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• El Salvador sees most deadly month in 10 years as violence overwhelms nation

  06-04-2015 23:49
  
  In March 481 people were murdered – an average of 16 people a day
  Death toll for was 52% higher than the same period in the previous year
  Last month 481 people were murdered in El Salvador making March the country’s most deadly month for a decade as authorities struggle to cope with the collapse of a controversial gang truce. An average of 16 people were killed every day in the country, which is the size of Massachusetts and has a population of 6.1 million, confirming El Salvador’s place a
  
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• England World Cup winner Jason Robinson admits he considered suicide

  06-04-2015 23:45
  
  • Former cross-code wing was a heavy drinker in his youth
  • ‘I can remember I just sat in my bedroom with an old knife’England World Cup winner Jason Robinson has revealed he once contemplated suicide during a troubled period of his career in which he was arrested for violent offences.Speaking in the documentary Jason Robinson: Sports Life Stories, which will be broadcast on ITV4 at 10pm on Tuesday, the 40-year-old former dual-code international admitted he had been a heavy drinker durin
  
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• University of Virginia rape: Student fraternity to sue Rolling Stone magazine for 'reckless' article

  06-04-2015 23:40
  
  The student body at the centre of a now infamous Rolling Stone article about an alleged gang-rape at the University of Virginia has said it will sue the magazine for “reckless reporting” it claimed had damaged its reputation.
  
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• Sex crimes: California man charged in global child sex case

  06-04-2015 23:21
  
  A federal grand jury last week charged a California man with child sexual-exploitation crimes after investigators allegedly found hundreds of explicit images of underage children on the man’s laptop.
  
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• Crystal Palace vs Manchester City: Palace deliver terminal blow to City title chances

  06-04-2015 23:13
  
  Selhurst Park. The place where vague title aspirations come to die. Manchester City should have won this match, but that just makes it another thing to add to the list of things they should have won but haven’t.
  
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• Nigel Farage on the NHS: Half of voters agrees that HIV patients cost UK too much money

  06-04-2015 23:01
  
  Nigel Farage was last week slammed by a HIV-positive migrant for attacking the number of foreign nationals who receive treatment on the NHS. But a poll has since suggested that half of voters agree with the Ukip leader.
  
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• Nigel Farage on the NHS: Half of voters agree that HIV patients cost UK too much money

  06-04-2015 23:01
  Nigel Farage was last week slammed by a HIV-positive migrant for attacking the number of foreign nationals who receive treatment on the NHS. But a poll has since suggested that half of voters agree with the Ukip leader.
  
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• Crystal Palace’s Jason Puncheon leaves Manchester City in disarray

  06-04-2015 23:00
  
  • Manuel Pellegrini insists he does not fear for his job despite defeat
  • Yaya Touré moment of magic fails to mask inconsistencyManchester City must privately have known the game had been up for a while, but this was dismal confirmation their title defence has been curtailed, buried for good in the joyous din that erupted in this corner of south London. Manuel Pellegrini’s team are nine points from Chelsea and will limp into Sunday’s derby at Old Trafford after three successive away lea
  
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• Crystal Palace v Manchester City: Premier League – as it happened

  06-04-2015 22:57
  
  Crystal Palace more or less confirmed their Premier League status for next season, and more or less confirmed Chelsea as Premier League champions for this season, thanks to a skilful and disciplined performance 10.03pm BST Anyway, that’s about us - night-night.9.57pm BST Palace defended their box very well indeed tonight - sitting so deep leaves plenty of space for their attackers - but also made it hard for City to pick passes outside it, especially in the second half. On reflection, City mig
  
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• Boston Marathon bombing: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's fate now rests with jury

  06-04-2015 22:47
  
  Monday marks closing arguments in the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev during which the prosecution calls the attack ‘a cold, calculated terrorist act’Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s fate now moves to the hands of a jury, after a vehement and emotionally charged closing statement from the prosecutor in the Boston bombing trial on Monday.Assistant US attorney Aloke Chakravarty strove to remind jurors of the sheer horror of the 2013 marathon bomb attack, focusing on Martin Richard, the young boy who was kille
  
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• Obama scrambles to get sceptics in Congress to support Iran nuclear deal

  06-04-2015 22:38
  
  White House walks back triumphant tone to emphasise the incompleteness of the nuclear agreement with Iran in debate about when sanctions will be liftedThe White House is emphasising the incomplete nature of its tentative nuclear deal with Iran as Barack Obama leads a flurry of phone calls to sceptical lawmakers in Washington to buy time to complete key negotiations.
  In contrast to the triumphant tone of last week’s announcement of a framework agreement in Lausanne, US officials acknowledged on
  
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• Video game soundtracks hit classical music charts

  06-04-2015 22:37
  
  Music composed for video games is now being ranked alongside Beethoven and Mozart.
  
