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Weekend Travel Guide
Posted on July 4, 2009
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    Weekend film reviews and news
    Posted on July 4, 2009
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    Weekend book reviews
    Posted on July 4, 2009
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    Serena Williams wins women's singles against sister Venus in straight sets
    Posted on July 4, 2009
    Serena Williams claimed her third singles title with a 7-6, 6-2 victory over sister Venus in the women's final. The victory was Serena's sixth over her sister in nine grand slam final meetings.
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    Pride of Da Vinci's genius walks again after 500 years
    Posted on July 4, 2009
    This king of the jungle was created to flatter a king of France. Now Leonardo's amazing feat of engineering has been given new life by an Italian designer, to roars of approval. John Lichfield reports
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    The second man on the moon
    Posted on July 4, 2009
    Buzz Aldrin talks to Stephen Moss about the Apollo 11 mission 40 years ago and how he struggled to adjust to life back on earth
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    Was Jimi Hendrix murdered?
    Posted on July 4, 2009
    He was a music megastar, he died in mysterious circumstances involving drugs and there were suspicions of foul play. This was Michael Jackson . . . but it was also Jimi Hendrix. Was the guitar legend killed over money?
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    What next for newspapers?
    Posted on July 4, 2009
    A rich debate is developing in print and across the web about the implications of these changes for the newspaper industry, for journalism, and for society. And we would like you to help us explore and weigh this debate using the interactive map below.
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    Formula One
    Posted on July 4, 2009
    Hitler? He got things done, says Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone
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    Robert Fisk’s World: Tanks roll and guns fall silent, but the clichés go on for ever
    Posted on July 4, 2009
    Catholics are always ‘devout’, Protestants in Northern Ireland inevitably ‘staunch’
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    Enough sentimental bull about bullfighting
    Posted on July 4, 2009
    Does Ricky Gervais not realise that the animals speared in a ring have a far better life than those bred for hamburgers?
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    Is there pensions apartheid? Well, if you're a nurse there is
    Posted on July 4, 2009
    False Tory outrage at fat-cat pubic sector benefits is a crude sleight of hand to divert voters' attention from the real wealth gap
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    Tour de France
    Posted on July 4, 2009
    Lance Armstrong divides opinion as he looks to be a tour de force again
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    One crisis after another
    Posted on July 4, 2009
    Many CoffeeHousers will give a horse laugh to the idea of “green shoots” – especially the idea of Gordon Brown winning a fourth term because a grateful nation will thank him for a recovered economy.
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    ‘‘If you got elected to Westminster, what would your husband do for sex during the week?’’
    Posted on July 4, 2009
    With Caroline Flint feeling like window dressing, and few women left in cabinet, Labour stands accused of discrimination. Alyssa McDonald investigates
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    Wimbledon 2009
    Posted on July 4, 2009
    Roddick rips up the script to crush Murray.
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    Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert Thorneloe's death reignites equipment row
    Posted on July 4, 2009
    The death of the commanding officer of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards has reignited the row over the lack of vital military equipment for British troops in Afghanistan.
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    Labour's tax rise to pay for care homes
    Posted on July 4, 2009
    Labour is considering a plan to raise National Insurance contributions to fund a guaranteed minimum level of care for the elderly, The Independent has learnt.
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    It's July Fourth and Americans are in the mood to celebrate
    Posted on July 4, 2009
    Despite the economic and military gloom hanging over Independence Day, Americans are feeling optimistic.
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    Sex and the modern girl: Are we witnessing a new age of female sexual assertiveness?
    Posted on July 4, 2009
    Private sex parties are apparently all the rage for successful career women.
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    Battle for pink vote gets poisonous
    Posted on July 4, 2009
    With up to one million people expected to join today's Gay Pride march in London, political leaders are more desperate than ever to tap into the power of the "pink vote".
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    Treasury announces 'bonfire of quangos' to save taxpayer millions
    Posted on July 4, 2009
    The Treasury has called for a crackdown on quangos, which are costing taxpayers billions each year. Analysis by The Times of 33 quangos shows that direct government spending on them jumped by more than £1 billion, from £16.1 billion to £17.2 billion, between 2006-07 and 2007-08.
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    EU resolve hardens as British workers face Iran show trial
    Posted on July 4, 2009
    Iranian employees of the British Embassy in Tehran face the prospect of a show trial after the regime said that they had admitted conspiring against the Islamic Republic.
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    Palin drops resignation bombshell
    Posted on July 4, 2009
    Former vice-presidential candidate stuns party by quitting as Alaska governor.
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