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The Independent (Free subscription) | 56 minutes ago
Breast milk, long revered for the nutritional advantages it gives a newborn, could be just as vital in terms of infant development, a leading scientist will claim this week. Up to three different types of stem cells have been discovered in breast milk, according to revolutionary new research.
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The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
Prosecutors are expected to request life in prison for an American student and her former boyfriend accused of killing a young British woman in Italy.
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Hindu (Free subscription) | yesterday
VADALUR: The three-day “employment opportunity camp,” organised at the initiative of Kanimozhi, MP, got off to an impressive start on Friday. A large number of candidates turned out at Vallalar Gurukulam Higher Secondary School, ...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
Scientists switched on the world's largest atom smasher for the first time since the £6bn machine suffered a spectacular failure more than a year ago.
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MN Progressive Project (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Netroots Minnesota gubernatorial forum is starting now: Watch live right now . Play-by-play after the fold. How will use new media in your campaign? Kelley - using wikinomics(sp?) Margaret Anderson-Kelliher (MAK) - I've been twittering for a while. You may have heard it about at the last legislative session. Entenza - All of it RT Rybak - Thanked his thousands of Facebook and twitter friends and...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Getting a place on a graduate training programme can be like tackling an assault course. One determined student talks to Nic Paton about clearing the hurdles ... and winning You may not (yet) have to stand up and sing in front of a baying audience, but landing yourself a place on a graduate training programme does appear to be getting more and more like The X Factor. Long gone are the days of turning...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
After revelations about duck houses, moats and fake mortgages, many suspected it. Now a Harvard study claims to have proof that the life of a politician really is a nice little earner.
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The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Conservative MP who quit as chairman of Parliament's anti-sleaze committee after allegations that he misused expenses has described the claims against him as fiction "akin to Harry Potter".
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The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Royal Bank of Scotland has lost its appeal over a ruling that it failed to cater for the wheelchair access needs of a disabled teenager who was awarded £6,500 damages.
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The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
Two years ago they would have been dancing until dawn, having sunk a three-course dinner and magnums of vintage champagne. Now workers in Britain's formerly booming banks are having to dip into their own pockets to fund their Christmas parties.
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The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
Scripts for EastEnders Christmas specials were stolen during a burglary at a writer's home, the BBC said yesterday.
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The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
A debt-ridden woman and her son masterminded the contract killing of her husband in a calculated move motivated by a "combination of greed and loathing", a court heard yesterday.
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The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
Never mind the "hand of Henry" – the "foot of Yahia" has caused an even greater World Cup fallout in north Africa as rioting erupted in the early hours of yesterday morning in Cairo. It was Algerian defender Antar Yahia's powerful right-foot volley that settled their play-off with bitter rivals Egypt in the week's most contentious match.
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The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
A body believed to be that of a Brazilian prostitute involved in a scandal that brought down the governor of the Rome area was found in an apartment fire yesterday.
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The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
Maoist rebels in India have blown up a railway track, leading to the derailment of a crowded passenger train, killing two people and injuring dozens.