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Torture: if David Cameron still cares about Britain's reputation, he must act...
The UN committee against torture has criticised the UK over failings on serious abuse allegations. Your move, CameronLast week, with very little fanfare, the UN committee against torture published its...
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Fragile peace in San Salvador as youth gangs trade weapons for jobs and hope
Since a ceasefire in Ilopango killings fell from 117 in a year to 62. Now it is the first area in San Salvador declared free of gang violenceThe main square in Ilopango is bustling with noise as the...
View ArticleObama defends internet surveillance programmes - video
Barack Obama defends internet surveillance programmes
View ArticleMuseum of the Civilisations of Europe and the Mediterranean – in pictures
Images of MuCEM, a grand architectural project in France's Capital of Culture, Marseille, that set out to transform the cityRowan Moore
View ArticleJames Earl Ray arrested - pictures from the past
On 8 June 1968, James Earl Ray, an escaped American convict, was arrested in London charged with the murder of Martin Luther King JrJim Powell
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Iraq car bombs kill five people and injure 20
Attacks target Baghdad Shia neighbourhood and police convoy in Mosul, a day after suicide attack kills eight Iranian pilgrimsFive people have been killed by two car bombs in Iraq.One of the bombs...
View ArticleThe Observer's 20 photographs of the week
The best news and culture images from around the world over the past seven daysJim Powell
View ArticleNelson Mandela is in a 'serious but stable' condition in hospital - video
Presidential spokesman says Nelson Mandela was admitted to hospital on Saturday morning following a recurrence of a lung infection
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Pakistan summons US ambassador to protest against latest drone killings
New PM Nawaz Sharif's government calls for end to drone strikes after nine people die in first attack since he took officeThe prime minister of Pakistan has summoned the US ambassador in anger after an...
View ArticleFire engulfs commuter bus in Xiamen, China - video
A fire on a public bus in the city of Xiamen, China, which killed 47 people on Friday
View ArticleEyewitness: 'Trashed' at Oxford University
Photographs from the Guardian Eyewitness seriesJim Powell
View ArticleEiffel Tower used as musical instrument by Joseph Bertolozzi - video
The Eiffel Tower is turned into a giant drum kit by US composer Joseph Bertolozzi, who uses the 324 metre tower to sample 2000 sounds using latex mallets to logs
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Climate change is happening but we can meet the challenge | Sarah van Gelder
As carbon emissions rise inexorably, it's easy to feel powerless as catastrophe looms. But activism is a chance to take control"The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere just hit 400ppm," I told...
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US army suspends two-star general for allegedly failing to investigate assault
Commander of US army forces in Japan was scheduled to become a deputy commander with US Central CommandA two-star general who commands US army forces in Japan has been suspended from his duties for...
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Australian coastguards find nine bodies after boat sinks off Christmas Island
Bodies of suspected migrants spotted near partly submerged vessel 65 nautical miles off Australia's Indian Ocean territoryAustralian coastguards found the bodies of nine migrants near a partly...
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The Professor of Truth by James Robertson – review
A fictionalisation of Jim Swire's quest to absolve the Lockerbie bomber is too certain of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi's innocenceThere are essentially three ways of novelising reality. The most difficult is...
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The real hurts of law enforcement violence and racism | David Dennis
Routine harassment – like being stopped for 'driving while black' – is bad enough. But we face an epidemic of police brutalityI used my dad's car during my freshman Christmas break trip back to...
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Afghanistan: three Americans and one Italian killed in separate attacks
Two US troops and one American civilian are shot dead while Italian soldier dies in separate bomb attack on armoured convoyThree Nato soldiers and a civilian have been killed in two separate attacks in...
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Andrea's soaking rains bring flood risk to north-eastern US states
Storm warnings end, but remnants of season's first tropical storm bring up to 5in of rain to some parts of New Jersey and New YorkSoaking rains that spawned numerous flood warnings pushed some streams...
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McCain and Feinstein pledge to close Guantánamo but sidestep hunger strike
Returning from trip to US prison camp, senators say inmates' care is 'safe and respectful' as dozens protest treatmentA cross-party delegation consisting of two leading US senators and President Barack...
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