Friday, 16 March 2012

The Week
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main headlineAfghan rampage: it will only stop when the troops come home

Assassination, desecration of bodies, the collecting of body-part trophies - it turned ugly long ago

Osborne set to abolish 50p tax rate at next week's Budget

Nick Clegg's Lib Dems desperate to extract 'progressive' concessions in return

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main headlineTen Things You Need to Know Today: Friday 16 Mar 2012

Cameron visits Ground Zero, rampage soldier was 'reluctant to serve' and elderly home care deemed 'disgraceful'

Ski trip coach crash: was the driver trying to change a DVD?

New theory emerges as it transpires that a British boy was among the 22 children who died

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main headlineSyrian uprising 'like London riots' claims Assad's father-in-law

Harley Street cardiologist has been emailing Assad helping him 'spin' his crackdown, emails suggest

Hillsborough: top Liverpool cop blamed tragedy on drunken fans

BBC Radio reveals 1989 letter to Margaret Thatcher claiming drunk supporters caused the disaster

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main headlineWhat we need is a Secretary of State for Imagination

And if Douglas Adams can't be in charge, then novelist Nick Harkaway might be the man

Gerard Depardieu plays 'smug and arrogant' Strauss-Kahn

It must be true, it's in the tabloids: actor blasts his fellow Frenchmen while stable lad wins £1m

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main headlineMatt charms while Scarlett smoulders in We Bought a Zoo

You may not buy the happy ending, but it's hard to resist characters this appealing