North Korea eases tension by moving missiles
Pyongyang takes two Musudan missiles off launch-ready status after weeks of concern on Korean peninsulaNorth Korea has taken two Musudan missiles off launch-ready status and moved them from their...
View ArticleRestrict EU immigrants' access to benefits, says pro-Europe group
Business for New Europe shifts position as Labour MP calls on his party to oppose free movement of workers in EUPro-European business leaders responded on Tuesday to the surge in support for Ukip by...
View ArticleMissing teenagers Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus found alive after 10 years
Three men in their 50s arrested after Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight found in house on residential streetThree women who went missing about a decade ago in Cleveland, Ohio, have been...
View ArticleAmanda Berry and two other missing women found alive - video
Three women found at a house in Cleveland have been identified by police as Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight
View ArticleTen worst countries for childbirth are in sub-Saharan Africa, charity says
Finland has lowest rates of mother and child mortality while US scores relatively poorly on maternal healthThe worst place in the world to give birth is the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where a...
View ArticleCharles Ramsey describes Amanda Berry rescue - video
Charles Ramsey, a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, tells how he was alerted to the presence of three missing women by screams from a nearby house
View ArticleAmanda Berry, Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus found in Cleveland – as it...
Three women, missing for more than a decade, have been found alive in a house in Cleveland, OhioAdam Gabbatt
View ArticleThree missing women found in Cleveland, Ohio – in pictures
A collection of the photographs released after the disappearances of Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus, who have emerged from a house in Cleveland, Ohio, after going missing as far back as...
View Article1963: from the Stones to Dr Strangelove, a year of social and cultural upheaval
Introducing our look at the year that defined the modern era, the veteran writer recalls the extraordinary collision of politics, culture and social upheaval that he witnessed as a studentWas it a...
View ArticleChurch of England reports rise in Christmas worship
Anglican church also sees number of christenings and adult baptisms rise but regular churchgoing levels offMore than 2.5 million people went to a Church of England service during Christmas 2011 – a...
View Article1963: the defining year of the civil rights movement
Fifty years on, we look back at the year that signalled the beginning of the modern eraOn 28 August, in the shadow of Lincoln's monument, Martin Luther King announced to the March on Washington during...
View Article1963: the beginning of the feminist movement
Fifty years on, we look back at the year that signalled the beginning of the modern era"Is this all?" That was the question that echoed around a generation of US housewives in the early 1960s. Theirs...
View ArticleHMRC to help Ethiopia and Tanzania collect taxes
Aim is to reduce reliance on overseas funds while ministers hope to distract from lack of aid commitmentThe government is to help Ethiopia and Tanzania to build their tax-raising powers and so reduce...
View ArticleSomalis should have a say in rebuilding their country | Abdullahi Mohamed...
The summit in London is excluding the very people who need to contribute to the discussions on Somalia's futureThe latest high-level summit on the future of Somalia will be held in London on Tuesday....
View ArticleLondon's Somalia conference does not recognise Somaliland – we cannot go |...
As president of Somaliland I wish the conference well, but we cannot attend an event that ignores our history and our realityThe Horn of Africa has for too long been one of the world's most troubled...
View ArticleHead of US air force sexual assault prevention unit charged with groping
Police say Lt Col Jeffrey Krusinski faces a charge of sexual battery after allegedly groping a woman in northern VirginiaAn officer who led the US air force's sexual assault prevention and response...
View ArticleBill Gates predicts iPad and Android users will switch to PC tablets
Users 'frustrated' by limitations of devices, says Microsoft co-founder, implying many will look to move to Surface productsUsers of iPad and Android tablets might not have noticed, but a lot of them...
View ArticleEurozone crisis live: Australia cuts interest rates to record low
Central bank easing continues as Bank of Australia cuts borrowing costs overnight, following European Central Bank's move last ThursdayGraeme Wearden
View ArticlePakistan election: 25 dead after suicide bomber targets rally
At least 25 people killed and dozens wounded after explosion at campaign rally of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Islamist partyA suicide bomber targeted an election rally organised by a religious party in...
View ArticleWalmart reclaims Fortune 500 top spot in big year for energy firms
Mergers and corporate spin-offs feature prominently in Fortune magazine's annual roundup of most successful businessesSpin-offs, mergers and the US energy boom changed the face of corporate America...
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