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Why declaring the Haqqanis terrorists presents a problem for the US
Branding the clan-based militia as terrorist may make any diplomatic solution more difficult to fashionIt was one of the paradoxes of the dirty conflict under way along the Afghan-Pakistan border that...
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Midnight's Children - review
Salman Rushdie makes his presence clearly felt in this adaptation of his Booker winner. Whether that's a good thing is less certainSome authors blithely sign away movie rights to their books, happy to...
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Phil Disley on the US presidential race - cartoon
Barack Obama accepts Democrats' nomination for second term with frank speech acknowledging that challenges remainPhil Disley
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The SNP says it would kick Trident out of Scotland. But at what cost? | Ian Jack
Faslane and its surrounds could be economically devastated if Trident were removed. Would an SNP government really be able to keep that promise?What arguments rage at the home of Britain's nuclear...
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Mitt Romney's swing-state ad spend looks like a loser's strategy | Harry J Enten
When you look at the arithmetic of the electoral college, the Republican nominee's media buying really narrows his chancesAfter a week when the American media gave saturation coverage to the Democratic...
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Vagina: A New Biography by Naomi Wolf – review
Does this book reveal an existential crisis among women or merely tell us more than we wanted to know about its author, asks Jenny TurnerA couple of years ago, Naomi Wolf signed up to write a book...
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Minnesota Vikings' Chris Kluwe takes on anti-gay marriage politician
NFL player Chris Kluwe attacks Maryland politician Emmett C. Burns Jr in row over same-sex marriage and first amendment rightsAnti-gay marriage politician Emmett C. Burns Jr may have taken on more than...
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Anglican church to appoint a 'presidential' figure
Dr Rowan Williams said plans are being drawn up for a role to oversee the day-to-day running of the Anglican churchThe Anglican church is planning to hand over some of the global duties of the...
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From the archive, 8 September 1979: Robert Runcie is to be the 102nd...
The Bishop of St Albans, a popular choice, promises more opennessThe Right Reverend Robert Runcie, Bishop of St Albans, is to be the 102nd Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of All England. He will...
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US: Haqqani network is a terrorist body
Afghan rebels allied to Taliban branded biggest threat to US-Nato forces and put under sanctionsThe Obama administration on Friday declared the insurgent Haqqani network a terrorist body, a move that...
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Canada cuts diplomatic ties with Iran
Canada closes Tehran embassy and expels Iranian diplomats over support for Syria, nuclear plans and alleged rights abusesCanada has closed its embassy in Tehran and ordered the expulsion of Iranian...
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Alps shooting: 'More than one killer' likely
French prosecutor says murder of three British holidaymakers and a French cyclist in Annecy 'looks more and more like an ambush'Haroon SiddiqueKim Willsher
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Elvis Presley's bible sells for £59,000
However, a pair of Presley's soiled underpants worn underneath his famous white jumpsuit, failed to meet its £7000 reserve priceA bible used by Elvis Presley has sold at auction for £59,000.The holy...
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Australia: sexual equality debate rages after DJ Alan Jones's outburst
Prime minister Julia Gillard weighs in to oppose broadcaster's 'misogynistic' commentsA furious debate on sexual equality is raging in Australia following "misogynistic" comments made by the country's...
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Love and other animals: Terry Tom Brown
To black vultures, infidelity doesn't come without consequencesHumans are not alone in their difficulties with monogamy. Of the nearly 5,000 species of mammals, only about 4% stay with one mate for...
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Tutu and Blair: The archbishop fails to see the true immorality of the Iraq...
Tutu has confused the issue of going to war with the acquisition of the spoils of warDesmond Tutu's point about the morality of leadership is understandable, but flawed. He seems to imply that a...
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David Cameron's way with women? Show them the exit | Catherine Bennett
The prime minister's latest cabinet reshuffle confirms his contempt for female talent. It's time for quotasCall it a woman's intuition, but I got this amazingly strong feeling that, once he was...
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Draghi 'rescue' might deepen pain for recession-hit south
The ECB chief has been extraordinarily bold, but he has no lever to pull that will help bridge the rift between the 'core' northern economies and their neighboursSuper Mario, as European Central Bank...
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From the archive, 14 September 1969: Prague's pop kids fall under the spell...
Colin Smith witnesses beat group the Blossom Toes take their subversive 'Asian jazz' to CzechoslovakiaIn the dressing room after the concert in Prague, a couple of Czech teenagers drift up to the...
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Dr Clinton's healing hands
Chris Riddell on the 2012 Democratic National ConventionChris Riddell
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