Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has called on Andy Coulson, who was editor of the News of the World during the period the allegations cover, to give a "full and open explanation" of his role in the affair.

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The explanation for all this is undoubtedly the open maw and changing dietary habits of the world's fast-expanding population.

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People who can explain how clarity in visual language may be the explanation for boob-plate armor and open jackets and pizza-cutter swords.

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Again, there is a more humane and logical explanation for the zeal with which the authorities in Braintree pried open this painful case in 2010: for officials there, the inquest offered a way to purge past misconduct and exorcise an old form of government.

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The union accepts the company's explanation, that some job losses are inevitable if the mine is to stay open at all, but its members feel let down.

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