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The Fight to Defend the Fourth Amendment is Not Over
This past December over 70 senators voted to extend Federal authority for wire taping without a warrant or probable cause. The provisions, which extend to 2017, are part of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments (FISA) passed in 2008. President…
Warning to NHS over private deals
The NHS must get tougher at negotiating future private deals after signing a contract with a firm to manage an NHS hospital in Cambridgeshire requiring “unprecedented” targets, auditors say.
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EU hits back at IMF over austerity
European Commission report argues that more austerity, rather than less, might have convinced the markets and kept capital flowing to Spain and Greece
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Europe’s fears over US energy gap
Widening gulf in costs is hindering the continent’s ability to compete with America, which is benefiting from cheap shale gas, German groups warn
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Man arrested over officer murder
Detectives investigating the murder of Northern Ireland prison officer David Black arrest a 46-year-old man in Lurgan, police have said.
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MP Dorries suspended over TV show
Nadine Dorries is suspended by the Parliamentary Conservative Party over her decision to take part ITV1′s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here.
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Man held over May ‘cyber-attack’
A 41-year-old man is arrested over an alleged cyber-attack on the websites of Home Secretary Theresa May and the Home Office, Scotland Yard says.
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Ops cancelled over hospital rat
Operations at a Nottinghamshire hospital were cancelled after a rat was seen in an operating theatre, hospital bosses confirm.
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US soldier in court over Afghan massacre
Prosecutors say they will seek death penalty for Robert Bales, accused of killing 16 civilians in a drunken rampage.
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MPs warn over closing libraries
Councils that cut library services without considering local needs are at risk of failing in their legal duty to provide a “comprehensive and efficient” service, MPs warn.
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Fiscal cliff looms over campaign climax
Close election and uncertain prospects for negotiations over the impending budget crisis overshadow the performance of markets
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Iran MPs summon Ahmadi-Nejad over economy
Petition obliging president to appear before the parliament is a rare step that highlights a tense power struggle ahead of presidential elections next year
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Venezuela seizes over a tonne of cocaine
Security troops bust a shipment of 1.4 metric tonnes of cocaine hidden in a cargo truck that arrived from Colombia.
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Fillon warns Hollande over Merkel attacks
Former French prime minister says François Hollande’s ‘clumsy’ attacks on Angela Merkel and lack of action on economic reforms are damaging relations with Germany
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NY alert over post-storm housing
Tens of thousands of people in New York state whose homes were damaged by storm Sandy could soon need housing as cold weather arrives, politicians warn.
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Jerusalem holy site may shut over water bill
Church of Holy Sepulchre locked in dispute with Israeli water company over millions in unpaid bills.
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Row over Paraguay dictator’s body
Activists and ex-political prisoners in Paraguay demonstrate against plans to repatriate the remains of former military ruler Gen Alfredo Stroessner.
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Jerusalem church in row over bill
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem warns that it may shut its doors to pilgrims in protest at a dispute with an Israeli water company.
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Fury over Kyrgyz ‘practical joke’
A top journalist in Kyrgyzstan brings charges against newspaper reporters who abducted and threatened to kill her as a practical joke.
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Labour MP resigns over false expenses
Former Labour minister submitted 19 false invoices over four years, which were “plainly intended to deceive” a parliamentary committee said
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