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Bush vetoes Senate's proposal to ban water torture

UN drugs director attacks "coke-snorting fashionistas" who fuel West Africa's cocaine trade

Women in their forties earn 22 per cent less than men, TUC reveals

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Winter returns with vengeance as storms and 82mph winds hit UK

Serious Fraud Office will not investigate GMTV's £35m phone-in scandal

Red tape is wasting volunteers' potential, government adviser warns

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China restricts use of death penalty to "extremely vile criminals"

New national laboratory set up to study sudden deaths among under-35s

Vatican reacts to our "secularised age" with set of 21st-century deadly sins

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UK to receive £120m EU grant for flood repairs from "summer" 2007

New photos show deforestation and civil war have not wiped out Liberian pygmy hippos

10,000 mirrors to spot cyclists given to London lorry drivers

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Summary: Choppy waters as Lord Goldsmith reopens citizenship debate (again)

Forecast: Congested skies as Heathrow Terminal 5 prepares to open doors

Simon Rudd