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href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/12/swine-flu-paralyse-country" name="&lid={bookSection}{Swine flu could paralyse country, Whitehall is told}&lpos={bookSection}{2}">Swine flu could bring UK to a halt, Whitehall told</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/12/swine-flu-paralyse-country"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/7/2/1246551294638/Pupils-gather-outside-Dow-004.jpg" alt="Pupils gather outside Downend school in Bristol after it was closed due to swine flu" class="clipping-picture"/></a> <p>Fears raised as more than a third of Britain's businesses have no response plans for dealing with the pandemic</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>News <span class="page-number">p2</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a 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on 100% home loans dropped}&lpos={bookSection}{8}">Ban on 100% home loans dropped</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Curbs on mortgage lending to be eased amid fears such restraint could lock first-time buyers out of market</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>News <span class="page-number">p6</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/12/afghanistan-taliban-troops-roadside-bombs" name="&lid={bookSection}{Cruel human toll of fight to win Afghan peace}&lpos={bookSection}{9}">Cruel human toll of fight to win Afghan peace</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/12/afghanistan-taliban-troops-roadside-bombs"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Admin/BkFill/Default_image_group/2009/7/11/1247336869220/British-soldiers-sleep-in-004.jpg" alt="British soldiers sleep in a makeshift compound in Helmand province" class="clipping-picture"/></a> <p>The death toll of British troops in southern Afghanistan rose to 184 last week. Jason Burke reports</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>News <span class="page-number">p7</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/12/afghanistan-taliban-troops-helmand-letters" name="&lid={bookSection}{I now know what the blokes in the trenches in WW1 went through}&lpos={bookSection}{10}">'I now know what the blokes in the trenches in WW1 went through'</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Letters sent from the front line in Helmand province by an experienced soldier edited by the Observer for security</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>News <span class="page-number">p8</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/12/afghanistan-taliban-troops-emergency-review-ministry-of-defence1" name="&lid={bookSection}{What should we do next? Military analysts give their views on the conflict in Helmand}&lpos={bookSection}{11}">What should we do next?</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>We asked four leading military analysts for their views on the conflict in Helmand</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/12/afghanistan-taliban-troops-death-helmand" name="&lid={bookSection}{They call it the visit. It means your loved one has been killed}&lpos={bookSection}{12}">They call it 'the visit'. It means your loved one has been killed</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/12/afghanistan-taliban-troops-death-helmand"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Admin/BkFill/Default_image_group/2009/7/11/1247337061093/Captain-David-Hicks-who-w-005.jpg" alt="Captain David Hicks who was been killed in Southern Afghanistan" class="clipping-picture"/></a> <p>Captain David Hicks died in action in Helmand two years ago. His father, Alun, tells <strong>Mark Townsend</strong> about the devastating impact of being told the news</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>News <span class="page-number">p9</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jul/12/ts-eliot-margate-shrine" name="&lid={bookSection}{Margates shrine to TS Eliots muse}&lpos={bookSection}{13}">Margate's shrine to Eliot's muse</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jul/12/ts-eliot-margate-shrine"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Admin/BkFill/Default_image_group/2009/7/11/1247337568967/TS-Eliot-004.jpg" alt="TS Eliot" class="clipping-picture"/></a> <p>Poet's widow supports moves for the council to protect a shelter where he wrote famed verses, says <strong>Vanessa Thorpe</strong></p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>News <span class="page-number">p10</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jul/12/brown-summer-recess-ban-holidays" name="&lid={bookSection}{Gordon Brown bans long holidays for ministers}&lpos={bookSection}{14}">Gordon Brown bans long holidays for ministers</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Leaked memo orders MPs to boost output during summer recess and not travel too far away</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/jul/12/hundreds-die-mental-hospitals" name="&lid={bookSection}{Hundreds die in hidden world of mental hospitals}&lpos={bookSection}{15}">Hundreds die in 'hidden world' of mental hospitals</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Campaigners condemn 'horrific' figures and warn that too many women are sectioned on locked wards</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>News <span class="page-number">p11</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/jul/12/tower-block-fire-construction-flaw" name="&lid={bookSection}{London tower blaze: Tower blocks across the country to face checks for flaws}&lpos={bookSection}{16}">Councils on alert as tower block blaze fuels fears of more high-rise