Tuesday, 7 August 2012



The Week
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main headlineStandard Chartered scandal: what is UK bank accused of?

Bank faces Wall Street exit after US regulator accuses it of breaching sanctions in 'rogue' dealings with Iran

'How did you do it?' Suspicious French cyclist grills Jason Kenny

Beaten French champion Gregory Bauge demands to know how the young English cyclist won

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main headlineTen Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday 7 Aug 2012

Team GB on course to beat gold record, Clegg claims Coalition contract is 'broken' and art critic Robert Hughes is dead

Wade Michael Page: Sikh temple killer was a neo-Nazi rocker

Man who murdered six worshippers at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin sang in a band called Definite Hate

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main headlineNude photos of Victoria's Secret model Miranda Kerr leaked online

Tabloid tales: early pics of Victoria's Secret model - plus Arnie Schwarzenegger's taste in male pin-ups

Tributes for Robert Hughes, the 'world's most famous art critic'

Shock of the New brought Hughes a mass audience, but he felt like piano player in a whorehouse

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main headlineLords reform fiasco threatens to kibosh Clegg deal with Labour

Ed Miliband would be far happier doing a deal with Vince Cable ? and they could get Lords reform right this time

Louise Mensch won't be last to quit the drudgery of Parliament

Opinion Digest: frustrated MPs, our national dirge and time for Nick Clegg to go

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main headlineAustralia's failure at Games: a wake-up call to legacy-mad UK

Only 12 years since the euphoria of Sydney, Australia is way down the Olympic medals table

Mark Haddon's cult novel makes a curiously good play

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is now a powerful, poignant play, say the critics

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