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The Guardian - UK
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Sheila Pulham

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If you haven't read about the soldier whose bravery under fire in Iraq won him the first Victoria Cross to be awarded since the Falklands, here's Richard Norton-Taylor's account of Private Johnson Beharry's heroism, and the official citation.

Jonathan Watts' Beijing dispatch today examines the fraught history of China's relations with Taiwan and the implications of new legislation authorising military response to any declaration of independence.

Here on Newsblog, James Sturcke looks at Spanish reaction to the removal of the last statue of Franco, while Mark Tran looks at the legacy of George Kennan, one of the godfathers of the US containment policy against the Soviet Union. He died yesterday aged 101.

Guardian Unlimited Arts has a gallery of Antony Gormley's Ice Man, constructed in the Arctic as part of a project by artists and scientists to highlight the effects of climate change.

And on Guardian Unlimited Sport Barry Glendenning has live gallop-by-gallop coverage of the finale of the Cheltenham festival from 1.30pm. The big race, the Gold Cup, is at 3.15pm. And if you want to know who's playing who in the Champions League Quarter-Finals, click here.

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