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NEW WAVES OF VIOLENCE IN IRAQ

by our Arab Affairs correspondent

WAVES OF BOMBINGS and resistance attacks swept Iraq last week forcing American foreign minister Hillary Clinton to hold urgent talks with US commanders and puppet government leaders in Baghdad that reflect renewed concern in Washington at the upsurge of violence in recent days.

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LAST WEEK'S budget did little to rally support for Labour where it counts. The new 50 per cent income tax band on the rich and an equally modest allocation of new money for council housing has done nothing to rally working people behind Labour's banner. The latest opinion polls show the Tories widening their lead over Labour and Cameron looks set for a landslide victory at the next general election.