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• Chapel Hill shooting: Man accused of killing three Muslim students could face death penalty

  06-04-2015 22:33
  
  The man accused of killing three Muslim students in North Carolina could face the death penalty, a district court judge ruled on Monday.
  
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• Half a million more people summoned to court over unpaid council tax, after benefits scrapped

  06-04-2015 22:28
  
  Half a million more people were summoned to court last year over unpaid council tax, after benefits protecting low-income families from paying it were scrapped.
  
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• Syria: Besieged Yarmouk refugee camp a test for international community - Sydney Morning Herald

  06-04-2015 22:21 via smh.com.au
  
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  Syria: Besieged Yarmouk refugee camp a test for international community
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  Syrian insurgents kidnap then release 300 Kurds: Kurdish official. Beirut: The fate of 18,000 civilians trapped in the besieged Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria – now mostly controlled by the Islamic State – remains in the balance, with the United Nations ...
  Facing escalating fighting, UN urges safe evacuation of palestinian camp in SyriaChristian Science Monitor
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• Briton Arrested After Turkey Hostage Killing

  06-04-2015 22:11
  
  A British national has reportedly been arrested in Turkey during a crackdown on a banned left-wing group, members of which took a prosecutor hostage at an Istanbul court. Mehmet Selim Kiraz and the hostage-takers from DHKP-C - which is listed as a terrorist group by the US, EU and Turkey - were killed when police moved in to end the siege. The arrest came as a Turkish prosecutor ordered internet providers to block social media sites, including Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
  
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• Obama advisor: Military option against Iran still on the table - Jerusalem Post Israel News

  06-04-2015 22:11 via jpost.com
  
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  Obama advisor: Military option against Iran still on the table
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  F/A-18F Super Hornets launch from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. (photo credit:REUTERS). Share on Facebook Share on Twitter. A US military option with regard to Iran remains on the table should Tehran violate the terms of the framework agreement to ...
  Obama administration claims Iran deal a 'forever agreement,' despite expiration ...Fox News
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• Twitter Complies With Turkey's Request, Ban to Be Lifted - Voice of America

  06-04-2015 22:07 via voanews.com
  
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  Twitter Complies With Turkey's Request, Ban to Be Lifted
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  ISTANBUL—. A Turkish court has banned access to popular social media sites that posted images last week showing a prosecutor being held hostage by gunmen. The ban is the latest crackdown on social media, just two months before a general election.
  Turkey has blocked access to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube Photo: AlamyTelegraph.co.uk
  Turkey Twitter block lifted after image removedBBC News
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• General Election 2015: Tories hunt for a more positive message in last-minute manifesto rewrites

  06-04-2015 22:02
  The Conservatives have yet to finalise their manifesto less than a week before it is due to be launched, amid concern among some Tory MPs that the party is not putting forward a positive enough message to the electorate.
  
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• General Election 2015: Tories desperately hunt for a more positive message in last-minute manifesto rewrites

  06-04-2015 22:02
  The Conservatives have yet to finalise their manifesto less than a week before it is due to be launched, amid concern among some Tory MPs that the party is not putting forward a positive enough message to the electorate.
  
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• Scottish Labour hopes to hold off SNP with new candidate in Dundee West

  06-04-2015 21:54
  
  Party strategists hope pro-union voters will turn to them after Michael Marra replaces Jim McGovern, who is standing down for health reasons
  Labour strategists hope that tactical voting will help save its most vulnerable seat from the Scottish National party after a last minute reselection in Dundee West. Scottish Labour announced that it had chosen Michael Marra, a former party adviser, charity worker and political analyst, to fight the constituency after the ailing sitting MP, Jim McGovern, bo
  
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• Malky Mackay sacked after Wigan lose 2-0 to Derby - Telegraph.co.uk

  06-04-2015 21:47 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Malky Mackay sacked after Wigan lose 2-0 to Derby
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  Wigan Athletic's parlous position in the Championship has cost Malky Mackay his job as manager, even though only five matches of the season remain for whoever succeeds him at the DW Stadium to attempt to steer them to safety. Defeat at home against ...
  Wigan part company with manager Malky Mackay after Derby defeat leaves ...The Independent
  Malky Mackay sacked by Wigan after Derby defeat as Latics face re
  
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• Syrian Islamists free kidnapped Kurds - The Guardian

