'Justice for Trayvon Martin' protests - in pictures
People take to the streets in over 100 US cities to protest against George Zimmerman's acquittal in the Trayvon Martin murder trial
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India jails six for life over Swiss gang rape
Attack on Swiss tourist came months after a 23-year-old Indian woman died following a gang rape on a bus in DelhiSix men convicted of the gang rape of a Swiss woman in India earlier this year were...
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Woman killed on rollercoaster fell from her carriage, police confirm
Investigation under way into how passenger came free from safety restraint on Texas Giant ride at Six Flags park in ArlingtonA police sergeant has confirmed that a woman who died on a rollercoaster at...
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Nauru riot: 125 asylum seekers arrested
Another 420 transferred to tents at second camp after $A60m fire destroyed main Australian detention centre on islandAbout 125 people who sought asylum in Australia were in police custody on the...
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Superman to face Batman in Man of Steel sequel, Zack Snyder confirms
Warner Bros says Henry Cavill will be back in red cape but no word on who will play Dark Knight after Christian Bale's exitRead our report from Comic-Con 2013 A sequel to Man of Steel is in the works...
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Earthquake rattles New Zealand capital
Damage and power blackouts in Wellington after quake of magnitude 6.9 is recorded off coast of North IslandThe New Zealand capital, Wellington, was rattled by a magnitude 6.9 earthquake on Sunday that...
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I'm a gay man, but now I am feeling attracted to women
A gay man who is attracted to women is confused about his sexuality. Mariella Frostrup tells him to relax and find out what works best for himThe dilemma I have known I was gay since I was a boy, but...
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Philipp Meyer: 'We don't have a good context for where we come from as...
The acclaimed novelist discusses The Son, his latest examination of America – and why learning to hunt was part of the processBorn in 1974, Philipp Meyer grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, studied at...
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Taipei by Tao Lin – review
Tao Lin's tale of a New York writer on tour is both ultra-hip and substantialThe GChat-honed style of the American-Taiwanese writer Tao Lin signals suspicion not only of cliche but also the effort...
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Syria's Assad is stronger now, says David Cameron
Prime minister says Britain will not be supplying arms to Syrian rebels despite pressing for lifting of EU arms embargoDavid Cameron has admitted the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, has strengthened...
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Israel braces for tough peace talks with Palestinians
Binyamin Netanyahu says any agreement reached on future Palestinian state would have to be ratified by Israeli referendumIsrael's prime minister says he expects recently announced peace talks with the...
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Indian school lunch pesticide not widely available, says magistrate
Pesticide in cooking oil more than five times more concentrated than commercial version, according to forensic reportThe free school lunches that killed 23 Indian children last week were contaminated...
View ArticleTrayvon Martin rallies held across the US - video
Trayvon Martin's mother and father attend rallies on Saturday in protest at the acquittal of George Zimmerman for their son's murder
View ArticleChina: 115-year-old woman could be world's oldest person - video
A 115-year-old woman from southwest China has applied for a Guinness World Record naming her as the world's oldest living person
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Dodd-Frank at three: time to reform the financial reform act | Hester Pierce
Dodd-Frank was very necessary but misbegotten in the aftermath of the financial crisis. Now, it really needs an overhaulWith eager anticipation of its salutary effects on an ailing American financial...
View ArticleFirst asylum-seekers to be sent to Papua New Guinea by Australia arrive - video
The first group of Indonesian asylum-seekers affected by Australia and Papua New Guinea's processing deal arrive at Christmas Island, Australia
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Helen Thomas obituary
Tenacious US journalist and veteran White House correspondent who was not afraid to express her own strongly held viewsAt a time when US news media confined most female journalists to writing about...
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Britons feared dead in Russian helicopter crash
Foreign Office says it is looking into reports that two British tourists were among three killed in Murmansk regionTwo Britons were among three people killed in a helicopter crash in northern Russia on...
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Food stamps helped me serve my country. Don't cut them now | Kayla Williams
My single mom struggled to put food on the table sometimes, so government assistance was part of what made me a soldierI've eaten government food during two periods in my life: as a child and as a...
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Philippe I succeeds Albert II as king of Belgium
Belgium's seventh monarch takes oath after father's abdication and faces task of uniting country riven by political divisionKing Philippe I has become Belgium's seventh monarch after the abdication of...
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