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Focus on jobs as unemployment falls

Ed Miliband (l) and David Cameron

David Cameron and Ed Miliband react to the latest unemployment figures, which show the number of people out of work is at a seven-year low.

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Charges dropped for nine journalists

Charges against nine journalists accused of making illegal payments to public officials are dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service.

  • 17 April 2015
  • From the section UK

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Top Iraqi militant leader 'killed'

Fugitive Iraqi militant leader Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, a former right-hand man to Saddam Hussein, has been killed, Iraqi media say.

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Boy, 13, detained for woman's murder

Emotional tributes to Alps crash dead

  • 17 April 2015
  • From the section Europe

Live West Indies v England

The Reporters

Why aren't UK pay rises delivering votes to Cameron?

Robert Peston Economics editor
  • 17 April 2015
  • From the section Business
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The Ed v Nicola Show

Nick Robinson Political editor

Leo Kelion: Beyond the first law of computing

Features

David's war

The officer who refused to lie about being black

  • 17 April 2015
  • From the section Magazine

Fighting fire

The Ukraine factory that has been shelled 165 times

  • 17 April 2015
  • From the section Europe

7 days quiz

What's the secret of the candy-striped house?

  • 17 April 2015
  • From the section Magazine

'Cursed child'

The disabled boy struggling to find a role with the people of the sea

  • 16 April 2015

Sliding doors

Photographer captures Singapore in transit

  • 16 April 2015
  • From the section Asia

Nowhere to run

Why China's separatists are now unwelcome in Central Asia

  • 16 April 2015
  • From the section Magazine

Explainers

Why use negative interest rates?

  • 17 April 2015
  • From the section Business

How close is Greece to Grexit?

  • 17 April 2015
  • From the section Europe

Mouthguards 'should be the norm in sport'

  • 17 April 2015
  • From the section Health
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