  06-04-2015 21:45 via theguardian.com
  
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  Syrian Islamists free kidnapped Kurds
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  An al-Nusra Front checkpoint in Idlib. The al-Qaida-affiliated militants reportedly took the kidnapped Kurds from where they were seized near Aleppo to Idlib. Photograph: Reuters. Reuters. Monday 6 April 2015 15.45 EDT Last modified on Monday 6 April ...
  Islamists kidnap then free 300 Kurds in SyriaDaily Mail
  Syrian insurgents kidnap then release 300 Kurds: Kurdish officialSydney Morning Herald
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• Syrian Islamists free kidnapped Kurds

  06-04-2015 21:45
  
  Men and youths captured near Aleppo, reportedly by Al-Nusra Front Islamist insurgents have released 300 Kurdish men in the north who were taken captive the day before, a Kurdish official has said.Nawaf Khalil, a spokesman for the Kurdish PYD party in Europe, told Reuters on Monday that the “men were released by the Islamist militant groups who were holding them”. Continue reading...
  
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• Rory McIlroy mentors teen apprentice Bradley Neil before Masters tilt

  06-04-2015 21:41
  
  Neil, the British amateur champion, was given a guided tour of Augusta National by the world No1, who was in relaxed mood ahead of his attempt to claim the one major that has so far eluded him
  • Arnold Palmer: struggling Tiger Woods will not reach record major haulPerhaps this was continuing a theme of attracting as little attention as possible. Or maybe the idea was simply to hand a thrill to a young amateur golfer. Either way, Rory McIlroy’s decision to partner Bradley Neil for a practice
  
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• Illinois teenager shot dead by police with two bullets in back, autopsy shows

  06-04-2015 21:40
  
  Justus Howell, 17, shot twice and killed by Zion police on SaturdayPolice say officers recovered handgun after shooting teen who ran from themAn autopsy has revealed that a teenager who was killed by police in Illinois on Saturday was shot twice in the back.In a news release, the Lake County coroner’s office said one bullet struck 17-year-old Justus Howell in the left back and penetrated his heart, spleen and liver.Continue reading...
  
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• General Election 2015: Meet the only candidate in the UK with his own election song AND beer

  06-04-2015 21:39
  
  Journalists, election candidates and other political geeks found the break over the Easter weekend so hard to bear that they invented a new game on Twitter.
  
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• Real Madrid 'monitoring' Raheem Sterling, says Zinedine Zidane - Belfast Telegraph

  06-04-2015 21:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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  Real Madrid 'monitoring' Raheem Sterling, says Zinedine Zidane
  Belfast Telegraph
  The revelation comes as the England winger and bosses at Anfield discuss his future at the club, after he recently insisted he would not sign a new contract until the summer. Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City are also rumoured to ...
  Zinedine Zidane admits Real Madrid are monitoring Liverpool's Raheem SterlingThe Guardian
  Zinedine Zidane: Real Madrid are inte
  
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• Sons of feckless father-of-40 Mike Holpin vowed not to have children of their own

  06-04-2015 21:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TWO sons of feckless father-of-40 Mike Holpin vowed last night not to have children of their own – to ensure they never follow in his footsteps.
  
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• Indonesia MP backs Bali Nine mercy - Yahoo7 News

  06-04-2015 21:21 via au.news.yahoo.com
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  Indonesia MP backs Bali Nine mercy
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  A young Indonesian politician is rallying support for saving Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran from execution, with hopes of spurring a movement to end the death penalty. Prananda Surya Paloh, a graduate of Melbourne's Monash University, ...
  Death row appeal fails: Australian 'Bali Nine' drug smugglers face executionCNNall 359 news articles »
  
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• California court allows yoga in schools, despite religious objections

  06-04-2015 21:21
  
  A California appeals court last week ruled that a school district in the state could continue to incorporate yoga into its physical education program, despite a lawsuit that objected to it on the grounds of religious freedom.
  
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• Turkish police detain British activist over killing of government prosecutor

  06-04-2015 21:04
  
  Turkish police have detained a left-wing British activist in connection with the killing of a government prosecutor, it was reported tonight.
  
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• Setbacks Press Shabab Fighters to Kill Inexpensively in Kenya - New York Times

  06-04-2015 21:03 via nytimes.com
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  Setbacks Press Shabab Fighters to Kill Inexpensively in Kenya
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  NAIROBI, Kenya — They have lost their leader, their ports, their checkpoints and their territory. They have lost thousands of men and much of their money. They have no fleet of armored personnel carriers like Boko Haram's. Or poppy fields like the Taliban's.
  Kenya Strikes Al-Shabaab Positions in Somalia After College AttackWall Street Journal
  Kenya Garissa attack: 'I found my son's name
  
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• Breakthrough in hydrogen-powered cars may spell end for petrol stations

  06-04-2015 21:03
  
  Scientists have dramatically increased the efficiency of producing clean hydrogen fuel from plant waste in a breakthrough that could one day lead to petrol stations being replaced by a network of roadside “bioreactors” for refuelling cars.
  
