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Campaigners win House of Lords votes on Employment and Support Allowance

French journalist among dead after convoy is attacked on official trip to war-hit city

Professor working at key nuclear facility dead following series of attacks Iranian regime links to Israel and US

Whoever is killing Iran's scientists is clearly willing to risk catastrophic consequences that could engulf the whole region

Andrew Lansley says he will pursue private clinics who refuse to remove impants 'aggressively through the courts'

Education secretary, inspired by book on military, calls for collaborative approach to developing new curriculum

How events have unfolded in relationship between newspaper and private investigator

Evidence of big cats at large grows as charity investigates killing of roe deer at Woodchester Park near Stroud

Survey of 30,000 children aged eight to 16 pinpoints family relationships and 'materialistic traps' behind low well-being

Supermarkets, banks, law firms and energy providers sign up to Nick Clegg's social mobility strategy

Police hold 18-year-old on suspicion of murdering three young children and their older brother in bungalow fire at Freckleton

New York band launch lawsuit after reading Andy Warhol Foundation had agreed to license design for Apple products

The National Trust and Wildlife Trusts gave the government secret lists of public woodlands before the sale was halted

Case of Babar Ahmed found to be so exceptional that ban on interview should be quashed

UN figures show that only $2.38bn of $4.5bn pledged has been sent to nation where 2010 natural disaster killed 300,000 people

Two years after the quake that affected 3 million people, aid is still struggling to reach the streets

Video posted anonymously on YouTube claims to show American troops in Afghanistan urinating on dead bodies

Monument neglects accomplishments as US president and second world war commander, says granddaugther

Tourists absent as uncertainty grows throughout country, with interim government struggling to plot way forward

Military warns that remarks made by prime minister could have 'potentially grievous consequences for country'

Tall-building boom may indicate impending disaster in China and India, claims report by Barclays Capital

Royal Bank of Scotland could axe up to 4,000 jobs at investment banking arm, as chancellor promises to get tough on bonuses

As 67 restaurants close, chief executive insists chain must 'shrink to grow'

EDF Energy's reduction in gas tariffs puts pressure on other 'big six' firms, already the focus of 4m complaints from consumers

Heather Stewart: the Italian prime minister has warned that Italy's voters will not tolerate deeper cuts to the nation's budget

Leading light in the world of needlework and embroidery who was determined to repopularise handicrafts in America

Peter Bradshaw: It is absurd to imply, as David Cameron has, that hearty commercial films are starved of cash by arthouse conspirators

Mikhail Prokhorov: I hope Russia can avoid a bumpy – and perhaps bloody – phase as it moves to become a full partner of Europe's democracies

Martin Kettle: The Scottish Nationalist party leader wants a referendum deal – because without it the SNP is more likely to lose

Letters: The pro-HS2 rail lobby has managed to convince most politicians and business leaders that HS2 is the only game in town when it comes to modernising the UK's creaking rail infrastructure

David Hambling looks at the necessity for icebreakers as ice gets thinner