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Cameron: we will build £1bn 'smart grid' to green Britain
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MPs to be exempt from publishing expenses
Proposed parliamentary changes released at same time as Heathrow and Equitable Life announcements
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Air Obama: will new president swap Boeing for Airbus?
President's ageing Air Force One planes could be replaced with flagship French superjumbo
Front page
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And this, foreign secretary, is your room: Miliband's long night in 'the other India'
Top stories p3
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'Air travel is going to get more popular'
Majority of passengers using Heathrow in favour of third runway expansion
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Conflict, compromise and the rise of the 'Milibenn' tendency
Heathrow package fell into place only after five-day battle and an eleventh-hour deal
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We can have hundreds of extra flights a day and still be green - ministers
Climate worries brushed aside as decision lets BAA push on with £8bn third runway
UK news p4
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Economics, pollution, jobs and noise ... how the arguments stack up
Key questions on Heathrow's third runway, from the government's case to carbon emissions
UK news p5
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Hutton tells Nato allies to 'step up to plate' over Afghanistan
Defence secretary says British troops are fighting in a mission 'fundamental to national security'
UK news p7
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Poverty no excuse for poor exam results, says children's secretary
Ed Balls warns underachieving schools face takeover and vows to get tough on academies
UK news p8
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Food watchdog puts calorie count on the takeaway menu
Restaurants, takeaways and canteens may adopt 'traffic light' code to tackle Britain's obesity crisis
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Coroner blames youths who taunted boy before suicide leap
Inquest hears that Shaun Dykes suffered from depression and had recently split up with his boyfriend
UK news p9
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Russian tycoon lines up Tatler editor to take over at Standard
Deal to buy paper looks to complete within days, while Lebedev also in talks over stake in Independent
UK news p11
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Air rage and out-raging
Simon Hoggart: It's always embarrassing when an MP pretends to go berserk. There's something over-planned about it
UK news p12
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Life for father who killed baby in fit of anger
Craig Goddard admitted killing his son after 'snapping', and will serve a minimum of 11 years
UK news p13
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Bollywood star attacks film's portrayal of India
Amitabh Bachchan voices bitterness on blog over global recognition for Slumdog Millionaire
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Winslet v Winslet - and Angelina - as UK films sweep Bafta nominations
Globe winner nominated twice in Best Actress category, while Slumdog Millionaire gets 11 nods
UK news p14
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Slowly, warily, leaders consider the options
Ceasefire has been on debating table since Israeli offensive began, but with strict conditions
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Airstrike kills senior Hamas minister as Cairo talks inch towards ceasefire
Hamas official vows vengeance for death of interior minister, Said Siam, as brokering talks continue
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Cabinet clash: Battle of the Ehuds
Israeli PM and his defence minister engaged in very public difference of opinion over strategy in Gaza
International p18
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Decision-makers
Who's who in Hamas: a guide to the party's leaders and their political backgrounds
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'I want peace - with security'
Two eyewitness reports from those living on frontline of rockets in Gaza and Isarel
International p19
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Waterboarding is torture, says Obama's choice as justice chief
Guantánamo statement from next attorney-general signals break with Bush administration
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UAE in line to become first Arab country with nuclear power
Gulf state says it is seeking nuclear programme for energy, not to produce an atomic weapon
International p20
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Sorry for the junk food: Obama's letter to his girls
President-elect mixes personal and political in published missive to daughters Malia and Sasha
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Castro's disappearance fuels new health fears
Former president fails to meet visiting dignitaries, appear on TV and publish his regular newspaper column
International p21
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ANC tactics bring shades of Zimbabwe to South Africa
Simon Tisdall: Allies of Jacob Zuma seem prepared to stop at nothing to save him following a ruling that he should stand trial
International p24
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Kim Jong Il keeps press guessing over succession
South Korea's Yonhap news agency says youngest son will succeed leader, citing unidentified intelligence source
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One man's quest to find first black winner of the Tour de France
International p25
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Crisis in progress: please apply within
Nils Pratley: So many problems, so few candidates for front-line duty
Financial p26
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Average first-time buyer's deposit soars to highest ever level
CML says average deposit paid in November jumped to 18% of property's value
