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Eyeball-licking: the fetish that is making Japanese teenagers sick
The popularity of the bizarre practice, sometimes called 'worming', has been blamed for a rise in cases of conjunctivitis. And it freaks us out just to think about itWarning: don't read this if you're...
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Lionel Messi case: dodging taxes in Spain is easier than dodging defenders |...
Spain's tax system is slow, inept and underfunded – while football boomed few seemed to care about fiscal mattersWe don't know yet if Lionel Messi, Barcelona's star footballer, is guilty of the...
View ArticleLionel Messi innocent of tax fraud, says Barcelona president - video
Barcelona president Sandro Rosell says Lionel Messi is not guilty of avoiding paying income tax on money generated from the sale of image rights between 2006 and 2009
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Cameron backs US assessment on Syrian chemical weapons use
Exclusive: PM praises Washington for 'candid' analysis claiming Assad troops have used chemical weapons against rebelsBritain shares the "candid assessment" by the US that the regime of President...
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The pitfalls of putting minors on the sex offenders register | Lindsey Bever
The punishment should fit the crime, certainly, but our system could brand a teen for 'sexting' almost as harshly as a rapistTwo high school football players will be labelled as sex offenders in an...
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Fashion week Tunis 2013: 'Since the revolution fashion feels free'
Designers at Tunisia's premier fashion showcase channelled the post-revolutionary spirit of the nation with designs that were glamorous, exhilarating and innovativeAt the start of Tunis fashion week,...
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The Replacements to reunite for first shows in 22 years
Alt rock favourites of the 80s to follow up last year's covers EP with three headlining gigs in Chicago, Toronto and DenverThe Replacements will reunite for their first concerts in 22 years. Paul...
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Gender equality funds must go to women's groups in poor countries
A report urging the UK to increase funding to women's rights groups is welcome, but the money must reach the right peopleHow do we end violence against women and girls? It's the million dollar...
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Kanye West has plenty of rage, but he isn't a true black leader yet | Michael...
His new album Yeezus shows his anger, yet West rarely champions social causes and closed his charityMusic on Kanye West's forthcoming album, Yeezus, and recent statements in a riveting New York Times...
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Investigate Booz Allen Hamilton, not Edward Snowden | Pratap Chatterjee
The firm that formerly employed both the director of national intelligence and the NSA whistleblower merits closer scrutinyMilitary contractor Booz Allen Hamilton of McLean, Virginia, has shot into the...
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Erdoğan offers to suspend Gezi Park redevelopment pending court case
Turkish PM makes concession after late night meetings with protesters' representatives to end almost two weeks of demonstrationsTurkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, appears to be backing away...
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The Guardian's award-winning picture team rounds up the most eye-catching images of the dayMee-Lai StoneRoger Tooth
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David Cameron could make Bermuda open up on taxes – if he wanted to | Jack Blum
If Bermuda succeeds in undermining an attempted crackdown on tax havens, it's because our PM allowed it to happenThat Bermuda may jeopardise a major international agreement that's trying to crack down...
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Russia dismisses US claims of Syrian chemical weapons use
Moscow says evidence it has been shown 'does not look convincing', and cautions US against arming Syrian rebelsRussia has dismissed US assertions that Bashar al-Assad has used chemical weapons against...
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Constitutional freedoms must not trample Newtown's grief | Monte Frank
Sandy Hook is still coming to terms with the tragic shootings. To release photos of the scene would have been a fresh traumaAnother day in Newtown. Kids aren't talking. Parents are sick to their...
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And 'Miss Germany' is … er … pull the udder one
Holstein heffer Loh Nastygirl deemed 'a super cow from head to toe' in annual bovine beauty event in OldenburgGerman cow Loh Nastygirl has been crowned the country's most beautiful bovine after...
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Wendi Deng and Rupert Murdoch could split property empire
As he files for divorce, the News Corp boss stands to lose some of their multimillion-dollar portfolio of homes around the globeWhen they quit their loft apartment in New York's bohemian SoHo for the...
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Don't fly Edward Snowden to UK, airlines told
British government issues travel alert to airlines around the world saying NSA whistleblower likely to be refused entry to UKThe British government is reported to have warned airlines around the world...
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Spare Rib was born of grassroots feminism. It's not a brand | Marsha Rowe
Charlotte Raven's plan to revive the magazine online doesn't seem to fit with its original ideals. That's why we are challenging itI knew nothing of Charlotte Raven's plan to relaunch Spare Rib until...
View ArticleUS to arm Syrian rebels - live updates
Follow live updates as the US government announces that it will provide military support to the rebelsHaroon Siddique
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