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It's an unusual occasion for a president who is loathe to mix business with leisure and who draws his golf partners from a tight circle of confidants, and the match underscores how much the capital's high-stakes negotiations are in the hands of these two men.

Obama and Boehner Golf in Debt Talks' Shadow Carol E. Lee 2011

Chamber of Commerce, the capital's biggest, richest business lobby, which has clashed repeatedly with the administration on a range of issues.

Momentum Builds for Corporate-Tax Overhaul John D. McKinnon 2011

Meanwhile critics of his proposed new London Plan - the capital's key strategic planning document - say that its house building targets are too low and will give boroughs too much freedom to drag their feet.

2012 Olympics: from the people's games to the Tory games? Dave Hill 2010

Yet this reminder of the fundamental difference between the capital's leading clubs was nonetheless extremely sweet for the full-back.

Chelsea juggernaut rolls on as Arsenal display familiar failings David Hytner 2010

Formerly far removed from other settlements, Abu Zaabal has now been enveloped by Cairo's rapidly-expanding urban sprawl; where empty desert once stood, the capital's fringes have crept right up to the colony's doors.

Egypt's last leper colony broaches time of integration Egypt Jack Shenker in Abu Zaabal 2010

This naming, we were told, was of a piece with the latest park masterplan's guiding concept, which is to model it upon the great private estates that still define much of the capital's social character, with their mix of grand homes for the affluent and only in some cases benevolence towards residents of more modest means.

2012 Olympics: from the people's games to the Tory games? Dave Hill 2010

Three of capital's 11 underground lines are closed altogether, but Transport for London says 75% of stations are open

Tube strike hits millions of London commuters Sam Jones 2010

Al-Jazeera television reported that a unnamed member of Ben Ali's wife's family had been detained by security forces at the capital's airport.

Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali forced to flee Tunisia as protesters claim victory 2011

Other images were shot on arrival at the capital's airport.

North Korea's charm offensive marks the handover to its new leader Tania Branigan 2010

Further interesting figures have emerged from the Department of Work and Pensions about the capital's recipients of Local Housing Allowance - that's the housing benefit paid to people who rent from private landlords.

London housing crisis: housing benefit, employment and pensioners Dave Hill 2010