Monday, 6 June 2011

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Bullish Osborne seeks to defy gloomy economists

The Mole: Chancellor gives combative performance on Today prog, hinting IMF report will be supportive





How Sandi Toksvig started a C-word storm at the Mail

BBC exec in the Kensington doghouse after judging that 'delight' at joke would outweigh offence caused

Israel-Syria border incident kills up to 20

Picture of the day: Israeli forces killed 20 Syrians after a protest on their northern border turned violent

Chile's Puyehue volcano erupts

In pictures: Thousands of people have fled after a Chilean volcano erupted

Both sides ‘confident’ as Strauss-Kahn trial begins

Sexual molestation charges ‘very defensible’ says DSK’s lawyer; forensics support victim, her side claims

Can Apache helicopters break stalemate in Libya?

Not everyone is convinced as Nato enters a new and bloody phase of the war

Grayling and Dawkins set up new humanities college

But will the 14 star professors involved really have time to teach their £18K-a-year students?

Ryan Giggs ‘had eight-year affair with brother’s wife’

Manchester Utd footballer in the headlines again after his sister-in-law ‘owns up’ to secret relationship