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• Cheats at Royal Mail fix delivery times
  Royal Mail's claims that nine out of 10 letters are delivered the next day have been thrown into doubt after an investigation caught staff "systematically" trying to fix figures. […]
• BA strikes to hit half a million getaways
  The travel plans of at least half a million people are in disarray after British Airways cabin crew announced seven days of strikes. […]
• Ground Zero workers win £432 million compensation
  More than 10,000 workers who say they suffered health problems from the toxic conditions at Ground Zero after the September 11 terror attacks have won compensation of $657.5 million (£432 million) in a deal ending years of legal fighting. […]
• Barack Obama's approval rating drops to 46 per cent
  President Barack Obama yesterday delayed a trip to Asia amid falling approval ratings and grave doubts that his 11th hour attempt to push health care reform through Congress will succeed. […]
• Baroness Uddin cleared over expenses scandal
  Baroness Uddin, the Labour peer, has been cleared of any wrongdoing over her expenses claims. […]
• Sister raped by father over 30 years was 'too scared' to report it
  One of the sisters raped by her father over three decades said she had been ''too scared'' to tell anyone about her ordeal. […]
• 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. […]