Wednesday, 23 May 2007
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John McCarthy: Television is making torture acceptableThursday, 24 May 2007
Sometimes he would burst into our cell, screaming and striking out with the butt of his rifle. The only sensible response was to roll up into a foetal position until his fury was spent. At other times he would enter silently. Stand over us - or even ...
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Leading article: There is still time to avoid this nuclear follyThursday, 24 May 2007
This will be remembered as the White Paper that proposed to clear the path towards a new generation of nuclear power stations in Britain. The reasons why this is deeply undesirable should be familiar by now. Nuclear power is prohibitively expensive. ...
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David Howarth: These nonsensical arguments for nuclear powerWednesday, 23 May 2007
Ministers insist that although nuclear power is not a silver bullet, it has to be part of the picture - that without it we can neither reach our goals of reducing carbon emissions nor avoid placing ourselves in the hands of Mr Putin and his successor...
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Letters: CCTVWednesday, 23 May 2007
Sir: Your leading article "A pernicious legacy of surveillance" (18 May) is right that we cannot have a "one size fits all" approach to crime and anti-social behaviour and that the needs of rural Suffolk are different from those of inner-city London....
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The Third Leader: What the Dickens!Thursday, 24 May 2007
And it does sound rather splendid, from the Fagin's Den soft play area and the Great Expectations Boat Ride to the nightly menu of "naughty delights" in the Victorian Music Hall and the Dickensian Shopping Mall. Some will take a gradgrinding, podsnap...
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The Third Leader: In praise of scruffinessWednesday, 23 May 2007
Well. Excuse me. I know some politicians and commentators (including, if I recall correctly, this one) have been warning against a certain complacency and lack of self-examination in the nation recently, but really. It's not that bad, is it? Come on....
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Ed Miliband is staring at an open goal and I know just the pair of strikers to win it for him
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Brazilian woman auctions her virginity on site 'Virgins Wanted' - take part in our prostitution survey
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After woman sells virginity for $780,000, here are the results of our prostitution survey
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The Daily Cartoon
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In 1982, debris and flesh were scattered around Hyde Park – human and equine
David McKittrick
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Woolwich attack: As the story of the killing breaks, the EDL will have something sinister in store
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A worrying new face of the terror threat to the UK
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Stop laying into GPs. We don't deserve it
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As Google and Apple are probed on tax avoidance, it's time for political leaders around the world to take a stand and stamp the practice out
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Editorial: The case for keeping the Coalition is clear
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Our British democracy is a presidential system - minus the President
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