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Thursday, 29 March 2012
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News RSS Feed - click to grab the feedObituaries
- Earl Scruggs: Musician whose work on the banjo remains the benchmark on the country scene
- Lives Remembered: James Gaddarn, admired conductor
- Adrienne Rich: Poet whose work fused the personal and the political
- Lord Newton of Braintree: Politician admired for hisdecency and reforming zeal
- Antonio Tabucchi: Novelist who became a fierce critic of Berlusconi
Voices
Voices RSS Feed - click to grab the feedEditorials
- Leading article: Don't discourage the philanthropists
- Leading article: Justice should be open to public view
- Leading article: Selective confusion
- Leading article: A genetically modified renaissance
- Leading article: Crisis in the bee population is too serious to ignore
- Leading article: Clarity at last for the victims of asbestos
Commentators
- Daniel Howden: Annoyance at Kony2012 is futile – I should know
- Owen Jones: We're now governed by the political wing of the wealthy
- Simon Kelner: So, come on, come on, do the locomotion with me
- Donald MacInnes: Delicious memories of apples, fishing and treetops
- E Jane Dickson: Fake breasts and public health – a perfect storm
- John Studzinski: Hitting charitable giving is a poor way to get tough on the rich
- James Ferguson: Civil partners should be treated the same as spouses
- Simon Kelner: George's resemblance to Piers is the least of his worries
- Amol Rajan: Pastygate is exposing Osborne's difference from us all
- Harriet Walker: Tattoos are as exciting as the clothes sold by Next
- Michael McCarthy: Refusal to heed scientists' warnings is indefensible
Sport
Sport RSS Feed - click to grab the feedCricket
- England beaten by Sri Lanka despite Jonathan Trott century
- Time for change as England capsize despite Trott's ton
- James Lawton: It's time Flower told schoolboy Swann and his classmate Broad to grow up
- Is it time for Strauss to go?
- England bowler Stuart Broad ruled out of second Test
- Defiant Strauss: I'm not stepping down in the middle of a series
- Errors cost England victory says captain Andrew Strauss
- Swann says 'history is there to be rewritten' in run chase
Olympics
- London Eye: Australia's Missile James Magnussen is on target to make a record splash at Games
- British athletes must revel in spotlight says Jessica Ennis
- The protest Games: demonstrators target Olympics
- Olympics tickets selling on eBay for three times value
- British Olympic hope Peter Wilson claims new shooting world record
- If the Olympics goes wrong, blame the moaners
- Occupy activists camp on Olympic site
Travel
Travel RSS Feed - click to grab the feedNews & Advice
- Stansted baggage handlers set to strike at Easter
- Traveller's Guide: Garden tourism
- Simon Calder: Fancy a trip to Mexico? The US has the final say
- My Life In Travel: Joanna Lumley, actress and broadcaster
- Something to declare: Summer in the city; April in the Alps; Jerusalem; Faroe way
- Travel Agenda: Harry Potter; Viceroy resort in the Maldives; Italy's 'culture week'; Heineken Open'er Festival
- Heathrow Airport faces busiest day of Easter today
- Come wi-fi with me: Airlines are offering increasingly high-tech services to tempt us on board
- Aviation: Call yourselves security experts?
- 1 Gay couple beaten in park urge MPs to moderate language on gay marriage
- 2 Swedes set up 'ultimate Viking movie'
- 3 After woman sells virginity for $780,000, here are the results of our prostitution survey
- 4 Far-right French historian, 78-year-old Dominique Venner, commits suicide in Notre Dame in protest against gay marriage
- 5 'It was just like the movie Twister': Man survives Oklahoma tornado by taking refuge in horse stall
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