deaths</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/jul/12/tower-block-fire-construction-flaw"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/7/3/1246657692303/Tower-block-fire-in-Cambe-004.jpg" alt="Tower block fire in Camberwell, south London" class="clipping-picture"/></a> <p>Safety experts fear a flaw in construction could have helped London inferno to spread so quickly</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jul/12/botched-cosmetic-surgery-claims" name="&lid={bookSection}{Claims soar for botched cosmetic surgery}&lpos={bookSection}{17}">Claims soar for botched cosmetic surgery</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Patients' charity considers setting up independent group providing information on surgeons' success rates</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jul/12/uk-news-brief" name="&lid={bookSection}{UK News in brief}&lpos={bookSection}{18}">News in brief</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>More news from the UK</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>News <span class="page-number">p14</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/jul/12/equality-watchdog-staff-excess-audit" name="&lid={bookSection}{Equality watchdog hired too many staff}&lpos={bookSection}{19}">Equality watchdog hired too many staff</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Equality and Human Rights Commission is employing 40 people more than allowed, it has emerged</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jul/12/science-teacher-remanded-teenager-attack" name="&lid={bookSection}{Teacher on murder bid charge is remanded}&lpos={bookSection}{20}">Teacher on murder bid charge is remanded</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Peter Harvey accused of attacking teenager after pupil found unconscious in pool of blood</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jul/12/t-in-the-park-weather" name="&lid={bookSection}{Music fans bask in the sun at T in the Park}&lpos={bookSection}{21}">Music fans bask in the sun at T in the Park</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Around 80,000 fans expected to attend each day of Scotland's biggest pop and rock festival</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jul/12/british-man-dies-rock-festival" name="&lid={bookSection}{British man dies at Serbian rock festival}&lpos={bookSection}{22}">British man dies at Serbian rock festival</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Music fan fell from wall at Exit festival held at ancient Petrovaradin fortress in Novi Sad</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/jul/12/39th-annual-peashooting-championships-witcham" name="&lid={bookSection}{All about selecting the right pea - and laser}&lpos={bookSection}{23}">All about selecting the right pea - and laser</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Contestants gather at Cambridgeshire village for 39th annual World Peashooting Championships</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jul/12/uk-borders-european-law-eborders" name="&lid={bookSection}{Brussels casts doubt on &pound;1.2bn border controls}&lpos={bookSection}{24}">Brussels casts doubt on £1.2bn border controls</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Questions raised over legality of e-borders scheme which asks passengers for personal information</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>News <span class="page-number">p15</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/12/weather-el-nino-climate-change-environment" name="&lid={bookSection}{Wild weather in the year ahead, scientists predict}&lpos={bookSection}{25}">Wild weather in the year ahead, scientists predict</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Climate scientists warn of wild weather in year ahead at start of global 'El Niño' phenomenon</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/12/ecotowns-climate-change-gordon-brown-environment" name="&lid={bookSection}{Ecotowns to get go-ahead despite local opposition}&lpos={bookSection}{26}">Ecotowns to get go-ahead despite local opposition</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/12/ecotowns-climate-change-gordon-brown-environment"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Education/Pix/pictures/2009/5/18/1242646732018/Wind-Turbines-at-Royd-Moo-003.jpg" alt="Wind Turbines at Royd Moor in South Yorkshire" class="clipping-picture"/></a> <p>Projects in Norfolk and Cornwall are part of a green package to tackle the climate change threat</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/12/ecotowns-green-revolution-climate-change-gordon-brown" name="&lid={bookSection}{Britains green revolution will power economic recovery | Gordon Brown}&lpos={bookSection}{27}">Britain's green revolution will power economic recovery</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p><strong> Gordon Brown: </strong>Two centuries ago, Britain was at the forefront of a new industrial age that transformed our small island into the workshop of the world and a global economic powerhouse</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>News <span class="page-number">p17</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jul/12/hair-tests-spot-terrorist" name="&lid={bookSection}{Hair test can confirm alibi in suspected terrorism cases}&lpos={bookSection}{28}">Hair test can confirm alibi in suspected terrorism cases</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Researchers have developed laser to measure changes in hair caused by diet or the immediate environment</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/12/mia-farrow-apologises-mps-spam" name="&lid={bookSection}{Mia Farrow apologises to MPs hit by tide of spam Darfur faxes}&lpos={bookSection}{29}">Mia Farrow apologises to MPs hit by tide of spam Darfur