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Much of Britain braced for snow http://t.co/4rDRr6uI

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Travel disruption continues after freight train engine derailed on West Coast mainline in Buckinghamshire on Friday http://t.co/iWaGCT9R

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"System disregards, opposes and cheats on voters" - protests expected in Moscow against election fraud in #Russia http://t.co/MYA7DoAb

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