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Rising unemployment will cost the government £1.5bn more than expected in welfare benefits
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Universities plan to accredit undergraduates who gain workplace skills or experience in jobs market
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Twenty-three inmates dispersed to secure prisons after buildings torched in protest at drinking clampdown
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Security forces investigating suicide attack on Coptic church focus on a local group inspired by al-Qaida
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Uniformed officers patrol streets around Joanna Yeates's home after landlord freed on bail
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Iranian authorities say original sentence could be dropped but don't say whether she could be hanged
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Peacekeepers ordered to investigate reports of atrocities as President Gbagbo's standoff continues
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Ruling party plans new law to fight corruption as Indian public's disgust spreads from tea shops to crowdsourcing websites
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Two others missing, feared drowned as more storms and heavy rain are forecast for the devastated state
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Nice moves towards official appraisal of anti-blindness drug despite corporate drug firm's objections
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Muttahida Qaumi Movement pulls out over fuel and taxes, leaving Asif Zardari's government in turmoil
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Senior backbench Tory warns PM will lose grassroots support if coalition form joint 'Frankenstein' party to fight next general election
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No immediate reports of deaths or damage as tens of thousands flee for higher ground in fear of tsunami
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First casino to open for 25 years celebrated its first week in business with a New Year's Eve party
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