D-Day landing - picture of the day
A photographic highlight selected by the picture desk. The Normandy landings, codenamed Operation Overlord, took place on 6 June 1944. Juno Beach was one of the five designated beaches for landing and...
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Bangladesh factory survivor leaves hospital to start new job at hotel
Reshma Begum, who spent 17 days under rubble of building, will earn seven times what she was paid as garment workerA sewing-machine operator who survived for more than two weeks buried in the rubble of...
View ArticleThe houses built on China’s 'poisoned' land
ChinaDialogue: Homes are being built on contaminated land in Chinese cities – and the residents of these developments have no idea
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Press freedom groups condemn Turkish police violence against journalists
At least 14 journalists have been injured, some seriously, since the outbreak of violent protests in Turkey. The offices of media organisations have also come under attack.The police have been accused...
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Bangladesh garment industry under scrutiny following factory collapse
International pressure to improve health and safety measures as human toll of Rana Plaza tragedy becomes clearWhen the walls of Rana Plaza collapsed on top of her, Saima Aktar was knocked unconscious....
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Meeting the EU's lost generation | Jon Henley
With youth unemployment reaching unprecedented levels across the EU, I want to find out what life is like for Europe's joblessAt 12.2%, unemployment in the 17-nation eurozone is now at its highest...
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Press prize for campaigner who dared China officials to swim in pollution
Wu Zhu named best citizen journalist after calling for environmental protection officials to swim in local waterwaysA social media campaigner who challenged government officials to swim in their...
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Obama administration defends NSA collection of Verizon phone records
White House upholds 'critical tool in protecting the nation from terrorist threats' as senior politicians condemn surveillance• Revealed: NSA collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers...
View ArticleMichelle Bachelet, former Chilean president, is spat on by protester – video
A young man spits at Michelle Bachelet, former president of Chile, while she attends a political rally
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Verizon court order: telephone call metadata and what it can show
The US insists call data is not private information, but critics say it allows government to build detailed picture of individuals' livesWhen does mass data collection get personal? When it comes to...
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Zimbabwe opposition parties unite to condemn court's election ruling
Rare show of unity by opposition parties could raise prospect of grand coalition to take on Robert MugabeZimbabwe's fragmented opposition to president Robert Mugabe has joined forces to reject a court...
View Article102-year-old celebrates birthday with tandem base-jump in Idaho – video
Centenarian Dorothy Custer celebrates her birthday by basejumping off the Snake River bridge in Idaho
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Friends of Syria talks begin as doubt hangs over Geneva II peace conference
Syrian government agrees to attend forthcoming peace talks but opposition coalition demands president's exit as preconditionThe British government is hosting a meeting in London on Thursday of the core...
View ArticlePicture desk live: the best news pictures of the day
The Guardian's award-winning picture team rounds up the most eye-catching images of the day
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FBI and Microsoft Corp in joint assault on £500m fraud botnet
Microsoft's digital crimes unit takes down at least 1,000 Citadel botnets in attempt to curb £500m theft from bank accountsMicrosoft Corp and the FBI, aided by authorities in more than 80 countries,...
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IEA's Didier Houssin: the world's energy future is not hopeless
In the second of her series on clean energy, Lou del Bello talks to Didier Houssin of the International Energy AgencyAs part of an institution that is raising the alarm about the future of the planet,...
View ArticleECB holds interest rates at record low - live
European Commission rejects IMF's argument that Greek debt pile should have been restructured in 2010Graeme Wearden
View ArticleEric Holder to be pressed on NSA surveillance revelations – live updates
Attorney general on Capitol Hill to discuss Justice Department budget but likely to face questions on data collectionTom McCarthy
View ArticleErdogan defies Turkish protesters - live updates
Follow live updates after Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted that he will go ahead with plans to develop Taksim SquareMatthew Weaver
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Florida hit by tropical storm Andrea amid fresh weather warnings
Storm expected to make landfall in Big Bend on Thursday afternoon, with storm warnings in effect across much of FloridaHeavy rain was pouring across much of Florida early Thursday as the first tropical...
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