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From the Ruins of Empire by Pankaj Mishra – review
An engaging study explores Asia's intellectual response to western imperialismThe Asian world was in crisis in the late 19th century. From China to India to Turkey, societies that had stood largely...
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Occupation Diaries by Raja Shehadeh – review
Anger co-exists with a sense of beauty in a valuable journal of West Bank lifeRaja Shehadeh is an angry man. He is angry about the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, the illegal settlements that dot...
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Love and other animals
Like the male antechinus mouse, the oversexed often fail to find loveAt just 11 months, the male antechinus mouse reaches sexual maturity. He searches his territory every night, hoping to satisfy his...
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New to Nature No 79: Nactus kunan
A new species of gecko has been discovered in Papua New Guinea – pretty as a bumblebee, and safely settled in the central forests of the islandThe genus Nactus includes about a dozen species of lizards...
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Gore Vidal – 1925-2012
In this Observer essay from 1998, Gore Vidal, who died last week, discusses the origins of the Cold WarI have lived through nearly three-quarters of this century. I enlisted in the army of the United...
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Foie gras: French farmers defend 'tradition' after ban in California
Force-feeding ducks to make foie gras is not cruel, say French farmers, who are angry over moves to prohibit the production and sale of the delicacyFoie gras producer Yves Boissière promises visitors...
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David Axelrod: Barack Obama's street fighter | Observer profile
For the second time, the ultimate campaign manager is determined to get his man into the White House. And now the gloves are off as he masterminds a brutal ad campaign against Mitt RomneyEarly last...
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Pussy Riot campaigners hope for Madonna's support
Activists hope pop singer, due to sing in Moscow, will publicly express support for trio jailed after performing a 'punk prayer'Campaigners are hoping that pop superstar Madonna will publicly express...
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Mass grave in London reveals how volcano caused global catastrophe
Scientists search for the explosive source of a disaster that wiped out almost a third of Londoners in 1258When archaeologists discovered thousands of medieval skeletons in a mass burial pit in east...
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Pussy Riot: 'Russian courts are boring … but this week it's been like an...
Three female members of Pussy Riot, a Russian punk band, face prison on hooliganism charges. Here, Pyotr Verzilov, the husband of one of the women, gives his diary account of five extraordinary days in...
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Olympics 2012: the alternative medals table
We all know who's in the lead on the medal tables - but what would happen if you looked at them by population size, or GDP - or even compared to the number of athletes in each team? A team of...
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Yemen suicide bombing kills 35 at village funeral
Suicide bomber attacks a wake at southern city of Jaar, killing 35 people and wounding many moreA suicide bomber struck at a wake in Yemen's southern city of Jaar overnight, killing at least 35 people...
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China rebukes US diplomat for sending 'wrong signal' on South China Sea
China's foreign ministry is protesting about remarks made by the US over rising tensions in the disputed South China SeaChina's foreign ministry has called in a senior US diplomat to express "strong...
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Republican chairman calls Harry Reid 'a dirty liar' on Romney tax issue
Reince Preibus and Lindsey Graham use Sunday morning talk shows to denounce Senate leader's hounding of RomneyRepublicans rounded on Senate leader Harry Reid on Sunday, calling him a "dirty liar" for...
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Lessons to be learned from the first social media Olympics
Already, it is clear that for broadcasters to construct schedules around the premise the internet does not exist is foolishThere is no event more obviously tailored to the internet's capabilities than...
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Vietnam's blog shame | Kamila Shamsie
As a mother dies in protest at her daughter's detention, it's time for Britain to take a standOn 30 July, when Dang Thi Kim Lieng left home in the morning, her daughter assumed she was following her...
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Country diary: Swifts make sense if you think of them as insects
Claxton, Norfolk: Swifts are made from nothing but tiny invertebrates floating in the etherThe swifts are going now from our village. In fact, the mad summer fire of their lives is going out not just...
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Why Kofi Annan had enough over Syria | Jonathan Steele
The UN's special envoy and the Bric countries have got increasingly frustrated with the west's domineering consensus on DamascusWhen the history of Syria's catastrophic civil war comes to be written,...
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Egyptian police killed in attack near Israel border
At least 15 policemen have died in an attack on a police station in North SinaiAt least 15 Egyptian policemen were killed and seven wounded in an armed attack on a police station in North Sinai on the...
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Shooting inside a Sikh temple in Wisconsin – in pictures
At least six people were killed and many more wounded when a gunman opened fire on worshippers at a temple in Oak Creek
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