Friday, 10 August 2012


The Week
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main headlineBolt wins 200m and declares: 'I am now a living legend'

Few will disagree with sprinter after he became first Olympian to defend 100m and 200m titles

Madonna is a 'slut', says Russia's Deputy Prime Minister

Dmitry Rogozin tells singer 'put your knickers on' after she supports jailed punks Pussy Riot on stage

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main headlineTen Things You Need to Know Today: Friday 10 Aug 2012

Team GB gold medal tally hits 25, Nicola Adams 'won't turn pro' and UK to give Syria rebels £5m kit

Jessica Ennis puts training on hold to read Fifty Shades of Grey

Tabloid tales: Olympic star plans to read the S&M trilogy, plus Louis Tomlinson buys a football team

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main headlineWho is Sir David Walker, new Barclays chairman?

City establishment figure, aged 72, takes helm at crisis-hit bank

Ignore the politics of doom: the world's in Olympic shape

Opinion digest: global progress, Syrian regime change and British multiculturalism

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main headlineSouth London 'vigilantes' hunt missing girl Tia Sharp

Appeal for calm after locals confront garage owner as search for 12-year-old enters sixth day

What to expect at the Olympics closing ceremony on Sunday

Spoiler alert: here's a round-up of the performances rumoured to mark the end of Olympics 2012

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main headlinePictures of Mars taken by Nasa's Curiosity rover

Nasa releases the first 360-degree colour panorama of the Gale Crater on Mars

Ai Weiwei doc Never Sorry gives China the middle finger

First-time documentary maker creates a riveting portrait of the unrepentant Chinese dissident artist

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