#1 — CNN | Nearly all British troops pulling out of Iraq
LONDON, England (CNN) — Almost all British troops in Iraq are being pulled out because the agreement that allows them to be there expires on Friday, the British Ministry of Defence said Tuesday.
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#2 — DM | Banned, the police Union Flag badge that backs our troops
Scores of Scotland Yard officers are in open revolt after being banned from wearing Union Flag badges in support of British troops.
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#3 — DM | Hundreds of thousands of migrants here for handouts, says senior judge
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants come to Britain just to get welfare benefits, a senior judge declared yesterday.
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#4 — ox | Biden’s Candor a Persistent Challenge for Obama
Vice President Biden often gets labeled as a gaffe machine. But he’s more like the Democrats’ version of the Straight Talk Express.
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#5 — Times | Corby council found liable over birth defects
A group who blame their birth deformities on their mothers’ exposure to toxic materials before they were born won a landmark legal action today against a council it blames for their condition.
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#6 — Times | Career criminal George Moon ran cocaine empire from prison
A career criminal managed to import a million pounds worth of cocaine despite being locked up in prison.
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#7 — Times | Oyster-lovers rage at ban after Arcachon shellfish fail mouse test
Oyster-lovers are in revolt against mice used to test the shellfish for toxins after the death of the rodents has lead to a ban on the delicacy for the fifth year running.
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#8 — Telegraph | £25 a night allowance scrapped
MPs are to be forced to abandon a controversial new allowance that lets them claim thousands of pounds without producing receipts.
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