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Sou Fujimoto and building with nature

We talk to Sou Fujimoto, who at 41 is the Serpentine Gallery's youngest choice of architect to design its summer pavilionThe fantasy of life without boundaries was popular in modern architecture: in...

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Houses in the clouds: Sou Fujimoto's best buildings

Sou Fujimoto's buildings are designed, he says, with people's behaviour in mind. The resulting spaces are captivating and intriguing. Here is a selection of his groundbreaking work

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The secret lives of North Koreans | Ryū Murakami

Conducting interviews with refugees from North Korea gave me an insight into the reality of life inside the 'impenetrable kingdom'To Japanese citizens like me, the people of North Korea, though...

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Eyewitness: Woolwich, London

Photographs from the Guardian Eyewitness seriesAndy HallJim Powell

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Attacks on Muslims soar in wake of Woolwich murder

Anti-Muslim incidents, online and in person, increase from a handful to 150 since Wednesday as arrests are made across UKAnti-Muslim attacks in Britain have soared since Wednesday's murder of Drummer...

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Burmese Muslims given two-child limit

Rakhine state officials say limit on children will help ease tensions with Buddhists, whose population is growing at slower rateMuslims in a province of Burma have been ordered not to have more than...

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Pakistan school bus fire kills 16 children

Short-circuit next to leaking petrol tank caused blaze that also killed teacher in Gujrat, 120 miles north-west of IslamabadSixteen children and a teacher were burned to death when a school minibus...

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Sick turtle is released off the Florida Keys after treatment - video

A rescued loggerhead sea turtle is released off the Florida Keys on Friday, after being treated for swallowing a small piece of plastic

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Tornado rips through central Russia - video

Amateur footage captures a tornado ripping through residential areas 110km southwest of Moscow on Thursday

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Why I'm optimistic that Abercrombie & Fitch learned a big lesson | Benjamin...

I created the petition to demand that Abercrombie apologize and show all teens – not just the skinny ones – that they're beautifulMike Jeffries, Abercrombie & Fitch's CEO, is having a bad couple of...

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Climate change art exhibition opens in Beijing | Jennifer Duggan

Exhibition, called Unfold, aims to merge culture and science to provoke climate debate in ChinaWith its greenhouse gas emissions continuing to soar and environmental concerns a hot topic, China is...

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Bayern Munich are the club Germans love to hate | Comment

Borussia Dortmund will have most neutrals on their side, and for good reason – the match is as much about politics as footballA friend tells the following story. In 1999, he was watching Bayern Munich...

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Afghan interpreters may move to the UK – security forces have no safe haven |...

Afghanistan's security forces are more vulnerable to the Taliban than translators based in Kabul, but they will carry on regardlessWhen I met Rahmatullah two years ago he was laid up in bed in Kabul's...

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40 days after Boston bombing: we must stop radical jihad | Karima Bennoune

We must stop trying to make excuses for the Tsarnaev brothers or jihad. It is wrong. Let's support peaceful Muslims around worldIn many Muslim societies, the 40th day after a death is a time to gather...

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Toronto mayor denies crack claim

Mayor dismisses video purportedly showing him smoking the drug as 'nonsense' a day after firing longtime chief of staffThe embattled mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford, was forced on Friday to repeat a denial...

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New reality for Hezbollah supporters

Once denied by its leaders, the Shia militant group's involvement in Syria is now a badge of honour for families burying their deadThe workmen had been busy in the room where Hezbollah honours its...

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Two passengers arrested after RAF jets escort diverted Pakistan plane

British men held on suspicion of endangering aircraft after Manchester-bound flight is diverted to Stansted following disputeTwo men have been arrested after a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)...

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UK's problem isn't the financial sector – it's London's dominance

New EU figures expose the staggering gap between the capital and the poorest areas of Britain. We must revitalise the regions if we want to secure economic recoveryBritain is a structurally unbalanced...

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Why should Apple have access to consumers if it refuses to pay its fair share...

Countries are competing to provide the biggest tax breaks, the cheapest labour and the easiest regulation to attract the likes of Google, Apple and Amazon, to the disadvantage of their own citizens....

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Don't older people often say the funniest things? | Catherine Bennett

No, they can be bigoted, as the gay marriage debate has shown, but be kind – their views are from another timeNot for the first time, the late Marxist historian Professor Miliband has featured in one...

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