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Stephen Fry asks PM to back campaign against Russian Winter Olympics
Broadcaster says Moscow anti-gay laws unacceptable and tells David Cameron he admires him for knowing right from wrongStephen Fry has urged David Cameron to support moves to strip Russia of the 2014...
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We need Big Tech to protect us from Big Brother | Jeff Jarvis
Users have a right to expect technology firms to safeguard their privacy from state spying. Fixes like encryption are not enoughTechnology companies: now is the moment when you must answer for us, your...
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Demolition begins on Ariel Castro's Cleveland house
House to be torn down as part of deal that spared Castro possible death sentence – he was sentenced to life in prisonDemolition has begun on the US house where three women were held captive and raped...
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US drone strike kills six suspected militants in Yemen
Strike was fifth in two weeks following warnings of threats which pushed Washington to shut embassies across Middle EastUS drone killed at least six suspected al-Qaida militants in southern Yemen on...
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Yemen plot 'foiled' as US drone strike kills five al-Qaida members
Attack in Shabwa province comes as reports suggest large-scale terror plot involved towns and installationsNew US drone strikes reportedly killed seven alleged al-Qaida members in southern Yemen on...
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Bristol Zoo investigates alleged punching of fur seal by keeper
Head vet Michelle Barrows says South American fur seal remains on public show after staff attempts to weigh animalA keeper at Bristol Zoo has been suspended after allegedly throwing a punch at a South...
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Breastfeeding for hire to gay couples – what's not to like? | Joanna Moorhead
Feeding someone else's baby is not new or distasteful, so bonne chance to the Parisian mother advertising her servicesIt wasn't an ad the website had expected to see posted: a 29-year-old nurse...
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Relative of boys killed by python describes their last day - video
The great-uncle of two Canadian brothers strangled by a pet python describes them as typical children who 'enjoyed life to the maximum'
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So much for America's internet freedom agenda | Eli Dourado
After the NSA revelations, other countries are even more skeptical of listening to the US on how to govern the internetThe National Security Agency's surveillance of innocent Americans without a...
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Zanzibar: two British charity volunteers injured in acid attack
Two men on moped threw acid at female volunteers, both 18, as they walked through east African island's capital Zanzibar CityTwo young British women have been attacked with acid while working for a...
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Kate Winslet to seek revenge with needles in The Dressmaker
Rosalie Ham's award-winning Australian gothic novel coming to screen, co-starring Judy Davis as Winslet's motherKate Winslet will play an Australian woman who returns to the small outback town where...
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Nixon leaves the White House - a picture from the past
On 8 August 1974, US President Richard Nixon broadcast his intention to resign in a televised address to the US nationJim Powell
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Omagh bombing: Amnesty backs families' call for cross-border inquiry
Human rights organisation supports all-Ireland investigation after report reveals intelligence failings before 1998 attackAmnesty International has backed the families of the Omagh bomb victims in...
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Vladimir Putin criticised on Russian TV
Head of channel reportedly says disgruntled staffer responsible for 'hooliganism prank' will be firedA television station in the remote Russian city of Chelyabinsk broadcast a two-minute clip...
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Marmite maker seeks to defuse TV ad row by giving £18,000 to RSPCA
Food giant Unilever acts as number of complaints that campaign trivialised work of animal and children's charities rises to 330Marmite is looking to fend off accusations that it mocked animal charities...
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John King obituary
My father, John King, who has died aged 90, should have had the starring role in a film about his life. It was so exciting and varied and he was so clever and witty. He could even have written the...
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Eid al-Fitr celebrated around the world: in pictures
Muslims mark the first day of the Eid al-Fitr, a two-day festival to mark the end of Ramadan
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Iran's political prisoners plead for Obama to end 'crippling' US sanctions
Exclusive: More than 50 prominent Iranian political prisoners reach out to the US president in a letter asking him to seize 'the last chance' for a detente between Tehran and WashingtonMr President!We,...
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Liolà – review
Lyttelton theatre, LondonRichard Eyre's staging of the lusty Pirandello village comedy is nuanced, yet its Irish accent is ultimately discomfitingThis play by Luigi Pirandello is not what you expect of...
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