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Killed soldiers to be repatriated

Tributes have been paid to Lt Col Thorneloe and Trooper Hammond Two soldiers killed in Afghanistan, including the most senior Army officer to die in action since the Falklands War in 1982, are due to be repatriated. The bodies...

Gay rights: National pride | Editorial

Trawling hard for support in unrewarding times, Labour has made a determined pitch to gay and lesbian voters in the run-up to today's Gay Pride march in London. Gordon Brown's poetic comment on Thursday that "you can't...

Saving rates bounce back to 5 per cent

Tentative signs of recovery in the savings market are starting to appear with the return of 5 per cent interest rates. Several fixed-rate bonds are offering 5 per cent returns for the first time in eight months — but only for...

Fine balance

The Viking will be replaced by a new vehicle, the Warthog, next year The most recent British deaths in Afghanistan have prompted fresh debate over the Viking armoured vehicles used by British forces in Helmand province. The...

Minister quits as insult harms Lisbon government

Portugal's economy minister has resigned after making an offensive gesture during a parliamentary debate. His departure, under a cloud, has damaged the image of the government just three months before a general election that...

All of a twitter: how Sarah Brown upped her profile while playing down politics

Today, Gay Pride. Last week, Glastonbury. Wherever the masses gather, it seems, Sarah Brown is also to be found, smiling for cameras whilst twittering merrily away. The omnipresence of the prime minister's wife has been...

Foreign Office to back gay communities around the world

• Minister praises diplomats for supporting rights • Issue could be addressed at Commonwealth talks The Foreign Office is to risk the wrath of homophobic regimes worldwide by encouraging British ambassadors to do more to...

The Saturday interview: Andrew Adonis, transport minister

The six years he spent in a children's home shaped his education policy. It may also explain why the transport minister Andrew Adonis is still brimming with enthusiasm for his new job, despite the collapse of National Express...

Is there pensions apartheid? Well, if you're a nurse there is | Polly Toynbee

False Tory outrage at fat-cat pubic sector benefits is a crude sleight of hand to divert voters' attention from the real wealth gap Indignation at "gold-plated" public sector pensions is the latest wave in the Conservative...

Babies in China seized then sold for overseas adoption

Local officials in Guizhou accused of putting infants into orphanages after poor couples fail to pay fines for 'excess' births Local officials have been accused of seizing baby girls from parents who broke birth control limits...

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