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Will the EU Referendum Vote Change Anything?

Caroline Spelman was said by many commentators to have had her card marked for demotion after her handling of the forest sell off controversy, but her latest comments on the proposed referendum on EU membership prove she may have the makings of a baroness!
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'Gaddafi is Dead', Reports Claim

Reports of the capture of fugitive Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have rapidly gone viral, with different media saying the colonel is injured, in a critical condition or even dead.
Anti-Gaddafi fighters stand guard at an area that they have taken control as their forces capture main landmarks in Sirte

Libya: Sirte, Birthplace of Gaddafi, has Finally Fallen

Libyan fighters have overrun the last positions of the Gaddafi loyalists holding out in the city of Sirte, so with the colonel's birthplace now controlled by the NTC, can the transitional government finally say that Libya is liberated?
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Libya: New Clashes in Tripoli Increase Civil War Fears

With clashes reported in Tripoli, Sirte still embattled and Muammar Gaddafi still at large, observers fear the long and prolonged confrontation opposing the National Transitional Council (NTC) and the Gaddafi loyalists could plunge the country into chaos.
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UK Undercover Cops Allegedly Act as False Witnesses

An undercover police officer who infiltrated an environmental campaign group later he took part in a criminal trial under a false name and lied under oath with the knowledge of police chiefs, it was claimed.
Unemployed youths Chris Gathercole, Samantha Felton and Craig Main sit on and stand by swings in a childrens play area in Aylesbury, southern England

Youth Face Worsening Unemployment, ILO Warns

The next generation of young men and women all across the world could soon face even higher rates of unemployment, as a consequence of high poverty levels in developing countries and unstable work situations in developed countries, the International Labor Organization warns.
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Liam Fox: Shadow Defence Secretary Asks Prime Minister to Come Clean

The shadow defence secretary, Jim Murphy, has told the prime minister, David Cameron, to lay out “the full truth and all the facts” after he refused to take questions in parliament following the report surrounding the relationship between Liam Fox and Adam Werritty.
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'Dreams Infinity': Mantra for UK Asian Muslims

In 2007, Indian-born Booker Prize-winning author, Salman Rushdie, established a new high for Asian Muslims living in the UK, when he was honored with a knighthood. More recently, Abdul Arain, a Non Resident Indian and Cambridge-based grocery-store owner, shot to fame when he was nominated in the Cambridge University Chancellor elections. Though he lost, there continues to a lot of hype about the commoner with an MBA from Cambridge.
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Energy Prices: Big Six Refuse Any Concessions

A prime minster led energy summit was not enough for the big energy companies to make any active concessions to slash their energy bills despite record profits of up to 733% - a rise in margins from £15 to £125 per customer according to Ofgem.