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  • Toyota pulls Prius in for repairs over brake fault
  • Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda speaks to the press in Tokyo as the firm announced another recall. Photograph: Toru Hanai/REUTERS The consumer backlash against Toyota intensified tonight when drivers of the recalled Prius complained…
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  • Brown hails 'sacrifice' ahead of Afghan offensive
  • Prime Minister Gordon Brown hails the "service and sacrifice" of British troops as they prepare to join US and Afghan forces in a major offensive in Afghanistan against the Taliban. The biggest surge of the Afghan war so far, Operation…
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Channel 4 News

  • Vincent Clerc in France team to play Ireland in Six Nations
  • France have named their team to play Ireland at the Stade de France in Paris on Saturday. Alexis Palisson replaces Julien Fall on one wing and Vincent Clerc of Toulouse replaces Aurélien Rougerie on the other. The prop Luc Ducalcon is…
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The Guardian
  • Gianfranco Zola hits back at West Ham co-owners David Sullivan…
  • West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola has accused the club’s owner David Sullivan of undermining his team as they prepare for a must-win game against Birmingham City on Wednesday night. Zola was incensed by Sullivan’s comments that he and all…
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Daily Mail
  • Nani - I never wanted to go
  • The Portuguese winger had been tipped to move on from the Premier League champions during the January transfer window after a disappointing first half of the season. He suffered with injury and poor form, and there were suggestions that…
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SkySports

  • 400 Cadbury's workers sacked after Kraft confirms factory will…
  • Cadbury's new owner Kraft was accused last night of breaking a promise to keep a key factory open. Around 400 workers will lose their jobs after the American food group announced it will shut the Somerdale plant in Somerset. The site, in…
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Daily Mail

  • Nigeria: Vice president now acting president
  • Associated Press Writers= ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's parliament empowered Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to run Africa's most populous nation Tuesday in place of an ill and absent president, striving for a political end to a crisis…
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  • Labour party's phone calls to voters breached privacy laws
  • The information watchdog ruled that Labour's phone calls to voters breached privacy laws. Photograph: K-Photos/Alamy The Labour party broke privacy laws when it made nearly 500,000 unsolicited phone calls featuring a recording of Coronation…
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The Guardian

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  • MPS URGED TO BACK TAX ON BANKS
  • Politicians have been urged to back a "Robin Hood tax" on banks' financial transactions to raise billions of pounds to fight poverty, protect public services and fight climate change. A coalition of charities, aid agencies, green groups and…
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Daily Express

  • Vernon Kay says sex texts were 'stupid'
  • Kay said he had ''let down'' his wife, Strictly Come Dancing presenter Tess Daly, and their two young daughters. The All Star Family Fortunes host told The Sun: ''Tess is extremely upset about this and we're working through it.'' Kay, who…
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Daily Telegraph