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• Andy McSmith's diary: Tories jumping to Labour's rescue?

  06-04-2015 20:33
  
  Two Conservatives – one a former Cabinet minister, the other a parliamentary candidate - have issued an unusual appeal for an end to the personal attacks that are sullying the election in West Bradford - unusual because the person being attacked is the Labour candidate, Naz Shah.
  
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• Real Madrid 'monitoring' Raheem Sterling, says Zinedine Zidane

  06-04-2015 20:30
  
  Real Madrid are watching Raheem Stirling's situation at Liverpool, Zinedine Zidane has said.
  
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• Police chief placed in coma after catching killer brain bug

  06-04-2015 20:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A FORMER chief constable was left fighting for life after catching meningitis on an Easter trip to the Middle East.
  
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• Two of Britain's biggest teaching unions discuss creating a 'superunion'

  06-04-2015 20:25
  
  The country’s most militant teaching union is in talks with a more moderate rival with a view to creating a new “superunion” for the profession.
  
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• Gas explosion RIPS right through house leaving utter destruction

  06-04-2015 20:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THIS is the scene of utter destruction left behind after a gas explosion ripped right through a house.
  
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• General Election: Farage claims 'hammer blow' to Tories - Telegraph.co.uk

  06-04-2015 20:14 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  General Election: Farage claims 'hammer blow' to Tories
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  ... • Conservative candidate defects to Ukip • Nicola Sturgeon says she is victim of 'dirty tricks' • David Cameron will say low taxes are a "moral cause" • Ed Balls attacks Conservatives over tax rates and VAT • Nick Clegg is heckled on the campaign trail
  Parties exchange tax hike claimsDaily Mail
  Package of tax cuts announced by David Cameron as he makes keynote speech .
  
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• Police hunt for 'crazy' motorway van surfer

  06-04-2015 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  POLICE are hunting a man who hung from the side of a van as it hurtled down a motorway at speeds in excess of 80mph.
  
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• Councils reveal soft drinks with more sugar than cola in calls for 'giants' to commit to drop

  06-04-2015 20:11
  
  Soft drinks giants are being urged to drop the sugar content of drinks that are putting children at risk of diabetes after research shows many have even more sugar than cola.
  
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• Officials rescue 300 slaves forced to work on seafood trawlers

  06-04-2015 20:02
  
  Some 300 enslaved migrant fishermen were carried to freedom on Saturday in trawlers which they had been forced to work from, as they were rescued from a remote Indonesian island.
  
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• Saudis ask Pakistan for troops to help fight Houthi rebels in Yemen

  06-04-2015 19:58
  
  The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Shia Houthi rebels has asked Pakistan to contribute soldiers, raising the possibility of a ground offensive in the country.
  
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• Wigan part company with manager Malky Mackay after Derby defeat leaves them doomed

  06-04-2015 19:56
  
  Wigan Athletic ran out of patience with manager Malky Mackay and sacked him following today’s 2-0 home defeat by Derby County. The Championship strugglers, who won the FA Cup but were relegated from the Premier League in 2013, are eight points from safety with five games of the season remaining.
  
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• Wigan part company with manager Malky Mackay

  06-04-2015 19:56
  
  Wigan have announced they have parted company with manager Malky Mackay in a statement on their website.
  
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• Brazil's only openly gay MP Jean Wyllys de Matos Santos leads the fight to legalise abortion

  06-04-2015 19:45
  
  Jean Wyllys de Matos Santos does not pick the easy battles, nor does he pick the vote-winning ones.
  
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• Breast milk bought online is 10 per cent cow’s milk, study finds

  06-04-2015 19:44
  
  To the 55,000 people who buy and sell breast milk on the internet, beware. A recently published study found that about 10 per cent of breast milk purchased online has been cut with cow’s milk.
  
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• Boston Marathon bombing trial: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev 'wanted to punish America', court is told

  06-04-2015 19:42
  
  The young man accused of setting off blasts at the finishing line of the Boston Marathon “wanted to punish America”, a court has been told.
  
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• Cameron woos UKIP voters after candidate defects

  06-04-2015 19:39
  
  By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron tried on Monday to heal a split on the right of British politics that threatens his re-election, urging voters defecting for the anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP) to "come back home". Speaking after one of his election candidates announced he was switching to UKIP ahead of a May 7 election, Cameron appealed to Conservative voters who had done the same to return to the fold. "We've heard the message loud and c
  
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