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WikiLeaks: Pope's offer to Anglicans risked 'violence against Catholics'
British ambassador warned that pontiff's invitation to disaffected Anglicans to convert left relations with Vatican at 150-year low
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Royal attack: police tactics questioned as PM condemns 'feral' protest
David Cameron promises that violent protesters will feel the full force of the law while many complain of excessive police force
Front page
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A chair and a photo stand in for Liu Xiaobo at Nobel peace prize ceremony
Few nations heed Beijing's boycott as committee calls for winner to be freed and tells China: citizens have right to criticise
Top stories p2
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'Prejudice and lies will not stand' says Beijing, still furious over Liu Xiaobo's Nobel peace prize
China's state-owned media calls Nobel committee an 'evil cult' while state security abducts rights campaigners from the street and cuts their communications
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Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo's wife missing, as couple's home vanishes too
Beijing roadworkers dig up paved entrance to apartment block as Nobel peace prize is awarded to absent Chinese activist
Top stories p3
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Foreign Office memo shows 2002 plan to sell Iraq invasion to UK media
Strategy for bringing the media onside was drawn up six months before Iraq invasion
UK news p4
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Deadlock over Kyoto means Cancún talks have little to show after two weeks
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40 years and billions of mints later, Nestlé to close After Eight factory
Unite union urges Nestlé, world's largest confectioner, to redeploy After Eight workers in Yvette Cooper's Castleford constituency
UK news p5
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Charles and Camilla attack at student fees protest must face inquiry says Tory
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Student fees protests: who started the violence?
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Student protester operated on after being 'hit with police baton'
Alfie Meadows, 20, treated for bleeding on the brain over incident at tuition fees demo which has been referred to IPCC
Top stories p6
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Schoolboy warned by police over picket plan at David Cameron's office
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Police must not be seen as arm of the state, warns top officer
Sir Hugh Orde warns that repeated clashes with demonstrators risks damaging reputation of police force
Top stories p7
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Tuition fees: Student demonstrators catch a wave of youth fury
Direct action groups have replaced the NUS at the heart of student demonstrations over the government's rise in tuition fees
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Tuition fees could still be out of next Lib Dem manifesto, claims MP
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Tax avoidance: how big business cuts its bills
Double dips and Dutch sandwiches are two of the many strategies that big companies use to pay less tax
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Pink Floyd guitarist's son apologises for Cenotaph protest stunt
Charlie Gilmour, 21, said he was 'mortified' by his 'moment of idiocy', after he climbed on to the memorial to Britain's war dead
Top stories p8
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How Boots' Swiss move cost UK £100m a year
The British household name was acquired, along with its parent company, Alliance Boots, in Europe's largest private equity deal in 2007 -
Nick Clegg calls for unity in wake of tuition fees vote
Lib Dem leader insists party can 'move forward without rancour' despite rebellion of more than a third of its MPs
Top stories p9
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Andy Coulson denies knowledge of criminal activity at News of the World
• Tommy Sheridan trial hears No 10 media chief reject claims he knew of widespread phone hacking
• Scotland Yard finds insufficient evidence for fresh prosecutions in hacking case
UK news p12
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Phone hacking: Andy Coulson will not be charged says DPP
David Cameron's director of communications will not be prosecuted over claims he knew of hacking while editor of News of the World, it has been announced
UK news p13
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Shrien Dewani granted bail despite claims of 'significant new evidence'
Despite claims footage shows him handing payment to taxi driver, British businessman Shrien Dewani granted £250,000 bail
UK news p14
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ITV gets 14m for Coronation street and hopes for 20m for X Factor – so what is the problem?
