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National Express loses rail route new

The Government is to take over the running of a major London to Scotland rail route - the East Coast Main Line - after cash-strapped present operator National Express defaulted on its franchise.

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The macabre details of Michael Jackson's death

Mark Steel: Within minutes of the first reports, it was clear the world was going mad. And it's still going on.

Survivor of Yemeni plane crash 'doing well'  new

Nursing staff today said the teenager believed to be the only survivor of a Yemeni jet crash is "doing well'' in a hospital in Comoros.

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Shipyards' future in doubt new

The future of two British shipyards has been brought into question after a leaked memo reportedly showed plans which could see them close.

Moors body search called off  new

The hunt for the remains of the Moors murders victim Keith Bennett has been stopped, police said today.

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Graduates face worst job market 'in two decades'

The number of graduate jobs on offer to the Class of 2009 has been cut by 28 per cent, according to figures published today.

China's internet backdown lauded by activists  new

China's ambitions to strengthen control of the internet with filtering software became a show of the limits of its power today, as activists and industry groups welcomed an abrupt delay of the contentious plan.

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Boris Pokrovsky: Opera director whose career at the Bolshoi crossed five decades

Boris Pokrovsky dominated Soviet opera for over 50 years and his productions – lavish, traditional, even sometimes staid – defined the Bolshoi style. But his chamber opera company often moved in a very different direction.

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Johann Hari: Almost everywhere is touched by the Stonewall riots now

It is now 40 years since the start of a riot for freedom in a small tavern in NYC

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Hamish McRae: Politics only confuses economics

The best that can be expected by next summer is an uncertain recovery

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Mark Steel: The danse macabre of Jackson's death

One reporter told us the news from LA was 'truly a JFK moment'

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