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Police Kill Protesters As Anger Erupts In Suez

Police Kill Protesters As Anger Erupts In Suez

At least two people have been shot and killed by Egyptian police in the city of Suez amid protests sparked by the deaths of 74 people at a football game.

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Energy Sec Steps Down To Fight Driving Charge

Energy Sec Steps Down To Fight Driving Charge

Chris Huhne has resigned as Energy Secretary after being charged over allegations he lied to police to escape a driving ban.

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FA Strips John Terry Of England Captaincy

FA Strips John Terry Of England Captaincy

Footballer John Terry has been stripped of the England captaincy for the second time amid growing concern over his pending race abuse trial.

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Hackers Intercept FBI Cybercrime Call

Hackers Intercept FBI Cybercrime Call

The FBI has confirmed that hackers intercepted and leaked a sensitive conference call between the bureau's cybercrime investigators and Scotland Yard.

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Police Kill Protesters As Anger Erupts In Suez

Energy Sec Steps Down To Fight Driving Charge

FA Strips John Terry Of England Captaincy

Hackers Intercept FBI Cybercrime Call

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Egypt: Four Killed In Clashes With Police

Egypt: Four Killed In Clashes With Police

Four people have died in renewed clashes between police and demonstrators in Egypt over the football riot in which dozens of fans lost their lives.

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Meet the George Clooney lookalike winner

Meet the George Clooney lookalike winner

An Irishman has won a trip to the Oscars in a George Clooney lookalike competition - despite the fact most people struggle to see any similarity.

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Ben Gazzara loses cancer battle

Ben Gazzara loses cancer battle

Stage and screen legend Ben Gazzara has died after losing a battle with pancreatic cancer - the same disease that killed his Road House co-star Patrick Swayze.

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RBS Chair Attacks 'Anti-Business Ministers'

RBS Chair Attacks 'Anti-Business Ministers'

Ministers should abandon a growing tendency to indulge in anti-business rhetoric or risk damaging Britain's economic recovery, the head of the state-controlled Royal Bank of...

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Ed Miliband gives a speech at the Thompson Reuters Building in Canary Wharf, London. The Labour Leader warned bankers they must embrace change or face social isolation. (PA)

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His departure forced a mini-reshuffle which saw Lib Dem business minister Ed Davey promoted to the Cabinet as Energy Secretary. (PA)

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