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Would Obama boost his re-election bid by backing weed? | Harry J Enten
Apparent public support for marijuana legalisation leads some to suggest Obama may adopt the cause in 2012. It's a pipe dreamThe blogosphere has been abuzz in recent weeks over whether President Obama...
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With Niagara Falls tightrope walk Nik Wallenda steps into history
Like generations of Flying Wallenda ancestors before him, high-wire walker succeeds in pulling off his inspiring stuntAs far as feats of derring-do go, they don't get much more primal or more...
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Patras: 'a microcosm of what's wrong with Greece'
For many years a fiefdom of the Pasok party, the south-western city exemplifies all that is wrong with Greece, says one residentThe south-western port of Patras, population 300,000, is Greece's third...
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Aung San Suu Kyi receives Nobel peace prize - in pictures
Twenty-one years after being awarded the Nobel peace prize, Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has received her prize in Oslo
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Nobel peace prize 'showed the world had not forgotten Burma'
Aung San Suu Kyi calls on humanity to never stop in the pursuit of peace during moving acceptance speech in OsloUnder the vast murals of Oslo's City Hall, the traditional venue for the Nobel peace...
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Aung San Suu Kyi accepts Nobel peace prize
Burmese pro-democracy leader says prize, awarded in 1991, helped shatter her sense of isolation during house arrestHailed as the "most remarkable event in the entire history of the Nobel prizes", Aung...
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Yemen army chief killed by suicide bomb
Major General Salem Ali Qatan, military commander in Yemen's southern region, dies and 12 are hurt in suicide attack in AdenThe commander of the military in Yemen's southern region has been killed in a...
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Egypt polls leave country in limbo
Standoff between Brotherhood and military junta looks likely as Mohamed Morsi claims to have beaten Ahmed ShafiqPreliminary results have placed the Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi on the...
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Greece bids to build coalition government
New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras's attempt to forge a government of 'national salvation' already snubbed by SyrizaTasked with forming a coalition government, Greece's conservative leader Antonis...
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Tesco offloads Japanese operation
Supermarket giant pays rival chain Aeon token sum to take ailing business off its handsTesco is paying rival Japanese supermarket operator Aeon a £40m dowry to take its loss making chain off its...
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Country diary: Hayling Island, Hampshire: When a tsunami hit a gull colony
Hayling Island, Hampshire: At the water's edge lesser black-backed gulls devoured broken eggs and a herring gull snatched up the limp corpse of a chickThe black-headed gull colony was in turmoil, their...
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To end this impasse, let us tap Europe's vast wealth | Polly Toynbee
Faced with a crisis almost as grave as war, social democrats must act in concert to end the toxic policies of austerityAll these words are Greek: crisis, chaos and apocalypse. Or, if the world was...
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UK's child refugees tell their unique stories
The traumatic stories of child refugees living in the UK are told in a series of animated short films aimed at schoolchildren during Refugee WeekIt is not news that millions of children worldwide are...
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Letters: Footnotes on Riefenstahl's Olympia
Congratulations to Alex von Tunzelmann on an excellent article on the film, Olympia (The shameful legacy of the Olympic Games, 15 June). I was in considerable correspondence with Leni Riefenstahl in...
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Letters: Political football
John Austin's description of Mahmoud Sarsak as a "young Palestinian footballer" (Letters, 14 June) is insulting to footballers. Mr Sarsak was arrested on the basis of information pointing to his...
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G20 summit: Barroso blames eurozone crisis on US banks
EC president says European leaders have not come to Mexico to receive lessons on how to handle the economyThe opening day of the G20 summit was threatening to deteriorate into a fractious row between...
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New York man pleads guilty to aiding al-Qaida in terror plot
Prosecutors said Wesam El-Hanafi bought seven watches to sent to militants in Yemen to be used as bomb triggersA New York man pleaded guilty on Monday to terrorism charges for helping the militant...
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'Progress' in Moscow: Iran says no with PowerPoint
Nuclear talks in Russia fail to close the gap between Iran and the major powers but could just about stave off diplomatic collapseIn the run-up to this third round of talks on Iran's nuclear programme,...
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Greek elections: Antonis Samaras faces tough task to forge unity
The fault lines are so deep that even if a government is formed, many believe it will be a miracle if it survives for longThe morning after the night of Greece's make-or-break election was surprisingly...
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Mitt Romney prevaricates on immigration stance - US politics live
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is tongue-tied on Obama administration's immigration move4.30pm: To cap off a day in which the major event was something that didn't occur – the supreme...
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