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1 The 50 best Christmas gifts for men
2 Child stars: where are they now?
3 Ten reasons why England shouldn't win the World Cup
4 The 50 Best Christmas Gifts for Women
5 I'm an international footballer... Get me out of here!
7 A cup of warm milk for the 'she-devil' of Perugia
8 'We all knew about Tiger's secret life'
9 Chelsea: potential transfer targets
10 Minister embroiled in hacking row over voicemail messages
11 Police U-turn on photographers and anti-terror laws
12 The 50 Best Kitchen Gadgets
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1 Cambridge professors to launch revolutionary e-reader in Vegas
2 BP's sun king reflects on solar power's future
3 US censors Arctic scientists' findings as it prepares for oil and gas auction
4 Capello's men are handed 'safe' passage
5 A life cut short: Death of a daughter, sister, friend
6 Christmas Gifts: gifts to take note of
7 Indy Choice: The best of the new books
8 Cathay Pacific launches campaign to stop toilet blocking
10 England can win it without WAGs
12 Darcey Bussell: Strictly retired, but keen to find new moves
14 Johann Hari: A morally bankrupt dictatorship built by slave labour
15 Car Choice: Taxi for Julio! That'll be the Mondeo or the Galaxy outside
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1Knox found guilty of Kercher murder
2Police told: stop this abuse of terror law
3Leading article: An unwelcome distraction
4Doctors take legal action to demand Kelly inquest reopened
5Christina Patterson: Is this what they mean by care in the NHS?
6'We all knew about Tiger's secret life'
7Robert Fisk: How the anti-Semites of Hizbollah have sent Anne Frank back into hiding
8Andy Trotter: The threat is real, but police must show common sense
9Johann Hari: How I wish that the global warming deniers were right
Columnist Comments
• John Rentoul: Brown is safe, but not home and dry
Gordon Brown likes his dividing lines, and Labour's new bash-the-rich theme is in big black marker pen. This week the pre-Budget report will tax the rich; last week the bonuses row was a chance to bash the bankers.
• Alan Watkins: Tax tweaks nudge the Tories to No 10
Politics is as fickle as fashion, and just as irrational. Only a few months ago, we were assured on all sides that the class war was finished, dead, done for. It was as dead as ... well, as the Labour Party's misconceived campaign in the Crewe and Nantwich by-election.
• Sarah Sands: See why diversity works – switch on your set
It has been a rough year for the BBC, but its programmes have never been better. It ends the year with two dramas of towering intent and execution.
