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View ArticleNHS is failing gay and bisexual men, major survey reveals
Campaigners fear lack of trust may discourage men from accessing crucial health advice and testingGay and bisexual men are neglected and sometimes discriminated against by a health service that tends...
View ArticleSudanese warplanes bombarded South Sudan, official says
South Sudan's president tells Chinese leader during visit to Beijing that attacks amount to declaration of warSudan has continued its aerial bombardment of South Sudan, an official said on Tuesday, as...
View ArticleWhere are they going? New Yorkers' daily movements mapped
Jeff Clark, of Neoformix, has used data from geolocated tweets to map the movements of New York's Twitter users over a typical dayDrawing inspiration from Hint's wind map of America, Neoformix's Jeff...
View ArticleBahrain activist Zainab al-Khawaja detained after grand prix protest
Daughter of jailed hunger striker Abdulhadi al-Khawaja remanded in custody for a week, lawyer saysBahrain has remanded in custody for seven days the daughter of a jailed hunger striker for protesting...
View ArticleAre these England's oddest allotments?
Several miles out to sea, much dive-bombed by seabirds, and previous gardeners include St Cuthbert and Grace DarlingIs the north of England on safe ground in claiming to have England's remotest...
View ArticleUkraine's former PM 'on hunger strike' after prison guards allegedly beat her
Yulia Tymoshenko accuses guards of kicking her as she was taken to hospital by force, says her lawyerA lawyer for Ukraine's jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko says she has started a hunger...
View ArticleAnders Behring Breivik trial: police officer describes chaos after Oslo bomb
Thor Langli says initial reports suggested there were two suspects and two more bombs due to go off in Norwegian capitalA police official has described how an explosion outside the government...
View ArticleEurozone crisis live: Dutch politicians clash over austerity budget
• Calls to dilute deficit reduction plans rejected• Geert Wilders: Henk and Ingrid must come first• Bank of Greece governer predicts 5% slump in GDP this year• Dutch debt auction proceeds smoothly...•...
View ArticleCispa cybersecurity bill opposed by Obama administration
White House official reiterates president's opposition to Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act ahead of voteA senior Obama administration official has stressed the White House's opposition to...
View ArticleSchool attendance falls in northern Nigeria after Boko Haram attacks
Attacks by suspected Boko Haram members make it even harder to persuade parents to let children stay at schoolSo far this year 14 schools have been burnt down in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state...
View ArticleFrédéric Michel, the man behind the emails that could sink Jeremy Hunt
The News Corp lobbyist has gallic charm, contacts to die for and a reputation as one of the Murdoch empire's most trusted envoysJames Murdoch has described News Corp's public affairs executive Frédéric...
View ArticleIndonesian cinema: primed for action
Welshman Gareth Evans is part of a new mood of creativity in Indonesian cinema, ready for global competition despite the country's lack of film infrastructure and political support• What global...
View ArticleRSPCA warns of crisis in animal welfare
Charity's resources are stretched to 'breaking point' after receiving 1.3m phone calls in 2011, up 13% on the previous yearThe RSPCA is warning of a crisis in animal welfare that is stretching its...
View ArticleTheresa May faces home affairs committee over Abu Qatada: Politics live blog
Rolling coverage of all the day's political developments as they happen, including Theresa May giving evidence to the Commons home affairs committee about Abu Qatada3.50pm: There's another poll out...
View ArticleScale of killings in Hama emerges after UN visit
• US and UK running out of patience with Kofi Annan's plan• Dozens killed after UN monitors visit Hama• John Yates 'bewildered' by criticism of Bahrain• Read the latest summary 3.53pm: Media coverage:...
View ArticleActor dies after accidentally hanging himself while playing Judas
Tiago Klimeck was playing Judas in a production of The Passion of the Christ in BrazilA Brazilian actor has died after accidentally hanging himself during a Passion play last month.Tiago Klimeck, 27,...
View ArticleMigrant boat deaths: call for review
Call follows 2011 incident in which dozens of refugees were left to die in Mediterranean despite desperate appeals for helpEurope's leading human rights watchdog has called for an overhaul of policy on...
View ArticlePass notes No 3,164: Defense Clandestine Service
With the Secret Service, the CIA, the FBI and many others, does the US really need another intelligence agency? The Pentagon says yes …Age: Newborn.Appearance: Classified.Don't ask me how, but I'm sure...
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