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</div> <div id="box"> <div id="article-header"> <h1>The Guardian: Main section</h1> <h2>Friday May 2 2008</h2> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080505212402/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/mainsection/topstories/rss" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="rss" class="feed" name="&lid={templates/common/bookSectionPage}{Webfeed}&lpos={templates/common/bookSectionPage}{1}">Webfeed</a> </div> <div id="content"> <div class="book-index"> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>Front page</h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080505212402/http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/may/02/ukcrime.law1" name="&lid={bookSection}{Babysitter wins retrial over death of toddler}&lpos={bookSection}{1}">Babysitter wins retrial over death of toddler</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Woman released from jail after fresh medical evidence renders her conviction for murdering two-year-old unsafe</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080505212402/http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/may/02/localgovernment.ukcrime" name="&lid={bookSection}{Election fraud: Labour failed to act, say MPs}&lpos={bookSection}{2}">Election fraud: Labour failed to act, say MPs</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Senior backbencher warns party must tackle abuse by minority communities</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080505212402/http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/may/02/localelections.labour" name="&lid={bookSection}{Brown faces election mauling }&lpos={bookSection}{3}">Brown faces election mauling</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Labour admit national share of vote could plummet to 24%, its lowest level since records began in 70s</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>Top stories <span class="page-number">p2</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080505212402/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/02/israelandthepalestinians.usa" name="&lid={bookSection}{Israel urged to end blockade of Gaza as talks begin in London}&lpos={bookSection}{4}">Israel urged to end blockade of Gaza as talks begin in London</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080505212402/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/02/israelandthepalestinians.usa"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080505212402im_/http://image.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/05/02/gaza10c.jpg" alt="Children hold Palestinian flags in front of the mosque in Beit Lahia, Gaza" class="clipping-picture"/></a> <p>As 'quartet' meets to consider the state of the faltering peace process, Oxfam calls for end to 'complacency'</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>Top stories <span class="page-number">p3</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080505212402/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/may/02/retail" name="&lid={bookSection}{After Scalextric and Airfix, Hornby adds Corgi to its toy collection}&lpos={bookSection}{5}">After Scalextric and Airfix, Hornby adds Corgi to its toy collection</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080505212402/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/may/02/retail"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080505212402im_/http://image.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/05/01/corgi10a.jpg" alt="Hornby, the venerable maker of model railways, has moved into the car business with its purchase of Corgi" class="clipping-picture"/></a> <p>Model company hopes to cash in on hobby boom by snapping up car maker for £7.5m</p> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="related"> <div id="book-index"> <ul> <li> <strong class="book"> <a 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