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Ethics and politics: God, mammon and Mr Miliband | Editorial

The churches can talk about ethics and they can critique policies without anyone questioning their motivesThe ideal advertising campaign bears no fingerprints. The product is endorsed independently by...

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Wonga poached Wellcome Trust manager after £73m investment

Senior charity employee joined payday lender just months after playing key role in securing dealWonga, the leader of the group of payday lenders that the Archbishop of Canterbury claims have...

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Bradley Manning's 'sole purpose was to make a difference', lawyer insists

In closing arguments, defence lawyer paints portrait of Wikileaks source as someone without 'evil intent'The lawyer representing the WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning has asked the judge presiding over...

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Rhyming slang is nang | Nikesh Shukla

The old East End dialect is moving out to Essex, says one academic. Come back and chill, cockneysThe East End done changed, blud. All the cockneys moved out. They decided that the only way was Essex...

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Reuters' climate-change coverage 'fell by nearly 50% with sceptic as editor'

Media Matters for America study follows blog by former agency reporter about appointment of Paul IngrassiaReuters' climate-change coverage fell by nearly 50% after a climate sceptic joined the news...

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Mo Farah pleads with Barclays not to end remittances to Somalia

Olympic medallist urges bank not to withdraw facilities to send money transfers to Africa and Asia, including his native SomaliaDouble Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah has thrown his fame and weight...

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Tunisia: moment of crisis | Editorial

Mohamed Brahmi's assassination has cast a growing shadow over a revolution that was widely welcomed in the regionWith Syria in flames, Egypt deadlocked and Libya enfeebled, a Tunisian failure would...

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The best news photographs of the day

The Guardian's award-winning picture team rounds up the most eye-catching imagesMee-Lai StoneGuy Lane

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Bulgaria's 'class war' | Mariya Ivancheva

The long-running protests in Bulgaria are not a plot led by middle-class Soros-oids – they are about social alternativesOn Tuesday the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, witnessed a night of violence. After 40...

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Letters: New threat posed to Shaker Aamer

It is reported that Shaker Aamer has been threatened with transfer from Guantánamo Bay to Saudi Arabia, a country he fled nearly 30 years ago. Shaker reported to his lawyer, Clive Stafford Smith, that...

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England's forests: following the UFO trail in Suffolk

In December 1980, US Air Force personnel at RAF Woodbridge in Suffolk claimed to have seen aliens in Rendlesham Forest. The Forestry Commission has now set up a trail for intrepid ufologistsIf you want...

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Edward Snowden better off in Russia than US, his father says

NSA whistleblower's father says he has lost faith in the US justice department and his son needs a safe havenThe father of the National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden says his son has...

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Nauru riot accused 'are unlikely to get fair trial'

Charges against more than 150 asylum seekers are more than island's system can cope with, says former justice secretaryOliver Laughland

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Tunisian opposition figures killed with same gun

Mohammed Brahmi shot dead with weapon used to kill secular politician Chokri Belaid in Tunis six months agoMohammed Brahmi, the leftwing Tunisian opposition figure gunned down in front of his house on...

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Same-sex marriage moves a step closer in NSW

Inquiry finds states can go it alone, paving the way for marriage equality bill in next session of parliamentNSW is one step closer to allowing same-sex marriage after a parliamentary committee found...

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GlaxoSmithKline China scandal: another 18 people arrested

No details given of the identities of those detained as scandal over bribery allegations intensifiesAt least 18 more people have been detained in China in connection with a corruption scandal involving...

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George Mitchell, father of fracking, dies at 94

Innovator who first used hydraulic fracturing to drill for natural gas changed the energy landscape late in his lifeGeorge Phydias Mitchell, a petroleum engineer who transformed the natural gas...

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US will not seek death for Snowden

Reports this week claimed Snowden had applied for asylum in Russia because he feared torture if he was returned to USThe US has told the Russian government that it will not seek the death penalty for...

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Morsi accusation fuels protests

Deposed president alleged to have helped Palestinian Islamists murder Egyptian police during 2011 overthrow of Hosni MubarakThe overthrown Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi, is under investigation for...

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Spain train crash: police wait to question driver

More details emerge of Francisco Garzón, 52, as he recovers in hospital after train crash that left at least 78 deadThe focus of the investigation into Spain's worst rail accident for 40 years will...

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