
The Independent US House approves sweeping healthcare overhaul
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The US House of Representatives gave final approval to a sweeping healthcare overhaul today, expanding insurance coverage to nearly all Americans and handing President Barack Obama a landmark victory.

The Independent Ministers furious at new lobbying 'scandal' - Byers, Hewitt and Hoon face sleaze inquiry over 'cash-for-access' allegations
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The Independent A UN project aimed to help millions - but it brought them water contaminated with arsenic
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Up to 20 million people in Bangladesh are at risk of suffering early deaths because of arsenic poisoning – the legacy of a well-intentioned but ill-planned water project that created a devastating public health catastrophe.

The Independent British military intelligence 'ran renegade torture unit in Iraq'

The Independent 'I was a victim of abuse. This is what the Pope must do to stop it'
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The Independent Doctor Who: has age withered this Time Lord?
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I couldn't make it to Cardiff this week for the press launch for the new series of Doctor Who, but then, although mildly intrigued, I'm in no desperate hurry to make the acquaintance of the Doctor's latest incarnation. ...

The Independent Johann Hari: The Pope, the Prophet, and the religious support for evil
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What can make tens of millions of people – who are in their daily lives peaceful and compassionate and caring – suddenly want to physically dismember a man for drawing a cartoon, or make excuses for an international criminal conspiracy to protect child-rapists? Not reason. ...

The Independent Does Facebook need a panic button?
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Facebook has "no objection in principle" to installing an anti-paedophile panic button on its site, Home Secretary Alan Johnson said today.

The Independent Berlusconi caught out trying to stifle media - Wiretap transcripts lead to investigation of Prime Minister and TV regulator
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The Independent Think oblique: How our goals are best reached indirectly - In business, in mountaineering and even in the pursuit of happiness, the most direct route isn't always best. Economist John Kay makes the case for obliquity
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The Independent Spare me the misery lit, says Orange Prize judge - I felt like a social worker by the end of choosing the longlist, says Daisy Goodwin
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The Independent We need your help collating people's attitudes to globalisation, for our world map of people's opinions
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