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MPs gather in Canberra for the final sitting fortnight of the 43rd parliamentKatharine Murphy
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Rouhani's election as Iranian president met by cautious optimism
Hopes in the west for better relations tempered by knowledge that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is still country's most powerful figureHassan Rouhani's victory in Iran's presidential election has boosted...
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Violent clashes in Istanbul as Erdoğan holds rally
Police use teargas against protesters trying to enter Taksim Square as prime minister talks of foreign conspiracyIstanbul came to a standstill on Sunday as an army of riot police and gendarmerie...
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Revealed: how the UK spied on its G20 allies at London summits
Exclusive: phones were monitored and fake internet cafes set up to gather information from allies in London in 2009Foreign politicians and officials who took part in two G20 summit meetings in London...
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Son of Brooke Astor seeks to avoid prison for stealing mother's fortune
Lawyers for Anthony Marshall, 89, say jail will have 'lethal consequences' as he suffers from Parkinson's and dementiaThe ailing son of the late New York socialite Brooke Astor will find out on...
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Barack Obama describes Northern Ireland as 'blueprint' for peace
US President uses opening of G8 to deliver impassioned speech urging young Belfast listeners to 'face the future united'Barack Obama made an impassioned plea on Monday for the walls still dividing...
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For Cyprus, reunification remains the ultimate aim | Alexandros N Zenon
With the economy still fragile, a rushed solution would be perilousJonathan Steele's claim that Cyprus's President Anastasiades is hesitant to engage in negotiations on the Cyprus problem could not be...
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Egypt's Mohamed Morsi appoints hardline Islamist to govern Luxor
Concerns for tourism as governor is member of Gamaa Islamiya, the militant group responsible for 1997 Luxor massacreThe Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi, has appointed a member of the hardline...
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Bono can't help Africans by stealing their voice | George Monbiot
Because the U2 frontman and others like him are seen as representatives of the poor, the poor are not invited to speakIt was bad enough in 2005. Then, at the G8 summit in Scotland, Bono and Bob Geldof...
View ArticleEdward Snowden Q&A: Dick Cheney traitor charge is 'the highest honor'
The whistleblower behind the biggest intelligence leak in NSA history answered your questions about the NSA surveillance revelations
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G8: Cameron promises biggest bilateral deal in history as free trade talks open
Prime minister claims EU-US deal could create 2m jobs but anti-poverty activists warn that it could sow seeds of next crisisDavid Cameron held out the prospect of Europe and the US concluding the...
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The Guardian's award-winning picture team rounds up the most eye-catching images of the dayMee-Lai StoneFiona ShieldsNicholas Pritchard
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MoD serves news outlets with D notice over surveillance leaks
BBC and other media groups issued with D notice to limit publication of information that could 'jeopardize national security'Defence officials issued a confidential D notice to the BBC and other media...
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Letters: Bugging the G20 in support of Keynesian economics
I know I'm expected to be shocked and horrified at the revelation that the UK spied on its allies at the two G20 summit meetings in London in 2009 (Reports, 17 June) – and in many ways of course I am....
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Country diary: Millthorpe, Derbyshire: Valley where Edward Carpenter, gay...
Millthorpe, Derbyshire: There is an intangible sense of lost history here and the ghost of Carpenter is hard to shake offStarting life, Millthorpe Brook tumbles off Flask Edge on the eastern fringe of...
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The first world war was far from futile | Gary Sheffield
Planning next year's first world war centenary, we shouldn't rely on Wilfred Owen's version of eventsIn announcing details of the official programme of commemorations for the centenary of the first...
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Dave Chappelle announces Funny or Die tour with Flight of the Conchords
Elusive comedian returns to the comedy circuit for the first time since abruptly ending production of his TV show in 2005The comedian Dave Chappelle is set to make his first major return to the...
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7-Eleven store owners charged in scheme to exploit immigrant employees
Managers and owners of stores in Long Island and Virginia accused of stealing wages and providing false documentsNine owners and managers of 7-Eleven stores across Long Island and in Virginia were...
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Seize last chance for Syria peace talks, prime minister urges G8 leaders
Cameron calls for planning for new government without Assad, while key aspects of G8 deal on tax evasion hang in the balanceDavid Cameron tried at the G8 leaders' summit to create "a clarifying moment"...
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G8 summit: judgment awaits on David Cameron's challenge
Prime minister makes progress on US-EU trade deal, but Syria will be the real test of his mettleIn the elaborate, etiquette-riddled role of world summit host, two things matter: first, that you can put...
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