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. The Government defends plans to cap benefits payments at �26,000 a

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year, but there is strong opposition to the Welfare Bill on

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the eve of a parliamentary vote. I voted with the Government on

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everything until now. I see it as my job as an ex-leader to support

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my successor. I will not support the benefit cap in its present form.

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In Syria, further pressure on the authorities to stop the violence.

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We report from inside the country. Italian officials say unregistered

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passengers may have been onboard the Costa Concordia.

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And Manchester City's last gasp Good evening.

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The Deputy Prime Minister has defended plans to limit benefit

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payments to �26,000 per family a year in England, Scotland and Wales.

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The Government is facing strong opposition to the Welfare Bill

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ahead of a vote in the House of Lords tomorrow. But speaking to the

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BBC, Nick Clegg suggested changes could be made to soften the impact

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of the cap. Here is Robin Brant. Welfare aacounts for the biggest

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slice of the Government'sierly spend, around �195 billion. Cutting

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benefits is a key part of the deficit reduction plan, but

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coalition ministers think the system is unfair. They say it

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doesn't do enough to encourage people to find work.

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So they want to bring in a cap of �26,000 a year. The average family

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income. No household will be able to get more on benefits, around

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50,000 families could lose out. If Parliament approves, the changes

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kick in in April 2013. Critics claimed children could be the

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hardest hit, particularly those from big families and opponents on

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the Government's side want help for them or they will try to block it.

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I am not against a benefit cap, I am in favour of one. But the

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provisions as currently drafted as they will appear before us in the

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House of Lords on Monday, I cannot support. If the Government brings

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into operation those transitional measures that I know in know Nick

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is arguing for and Mr Duncan Smith promised us that might be different.

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The Deputy Prime Minister promised to help those affected.

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Iain Duncan Smith said we will look at the transitional arrangements.

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There is a lot of detail. A lot of that is not resolved, but the

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central principle that you can't on benefits earn more than you would

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if you went out and earned �35,000 before tax is one that most people

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in the country recognise is a good thing.

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Those transitional arrangements could be crucial. Government

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sources say it could mean extra intensive help finding work over

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the next 12 months before the cap comes in. But I'm told families and

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children facing real hardship would still get support from the State.

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Labour said it won't vote against the cap, but it has serious

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concerns about how it will be implemented.

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Well, we have said in principle, we don't have an issue with a benefit

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cap, but we would seek to implement it in a fair way.

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The Government insisted it is not trying to punish families who rely

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on benefits, but it wants more parents in work so it can tackle

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what it claims is a dependency that Robin joins us now.

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It seems a big part of the debate over the Welfare Bill seems to be

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whether child benefit should be part of the cap? Yes, the changes

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are ambitious, but controversial. So much so that in recent weeks,

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the Government has suffered several defeats on proposals at the House

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of Lords and in Parliament. So ahead of tomorrow, there is talk of

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compromise. There is talk of concessions. Talk of a delay delay

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implementing the changes and talk of taking child benefit out of the

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calculation when it comes to the budget cap. Critics on the

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Government's side say that could leave the Bill as meaningless. The

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Government is determined to force this through. Determined to change

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the law irrespective of what happens here tomorrow. The

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Chancellor, George Osborne, believes this a key test of the

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Government's credibility. A key test for him personality on dealing

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with the deficit reduction plan, but it will be hard for ministers

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to escape the accusation that the disabled, the poorest children

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could be the hardest hit with the In Syria, Arab League observers are

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expected to remain in the country for an extra month. The move is

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designed to increase pressure on the Syrian authorities to stop the

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violent suppression of protests. Minutes after we arrived in

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Damascus, we were surrounded by support for President Bashar al-

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Assad. They were expecting us and had

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their banners ready, but there is no reason to suppose that this is

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not genuine. These people, like the president,

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are from the religious sect, 10% of the Syrian population and all they

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want from the Arab League is backing for President Bashar al-

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Assad and for what they regard is his fight against terrorism and

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against the foreign conspiracy to destroy Syria.

