Following the feature on how to grow a four-metre moustache, readers have been sending in pictures of their own follicly fertile upper lips.

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Why readers love their moustaches

Consumers may soon be able to test themselves for the virus that causes AIDS in their own homes, after a panel of experts on Tuesday recommended approval of the first over-the-counter test.

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F.D.A. Panel Backs First Rapid, Take Home H.I.V. Test

A potential case by the Federal Trade Commission, which hired a former prosecutor to lead its effort, could embolden European Union officials in their own antitrust investigation.

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U.S. Antitrust Move Has Google Fighting on Two Fronts

MOSCOW — Sounding as if he was quoting from a dusty KGB manual or a bad movie script, Vladi­mir Putin warned Wednesday that his opponents are prepared to murder one of their own so they can blame it on him. Read full article > >

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In Putin’s Russia, allegations of a KGB-like plot

All four could lose on their own home turf.

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Republicans Get No Love From Home States

Kabul holds many glimpses of its Soviet past hidden in plain sight around its jumbled hillsides — sobering artifacts that now confront the United States and its allies as they begin pondering what their own legacy might be.

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Kabul’s Soviet Ruins Offer a Reminder of Imperial Ambitions

Goodbye, Willy Loman and Sweeney Todd. Hello, Peter Pan and Astro Boy. Local theaters that don’t generally put on family-friendly shows are taking a tip from popular kid-focused venues, including Imagination Stage and Adventure Theatre, and staging their own age-spanning entertainment. Read full article > >

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Child’s play: Find family-friendly theater in unexpected places

Goodbye, Willy Loman and Sweeney Todd. Hello, Peter Pan and Astro Boy. Local theaters that don’t generally put on family-friendly shows are taking a tip from popular kid-focused venues, including Imagination Stage and Adventure Theatre, and staging their own age-spanning entertainment. Read full article > >

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Child’s play: Find family-friendly theater in unexpected places

When Mitt Romney said that his federal tax rate was about 15 percent, many wrongly assumed that their own rate was higher.

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News Analysis: Why Americans Think the Tax Rate’s High, and Why They’re Wrong

BEIJING — Chinese and Japanese leaders have unveiled initiatives to tighten financial links between East Asia’s economic giants and sometime rivals — measures that could expand use of China’s tightly controlled currency abroad. During a visit to Beijing by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, the two governments said in a surprise announcement Sunday they will encourage use of their own currencies in bilateral trade, which now is conducted mostly in U.S. dollars. Read full article > >

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Chinese, Japanese leaders unveil deals on bond sales, currency to tighten finance ties

BEIJING — Chinese and Japanese leaders have unveiled initiatives to tighten financial links between East Asia’s economic giants and sometime rivals — measures that could expand use of China’s tightly controlled currency abroad. During a visit to Beijing by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, the two governments said in a surprise announcement Sunday they will encourage use of their own currencies in bilateral trade, which now is conducted mostly in U.S. dollars. Read full article > >

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Despite fire from senators in their own party, House Republicans pushed for talks on a long-term bill.

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House Republicans Refuse to Budge on Payroll Tax Cut

Afghan forces will assume control of their own security in 18 new areas, bringing half of the country’s population under the government’s authority, officials said Sunday.

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Afghan Troops Will Expand Security Control

Long before Occupy Wall Street, the Sisters of St. Francis were quietly staging an occupation of their own, and have become one of the most surprising groups of corporate activists.

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Sisters of St. Francis, the Quiet Shareholder Activists

English councils have been conned out of at least £7m by criminals using information published on their own websites, a survey says.

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Councils ‘lose £7m in bank scam’