Fighting across Egypt as Brotherhood supporters told to stay on streets
Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader tells followers to continue protesting until return of ousted president Mohamed MorsiEgyptian cities were left strewn with rocks, glass and bullet casings on...
View ArticleDomestic lessons learned from foreign wars | Henry Porter
A new book reveals that intelligence tactics devised for use abroad are employed against America's own citizensOut of the blue, and right from the heart of the American military establishment – the...
View ArticleEgypt's new revolution puts democracy in danger | Omar Ashour
The coup against their first democratically elected president has left 86 million Egyptians facing further calamity. What happens next?'Down with military rule" was once the most popular chant in...
View ArticleBrazilian referee beheaded by spectators after he fatally stabs player
• Double murder takes place at Brazilian amateur match• Police make one arrest, with investigation continuingPolice in northern Brazil say one man has been arrested after a referee who fatally stabbed...
View ArticleFirst fatal 'Boris bike' accident in London
A 20-year-old woman has become the first cyclist to die riding a Barclays Cycle Hire bike since they were introduced by the mayor of London in 2010Police were on Saturday night investigating the first...
View ArticleThe NSA's mass and indiscriminate spying on Brazilians | Glenn Greenwald
As it does in many non-adversarial countries, the surveillance agency is bulk collecting the communications of millions of citizens of BrazilI've written an article on NSA surveillance for the front...
View ArticleThe Bling Ring – review
Sofia Coppola's story of the teen gang who robbed celebrity mansions is a shallow ode to Hollywood excessThere is a scene in I'm Alan Partridge in which our hero must pretend that the home of a fan is...
View ArticleAbu Qatada set to be deported to Jordan
Radical cleric due to board plane at RAF Northolt in early hours of Sunday morning to face retrial for terrorismAbu Qatada was due to fly to Jordan early on Sunday morning after a legal battle to...
View ArticleStrange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century by Christian Caryl –...
A compelling study argues that the rise of four ideologues to the world stage in 1979 had far-reaching consequencesAs the Soviet Union unravelled in the 1980s, eastern Europeans returned to the rosary...
View ArticleSurfer knocked unconscious by whale at Bondi
A man has been hospitalised after he was struck by a whale that had swum close to shore off Bondi BeachA surfer has been knocked unconscious by a 15-metre humpback whale that flicked him off his board...
View ArticleAbu Qatada touches down in Jordan after 10 years of legal wrangles
Theresa May has succeeded where previous home secretaries failed in deporting 'Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe'The radical Islamist preacher Abu Qatada is a Palestinian-Jordanian born in...
View ArticleAbu Qatada deported from UK
Radical cleric lands in Jordan after being deported from Britain following decade-long battle to remove himThe radical cleric Abu Qatada has landed in Jordan after being deported from Britain aboard a...
View ArticleTimeline: Abu Qatada
Key events since the radical preacher described as al-Qaida's spiritual leader in Europe arrived in the UK 15 years agoSeptember 1993Abu Qatada arrives with his family in the UK on a forged United Arab...
View ArticlePostwar Mali: 'The social tissue is broken' – video
Though access to some areas in Mali has improved since the liberation of the north, the country continues to face serious challenges
View ArticleAbu Qatada lands in Jordan after being deported from UK - video
The radical cleric lands in Jordan's capital, Amman, after being deported from Britain aboard a private jet
View ArticleFires still burning in Quebec town 24 hours after runaway train crash
Train of 73 fuel-carrying rail cars derailed and burst into flames on Saturday morning in town of Lac-MéganticFires continued burning for more than 24 hours after a runaway train carrying crude oil...
View ArticleThe Fun Parts by Sam Lipsyte – review
Satirist Sam Lipsyte's hilarious short stories may feature deluded and feckless characters, but there is tenderness tooThese are golden times for American satirists. After years of relentless...
View ArticleSan Francisco plane crash investigators to begin work
Asiana Airlines says mechanical failure was unlikely to be cause of accident in which two Chinese teenagers diedA team of investigators was expected to start work on Sunday on the wreckage of a Boeing...
View ArticleSan Francisco plane crash - video
At least two people are dead and more than 60 injured after an Asiana Airlines flight from South Korea crash-landed at San Francisco airport on Saturday
View ArticleThe George Zimmerman trial is the worst fear of every black family | David...
Parents of black males live in fear that their children won't come home because someone thought they were dangers to societyThe Trayvon Martin case has been nothing short of heartbreak from the very...
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