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Israeli settlement plan threatens to wreck talks

Announcement of 1,600 homes in east Jerusalem condemned by Joe Biden as he spent second day trying to restart peace talks

Canadian leaders' 'seal meal' defies EU ban

About 30 leaders coming together for a feast of seal meat in a rejoinder to ban on imports of products from annual mass cull

Budget in a fortnight in build-up to May 6 poll

Gordon Brown will announce today that the pre-election Budget will be on March 24, kicking off the election timetable

Business news  

Npower follows rivals to cut gas bills by 7%

EDF Energy and ScottishPower have yet to reduce prices for customers in a new round of tariff reductions

Britain to lose £4.6bn in exports on EADS exit

A decision by the Airbus owner and Northrop to pull out of a deal for the US Air Force will hit the country's trade gap

• EADS threatens to drop A400M

• EADS officials cleared of insider trading

Liberty to demerge as annual losses narrow

The owner of Covent Garden and Arndale in Manchester will split in two, but shares tumble on sharp fall in asset value

Sport News  

Ferguson wary of Beckham fairytale return

Manchester United manager acknowledges that his former player can be threat in second leg of Champions League tie

• Ronaldo and Mourinho lead threat to English hegemony

• United lifted by Rooney's return

England recall Worsley to give Moody blues

Martin Johnson makes shock selections for Scotland match, with Leicester flanker out and Delon Armitage retained

Pietersen fails again as first Test looms

Bangladesh A v England XI: batsman clean bowled for 20 despite giving chance to practise by host side's declaration

Comment  

Keep plugging away. The brand is a winner

Tories think that the job of changing their party’s image is complete. It isn’t — and complacency could be fatal

• Daniel Finkelstein

Rob rich bankers and give money to the poor

Wall Street and the City did little to deserve their record profits. A Robin Hood tax is the only fair solution

• Jeffrey Sachs

The Camberley mosque should be stopped

Islam obliges us to be good neighbours and respect others

• Taj Hargey

Life and Style  

Climb down off your high heels

Our fashion editor has found that some situations simply can’t be dealt with on skyscrapers. Kitten heels are back!

Flip back to the organised Eighties

Forget the laptop: Filofaxes, once synonymous with yuppies, have been modernised as a stylish and useful accessory

How to deal with adult acne

The beauty editor explains how to tackle those little spots of bother

Arts & Entertainment  

India's real, surreal and feral faces

The National Portrait Gallery's new show, The Indian Portrait, is an expansive exploration of a neglected area of art

Alice in Wonderland smashes Avatar record

Tim Burton's Alice has knocked Avatar off the International box office top spot, and holds a clutch of other records

Four stars for Don Pasquale

This cast not only fly through the vocal stratosphere with panache, but present themselves personably on stage