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Democratic battle hands McCain lead Republican presidential nominee surges ahead in polls as his Democratic rivals fight a bitter battle  <== UK Guardian take

 

 

Pipe dream at the National

Grand National: Fourteen years after his father trained Miiinnehoma to glory, David Pipe repeats the feat

 

 

 

 

How would you like your guinea pig?

James Doran on why Peru's imaginative cuisine is one of the best reasons to visit the country

 

 

 

Taking women off the shelf On the eve of the Virago's 30th anniversary, Rachel Cooke traces how the imprint changed the publishing landscape for ever

 

 

 

No-frills publishing on the rise
Apr 4: HarperCollins to launch no-advance, no-returns venture headed by the Hyperion founder, Robert S Miller

 

 

 

Kindle helps tiny ebook market
Apr 4: The ebook market remains small, but Amazon's electronic reader has renewed interest in book downloads

 

 

 

Before she was famous
Kathryn Hughes is charmed by Budge Wilson's Before Green Gables, a prequel to a classic novel
More children and teens

 

 

 

Key to unlocking the earth's secrets

Landmark science experiment recreates birth of universe.

 

 

 

British troops go back into Basra

Months after control of the southern city was placed in the hands of the Iraqis, British troops have been sent back into the southern city, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal.

 

 

 

Afghanistan veterans to beat the tattoo

'Spectacle" and "display" sum up most military tattoos, but the first Windsor Castle Military Tattoo will have a more sombre aspect.

Give this man the Victoria Cross

Sir Jock supports Armed Forces Day

Nigel Farndale: Why I love to talk about war

Sign our Armed Forces Day petition

 

 

 

Money 'can buy you happiness'

Countless years of folk wisdom have been undermined as a new report claims that money can, in fact, buy you happiness.

 

 

 

Kits put girls off sport

Girls aren't doing exercise because gym kits are 'uncool'.