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Breaking News – UK

• Liam Byrne: No new tax rises under Labour
  Labour has pledged to impose no new tax rises despite being warned that increases are the only way to cut record public debt. […]
• JP Morgan and Citigroup contributed to Lehman's collapse, says US examiner
  JP Morgan Chase and Citigroup helped cause the illiquidity that led to the collapse of Lehman Brothers, says report by US examiner. […]
• Confusion surrounds case of British boy kidnapped in Pakistan
  A slew of conflicting reports on Thursday morning shed little light on the situation of Sahil Saeed, the British boy reportedly kidnapped in Pakistan. […]
• Kidnapped British boy 'found' in Pakistan
  Reports of Sahil Saeed, the five-year-old boy kidnapped in Pakistan, being found are being verified. […]
• A fifth Labour MP to face expenses police probe
  Metropolitan Police launch criminal inquiry into Harry Cohen after he claimed £70,000 for a "second home" while renting out his main property. […]
• Iran and US trade insults over Taliban-led violence
  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, traded insults with Robert Gates, the US defence secretary, during overlapping visits to Afghanistan yesterday as each blamed the other for increasing Taliban-led violence in the country. […]
• 'British Fritzl': apology to daughters raped over 25 years
  Authorities have apologised to two women who were raped by their father over 25 years and bore nine of his children. […]
• Gordon Brown warns of 'choppy waters' ahead as he sets stage for May election
  PM warns of "choppy waters" ahead on the path to economic recovery but insists he has the "courage" to get the job done. […]
• Gordon Brown pledges to weather economic storm as he announces March 24 budget
  Prime Minister pledges to pull the economy through the ''storm'' of recession as he sets March 24 date for the Budget. […]
• Patients' medical records go online without consent
  Patients' confidential medical records are being placed on a controversial NHS database without their knowledge. […]