Juicegate and my Twitter redemption | Michael Wolff
Or, how the magic of micro-blogging made a cool story out of an obnoxious know-it-all trying to take his drink into a movie theaterI tend to helplessly over-engage with the daily grind of trivial...
View ArticleFrench elections: gunfight at the Ça Va Corral
At one point Mr Sarkozy plumbed new depths in a campaign which had already turned xenophobic to recapture ground from Marine Le PenNicolas Sarkozy billed it as the moment of truth, when his challenger...
View ArticleChina: one man, two empires, an unholy mess | Editorial
It's safe to make one forecast about the unfolding saga of Chen Guangcheng: it will not be resolved to everyone's satisfactionIssuing predictions is a mug's game, but it's safe to make one forecast...
View ArticleRomney calls US treatment of Chen Guangcheng 'dark day for freedom'
Obama administration facing dilemma over how to act on Chinese dissident's request to be transported to the USThe Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney has stirred the controversy over the US...
View ArticleMitt Romney: Chen debacle marks 'dark day for freedom' – US politics live
• Chinese activist calls into 'emergency' House hearing• Michele Bachmann endorses Romney for president• Romney says Obama blocking offshore drilling9am: Good morning and welcome to your Thursday in...
View ArticleExplosions hit police post in Russia's Dagestan region
Blasts went off 15 minutes apart in area plagued by attacks by Islamist insurgentsTwo powerful explosions went off on Thursday night near a traffic police post in the capital of Russia's Dagestan...
View ArticleFacebook plans initial stock market price between $28 and $35 a share
Price would value company at upwards of $96bn, just shy of original estimates but still the largest for any internet companyFacebook has indicated it will price itself at between $28 and $35 a share,...
View ArticleGuardian Activate New York 2012 – live
Internet innovators from across the world are to speak at the Guardian's Activate conference in New York. Follow live coverage of the day here and tweet me @AdamGabbatt5.30pm: Clay Shirky, professor at...
View ArticleFive US election game-changing moments that weren't | Harry J Enten
Beware when the media declare a critical campaign disaster or triumph. In fact, such incidents often don't count for muchDid you know that a girlfriend in President Obama's book Dreams from My Father...
View ArticleFour Mexican journalists found dead in Veracruz canal
Two press photographers found dead in a canal in the port city alongside a former cameraman and his girlfriendTwo press photographers have been found dead in a canal in the Mexican port city of...
View ArticleAdolf Hitler's 'messiah complex' studied in secret British intelligence report
Newly discovered wartime analysis of a Hitler speech in 1942 detects growing fear of defeat and consequent intensification of hatred for the Jewish peopleA secret report, previously unknown to...
View ArticleLondon Olympic preparations: Missile launchers in Blackheath - video
A joint exercise between the army, navy and air force has begun to test preparations to defend against potential terror attacks
View ArticleChinese activist Chen Guangcheng seeks meeting with Hillary Clinton
Telephone call by blind dissident relayed to Congress, hours after Mitt Romney condemns Barack Obama's handling of controversyThe blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng spoke to a US congressional...
View ArticleJunior Seau: suicide confirmed by autopsy on NFL veteran
Coroner's office finds Pro Bowl star shot himself dead and asks family to let football head injury researchers examine his brainAn autopsy has confirmed that the former National Football League star...
View ArticleGoogle Doodle celebrates Keith Haring's pop art
American artist was inspired by street styles and dance music of the 1980s and mentored by Andy WarholThe American artist Keith Haring, who died of Aids-related illnesses in 1990 at the age of 31, is...
View ArticleResearcher believed killed by lab bacteria in California
Richard Din, 25, is thought to have died in a case of a scientist being fatally infected with an agent from his own laboratoryA young research associate killed by a highly virulent strain of...
View ArticleArgentinian Olympic advert depicts Falkland Islands as 'Argentine soil' – video
Argentina has released a provocative TV advertisement secretly filmed on the Falkland Islands ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games
View ArticleFalkland Islands claimed as 'Argentine soil' in secretly filmed Olympic advert
Provocative clip was filmed in secret and shows hockey player Fernando Zylberberg on a training run past island landmarksArgentina has released a provocative advertisement that was filmed secretly on...
View ArticleWhat China's activists and dissidents are saying about Chen Guangcheng
Complex case of Chen Guangcheng has drawn comments from other prominent Chinese activists and dissidentsLegal activist Chen Guangcheng told the United States on Thursday that he wants to leave China,...
View ArticleAn adder on Yorkshire's big bike ride
The Guardian's head of travel Andy Pietrasik is riding in the 112-mile Etape du Dales, helping raise money for the Dave Rayner Fund. He's been practising on the North York Moors - and meeting the...
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