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Our president loves us. We love him from our heart.

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I love President Assad. We love President Assad. Everyone loves

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President Assad. This is the bedrock of President

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Bashar al-Assad's support. People from his own community. They are

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100% behind what he is doing. They believe that this uprising, if it

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takes him down, might threaten their lives. District 86 is named

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after a military unit. Many of the men who live here work for the

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Security Services and some have been killed during the fight

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against the protests. These boys say their older brother was killed

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this month. He says, he just signed up with

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State Security. He might find himself in Douma, a a

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suburb, which the BBC has not been allowed to visit this weekend.

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These videos seem to confirm reports that a funeral in Douma was

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attacked. Four people, protesters say, were

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killed by the military. The dead were laid out in the

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mosque. The army was outside.

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Later, it was claimed they were driven out of Douma. The free Syria

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army said they did it and threatened to attack the

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Presidential Palace and hang five prisoners if the regime's forces

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came back. The Arab League warns of the risk of civil war in Syria. So

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far, it has not found a way to stop Plans by the Government to reform

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the NHS in England are expected to be severely criticised this week in

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a report by senior MPs. The Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, is set

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to be challenged by the Health Affairs Select Committee over his

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strategy of trying to save billions of pounds while attempting to carry

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out a major overhaul of the NHS at the same time. A man has handed

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himself into police after a six- year-old girl had part of her ear

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bitten off, when a dog attacked her in a London park. The man, who is

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56, was arrested on suspicion of allowing a dog to be dangerously

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out of control in a public place. The girl also suffered injuries to

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her neck and shoulder and has undergone plastic surgery at a

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Divers have recovered another body from the wreck of the Costa

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Concordia cruise liner. 13 people are now confirmed dead after the

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ship hit rocks off the Italian coast more a week ago. Luisa

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Baldini is at the scene now. A team of forensic officers has been

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drafted on to the island because they specialise in the

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identification of victims, but so far, they have only managed to

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identify eight of the 13 bodies which have been recovered. And then

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officials said today that they believe the Costa Concordia was

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Dwarfed by the wreck of the Costa Concordia, police patrol the ship

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submerged in the sea. On land, a scale model of her her

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sister ship is used by emergency crews for guidance as they discuss

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and prepare today's stop and search -- today's search.

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At church this morning, relatives of the four French victims attended

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Sunday Mass with the local community.

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They can at least begin the grieving process. 24 other families

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are still waiting for their loved ones to be identified or even

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recovered. We're feeling low, this local woman

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told me. We have never seen anything like it. We are feeling

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such pain. I feel sorry for those people.

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On the headland above the wreck, measuring equipment monitors the

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ship's position. The worst case scenario was that the ship slips

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off the rocky ledge on which it is resting. How probable is that?

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think the last is not very probable, but we cannot exclude that and we

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need one or two more data and also the comparison with the tide, the

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currents, data to decide. Meanwhile salvage crews wait to go

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start pumping oil from the ship, are bringing in their equipment. We

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can now see preparations being made for the fuel recovery. These

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enormous concrete blocks are going to be placed in the sea and

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attached to them, will be these huge yellow steel buoys. Those are

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going to be used to keep the barge which will be holding the pumping

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machinery as stable as possible. A container ship will then be brought

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in, the fuel pumped on to it and taken away.

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No fuel is leaked yet, but the sea has been polluted by all the

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solvents and products needed on a ship this big and by all those who

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In the background, there has been this war of words reported in the

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Italian press between captain captain captain and the the

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management. We were hoping for answers, but Costa pulled out of an

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interview and cited legal advice and say they won't comment whilst

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In the latest stage of the race to be the next Republican candidate

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for the US presidential election, Newt Gingrich has scored a

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convincing win. In the South Carolina primary, he emphatically

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beat the early favourite Mitt Romney, securing 40% of the vote.

