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Brown urges terror plan support because his masters won't wait much longer

'Prime Minister Gordon Brown is urging his backbenchers to support plans to allow the police to detain terror suspects for 42 days without charge. Writing in the Times, he said the extension from 28 days was the "right way to protect national security". But he faces opposition from about 50 of his own MPs, in addition to Lib Dems and Conservatives, amid fears that a change would infringe civil liberties.'

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