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The hidden epidemic
New figures reveal 170,000 people a year - mostly teenagers and young adults - are hospitalised after harming themselves in despair
Health service fails patients locked in a cycle of self-harm
Tory party's deficit soars
The Conservatives plunged deeper into the red as the party's losses soared in the past year, according to recently published accounts
Sex infections rising
Health Protection Agency figures show cases of gonorrhoea, chlamydia and syphilis are increasing steadily
World news
Clinton promises to leave Convention limelight to Kerry
Sudan warned UN sanctions are imminent
Two million Americans jailed in the land of the free
Googlewhacked! Hackers bring down search engine
UK news
Father accused of murdering terminally ill boy
Britons 'more vulnerable to terrorism than 60 years ago'
Schoolboy convicted of murdering fellow pupil
Europe news
Oil oligarch accused over contract killings
Peacekeepers 'stood by as Kosovo mob burnt homes'
Business news
Cautious backing for £8bn Abbey bid
Sport
Giles' wiles earn England victory
Money
Now everyone can enjoy a tax haven
People
Malcolm Rifkind: 'You cannot plan a political career'
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The puppets that are teaching Afghan children
Trade is brisk 
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