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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Mike Duran

Guardian Daily: Peruvian protesters 'tortured' after clash with British firm

Solicitor Richard Meeran highlights a case he is taking to the high court about a British mining company that is facing a multimillion-dollar claim for damages following a clash between protesters and police in August 2005, which left one man bleeding to death and others injured.

Get set for a new government carbon tax designed to subsidise the nuclear industry. The Guardian's Tim Webb says that figures he obtained show the additional levy would add £44 to an annual electricity bill of £500 - that's nearly a 10% increase.

Industry analysts say the number of films being produced by Hollywood is set to plummet by more than a third as the major studios struggle against a dearth of funding as consumers adjust the way they consume. Our New York correspondent Ed Pilkington explains.

It's claimed millions of pounds are being wasted by Network Rail in compensation payouts to employees forced out by discrimination and bullying. The Guardian's Peter Walker reveals that The Equality and Human Rights Commission is investigating the allegations.

Best-selling author Robert Harris talks about his latest book Lustrum which picks up where Imperium left off after the election of Cicero as consul of Rome in 63BC. Claire Armitstead - literary editor of the Guardian - went to meet the author.

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