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Is Esther Vergeer unbeatable at Wimbledon?
As Esther Vergeer, arguably the world’s most successful athlete, prepares to defend her Wimbledon wheelchair doubles title, Channel 4 News meets two Britons bidding to end her unique unbeaten run.
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FactCheck: the case for our luxury Legal Aid budget
The claim “The only place with more expensive Legal Aid than England and Wales is Northern Ireland, and no doubt they’ll be addressing the same question” Ken Clarke, Justice Secretary, on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, June 29, 2011
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Could taxpayers clean up the acts of the banks?
As a charity reveals state-owned RBS loaned money to a manufacturer of banned munitions, could Nick Clegg’s shares-for-all idea prevent this happening again? Channel 4 News investigates.
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NATO risks military irrelevance says Robert Gates
NATO risks “collective military irrelevance” unless Europe boosts its spending, according to US Defence Secretary Robert Gates.
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EU to boost E.coli compensation for farmers
The EU says it is prepared substantially to increase its 150m euro compensation offer to farmers hit by a deadly E.coli outbreak. Scientists still do not know the source of the infection.
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Mladic faces genocide charges at war crimes tribunal
Ratko Mladic will be formally charged with genocide when he faces a war crimes tribunal for the first time at The Hague. His lawyer says he’s been treated in a prison hospital.
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Scientists hunt E.coli outbreak source
As scientists work to identify the source of the E.coli outbreak, a public health expert tells Channel 4 News that washing salads thoroughly remains the best way to avoid infection.
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War on drugs ‘not working’
The war on drugs has failed, according to a report by a group of politicians, former presidents and dignitaries, who are now calling for some drugs to be legalised.
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Mladic spends first night in custody for war crimes
Former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic, flown to Rotterdam on Tuesday to face a war crimes tribunal in The Hague, has spent his first night in custody.
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Mladic loses extradition appeal
A Serbian court rejects an appeal against the extradition of Ratko Mladic, allowing the former Bosnian-Serb general to be tried in the Hague for war crimes.
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Germany blames Spain for killer cucumbers
As the death toll from a deadly E.coli outbreak climbs to 14 in Germany, the Spanish government hits back at claims its vegetables are to blame.
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Sex and coffee top list of stroke triggers
Coffee tops a list of trigger factors that could increase your chances of suffering a stroke, research shows.
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New Sony online hack hits 25 million users
Hackers may have stolen the data of another 25 million Sony accounts, following last week’s announcement that data from 77 million PlayStation network accounts had been taken.
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Libya summit: Britain aims to increase pressure on Gaddafi
Britain and France hope to persuade members of an international ‘contact group’ meeting in Doha that Gaddafi must go if the Libyan crisis is to be resolved.
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Britain to take legal action against Iceland
The government will take legal action in the international courts to recoup billions of pounds paid to British savers when the Icelandic banking system collapsed in 2008.