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Two women who were repeatedly abused and raped by their father for three decades -- bearing seven of his children -- yesterday received an unreserved apology from British authorities who failed to protect them.
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TRAINEE teachers are being told to act like Clint Eastwood (right) to win the respect of pupils, a British education centre said yesterday.
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New York chef offers customers cheese made from wife's breast milk
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Parents win right to have child sterilised
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