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Two boys on Chopper bikes in the mining village of Holmewood, Derbyshire in 1973. Since the closure of the colliery, many homes have been boarded up
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The Humber Bridge, carrying the fortunes of Humberside
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Margaret Beckett, John Smith and Tony Blair at the Labour party conference, Blackpool, 1992
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A child struggling home through winter snow after school in Watersheddings, near Oldham, in 1982
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Prime minister Margaret Thatcher waits to address business people via a television link from Bradford
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A pensioner lunches in Sheffield in 1981
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Men march during the Orange Parade in Belfast in 1972
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Jesse Jackson shakes hands as he greets supporters from a podium during the presidential campaign in Alabama in 1988
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The face-off between NUM picket George Brealey and lines of police during the miners' strike :)
Biggest strike for 100 years – union chief
Pensions revolt won't be like the miners – because we'll win, says Unison general secretary Dave Prentis
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Dave Prentis: 'The purpose of industrial action is not industrial action, it is to get an agreement that is acceptable'
The leader of the largest public sector union promises to mount the most sustained campaign of industrial action the country has seen since the general strike of 1926, vowing not to back down until the government has dropped its controversial pension changes.
Dave Prentis, general secretary of Unison – which has 1.4 million members employed by the state – described plans for waves of strike action, with public services shut down on a daily basis, rolling from one region to the next and from sector to sector.
He said there was growing anger over a public sector pay freeze that could trigger more disputes further down the line and that the changes would unfairly penalise women, who form the majority of low-paid public sector workers. "It will be the biggest since the general strike. It won't be the miners' strike. We are going to win."
The government has confirmed that it will raise pension contributions by 3.2 percentage points, increase the retirement age to 66 and move to a career average scheme to replace the more generous final salary version. Ministers argue it is unfair for other taxpayers to pay for more generous schemes for public employees than they might get in the private sector.
The unions say it amounts to an additional tax on public sector workers, with their additional contributions – a de facto pay cut – being used to reduce the deficit rather than fund pensions. It comes on top of job cuts, a pay freeze and controversial plans such as those for the NHS
Tory MP Philip Davies: disabled people could work for less pay
Shipley MP describes criticism of his remarks that disabled people could work for less than minimum wage as 'leftwing hysteria'
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A Tory MP has sparked anger by suggesting that disabled people should work for less than the minimum wage to increase their chances of being taken on by employers.
Philip Davies told the Commons: "If an employer is looking at two candidates, one who has got disabilities and one who hasn't, and they have got topay them both the same rate, I invite you to guess which one the employer is more likely to take on.
"Given that some of those people with a learning disability clearly, by definition, cannot be as productive in their work as somebody who has not got a disability of that nature, then it was inevitable that, given the employer was going to have to pay them both the same, they were going to take on the person who was going to be more productive, less of a risk.
"My view is that for some people the national minimum wage may be more of a hindrance than a help.
"If those people who consider it is being a hindrance to them, and in my view that's some of the most vulnerable people in society, if they feel that for a short period of time, taking a lower rate of pay to help them get on their first rung of the jobs ladder, if they judge that that is a good thing, I don't see why we should be standing in their way."
The mental health charity Mind dismissed the Shipley MP's comments as "preposterous". Richard Hawkes, chief executive of disability charity Scope, said the MP had got it "seriously wrong". "This reveals a lot about how we value disabled people – and what we think they have to offer when it comes to work," he said. "In fact disabled people can contribute as much to a workplace as anyone else.
Davies has a history of making controversial statements out of sync with his party high command. A Conservative party spokesman said: "These comments do not reflect the views of the Conservative party and do not reflect government policy."
In the debate, Davies was challenged over his remarks by fellow Tory MP Edward Leigh, who told him: "Why actually should a disabled person work for less than £5.93 an hour. It is not a lot of money, is it?"
Davies appears to be suffering from learning disabilities himself so hopefully he'll set a fine example by working for less than the minimum wage. :)
Morocco's king bows to pressure and allows reform
Mohamed VI rewrites constitution and gives elected politicians greater power after biggest protests in decades
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Morocco's King Mohamed VI, who announced the reforms in a TV address, has kept exclusive control over the military and religion.
Morocco's king, Mohamed VI, has responded to the Arab spring by rewriting his country's constitution and giving greater power to elected politicians but leaving him with a firm grip on security, the army and religious matters.
The draft constitution, which will be put to referendum on 1 July, sees some power being shifted away from the Arab world's longest-serving dynasty and from the tight clique of palace officials who dominate Morocco.
Among other measures, the new constitution explicitly states that the king will now have to pick the country's prime minister from the party that wins elections to what, up until now, has been a largely rubber-stamp parliament.
While the government gains executive powers, the 47-year-old monarch has kept exclusive control over the military and over religion.
And analysts pointed out that while the prime minister would be in charge of domestic policy, he does so with the king's permission and with the monarch still able to pass his own decrees.
"He is sharing some executive powers with the PM [but] still retains significant ones," said the respected, if anonymous, Maghreb Blog on its Twitter feed. "The changes do nothing to his real discretionary, religious and military powers."