Despite huge successes, some say broadcaster needs to diversify to stay alive
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X Factor's strongest year yet leaves Simon Cowell smirking
UK news p15
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Politicians accused of failing victims of violence in Northern Ireland
Denis Bradley hits out as fears grow that government will unveil watered-down proposals to deal with legacy of the Troubles -
Ricky Hatton settles £1.4m claim by ex-trainer in out of court agreement
Former boxing champion was being sued by Billy Graham, who said he was still owed money after being sacked in 2008
UK news p16
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Thaw a brief respite as north and east braced for more snow
Respite from the bitter weather may be brief as the Met Office is warning of a return to colder conditions
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Labour questions economic case for high-speed rail link
Shadow transport secretary says project is not 'untouchable' and will be included in policy review ordered by Ed Miliband
UK news p17
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Tesco gets a little help with its credit card interest calculations
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'Russian spy' researcher used MP's email and controlled his computer
Ekaterina Zatuliveter was 'flirty and intimate' with MP Mike Hancock, according to two former interns
UK news p18
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Labour admits defence errors at launch of policy review
Shadow defence secretary acknowledges mistakes but accuses coalition of leaving £4.3bn black hole in its calculations
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Newspapers challenge secrecy of extradition process in court
Prosecutors have refused to disclose documents which have been used to justify the extradition of two Britons
UK news p19
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Smartphones changing the way we shop
UK news p20
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Local groups get right to take over services in 'big society' project
Radical localism bill to allow residents buy buildings and assume control of community facilities
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Council budget cuts will hit the most deprived areas, says study
Coalition prepares to unveil pupil premium as research suggests 10 worst-affected councils will include some of poorest areas
UK news p22
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British men are too scruffy, says menswear designer of the year
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Opera in cinemas takes off – and joins the 3D revolution
Lights, camera, arias! Sell-out shows bring in new audiences and serious cash for leading opera houses
UK news p23
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A bad word is coming. You may want to look away now
It was the week when the C-word almost entered polite language – but not Hansard
UK news p24
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Cinderella – review
UK news p25
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Strippers and vicar unite to fight cleanup campaign
Women's groups in move to close down strip clubs, while vicar fears ban would leave workers in danger
UK news p26
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A migraine-inducing libel case
UK news p27
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WikiLeaks cable blames Pope's mobile phobia for 'muddled messaging'
Pope's 'moral megaphone' at low volume because of inner circle's ignorance about modern media, US diplomat says
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WikiLeaks cables: Pope wanted Muslim Turkey kept out of EU
Vatican diplomats also lobbied against Venezuela's Hugo Chávez and wanted 'Christian roots' enshrined in EU constitution
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Pope helped to free British sailors held by Iran, WikiLeaks cables show
Leaked cables show UK diplomats were reluctant to give pontiff credit for release of 15 sailors held for a fortnight in 2007
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WikiLeaks cables: Vatican refused to engage with child sex abuse inquiry
Leaked cable lays bare how Irish government was forced to grant Vatican officials immunity from testifying to Murphy commission
Top stories p30
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WikiLeaks: the week the US ran scared and a folk hero was born
The US drive against Julian Assange backfired when his website's supporters turned on those backing Washington
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Cyber attacks by WikiLeaks' defenders hit online traders badly
Traders report big drop in sales this week, when attacks on credit card companies started
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WikiLeaks cables: Anonymous declares online war against companies
Shadowy group of 'hactivists' targets big US websites for Operation Payback as firms face web onslaught
Top stories p32
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German troops sent to France in symbolic defence of the euro
Historic force stationed outside Strasbourg was agreed by Sarkozy and Merkel as a show of unity between the countries
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Silvio Berlusconi accused of buying MPs' votes
Investigation opens into claims of 'transfer market' defections as Italian PM's party faces censure motions in parliament
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Iranian woman taken home to 'confess' on state television
Coercion of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani to take part in broadcast 'makes a mockery' of legal system
International p34
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Bated breath as Norwegian Wood film opens in Japan
Movie premieres in Japan, 23 years after Haruki Murakami's novel published
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Haiti erupts in riots as supporters of Michel Martelly protest
Outbreak of gunfire in Port-au-Prince follows disputed election results that push presidential candidate Martelly into third place
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Fashion designer Sylvie Cachay found dead in Manhattan hotel bath
Boyfriend of woman is being questioned by police but no one has yet been charged with any crime
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Keith Richards's smoking habits and the death of a rare orchid
The Rolling Stone's cigarette played a part in the end of a Phalaenopsis amabilis at the New York Public Library
International p35
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Russian journalist cleared of slander in road controversy
Court overturns verdict against Mikhail Beketov, who accused government official over forest clearance near Moscow
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Coming to America: Gaza boys take trip of a lifetime
Film documents experience of 15 students who were taken on an eye-opening journey to New York arranged by a UN agency -
New Orleans police officers convicted over Katrina killing
Three New Orleans policemen found guilty in connection with death of man who was shot and burned after Hurricane Katrina
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Israel faces tougher line from EU after former heads call for Palestinian state
Former EU leaders sign letter urging creation of state with East Jerusalem as capital and settlement freeze
International p36
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Bettencourt feud ends but battle rumbles on for Sarkozy
L'Oréal heiress and daughter settle court fight, but French elite still on edge after saga exposes gulf with rest of France
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Leaked report reveals Thai military responsible for protesters' deaths
Separate report concludes Thai army also responsible for death of Reuters cameraman
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Nun 'embezzled $850,000 from New York college'
Sister Marie Thornton pleads not guilty to stealing cash over a ten-year period
International p37
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Jerry Hall: 'Mick served his purpose'
Jerry Hall is one of the few 1970s icons who can remember much about those hedonistic times. But for all the wild stories she could tell, these days she's more interested in her kids, cricket and keeping chickens. By Stephen Moss
Saturday p39
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After the WikiLeaks cyber war, what now for the web?
