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• British Peer Lord Ahmed suspended after offering ?10m bounty on Barack Obama and George Bush
• Half a million Macs infected by ‘Flashback’ Trojan
• Retail sales suffer biggest fall in nine months
• New weapon in fight against C.difficile
• Let’s just admit it – the NHS is a rotten way of doing things
• Rusting Britain threatens recovery
• UK construction sector expands at fastest pace in 21 months

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  British Peer Lord Ahmed suspended after offering ?10m bounty on Barack Obama and George Bush

  Politics

  Lord Ahmed, 53, who in 1998 became the first Muslim life peer, was reported to have made the comments at a conference in Haripur in Pakistan. A Labour Party spokesman said: “We have suspended Lord Ahmed pending investigation. If these ...

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  Half a million Macs infected by ‘Flashback’ Trojan

  Technology

  Apple has already issued a fix for the problem, but Russian web security firm Dr Web claimed that 600,000 Macs were now infected, with 274 even identifying themselves as coming from Cupertino, California, where Apple is based. The infection is ...

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  Retail sales suffer biggest fall in nine months

  Economics

  Retail sales volumes fell by a larger-than-expected 0.8pc between January and February, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, driven by a weak show from the clothing and household goods sectors. And hopes for growth in the wider economy in ...

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  New weapon in fight against C.difficile

  Health

  About a quarter of patients treated with the current ‘gold standard’ drug, vancomycin, go on to develop a recurrent infection. This prolongs their stay in hospital and increases their chance of dying from the bacteria, which cause diarrhoea. Now a ...

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  Let’s just admit it – the NHS is a rotten way of doing things

  Health

  When my brother was a little boy, my mother asked him, “Do you like pizza?” His reply was, “No. What is it?” The public reaction to the Government’s health reforms is the same. Most people know they are against them, ...

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  Rusting Britain threatens recovery

  Economics

  With just 16 days until the Budget, arguments on the best way to boost growth continue. There may have been heated differences on fiscal policy and austerity measures, but not every issue is controversial. Who is disputing the importance of ...

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  UK construction sector expands at fastest pace in 21 months

  Economics

  The Markit/CIPS construction PMI survey suggested the sector is now growing at the fastest pace since mid-2010, when Britain had emerged from recession and it was not clear whether the recovery could be derailed by an escalation of the eurozone ...