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The public is being asked to vote on more than 44,000 ideas for spending cuts submitted via a Treasury website.

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Labour leadership contender Ed Miliband has said he would demand the resignation of Nick Clegg before working in coalition with the Lib Dems.

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An Israeli court approves the detention of a man who broke into the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv, while the man’s lawyer says this client was an Israeli informer.

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Acclaimed British literary critic Sir Frank Kermode has died at the age of 90, the London Review of Books announces.

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The Liverpool home of former Beatle Ringo Starr could be bulldozed after years of wrangling over its future.

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The EU is to spend an extra 30m euros ($39m) on emergency aid for victims of Pakistan’s devastating floods, as new flood warnings are announced.

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One passenger remains “serious but stable” in hospital after a train derailed in a crash with a sewage tanker at a crossing in Suffolk.

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England and Liverpool footballer Joe Cole is found guilty of speeding at more than 100mph on a bypass in Surrey.

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BHP Billiton makes a hostile takeover bid for Potash Corp as demand for fertiliser is set to increase to meet rising meat demand.

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Lib Dem MPs should have a veto on policies put forward by the coalition government, the party’s deputy leader says, as the coalition reaches its 100th day in power.

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A North Korea aircraft, which may be a fighter jet, has crashed in China close to the country’s shared border, according to South Korean reports.

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Public sector workers in South Africa begin an indefinite strike after rejecting an offer of a 7% pay rise from the government.

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The world’s largest container shipping firm, AP Moller-Maersk, returns to profit, thanks to a recovery in container volumes.

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A Colombia court rules a 2009 deal allowing US troops access to army bases is unconstitutional and needs congressional approval.

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The permanent secretary of the Department for Regional Department is suspended pending an investigation into events relating to NI Water.

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