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Thein Sein becomes first Burmese president to visit US since 1966
Former general's trip sparks human rights protests as President Obama uses controversial name Myanmar for countryFormer general Thein Sein became the first Burmese president to visit the White House in...
View ArticleTornado near Oklahoma City causes widespread destruction – live blog
Tornado hits town of Moore, Oklahoma at 3pm local time as pictures show extensive damage with homes flattened and fires burningTom McCarthy
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Ray Manzarek, keyboardist with the Doors, dies aged 74
Founding member of band was touchstone of hits like Break On Through to the Other Side and Light My FireRay Manzarek, a founding member with The Doors whose keyboard work was a touchstone of hits like...
View ArticlePicture desk live: the best news pictures of the day
Our photo coverage of the day's events in the UK and around the world brought to you by the Guardian's picture teamFiona ShieldsRoger Tooth
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Imran Khan blames rival leader over killing
Leader of Tehreek-e-Insaf party says Altaf Hussain's Muttahida Qaumi Movement behind death of Zahra Shahid HussainImran Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, on Sunday blamed the...
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Boy's Gaza death video staged, says Israel
Report says video of 12-year-old cowering with his father amid a gun battle shows no evidence he was killed by Israeli fireA film of a 12-year-old boy crying and cowering beside his father as a gun...
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EU lifting of Syrian oil sanctions aids jihadists
Jabhat al-Nusra, an al-Qaida affiliate, consolidates position as scramble for control of wells acceleratesThe EU decision to lift Syrian oil sanctions to aid the opposition has accelerated a scramble...
View ArticleXbox One unveiled by Microsoft – video
Microsoft gives customers their first look at its Xbox One, which carries extra features such as television, Skype calling and heartbeat measuring
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North Korea sends special envoy to patch up relations with China
Choe Ryong-hae, a close aide to Kim Jong-un, arrives in Beijing as tensions with South Korea appear to ebbNorth Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, has dispatched a special envoy to China, its state media...
View ArticleGlobal development podcast: what's at stake at the G8?
G8 leaders gather in Lough Erne next month for the first UK-hosted summit since the 2005 Gleneagles meeting – when commitments (pdf) to double aid to Africa by 2010, scrap unaffordable debt and spend...
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'Absolute intention' to stay in coalition until 2015, says David Cameron
PM says there is no split within party over Europe as Clegg tells off Tories for 'game-playing'David Cameron has insisted it is his "absolute intention" for the coalition to continue until the general...
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Women 40% more likely than men to develop mental illness, study finds
Researchers say women are more likely to have depression and anxiety, while more men report substance abuseWomen are up to 40% more likely than men to develop mental health conditions, according to new...
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Cameron and Clegg: the coalition will last five years
Lib Dem leader warns Conservative party not to shift rightwards to appease Ukip voters as PM defends Tory tactics and policiesDavid Cameron and Nick Clegg have vowed the coalition will last the full...
View ArticleUltra-orthodox Jewish wedding in Israel - in pictures
Tens of thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Belz Hasidic dynasty gather at the wedding ceremony of Rabbi Shalom Rokach in Kiryat Belz, in Jerusalem. Around 25,000 ultra-orthodox Jews took part,...
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Atiq Rahimi: 'In Iran just as well as in Afghanistan, in actual fact, words...
From the Edinburgh world writers' conference in Saint-Malo, a speech on art, writing and reality from the French-Afghan author and film-maker Atiq RahimiIn a major book of Persian literature called...
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Xbox One: 'We must allow experiences that were only ever dreamed of'
We speak to European Xbox boss Chris Lewis about the aims and ideas behind Microsoft's next console – including cloud gaming, Kinect and TV content. But will he tell us the price?The Xbox One is now a...
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A disease called Richard? Wagner as mental health menace
In his time the composer's 'dangerously stimulating' music was blamed for melancholy, hysteria, hypnosis and even triggering orgasmReports may seem far-fetched that a German production of Richard...
View ArticleUS rendition: every suspected flight mapped
The Rendition Project has spent three years creating an interactive guide to CIA rendition flights of terrorist suspects, containing more than 11,000 rows of dataJames Ball
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US rendition map: what it means, and how to use it
The Rendition Project, a collaboration between UK academics and the NGO Reprieve, has produced one of the most detailed and illuminating research projects shedding light on the CIA's extraordinary...
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New light shed on US government's extraordinary rendition programme
Online project uncovers details of way in which CIA carried out kidnaps and secret detentions following September 11 attacks• The Rendition Project interactive• CIA rendition flights explainedA...
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