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Boy's fake traffic crash stunt divides Russians
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A fierce debate is gripping Russian internet forums over a police stunt to highlight indifference towards the aftermath of traffic accidents.
A fake accident scene was staged in a village in the Astrakhan region in which a boy of 14 was covered in fake blood and placed face down by a road.
Some drivers slowed down but no-one called for help, police said.
Some human rights groups argued it was wrong to use the child despite the consent of the boy's mother.
Russia has one the worst records for traffic fatalities in the world, with a death rate more than twice the European average.
Last year alone, some 26,000 Russians died as a result of traffic accidents.
Puddick cleared of harassing wife's lover on internet
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Leena and Ian Puddick pictured outside court ahead of Friday's verdict
Plumber Ian Puddick has been cleared of internet harassment after tweeting and blogging details of his wife's affair.
Mr Puddick, 41, hailed it "a victory for free speech and the small man", following the verdict at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court.
He had tweeted, blogged and posted videos online after being enraged by his wife's 10-year relationship with company director Timothy Haynes.
Lawyers think the case may help define the limits of free expression online.
There were cheers from the public gallery and Mr Puddick shook his fist and smiled as District Judge Elizabeth Roscoe delivered not-guilty verdicts on two harassment charges at the end of a three-day trial.
Accompanied by his wife Leena, he said: "For the last 12 months this has taken over my life. Purely and simply there has been an abuse of power. If this can happen to me it can happen to anyone.
"It is absolutely a victory for free speech and the small man. I'm a plumber and drive around in a Transit."
Mr Haynes, from Billingshurst, West Sussex, had a 10-year affair with Leena Puddick, which was exposed after her husband read a text message on her mobile phone in 2009.
Libya unrest: Government says in talks with rebels
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Libya's prime minister has said his government has been in talks with the rebels fighters, despite denials from the rebels themselves.
Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmudi called for new negotiations between the government and rebel leaders to resolve the conflict.
He also accused Nato of crimes against humanity in its attacks on Libya.
Earlier, Libyan rebels said that 10 civilians had been killed and 40 wounded in a rocket attack by Col Gaddafi's forces on Misrata.
"Our doors are open to all and we are in contact with all the parties," Mr Mahmudi said, according to Agence France-Presse.
He said meetings had taken place in Egypt, France, Norway and Tunisia, and that he could "name the persons" who attended from the rebels' side.
'No negotiation'
But Mahmoud Jibril, the head of international affairs in the rebel National Transitional Council, said earlier on Friday that there had been "no negotiation" between the council and the regime.
Chinese officials stole $120 billion, fled mainly to US
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Thousands of corrupt Chinese government officials have stolen more than $120bn (£74bn) and fled overseas, mainly to the US, according to a report released by China's central bank.
Between 16,000 and 18,000 officials and employees of state-owned companies left China with the funds from the mid-1990s up until 2008.
The officials used offshore bank accounts to smuggle the funds, according to the study posted on the People's Bank of China website this week but which has since been removed.
It said the officials smuggled about 800 billion yuan into the US, Australia, Canada and Holland through offshore bank accounts or investments, like property or collectables.
The stolen funds were covered up by disguising them as business transactions by establishing private companies to receive the money transfers.
The study said corruption inside China was severe enough to threaten the nation's economic and political stability.
Teenage hacker is convicted for stealing Lady Gaga songs
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An 18-year-old computer hacker who stole songs from artists including Lady Gaga has been sentenced to 18 months detention in Germany.
The court heard how the teenager, who called himself DJ Stolen, earned more than 15,000 euros (£13,260) by breaking copyright laws and hacking personal information from a number of singers.
The hacker used phishing emails and Trojan horse software to steal unpublished songs and then offer them for sale on the internet.
Anti-piracy teams in the UK and Germany noticed a growing number of pre-release tracks being leaked much earlier than normal.
Tracks were stolen from Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Leona Lewis, Kesha and Mariah Carey in 2009 and 2010.
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The teenager, referred to in court as 'Deniz A' because of his age, was also found guilty of downloading explicit private photos from Kesha's computer.
Spanish court sets huge bail for Mubarak associate
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Spain's National Court has set a record bail figure following the detention of a close associate of the former Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak.
Hussein Salem appeared in court twice on Friday - once in connection with a warrant issued from Egypt, and then on suspicion of money laundering in Spain.
Bail set in the separate hearings reached 27m euros ($39m; £24m).
Spanish police also froze more than 32.5m euros in cash, properties worth 10m euros and five luxury cars.
The money was obtained illegally in Egypt and sent to bank accounts in Spain held by Mr Salem through a series of companies created by a "frontman", identified as a Turkish man named Ali Evsen, the police alleged.
India: Strike at Maruti Suzuki called off
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Workers at India's top car maker Maruti Suzuki have called off a 13-day strike which had seriously affected production.
The company has agreed to reinstate 11 sacked employees, and the workers have agreed not to form a new union.
Nearly 2,000 workers had gone on strike demanding recognition of a new workers union.