faxes</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/12/mia-farrow-apologises-mps-spam"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Admin/BkFill/Default_image_group/2009/7/11/1247338923122/Mia-Farrow-004.jpg" alt="Mia Farrow" class="clipping-picture"/></a> <p>The actress emailed MPs who contacted her to assure them that she was not responsible for the faxes</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>News <span class="page-number">p18</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/jul/12/primary-schools-male-teachers" name="&lid={bookSection}{Schools launch drive to recruit male teachers}&lpos={bookSection}{30}">Schools launch drive to recruit male teachers</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Primary headteachers aim to close the gender gap as experts say boys need role models in class</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jul/12/smoke-fills-british-airways-jet" name="&lid={bookSection}{Hundreds flee as smoke fills British Airways jet}&lpos={bookSection}{31}">Hundreds flee as smoke fills BA jet</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Plane is evacuated after cabin becomes engulfed with smoke as 15 passengers suffer minor cuts and bruising</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jul/12/midwives-reject-bnp-births-scare" name="&lid={bookSection}{Midwives reject BNP births scare}&lpos={bookSection}{32}">Midwives reject BNP births scare</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>BNP claims the increase of foreign mothers giving birth in the UK is putting a huge strain on maternity units</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="trailblock"> <h2>News <span class="page-number">p19</span></h2> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2009/jul/12/holidaymakers-travel-insurance-strikes-summer" name="&lid={bookSection}{Insurers cancel travel cover for airport strikes}&lpos={bookSection}{33}">Insurers cancel travel cover for airport strikes</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <p>Holidaymakers could be caught out by insurance policies which do not cover industrial action</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jul/12/mars-mission-conan-bacterium-russian" name="&lid={bookSection}{The first Earthling to journey to Mars - Conan the Bacterium}&lpos={bookSection}{34}">The first Earthling to journey to Mars - Conan the Bacterium</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jul/12/mars-mission-conan-bacterium-russian"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2007/08/07/mars140X84GD3309275.jpg" alt=" NASA image of the planet Mars" class="clipping-picture"/></a> <p>Specimens of brewer's yeast and microbes to be transported to Mars' moon Phobos on Russian spacecraft</p> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="related"> <div id="book-index"> <ul> <li> <strong class="book"> <a 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name="&lid={bookSectionIndex}{World news}&lpos={bookSectionIndex}{4}" class="book-section"> World news </a> <span class="count">p29-34</span> </li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/jul/12/news/7days" name="&lid={bookSectionIndex}{7 days}&lpos={bookSectionIndex}{5}" class="book-section"> 7 days </a> <span class="count">p35-36</span> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <strong class="book"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/jul/12/sport" class="showerstyle " name="&lid={bookSectionIndex}{Observer Sport}&lpos={bookSectionIndex}{6}">Observer Sport</a> </strong> <ul id="drop-2" class="hidebook"> <li class="first"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/jul/12/sport/news" name="&lid={bookSectionIndex}{News & features}&lpos={bookSectionIndex}{7}" class="book-section"> News & features </a> <span class="count">p1-18</span> </li> 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name="&lid={bookSectionIndex}{Books}&lpos={bookSectionIndex}{11}" class="book-section"> Books </a> <span class="count">p19-25</span> </li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/jul/12/review/puzzles" name="&lid={bookSectionIndex}{Puzzles}&lpos={bookSectionIndex}{12}" class="book-section"> Puzzles </a> <span class="count">page 27</span> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <strong class="book"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/jul/12/escape" class="showerstyle " name="&lid={bookSectionIndex}{Observer Escape}&lpos={bookSectionIndex}{13}">Observer Escape</a> </strong> <ul id="drop-4" class="hidebook"> <li class="first"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/jul/12/escape/features" name="&lid={bookSectionIndex}{Features}&lpos={bookSectionIndex}{14}" class="book-section"> Features </a> <span class="count">p2-14</span> </li> </ul> 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href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/jul/12/magazine" class="showerstyle " name="&lid={bookSectionIndex}{Observer Magazine}&lpos={bookSectionIndex}{18}">Observer Magazine</a> </strong> <ul id="drop-6" class="hidebook"> <li class="first"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/jul/12/magazine/regulars-and-features" name="&lid={bookSectionIndex}{Regulars & features}&lpos={bookSectionIndex}{19}" class="book-section"> Regulars & features </a> <span class="count">p5-28</span> </li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090729212044/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/jul/12/magazine/life-and-style" name="&lid={bookSectionIndex}{Life & style}&lpos={bookSectionIndex}{20}" class="book-section"> Life & style </a> <span class="count">p40-62</span> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <strong class="book"> <a 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