The conversation: As hackers join the battle between WikiLeaks and the US government, Conservative blogger Iain Dale and open access campaigner Jim Killock take sides
Saturday p40
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Dilemma on the moor: The truth about pony slaughter on Dartmoor
Dartmoor ponies are now worth more dead than alive, and are being killed and fed to lions in the zoo. Sadly it may be the only way to save a habitat and an economy in crisis. By Leo Hickman
Saturday p42
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Saving a language is one thing, but I'm saddened by Scotland going Gaelic
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Bidisha's Thought for the Day: Burma on film
Saturday p43
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They bombed al-Jazeera's reporters. Now the US is after our integrity
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The cringe at the heart of Christmas
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The gap in our teeth
Comment & debate p44
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As NHS cuts bite, we will soon see the next eruption of popular anger
Comment & debate p45
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Country Diary: Porthmadog
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Corrections and clarifications
Cicero's orations against Catiline | Gordon Brown interview | Martti Ahtisaari | Missing credits for Christmas pictures -
Bonuses: When bank jobs pay
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Unthinkable? Putting Liu Xiaobo on notes and stamps
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Street politics: Playing with fire
Editorials & reply p46
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Further impressions on the day of protest
Letters: They drive through a bitterly disappointed protest, their opulent wealth and massive distance from ordinary lives only too obvious -
The search for Muslim identity
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Frozen memories
Letters: There are those who can remember pushing frozen rivulets of thin ice about on the insides of their single-paned windows -
Cold, hungry, tired and fearful - our kettled children
Letters: When did we endorse the police holding our children for hours in freezing weather and preventing our presence, despite them having committed no crime? -
Education – not a right but a privilege
Letters: The misguided education maintenance allowance was a key illustration of how education is undervalued by citizens; to be 'incentivised' -
The Lib dems and democracy
Letters: The Lib Dems are virtually a spent force in politics, their sole residual role being to ease through vicious Tory legislation by toning it down a tiny bit
Editorials & reply p47
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Banks to sidestep bonus crackdown by raising salaries
European crackdown on bonus deals looks likely to mean banks will just increase pay instead
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Atkins diet firm sells out to Roark Capital
Private equity group Roark says Atkins diet is misunderstood
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Madoff trustee accuses Austrian banker of being 'criminal soulmate'
Trustee says Sonja Kohn fed investors' money to Bernard Madoff as he launches a $19.6bn lawsuit against 60 individuals and institutions
Financial p48
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Booming China tries to rein in lending
Fears that the Chinese economy may be running out of control grow despite central bank's move to curtail bank lending
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IMF postpones approval of Irish bailout
Delay and uncertainty after Irish prime minister Brian Cowen says he will seek parliamentary backing for the €85bn bailout
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Petrol price soars to record high
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Two senior Airbus executives charged with insider dealing in France
Chief operating officer John Leahy and former HR director Erik Pillet face charges over exercise of share options in the weeks prior to release of bad news relating to A380 programme
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Regional airline Flybe raised £66m from stock market flotation
The Exeter-based airline once known as British European took off after rebranding as Flybe and embracing a low-cost business model
Financial p49
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The North Face aims for summit of outdoor sector
The popular brand wants to be the 'Nike of outdoors' but without sacrificing its standards
Financial p51
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James Moody obituary
Jazz saxophonist best known for his 1952 pop hit Moody's Mood for Love
Obituaries p53
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