Maruti Suzuki, a joint venture partner of Japan's Suzuki Motor Corporation, has 50% of India's booming car market.
The strike had affected production at the company's main factory in Manesar in Haryana, which makes more than 1,000 cars a day.
Reports say that the company has agreed to take back 11 workers who had been dismissed for leading the strike.
But it did not concede to the workers' demand for a new union - the company already has one recognised workers union.
Maruti Suzuki has two factories in India and plans to spend more than $1bn (£620m) over the next three years to boost capacity in a market where vehicle sales grew by a record 30% last year.
How much time do you spend each day uploading all of these great photos? And where do you find them all? I can barely keep up.......
England v Sri Lanka - photos from third Test day two
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Samarweera caught by Pieteren at gully off Tremlett
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Wicket keeper Jayawardene displaying some defiance
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However, he is eventually caught by Morgan during Swann's frst over
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Lakmal goes shortly after caught behind off a snorter from Tremlett
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Off they go again when rain strikes again after only 23.3 overs. Tremlett ripping through the Sri Lanka innings with figures of 6-42
Captured: Eyes of the cartel
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Suspected crime boss Marco Antonio Guzman Zuniga, alias "El Brad Pitt", :rofl: is presented to the media by the Federal Police in Mexico City June 16, 2011.
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Edgar Huerta Montiel, also known as ?El Wache? is presented to the media by the Federal Police in Mexico City June 17, 2011.
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Protests Continue to Roil Syria
At least 19 people were reportedly killed as thousands turned out for pro-reform demonstrations on Friday across Syria, which has been cracking down on dissent. Here: A protest against President Bashar al-Assad in Deir al-Zour.
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Mercury's Time to Shine
This image provided by NASA on Thursday shows Mercury forming a beautiful crescent shape. The picture was captured by the Messenger probe, which in March became the first spacecraft ever to orbit around the planet.
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Pulling the Trigger in Libya
A supporter of Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi, whom NATO has been trying to dislodge from power with a sustained bombing campaign, fires his handgun in the air during a pro-regime rally in Tripoli on Friday.
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Walkin' on Water
Young people walk along a bank of the Nile River in Cairo on Friday.
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Making a Splash
Finland's Mikko Hirvonen drives his Ford Fiesta during the World Rally Championship in Loutraki, Greece, on Friday.
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On the Run
Amid tear gas smoke fired by Israeli forces, protesters run after a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the Palestinian West Bank village of Bil'in on Friday.
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The Writing's on the Wall
On Friday in Paju, South Korea, a Catholic writes the characters for "Unification" on a steel wall during a Mass for the peace and reunification of the Korean peninsula. The service was attended by 20,000 people
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Yemeni Leader Returning Home, Officials Say
Yemeni officials said President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is being treated for shrapnel wounds in Saudi Arabia, would soon return to his country, according to reports. Here: Government soldiers who have defected in Sanaa on Friday.
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Stranded at Sea
In Mumbai, India, on Friday, people play in the sea against the backdrop of the merchant ship MV Wisdom, which ran aground at Chowpatty Beach.
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Demanding a Better Education
On Thursday, tens of thousands of protesters, some of whom got sprayed with water by police, like the people seen here, rallied in Chile's capital of Santiago for reforms in the education system.
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Anthony Defense Focuses on Forensic Evidence
After questioning many of the prosecution's forensic witnesses on Thursday, Casey Anthony's defense is expected to do the same on Friday. Here: The woman accused of killing her daughter is seen in a Florida court.
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Rallying in Athens
Amid the Greek government's efforts to stave off bankruptcy with plans to cut spending and benefits, supporters of the Greek Communist Party (KKE) rally against the austerity proposals in Athens on Thursday.
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Quake Rattles Alaska
A 5.2-magnitude earthquake rocked Anchorage, the state's biggest city, on Thursday. There have been no reports of injuries of damages.
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A Friendly Embrace
On Friday in Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes French President Nicolas Sarkozy for talks on how the European Union can save Greece from bankruptcy. No tongues please! :)
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Flooding in China Forces Evacuations
Heavy rains in parts of central and southern China have forced hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes, reports said on Thursday. Here: A man sits on a boat in a flooded area in the city of Banshan Cun on Friday.
South Korean troops mistakenly shoot at passenger jet
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South Korean troops have fired at a passenger jet after mistaking it for a North Korean aircraft.
Soldiers on Gyodong island, off South Korea's west coast, fired 99 rifle rounds at the Asiana flight, which was out of range and landed undamaged.
The incident took place early on Friday close to the tense border between the Koreas.
The airliner, which had 119 people on board, was descending at the time to Seoul's Incheon International Airport.
The plane had flown from the south-western Chinese city of Chengdu, an aviation controller told AFP news agency.
Two marine guards fired their K-2 rifles at the civilian flight, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency.
"The firing continued about 10 minutes but the plane was too far off the rifle's range and it did not receive any damage," Yonhap quoted an unnamed Marine Corps official as saying.
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Protesters shelter from the sun in Sanaa , Yemen
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A nappy wearing schnauzer at the Maintier pet show, Frankfurt