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Denham calls for Labour unity on HS2
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How many new species are left?
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Sex please, we're French
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Pie and mash shop given listed status
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Celebrating Britain's worst graffiti
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Are funeral selfies bad form?
Open thread: Guardian readers, we could ask Miss Manners, but instead we'll ask you: are selfies at funerals harmless fun or a faux pas? -
Lou Reed's rock'n'roll poetry
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Africa teen pregnancy rise predicted
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Lou Reed: a career of being contrary
The streetwise, tough image was matched by songs of real tenderness and touching fragility, writes Alexis Petridis
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Spurs' new stadium: club can cash in
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Where are the 2003 heroes now?
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Kenya faces censure from Wada
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Chas & Dave live session
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My affair on the Costa Concordia
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Darkmail's email encryption alliance
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Breaking down NSA's 'hops' method
The NSA describes anyone a target communicates with directly as 'one hop' away. So how many people are three 'hops' from you?
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