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Impatience in Haiti over delivery of aid supplies - Politicians draw battle lines over marriage tax - Blair aide amends evidence to Iraq war inquiry .



Impatience in Haiti over delivery of aid supplies

Government officials, non-governmental organisations and charities around the world are rushing disaster relief supplies to Haiti.

Politicians draw battle lines over marriage tax

The Conservative party plans to incentivise marriage would create "second class" families, a government minister said, as Britain's two main parties draw up dividing lines ahead of this year's election.

Blair aide amends evidence to Iraq war inquiry

Tony Blair's former communications chief has written a letter to amend evidence he gave regarding the former prime minister to a public inquiry into the Iraq war earlier this week.

The Priory, Engyco mull IPOs

Health clinic The Priory is planning a flotation to cut debt and newly founded solar firm Engyco is considering a stock market listing as it seeks to raise cash for investment, adding to signs the London IPO market is hotting up.

Watchdog Warns About Airport Body Scanners

The UK's equality watchdog has written to the Home Secretary over concerns about the proposed introduction of body scanners at airports.

JFK breach is 2nd this month at NYC-area airport

A busy terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport was evacuated after a man opened a restricted door and set off an alarm, authorities said, making it the second known security breach at a New York-area airport this month.

NYC crews sent to Haiti draw on 9/11 experience

When the twin towers came down on Sept. 11, 2001, deputy police inspector Robert Lukach was there, working on the pile, digging through the rubble for survivors.

Filmmaker: Movie about balloon dad could clear him

Once Richard Heene admitted in court that he wrongly sent authorities on a wild goose chase across Colorado to save the son he thought was aloft in a runaway balloon, friends and supporters seemed to take off just about as fast as that balloon.

For $65, tourists get peek at Los Angeles gangland

Only miles from the scenic vistas and celebrity mansions that draw sightseers from around the globe — but a world away from the glitz and glamour — a bus tour is rolling through the dark side of the city's gang turf.

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