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BBC Sport
Jubilant Scots target clean sweep
Scotland are determined to complete a hat-trick of autumn Test wins when Argentina visit Edinburgh on Saturday.
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The Guardian
Brown urges business leaders to accept Tobin tax
• Levy on City trading aimed at restoring trust in banks • Survey shows more than 50% of voters back plan
Gordon Brown will take his radical proposal to tax City trading to Britain's business leaders today, as a survey
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The New York Times
Rugby Union: Scotland Edges Past Australia
Scotland beat Australia for the first time in 28 years after Wallabies flyhalf Matt Giteau missed an injury-time conversion in Edinburgh.
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The Observer
Vantastic/Lobster | Theatre review
Oval House, London
There is something both weird and also weirdly compelling about these separate but thematically linked plays, written by Russell Barr, whose Sisters, Such Devoted Sisters was a hit for Out of Join
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Times Online
Scottish invention promises power revolution
A radical new design of electrical generator that solves an engineering quandary and promises to be cheaper, lighter and more reliable than anything currently available has been unveiled by scientists at the University of Edinburgh.
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Reuters.co.uk
Wallabies savaged after losing to Scotland
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's 9-8 loss to Scotland in Edinburgh at the weekend has been labelled the Wallabies' worst performance in decades, with former players and media lining up to criticise the team.
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7 Days
Top Scots are handy for Andy
Andy Robinson may not have had much to shout about during his time as England head coach, but he is quite rightly basking in the glory of Scotland’s dramatic 9-8 win over big guns Australia.
Robinson, the former Bath and Edinburgh coach, s
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The Guardian
InterCity dreaming is more than just nostalgia
The east coast line's fortunes have been revived since it passed from National Express to state ownership, raising hopes of a return to network integration last seen in the days of British Rail
Lord Adonis , the transport
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