Thursday, 23 June 2011

The First Post

The First Post

Ten things you need to know today

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Ken Clarke was in the right - but will he resign? No

The Mole: Justice minister shows he has no stomach for a fight while Cameron performs another U-turn

Split widens between PM and armed forces chiefs

Cameron inherited the Afghan campaign and wants out - but Libya is ‘his war’ and he’s happy to pursue it

BBC denies Evans was racist to black scientist

Chris Evans told Maggie Aderin-Pocock he could barely see her


God bless paraphernalia and other magical stuff

Michael Bywater: You'll never look at a newspaper, a battery or a rubber band in the same way again

Republicans line up for 2012

The candidates vying for the right to take on Obama

Nokia unveils screen-only N9 - without Windows

Nokia N9 will set tone for future products, but it launches with obscure MeeGo OS

Belfast violence: a lack of police resources?

First reaction: Police were initially ‘far outnumbered’ by hundreds of sectarian rioters last night

The drachma, it worked once - it can work again

Briefing: Calls are growing for Greece to leave the euro. Here’s a reminder of the currency they’d be returning to