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Equitable Life apology for all but only a few will get redress
Policyholders could be entitled to compensation but payments may take up to two years
Financial p27
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Debt forces shoppers to rein in their spending after Christmas last hurrah
Margins squeezed at leading chains amid growing evidence that shoppers are curbing spending
Financial p28
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Firms may fall to banks
Britain's biggest companies will struggle to refinance debts of as much as £210bn over next five years
Financial p29
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Commercial property 'will halve in value'
Collapse will heap further pressure on banks' shattered balance sheets and could lead to property-firm failures
Financial p30
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Faith, hope and fast food. The big chief getting Little Chef motoring
Interview: Ian Pegler's evangelical determination drags his roadside diner chain back from the brink
Financial p31
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News in brief
More stories from the business world
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No evidence Madoff traded a single share for clients, says regulator
Financial regulator received warning as early as 1996, but failed to demand necessary evidence
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FTSE suffers as fears of fresh bank crisis grow
Chris Tryhorn: Another day of turmoil for banking shares drives FTSE 100 down for seventh successive session
Financial p32
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Indiscriminate slaughter from the air is a barbarism that must be abolished
Simon Jenkins: From Vietnam and Iraq to Gaza today, history testifies that aerial bombing is an ineffective, intolerable military tactic
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Diary
Hugh Muir:We will create 100,000 new jobs, said Gordon. Those who won't work will be shown the light
Comment & debate p33
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Generation Crunch need more than just McJobs
Libby Brooks: The new apprenticeship scheme is welcome, but strict steps must be taken to ensure it is not just employers who benefit
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Elements of surprise
Mark Lawson: Critics are being urged to keep plots secret, but is ignorance really bliss for the viewing public?
Comment & debate p34
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Runway 3 will be a shrine to Labour's congenital frailty
Martin Kettle: When backed in a corner, ministers seem unable to make the right choices on tough issues and build alliances to support them
Comment & debate p35
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Corrections and clarifications
Today's corrections
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Concrete and calamity
Editorial: Britain's world-leading response to climate change has lived and died in a few weeks
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In praise of ... The Prisoner
Editorial: For all its tightfistedness with conventional narrative pleasures, The Prisoner is supreme drama
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Country diary
Colin Luckhurst: West Cornwall
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Joseph Arch and the farm workers
From the archives, 16 January 1874: Joseph Arch is described in the Dictionary of National Biography as unequalled among English agricultural labourers
Editorials & reply p36
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A home with an Aga cooker can use less energy than one without
Response: The idea that Agas are inefficient and only for the middle class belongs to the past, says William McGrath
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Arguments take shape over a third Heathrow runway
Letters: The decision to expand Heathrow seriously undermines the government's efforts to lead the way on climate change
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Growing outrage at the killings in Gaza
Letters: The massacres in Gaza are the latest phase of a war that Israel has been waging against the people of Palestine for more than 60 years
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I wasn't wrong about green shoots in 1991
Letters: Whether there are shoots or not, we do need even a very small injection of hope in the present economic gloom
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Persian voices
Letter: Voice of America welcomes the BBC World Service to the Persian-language television market
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Blown off course
Letters: I'm afraid our house never did have a turbine installed (Many home turbines fall short of claims, warns study, 13 January)
Editorials & reply p37
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Jan Kaplický
Obituaries p38
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Vivian Ridler
Obituary: The last great figure in 500 years of Oxford University printing
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Ricardo Montalban
Obituary:The suave Mexican star of Fantasy Island - and a memorable Star Trek villain
Obituaries p39
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RPO/Gatti
Royal Festival Hall, London
Conducting without a score, which some would consider foolhardy, Gatti takes huge risks, says Tim Ashley -
Charles Avery
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Les Sept Planches de la Ruse
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Lloyd Cole
Memorial Hall, Sheffield
This is definitely the real Cole. He looks fabulous, hardly a day older than in 1984, says Dave Simpson -
Demolition Ball
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Gothic Circus/Plug'n'Play
Shunt, London
An installation of kinetic sculptures and an 'end of civilisation' cabaret don't impress Lyn Gardner much
Reviews p40
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Skiwatch
There has been some new snow in the French southern Alps and the Pyrenees