShane: What does Cameron gain from alliance with extremists?
- Ian Birrell: Never mind the rebranding – Nigeria needs rebuilding
- Charles Ward: The science behind the infant gender gap
- Peter Melchett: It's good for the countryside and wildlife, which means it's good for us
- Susie Rushton: A clean sweep that's pretty sinister
- Clifford Coonan: City pays its respects to the kung fu master
Sport
Sport RSS Feed - click to grab the feedCricket
- Strauss powers England forward
- Australia make strong start to third Test
- When sport became more than just a game
- Australia have lost their aura, says Strauss
- James Lawton: Burden of expectation will have a dramatic role to play in Flintoff show
- Amol Rajan: Underwhelmed
- England fight back
- The ten best iconic celebrations
- Pietersen adds to concerns as Murali quits five-day game
- Durham get go-ahead to stage 2013 Ashes clash
- James Lawton: This auction will devalue the priceless charm of Lord's
- Watson shakes off troubled past to shine in starring role
- Hall stars with bat and ball to bring down Hampshire
- Durham to host Ashes Test
- David Lloyd: Skipper deserves to stand alongside Aussie greats
- Matthew Hayden's Ashes Summer: The first hour at Edgbaston could well decide who carries off the urn
- Ponting: pat on back is all I can offer Johnson now
- Australia bounce back after return of the Edgbaston curse
- Australian opening gambit upstages Lord's masters
Motor Racing
- Schumacher back in the race
- Drivers hail the return of Schumacher
- James Lawton: Schumacher's return is not a gamble but a reflex action
- Schumacher injury could impede comeback
- Massa to return home on Monday
- Button salutes 'brave' Schumacher
- Heidfeld seeks new drive for 2010
- Luke Howard: Watch out Kimi - The Red Baron is back on track
- Concerns grow that Renault could follow BMW out of F1
- 1 Pope Francis: Being an atheist is alright as long as you do good
- 2 Man and woman arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder victim of Woolwich machete attack, named as Drummer Lee Rigby
- 3 'Sickening, deluded and unforgivable': Horrific attack brings terror to London’s streets
- 4 Archaeologists uncover nearly 5,000 cave paintings in Burgos, Mexico
- 5 Woolwich attack: The EDL will seek to exploit this evil crime for their own evil ends
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