Thursday, 19 April 2012


The Week
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main headlineIt's a dead heat as Mitt Romney catches up with Barack Obama
With small-town America still hurting from the 2008 crash, Republican Romney could turn this into a lead
Deadlines and deportations: what next in Qatada farce?
Efforts to deport the radical cleric hinge on whether the Home Office got its dates right
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main headlineCan Barclaycard succeed where Google has failed with PayTag?
Stick-on contactless credit card is a jerry-rigged alternative to Google Wallet
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Thursday 19 Apr 2012
Abu Qatada case descends into chaos, Romney and Obama neck and neck, Hire our hoodies
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main headlineTitian's Flight comes to London after 300 years in Russia
Arrival at the National Gallery of this rarely seen masterpiece from the Hermitage is a major event
Ashley Young diving row goes global thanks to NMA video
A comedy cartoon of the Manchester United winger learning to dive has gone viral on YouTube
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main headlineOlympics motto fails to inspire a generation of online cynics
With 100 days to go there is still plenty to be done before the Games begin
Colonial files: how UK officials nearly stopped Obama's birth
Obama's dad, Nazi butterfly hunters and coconut workers - Foreign Office papers lift lid on end of Empire
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main headlineGirls: new HBO comedy puts Sex and the City in the shade
It's set in New York and has plenty of graphic sex, but it's smarter than Carrie Bradshaw's series