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Saturday 29 January 2011

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David Cameron rules out further euro bailouts

British taxpayers will not come to the rescue of any more economies following the £7bn Irish bailout, Cameron promises.

South African delight as Mandela returns home

Collective sigh of relief as the country's adored former president is declared "well" after two nights in hospital.

Kabul suicide bomber targets foreigners

Eight people, including three foreign women, killed in Taliban suicide-bomb attack in Afghanistan supermarket.

Colin Firth: the monarchy is 'a problem' for me

Star of The King's Speech tells Piers Morgan about his republican leanings.

Oscar nominees in Lego

A Lego figure depicting Natalie Portman in 'Black Swan'

Natalie Portman in Black Swan among those recreated in Lego.

Hip, knee and hernia surgery could be cut

Operations could be cancelled under unprecedented reforms to the NHS.

Iraq inquiry: Tony Blair sidelined Cabinet over war

PM feared ministers would leak secrets, Cabinet Secretary said.

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Dinosaurs survived for 700,000 years after meteorite collision

Dinosaurs survived hit

Meteorite strike did not kill off dinosaurs as thought, study shows.

'Living Buddha' raided

Karmapa Lama touted as a possible successor to Dalai Lama.

Computer Game Museum (Computerspielemuseum) opens in Berlin

Computer game museum

A computer games museum opens, showcasing 60 years of gaming.

Volcanic lightning is seen above Mount Shinmoedake in Japan as it erupts. It is not clear why bolts of lightning are sometimes seen within erupting volcanoes. One theory is that that the spewing magma bubbles or particles of volcanic ash are themselves electrically charged, and by their motion create separately charged areas

Volcanic lightning in Japan

Mount Shinmoedake volcano in Japan erupts with lightning display.

Inside a most un-PC B&B

Judith Woods visits the Christian guesthouse home to Britain’s most reviled hoteliers.

Cameron is right to defy Europe’s spendthrifts

Telegraph View: We must not pay too much attention to the crowing of the doom-mongers

Caroline Spelman loses her way in the woods

Forestry Commission sell-off might actually double the Government's bill, says Geoffrey Lean

Suffolk murder musical criticised

A musical about the murders of five prostitutes in Ipswich is set to be staged in London in April.

Dozens of British tourists trapped in Cairo

Dozens of British tourists caught in Cairo have been warned not to leave their hotels by the Foreign Office as the unrest continues.

A medieval mural depicting Henry VIII has been uncovered by a couple renovating their home

A unique medieval mural of Henry VIII has been discovered by a couple renovating their Tudor home.

Caroline Spelman loses her way in the woods

Forestry Commission sell-off might actually double the Government's bill, says Geoffrey Lean

The Office: when David Brent met Michael Scott

Ricky Gervais makes a hilarious cameo appearance in the US version of The Office.

Barack Obama novel: profile of Mark Salter

Mark Salter was for nearly two decades Senator John McCain's literary collaborator, closest aide and fiercest defender.

Britons warned against travel to Egypt

Britons were advised by the Foreign Office to stay away from Egypt and those in the country warned not to leave their hotels as riots continue.

President Mubarak sacks cabinet but refuses to step down

President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt sent the army in to contain rampaging mobs across Egypt’s cities on Friday as he defiantly refused to stand down and emerge triumphant from the battle that raged on the Nile.

Egypt protests: secret US document discloses support for protesters

Here is the secret document sent from the US Embassy in Cairo to Washington disclosing the extent of American support for the protesters behind the Egypt uprising.

Champagne cellars could run dry by April, French producers warn

Champagne cellars could run dry by April, French producers have warned, after they were caught out by a surprise boom in sales of bubbly.

Clinton expresses 'deep concern' about use of violence

Increasingly worried by the swelling protests in Egypt, world leaders have called on its government to respect the rights of the country's citizens and address their grievances.

Caroline Colthurst

Capricious society girl and model who had to sell her 40-room listed house after losses at Lloyd’s

The week in pictures

A worker climbs a ladder after cleaning crude palm oil inside a container at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta

A round-up of our favourite photographs of the week.

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