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Nigeria: Soldiers of Fortune - review
Historian Max Siollun's new book dismantles the military machine that rules Nigeria in exquisite, scholarly detailAt the dawn of independence in 1960, everything seemed possible for Africa's most...
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Email service used by Snowden shuts itself down, warns against using US-based...
Edward Snowden: 'Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, Apple, and the rest of our internet titans must ask themselves why they aren't fighting for our interests the same way'A Texas-based encrypted email...
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Walther Rathenau - a picture from the past
On 9 August 1914, five days after the outbreak of the First World War, Erich von Falkenhayn, the German Minister of War, appointed Walther Rathenau as head of the German KRA, the raw materials...
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Morrisons urges retailer unity on display of lads' mags
Zoo and Nuts boycott of Co-op stores after demand for 'modesty bags' leads to call for industry to have collective stanceSupermarket chain Morrisons has called on rivals to adopt a collective stance...
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In academia, there is no such thing as winning a sexual harassment complaint...
The University of Miami example might suggest there are now better outcomes for women in campus harassment cases. If onlyWinning a sexual harassment complaint in academia is impossible. Not because...
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Bordeaux's wine-makers count cost of devastating hailstorm
Vineyards in Côte de Beaune area have lost an estimated four million bottles, leaving many uninsured wine-makers in despairLoïc de Roquefeuil surveyed what was left of his vineyard; row upon row of...
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Edinburgh festival:Wooster Group take on Shakespeare with Hamlet remix
Members of the influential New York ensemble explain what prompted them finally to tackle the bard for the first time - and why Richard Burton's 1964 version was an inspirationBefore Punchdrunk, or...
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Send for the cobrador: business booms for Spanish debt collectors
The men in black frock coats who name and shame debtors without speaking see business rise by 40% in five yearsShameless. That is the word on everyone's lips as each day more revelations surface about...
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California inmate in prison hunger strike: 'Each minute has been torturous'
Hundreds of inmates across the state enter second month of protest against 'inhumane' solitary confinement unitsCalifornia's prison hunger strike is pitting hundreds of inmates against authorities in a...
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Zanzibar police offer reward for information on acid attack
Motive for attack remains unknown as charity volunteers Katie Gee and Kirstie Trup fly home to UKPolice in Zanzibar have offered a reward of £4,000 for information leading to the capture of the men who...
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Oprah Winfrey gets Swiss apology for 'racist treatment'
Zurich shop assistant refused to show a handbag to media mogul worth an estimated $77m, saying it was 'too expensive' for herOprah Winfrey says she encountered racism while shopping in Switzerland –...
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Hamas 'to publicly execute two men in Gaza'
Amnesty calls for Gaza's ruling party to halt 'inhuman and degrading' executions it says will be carried out next weekHamas is planning to publicly execute two prisoners in Gaza as a "lesson" to others...
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Eric Pickles accused of using Travellers as political football
Travellers say reference to them as 'blight' on society is offensive and politicians are using ethnic minorities to court rightwingersA Conservative cabinet minister has been accused of sparking "open...
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Roddy Doyle says Irish financial crisis drew him back to The Commitments
Death throes of Celtic Tiger provide backdrop to sequel The Guts, which revisits much-loved characters"You were wondering if money was going to continue to exist. Really, the collapse of society seemed...
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The biggest threat to America? The size of its own military budget | Michael...
Don't be fooled by terror alerts and dire warnings: the world in general is a safer place than ever and the US in particularDear America: I know you've got a lot on your mind these days. Work is a...
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Winter Olympics 2014: IOC seeks clarification on Russian anti-gay laws - video
IOC chief Jacques Rogge says his committee has received reassurances from Sochi 2014 organisers but is seeking further clarificationJacques Rogge
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Shrinking UK trade gap raises rebalancing hopes - eurozone crisis live
Increase in exports has narrowed the UK trade deficit and boosted hopes of economic recoveryJennifer Rankin
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The Eid al-Fitr festival continues, an attack on a mosque in Pakistan,...
The Guardian's award-winning picture team rounds up the most eye-catching images
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Somalia's remittances quandary: what are the options post-Barclays?
The closure of UK bank accounts belonging to cash-transfer firms would force many people to find new ways of sending money home. What are the alternatives?Barclays has decided to close the accounts of...
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History students will no longer tolerate or believe grand narratives | Colm...
Ireland has torn itself apart in the name of a single view of history – a history filled with myth and prejudice, rather than scrutinised with irony and intelligenceSimplicity is a foreign country;...
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