Eurozone crisis live: Call for 'all party unity government' to keep Greece in...
• • Angela Merkel: no debt-fuelled growth• Ladbrokes suspends betting on Grexit• Polls: Greece likely to leave euro• Today's agenda4.58pm: Important developments this evening in Greece – the Democratic...
View ArticleObama seeks campaign cash after gay marriage endorsement: politics live
Pundits and activists unpick Obama's gay marriage support as president prepares to attend George Clooney fundraiser12.10pm: RedState's Erick Erickson is unhappy that the media is focusing on a detail...
View ArticleRomney apologises for school 'pranks'
Washington Post story cites witnesses who said Romney bullied a student who was presumed to be gay while at prep schoolMitt Romney issued an apology over his actions at high school after it was...
View ArticleIranian interference pushes young Yemenis towards jihad
The 'Guevara of south Yemen' describes how activists fighting for independence have become pawns in a larger power struggleJemajem is a young, dark-eyed militant leader who bears the self-important nom...
View ArticleHorst Faas dies aged 79
Photojournalist's work in uncovering the horrors of Vietnam war helped turn mainstream opinion against US offensiveThe photographer who was responsible for some of the most memorable pictures of the...
View ArticleEgyptian presidential election TV debate – as it happened
Egypt hoped to break new ground in Arab election coverage with first-ever presidential television debate • At least 55 killed in Damascus 'terrorist' bomb attacks1pm ET/6pm BST: Tonight is a key moment...
View ArticleSyria suffers worst terror attack since start of uprising
Government and opposition blame each other for twin car bombings in Damascus that leave dozens deadSyria suffered its worst terrorist attack since the start of the uprising when 55 people were reported...
View ArticleBrooklyn DA defends handling of ultra-Orthodox child abuse cases
Exclusive: Charles Hynes dismisses criticism of his record and denies giving Orthodox Jewish offenders special treatmentBrooklyn district attorney Charles Hynes has strongly defended his handling of...
View ArticleEgyptian candidates in first TV debate
Millions of Egyptians tune into two private satellite channels to watch Amr Moussa and Abdel-Moneim Abul-Futoh debateMillions of Egyptians tuned into the first ever presidential debate in the country's...
View ArticleCongo's maternal mortality rate exacerbated by poverty and ignorance
Maternal health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is undermined by a lack of awareness and access to healthcareHer eyes wide with fear and pain, Théthé – who is haemorrhaging and has a fever –...
View ArticleFrom the archive, 11 May 1982: Henry Kissinger on the Falklands
The former US Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs reflects on British and American attitudes to foreign policyBritain and America have never ceased to play important roles in each other's history....
View ArticleJP Morgan chief reveals $2bn trading loss caused by 'sloppiness'
Chief executive Jamie Dimon issues apology to stock analysts over company's 'embarrassing' errors and 'bad judgment'JP Morgan Chase, America's biggest bank, issued a surprise trading update after US...
View ArticlePoker-playing Buddhist monks scandalise South Korea
Secret video footage shows monks drinking, smoking and playing high-stakes poker at luxury lakeside hotelSix leaders from South Korea's largest Buddhist order have quit after secret video footage...
View ArticleNorth Sea helicopter crash rescue - video
Emergency services safely rescue 14 oil workers and crew from a helicopter that ditched in the North Sea off Aberdeen
View ArticleUS military course taught officers 'Islam is the enemy'
Pentagon suspends course after study materials posted online suggested that Mecca and Medina may have to be obliteratedA course for US military officers has been teaching that America's enemy is Islam...
View ArticleChina's economic data weaker than expected
Industrial production weakened sharply while investment slowed to its lowest level in nearly a decade and inflastion fell to 3.4%Chinese industrial production weakened sharply last month as investment...
View ArticleHonduran radio journalist kidnapped
Honduran radio news presenter and editor Alfredo Villatoro was kidnapped near his home just outside the country's capital city Tegucigalpa. Villatoro, who hosts the morning news programme at the...
View ArticleMichele Bachman decides not be Swiss after all
Former White House hopeful withdraws citizenship request to prove she is 'proud American'Michele Bachmann has ended her Swiss citizenship less than diplomatically, saying she was giving it up to prove...
View ArticleGirls found alive in Mississippi after their kidnapper shot himself dead
US authorities say Adam Mayes, 35, took two girls after killing their mother and sister following a row over their house moveThe most wanted fugitive in the US shot himself dead on Thursday, but the...
View ArticleThe 'GlobalMay manifesto' of the Occupy movement
The global Occupy movement wants a better world. Such a world is possible, and here's how …We are living in a world controlled by forces incapable of giving freedom and dignity to the world's...
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