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Prince Harry poised for return to action on Afghanistan frontline

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Yard announces crackdown on criminal gangs

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1,000 cubic miles of ice has disappeared between 2003 and 2010 from polar caps

Billions of tons of water lost from world's glaciers, satellite reveals

The total volume of water that has melted from all of the world's polar ice sheets, ice caps and mountain glaciers over the past decade would repeatedly fill Britain's largest lake, Windemere, more than 13,000 times, according to one of the most comprehensive studies of the Earth's frozen "cryosphere".

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Fear and loathing in London: The Death of Klinghoffer

The ENO is staging the controversial opera in the capital for the first time
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'Rita could have signed up to Open University on Facebook'

The OU's famous fictional student wouldn't recognise the video-conferencing, social networking, flexible insitution it's grown into.
Kenya's coffee wars

Kenya's coffee wars

The boom in high-grade beans should be bringing rural Africa riches. Instead, it is fuelling a lethal crimewave
Billions of tons of water lost from world's glaciers, satellite reveals

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Out of fashion: Designers finding new ways to sell their style

Out of fashion

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James Lawton: Sadness and anger over the ultimate betrayal

James Lawton on Capello resignation

Sadness and anger over the ultimate betrayal
Tale of the trial: Laughter, anger... and bulldogs

Tale of the trial: Laughter, anger... and bulldogs

Redknapp's trial was the most remarkable and colourful case the modern game has seen. Sam Wallace, who was there for all 13 days, recounts the defining moments
Rhys Priestland: Praise for North star

Rhys Priestland: Praise for North star

The Wales No 10 may not be getting his kicks but he's not concerned... he plays with George North
Yayoi Kusama brings colour to Tate Modern

Colourful Yayoi Kusama

Japanese artist's retrospective at Tate Modern.
Church debate: Who'd be a bishop?

Church debate: Who'd be a bishop?

The General Synod debates women bishops again today. While they make up their minds, John Walsh weighs the palaces and puce robes against the political powerlessness
A tale of two cities: Portsmouth and London say happy birthday to Dickens

A tale of two cities

Portsmouth and London say happy birthday to Dickens
Pitch battle! Football league in Argentina renamed in honour of 'General Belgrano'

Pitch battle in Argentina!

Football league renamed in honour of 'General Belgrano'
Altar of Bones: A literary sensation – but who dunnit?

A literary sensation – but who dunnit?

The books world mulls over the identity of an acclaimed new author, but what drives writers to hide behind a nom de plume?