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A devil’s pact to destroy the NHS
by Daphne Liddle
THE CON-Dem Coalition’s flagship Health and Social Care Bill is being rammed through both Houses of Parliament and could become law within weeks.
It is being driven by a devil’s compact between David Cameron and Nick Clegg that is allowing a few minor concessions and a little bit of extra cash recently discovered to enable Clegg to bring his reluctant Liberal Democrat MPs along with him.
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Syrian army takes back Homs
by our Arab Affairs correspondent
SYRIAN troops have now crushed all pockets of Muslim Brotherhood resistance in the city of Homs, amid reports that France and Turkey have secretly agreed to halt their support for the rebels in return for the release of their military advisers, held by the Syrian army. Remnants of the “Free Syrian Army” militia in Homs have fled to Lebanon.
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[ Syrian army takes back Homs ]
