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A UN official has claimed that the Taleban made $100m (£50m) from the sale of opium in 2007. BBC.

Energy bosses are preparing to justify their upcoming price increases to MPs. BBC.

The ambulance service has admitted to losing a computer disk containing the personal information of a million 999 callers. The Telegraph.

Paddy 'Pants Down' Ashdown feels that military intervention in Zimbabwe is justified. The Times.

Boris Johnson has found himself under fire from both sides after sacking his chief political adviser for being 'racist'. The Guardian.

David Cameron is aiming to save 100,000 lives a year with his plans to scrap all central NHS targets. The Guardian.

Consumer groups have complained that prisoners in UK jails have to pay seven times more to use a public phone than those of us on the outside. Channel 4.

Schools are planning to send notes to parents that provide their kids with unhealthy packed lunches. The Times.

A new poll has suggested that Barack Obama can defeat John McCain in Florida. McClatchy Washington Bureau.

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