Why Barack Obama and Xi Jinping need an Australian retreat with Kevin Rudd |...
This century's greatest power rivals need to have a frank, strategic talk about the terms of international orderIndividuals make history. If the last leader of the Soviet Union had not been a man...
View ArticleWikipedia looks to expand Arabic content via educational initiative
Pilot program in Cairo is part of a larger push to gain student editors – and maybe teach them something while they're at itWikipedia is looking to North Africa as the key to unlocking an audience that...
View ArticleTime to stop the NYPD's 'stop-and-frisk' | Kevin Powell
Police harassment of young black and Latino men is setting disgraceful records. The justice department must step inNew York City has a very serious problem. Its problem is us: black and Latino males,...
View ArticleHeartland Institute claims fraud after leak of climate change documents
Thinktank said to be undermining climate science says it was victim of theft and forgery – but identifies only one memo as fake• How Heartland works to discredit climate change science• Microsoft and...
View ArticleNicolas Sarkozy's party to expel anti-gay MP
Outrage after Christian Vanneste claims homosexuals hold too much sway in FrancePresident Nicolas Sarkozy's party is to expel an MP who said gay people held too much sway in France and downplayed the...
View ArticleHow soft is Rick Santorum's surge? | Harry J Enten
Santorum has emerged as Romney's latest, perhaps greatest challenger. But in this volatile GOP race, we've been here beforeThe 2012 Republican primary season has been full of candidate surges....
View ArticleNicolas Sarkozy launches bid for re-election
French president faces task of addressing concerns of a France hit hard by economic crisis, unemployment and the public deficitThe French president Nicolas Sarkozy has formally launched his battle for...
View ArticleThai blasts: police hunt for two more suspects
Authorities confirmed that attacks, which Israel has blamed on Iran, were targeting Israeli diplomatsPolice in Thailand are searching for a further two suspects, including a possible bomb specialist,...
View ArticleGerman president Christian Wulff resigns
Ally of Angela Merkel had been under increasing pressure over home loan and apparent attempt to block report in tabloidThe German president, Christian Wulff, has resigned after being caught up in a...
View ArticleBBC criticises attack on Yemen reporter
Following assault on Abdullah Ghorab, corporation seeks reassurance from country's authorities over safety of journalistsThe BBC has condemned an attack on its Yemen reporter Abdullah Ghorab, and...
View ArticleFalse accusations of antisemitism desensitise us to the real thing | Rachel...
Attacks on the New York Times's new Jerusalem correspondent undermine the credibility of Israel's rightwing defendersShe hasn't yet filled the post or filed a single line of copy, but the incoming New...
View ArticleActivists occupying new nuclear site accuse EDF of 'ignoring democracy'
The energy company has started work on the £10bn Hinkley Point C power station without permission to buildEnvironmental activists have occupied the site of what is planned to be Britain's first new...
View ArticleUS wind industry warns 37,000 jobs at risk if tax credit lapses
American Wind Energy Association urges Congress to extend tax credit after measure is excluded from payroll tax billThe US wind energy industry yesterday issued a stark warning that its recent progress...
View ArticleTheresa May to visit Jordan for Abu Qatada deportation talks
Home secretary will travel to Jordan very soon, sources say, after Home Office minister James Brokenshire flew out this weekTheresa May is to travel to Jordan very soon to continue talks with the...
View ArticlePakistani border town hit by deadly suicide bomb inside market
Attack at north-western town of Parachinar near Afghan border leaves 23 Shia Muslims dead and 50 wounded, say officialsA suicide bomber on a motorcycle has struck at a market in a Pakistani town close...
View ArticleLibya uprising, one year on: Abu Salim prison tales - video
IT consultant Ziad Lahib shows us round the notorious Tripoli jail where he was imprisoned for three monthsSharron Ward
View ArticleAbortion rights: what's wrong with these pictures? | Jessica Reed
Tell us whether you feel these panels making choices on women's reproductive rights are missing a crucial somethingI want you to look at the following photographs and think about what they represent...
View ArticleDutch prince critically injured in Austrian avalanche
Prince Johan Friso in intensive care unit at Austrian hospital after being buried in avalanche in LechPrince Johan Friso of the Netherlands was in a critical but stable condition at an intensive care...
View ArticleThe week in wildlife – in pictures
Flamingos killed by a cold snap, booming bitterns and a baby lizard are among this week's selection of images from the natural world
View ArticleChristians should unite with atheists to defend secularism | Martin Robbins
The Christian community in Britain is in danger of being hijacked by a bigoted, paranoid and out-of-touch elite who don't represent its views. It's time for Christians to embrace secularismIf atheists...
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