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Time to leave Afghanistan: The options & arguments

This Remembrance Sunday, Britain's mission in Afghanistan is under question as never before. Three choices face Gordon Brown: stay as we are and stick it out; a staged, unilateral withdrawal; or a radical change of strategy.

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Hero or Villain? Egon Krenz

Egon Krenz rose through the ranks of the East German communist party, the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, like gas in a stagnant pond. His ascent was so smooth, so inexorable, that it seemed less a matter of politics than of...

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Lord Falkland uses loophole to net £140,000

Jonathan Calvert and Claire Newell A HEREDITARY peer whose ancestor gave his name to the Falkland Islands has admitted “exploiting a loophole” in the rules to claim more than £140,000 in expenses from the House of Lords. Lord...

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Slovakia closes border crossings with Ukraine amid A/H1N1 fears

Slovakia will close on Sunday all border crossings with Ukraine, except for the car checkpoint in Vysne Nemecke, amid fears of spreading the A/H1N1 virus, the Slovakian interior minister said on Saturday.

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Russia, Slovenia could sign deal on South Stream next Sat - media

SARAJEVO, November 7 (RIA Novosti) - Ljubljana and Moscow have finalized an agreement to take the South Stream gas pipeline through Slovenia and could sign it in Moscow next week, a Slovenian paper reported on Saturday....

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Restore trust in the democracy for which so many died

Telegraph View: the public's belief in the integrity of the political process has been greatly damaged by this Government Remembrance Sunday is an opportunity to reflect on, and give thanks for, the sacrifices that were made by...

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The ministry of silly ministry names

After Lisbon, ministers will have little left to do but tinker with the titles of their departments, says Christopher Booker If David Cameron wants to do something useful when he arrives in Downing Street (while the EU gets on...

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Zombies are lurking on every high street

When the chief executive of a big bank says he has been "bruised" you know there is an awful going on behind that short word. As chief executive of RBS, how much of his business would he need to give up to satisfy the European...

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This financial mess isn't even the end of the beginning for UK wealth

"This isn't the end. In an admirably frank report last week, the International Monetary Fund singled out the UK as "uniquely vulnerable" to spiralling debt service costs as we deal with the mess left by Brown's fiscal...

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More drug advisers set to follow David Nutt and resign

Members of Advisory Council on Misuse of Drugs to demand assurance of future independence from home secretary Alan Johnson More members of the government's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs are set to resign unless they...

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