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US man killed in Alexandria clashes, officials say
US embassy official 'seeking to confirm' reports that young man died from chest wound during clashes in Egyptian port cityA US citizen was stabbed to death in the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Friday...
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Hollywood's refusal to stand up to Alec Baldwin's gay slurs is shameful |...
Alec Baldwin uses homophobic slurs against a gay Daily Mail journalist, and nobody says anything? Welcome to TinseltownCan you hear it? The stampede of Hollywood actors scrambling to condemn Alec...
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Mitochondrial transfer procedure could prevent mothers passing on devastating genetic conditions to their childrenMartin Rowson
View ArticleClashes in Alexandria after peaceful protests by Egyptians turn sour - video
Anti-government protesters, who want the removal of Mohamed Morsi, clash with police in several cities despite seemingly-peaceful protests in Cairo
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American killed in Egyptian clashes as Brotherhood offices attacked
US citizen dies in Alexandria as tensions rise between supporters and opponents of President Mohamed MorsiEgypt suffered renewed outbreaks of violence on Friday as Muslim Brotherhood offices were...
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Tomorrow I'll Be Twenty by Alain Mabanckou – review
Alain Mabanckou's comic novel about a young man growing up in the People's Republic of Congo has been compared to The Catcher in the RyeAlain Mabanckou, a novelist of exuberant originality, started a...
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Boat Race protester Trenton Oldfield: 'I had no choice but to swim'
When Trenton Oldfield disrupted last year's Boat Race in protest at elitism in Britain, he never thought it would lead to prison and deportation. So are political forces working against him?Someone has...
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Mexican modernism and the politics of painting
Viewed against a backdrop of Mexico's seemingly endless revolution, the paintings of Diego Rivera and his circle were storyboards for a new consciousnessWhen Sybille Bedford set out for Mexico...
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Brief Encounters with Che Guevara by Ben Fountain – review
Chris Power is impressed by tightly plotted stories of deluded revolutionaries and patronising idealistsNovels about the Iraq war remain scarce, but within this small literary subset Ben Fountain's...
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Angela Merkel's wrecking of EU car emissions deal risks her reputation |...
The German chancellor's unholy alliance with the car industry does not sit well with her international stance on climate changeLet's start with an easily overlooked staff announcement from Angela...
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California ban on gay marriages is lifted
State officials let couples marry immediately as US federal appeals court dissolves staySame-sex marriages resumed with a flurry in California on Friday when a panel of federal judges, acting in the...
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Snowden has not damaged US, says Rice
New US national security adviser says diplomatic consequences of NSA leaks are not that significantThe incoming US national security adviser has dismissed claims that the surveillance whistleblower...
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General: we should have talked to Taliban
Exclusive: General Nick Carter says west could have struck a deal with Taliban leaders after they were toppled a decade agoThe west should have tried talking to the Taliban a decade ago, after they had...
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Power shifts to daughter as Mandela's family argues over burial
Grandson and traditional heir tells clan meeting he 'overplayed his hand' in moving children's gravesFamily anguish over the health of Nelson Mandela has been deepened by arguments over his final...
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English Defence League leaders arrested on way to Woolwich
Two men detained as Met police say anyone suspected of marching to site of soldier's murder will be arrestedTwo English Defence League leaders arrested as they attempted to visit the spot where Drummer...
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Stephen Emmott Q&A: 'Windfarms are not the answer to our problems'
The author of Ten Billion on how we might avert a population catastrophe, his attempts to replicate photosynthesis, and why G8 leaders ought to wear tiesWatch Stephen Emmott reading extracts from his...
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Porn: do we really want internet providers to be censors?
The only way to stop online porn is to force service providers to block it – but we should be careful what we wish forDearly beloved: our subject this morning is online pornography and what to do about...
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DFS supports British manufacturing resurgence
Sofa maker is among firms bringing jobs back to the UK from overseas as Chinese labour falls out of favourAnyone subjected to brash DFS adverts promising double discounts and 0% finance on sofas would...
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For the record
In "Scientist attacks 'outrageous' cell-cycle patent" (News, 26 May, page 1), we reported allegations by embryologist Jacques Cohen that a Stanford University patent, exclusively licensed to Auxogyn,...
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Humans – the real threat to life on Earth
If population levels continue to rise at the current rate, our grandchildren will see the Earth plunged into an unprecedented environmental crisis, argues computational scientist Stephen Emmott in this...
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