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Newt Gingrich's supporters had a lot to celebrate, a big win in a

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State that has always picked the winner. Republican race, but he has

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a lot of work to do if this victory is to be anymore than a flash in

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the pan. The former Speaker told the crowd why he wanted to win the

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right to take on President Obama in the election.

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I believe because we concluded that this is the most important election

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of our lifetime. If Barack Obama can get re-elected, after this

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disaster... BOOING

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Right, just think how radical he would be in a second-term.

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Even as a young professor, Newt Gingrich talked about becoming

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president. He has self regard and raises strong feeling. A Speaker of

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the House of Representatives, he masterminded a Republican victory,

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clashing with with President Bill Clinton.

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Even as he hounded Clinton over Monica Lewinsky, he was carrying on

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with the woman who had become his third wife. His opponents said he

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is impossible to work with. Newt Gingrich's strike is a blow to

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Mitt Romney, the front-runner who is distrusted by many Republican

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Conservatives. He warned Newt Gingrich to lay off ta acting his

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reputation as a businessman. Our party can't be led to victory

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by someone who never had a business or never had a State.

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My opponents are not oj attacking me, they attacking every person who

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dreams of a better future. He is attacking you.

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Newt Gingrich's supporters will have little time to party. The the

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Conservatives will hope they found one candidate and oppose Mitt

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Romney. The road ahead will be long A Dutch teenager has become the

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youngest person to sail around the world solo. 16-year-old Laura

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Dekker sailed into port in the Caribbean almost exactly a year

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after beginning her voyage. But despite her endeavours, she won't

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be able to claim an official place in the record books as Sangita

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Myska explains. Greeted by shouts from her fans, the remarkably

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collected Laura Dekker guided her yacht, Guppy back into port. The

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16-year-old battled tresherous conditions to make it back to Sint

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Maarten, but today that was a distant minimumry.

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-- memory. There were moments when I was like,

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"What the hell am I doing out here?" I never wanted to stop.

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wasn't just practical problems which Laura did bat battle, there

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were the adults. Dutch authorities concerned about her age ordered she

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stay at home in the Netherlands, but she won a court battle and set

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sail. Despite her achievement, there is one honour sheer grit

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won't get her. The Guinness Book Of Records says it can not recognise

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her voyage for fear of encouraging other youngsters to take risks.

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Now with all the sport, here's Celina Hinchcliffe.

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Good evening. There was a five goal thriller in the Premier League this

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afternoon. Top of the table Manchester City enjoyed a victory

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over third placed Tottenham. All the goals came after the break. Tim

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Franks watched the action. Tomorrow the Spurs manager Harry red nap

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going on trial. He is due in court on charges of tax evasion. Today,

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the test was to dent Manchester City's perfect home record. City

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scored first. Nasri a brutal finish. Three

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minutes later, 2-0. Then a Defoe made it 2-1. Within

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five minutes a handsome swish of the foot from Gareth Bale and Spurs

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were level. Into stoppage time, Spurs almost

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won it. Bale supersonic and almost too quick for Defoe.

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Then with seconds to go, Ledly king floored Mario Balotelli. Penalty,

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goal. City extend their lead. Spurs wonder if that was their last best

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Manchester continued its domination over north London as United beat

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Arsenal 2-1 at the Emirates Stadium in the other match this afternoon.

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Danny Welbeck scored the winning goal for United. The result keeps

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them within three points of their rivals City. This was the Gunners

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third league defeat in a row and dents their chances of qualifying

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for next season's Champions League. Saracens are England's only

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representatives in the quarter- finals of the Heineken Cup. They

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enjoyed a 26-20 win over Treviso in Italy. David Strettle was a try

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scorer. So Saracens will have a home tie against Clermont Auvergne

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in the last eight. Edinburgh's last minute try against London Irish

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means they pipped Cardiff Blues to win pool two, but the Blues still

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