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US government orders Cody Wilson and Defense Distributed to remove blueprint for 3D-printed handgun from the web
Friday 10 May 2013
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Vatican pornography: Transsexual adult films 'downloaded on computers within Catholic Church headquarters'
Tuesday 09 April 2013
The films were discovered on a list of torrents that TorrentFreak.com claims were downloaded on computers within in the tiny city-state
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Tuesday 02 April 2013
The season premiere of Game of Thrones series three has already been downloaded illegally more than a million times just a day after it was broadcast on Sky Atlantic.
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Monday 28 January 2013
Nation witnesses an outpouring of grief as first victims of Santa Maria club fire are buried
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Saturday 05 January 2013
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Monday 31 December 2012
Floodwater swept away one of Britain’s oldest bridges yesterday and forced the cancellation of the New Year’s Day race meeting at Cheltenham Racecourse as rain again lashed the country.
Slow growth could put £81bn dent in Chancellor's plans
Sunday 02 December 2012
Osborne might have to resort to 'dark arts' to hit targets as eurozone crisis throws out forecasts, say economists
Writing to your old teachers – it's a bit creepy, isn't it?
Monday 29 October 2012
But when you're Education Secretary sending letters to school masters is all in a day's spin
Hockey: Team GB stroll to success against disappointing South Korea
Tuesday 31 July 2012
Great Britain's women proved they have character to add to their silky skills as they recovered from the crushing blow of conceding a two-goal second-half lead to South Korea to register their second win of the tournament.
Amol Rajan: Decline and fall of that great craft, the Knowledge
Friday 13 July 2012
It used to be that if you wanted to get a black cab driver in London talking, you hit the subjects beloved of talk radio: crime, immigration, welfare, Europe, that sort of thing. Nowadays there is a much quicker route: Addison Lee. Mention this rival and your man up front will splutter for all England about that cab company's tyrannical influence.
A divorce battle, a PR war
Sunday 08 July 2012
Katie Holmes has seized the initiative after her split from Tom Cruise
was red-faced in 2012 after her husband, Metallica manager Peter Mensch, told a Sunday paper that she left the Tories because “she thought…that she'd get killed at the next election”. Mensch hit back via Twitter that her resignation had nothing to do with fear of defeat, before Peter tweeted “this is why I don't do politics. Stick to music". Talk about airing your dirty laundry." width="80"
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The battle that men who aren't sexist must fight
Friday 04 May 2012
The abuse Louise Mensch has been subjected to provides an insight into attitudes that are rampant
James Moore: Goldman's masters of the universe are still winners
Wednesday 18 April 2012
Outlook Don't be fooled by the headline numbers – Goldman Sachs' net earnings might have fallen by 23 per cent, but that was a whole lot better than Wall Street expected.
Leading article: A ruling that confounds Strasbourg's critics
Wednesday 11 April 2012
The decision proves the European Court does not always rule against UK interests
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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