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Coptic Christian, billionaire, businessman and politician Naguib Sawiris on who has a better claim to be democratic - the Islamists or their opponents? Show more

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In the 1990s it became clear that a brain disease could be passed from cows to humans. The British government introduced a ban on beef on the bone to stop it spreading. Show more

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