Gaza refugee tipped to win Arab Idol
Mohammed Assaf has had messages of support from Palestinian president and prime ministerThe golden voice of a young man from a Gaza refugee camp has enchanted viewers of Arab Idol, broadcast weekly to...
View ArticleGay marriage protest draws thousands to Paris
Up to 200,000 expected to take part in demonstration as France becomes 14th country to legalise same-sex marriageThousands of police took up positions across Paris on Sunday after the government warned...
View ArticleBritain is a lab rat for George Osborne's austerity programme experiment
There is no evidence – and never has been – that austerity works in the fashion promised by those who support itWhat do you think about George Osborne's austerity programme? No, I am not trying to be...
View ArticleRonnie Payne, Telegraph reporter and expert on espionage
Ronnie Payne, the former Daily and Sunday Telegraph foreign correspondent who specialised in writing about terrorism and espionage, has died.One of his friends, Paul Callan (Daily Mirror and Daily...
View ArticleFrench police hunt man who stabbed soldier
Anti-terrorist police seek man who stabbed 25-year-old Private Cedric Cordierin the neck before fleeing the sceneFrench anti-terrorist police are searching for a man who stabbed a soldier in the neck...
View ArticleBeirut hit by rocket attack
Attack on Shia Muslim district in Lebanese capital injures five a day after Hezbollah says it will continue fighting in SyriaTwo rockets have hit a Shia Muslim district of southern Beirut and wounded...
View ArticleGeorge Pell fully apologetic for clergy sex abuse
Cardinal says he is 'absolutely sorry' for sex abuse at the hands of the clergy
View ArticleKorean unification: dreams of unity fade into past for young South Koreans
South Koreans questioning goal of union with poor neighbours reared on different values as even the shared language divergesUnified Korea is a desperate, dystopian country, beset by police tyranny,...
View ArticleNew Vivid row over covering of nude images
Festival venue accused of treating public like 'a bunch of morons' after genitals in naked images were covered with tapeSydney's popular arts festival Vivid Sydney has been drawn into a fresh...
View ArticleAngelina Jolie's aunt dies of breast cancer
Debbie Martin found out too late about inherited defective gene that prompted actor to have preventive double mastectomyAngelina Jolie's aunt has died of breast cancer less than two weeks after the...
View ArticleNixon and Brezhnev sign historic arms treaty - from the archive, May 27, 1972
US-Soviet pact will reduce nuclear missiles held by both superpowersAn historic agreement setting limits to the nuclear arsenals of the two super-Powers was signed by Mr Nixon and Mr Brezhnev last...
View ArticleRebels motorcycle gang member in court over raucous parties
Parties with alcohol contravene environmental and planning laws, police sayBridie Jabour
View ArticleThomas Browne – religion as passion and pastime, part 2: Religio Medici | Roz...
Browne's book was an intellectual's expression of simple and, for the most part, uncomplicated faith in Protestant ChristianityLike most of us, Thomas Browne was several writers. The book that made him...
View ArticleGai Waterhouse fined over More Joyous controversy
• Racing NSW fine trainer $5,500• Incident sparked argument with John SingletonTrainer Gai Waterhouse has been fined $5,500 after being found guilty of two charges relating to the condition and...
View ArticleJulia Gillard under fire over live odds: Politics live blog
Prime Minister faces criticism over live sports betting odds banKatharine Murphy
View ArticleIn defence of Australia's Gen Y | Caitlin Welsh
Caitlin Welsh: Has technology really turned young people into useless idiots? This is a damaging narrative, and we Gen-Yers know better than to believe itCaitlin Welsh
View ArticlePhilosophy isn't dead yet | Raymond Tallis
Far from having replaced metaphysics, science is in a mess and needs help. Einstein saw it comingIn 2010 Stephen Hawking, in The Grand Design, announced that philosophy was "dead" because it had "not...
View ArticleAFL Indigenous round – in pictures
The best images from the weekend's action as the AFL pays tribute to the contribution of Indigenous players
View ArticleTanzania's musicians join roadshow to break silence around fistula | Jessica...
Tanzanian women who have been ostracised by having obstetric fistula are finding out it can be treatedMwana FA, a celebrated Tanzanian hip-hop star, stands on the edge of a slum in Dar es Salaam...
View ArticleCould lads' mags be creating a degrading atmosphere for shop workers? | Poll
Campaigners have written to the Guardian calling for high-street retailers to withdraw from sale publications that feature pornographic front covers
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