Letter from Mozambique: a fishy feast
Open air restaurants cook the seafood you buy when you shop in Maputo's vibrant Mercado de PeixeSlivery rows of motionless sea bass, with their tails hanging over the table edges, lie alongside soft...
View ArticleIndia hastens to damp down tensions in the Maldives
Feuding leaders agree to talks as Delhi worries about the threat of Chinese influenceIt took a high-ranking Indian diplomat, foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai, dispatched by Delhi, to soothe the...
View ArticleCosta Allegra dancer's mother tells of disaster striking family twice
Costa Concordia capsized with son on board weeks before daughter was cast adrift on sister shipA British mother has spoken of her disbelief after a cruise ship her daughter is working on was cast...
View ArticleHydrogen power looks to harness the energy of the Corsican sun
An experimental facility could provide the island with an independent, renewable energy sourceAs night falls on the Gulf of Ajaccio, Corsica, the Iles Sanguinaires turn red in the dying light of the...
View ArticleFair trade, the London conference on Somalia, and the Mali refugee crisis
News round-up: 25 years of the Fairtrade movement, debating Somalia's future, and the human cost of conflict in MaliIf you are viewing this on the web and would prefer to get it in your inbox every two...
View ArticleHorse freed after three hours stuck in mud on Australian beach – in pictures
Rescue services free a 500kg horse after he became stuck up to his neck in thick mud at Avalon Beach in Geelong, Victoria
View ArticleSyria: wounded journalist 'safe' in Lebanon
• Journalist Paul Conroy now safe in Lebanon• Activists claim Le Figaro's Edith Bouvier remains in Homs• Thousands of Syrian activists appear on regime 'hit list'• Elite fourth division armoured sent...
View ArticleOhio high school shooting: student declared brain dead
Russell King Jr, 17, becomes second fatality a day after gunman opened fire on students, killing one and wounding fourA student wounded in an Ohio school shooting has been declared brain dead,...
View ArticleIsraeli audiences flock to Iran's Oscar-winning A Separation
A Separation draws large audiences in Israel as director Asghar Farhadi's Oscars acceptance speech airs on Iranian state TVWhen Oscar-winning Iranian film-maker Asghar Farhadi spoke of the importance...
View ArticleThe world's undersea internet cables - interactive
The internet is carried by cables under the sea - and those cables are everywhere. Explore the full extent of the networkSimon Rogers
View ArticleDid the Citizens Agenda influence the GOP debate in Arizona? | Jay Rosen and...
We asked readers to tweet their questions using the hashtag #unasked – but did CNN take us up on our suggestions?The press doesn't know what it's doing. I mean that literally. Journalists ask their...
View ArticlePaul Conroy: Syrian activists killed during rescue
• Volunteers die while getting photographer out to Lebanon• Three other journalists remain trapped in Homs• UN human rights chief calls for immediate ceasefirePaul Conroy, the British Sunday Times...
View ArticleMaureen Baker obituary
My longtime colleague Maureen Baker, who has died aged 79, devoted her life to radical causes in the city of Leeds. In particular she was a driving force in combating racial prejudice and...
View ArticleCan Scotland be independent and keep sterling?
This week we are going to work with readers to tackle five of the key questions about Scottish independence. Yesterday James Ball asked how much debt an independent Scotland would have. Still to...
View ArticleWang Shu wins 2012 Pritzker architecture prize
First Chinese architect to win prestigious award is praised for his 'strong sense of cultural continuity and reinvigorated tradition'It has been won by the likes of Frank Gehry and Rem Koolhaas, and...
View ArticleRussia reveals plans for Kalashnikov upgrade
Deputy prime minister confirms Soviet-era rifle will be given new lease of life as part of army's £435bn modernisation programmeMoscow announced plans on Tuesday to modernise the Kalashnikov, giving a...
View ArticleFukushima, a year on: 3,000 workers take on the twisted steel and radiation
Out in the evacuation zone, cars lie abandoned and groceries sit untouched – but the mangled nuclear plant is alive with activityThe remains of the shattered reactors are still some distance away when...
View ArticleMitt Romney wins Arizona and Michigan primaries
Dual victories give Mitt Romney a boost over Rick Santorum in increasingly bitter race for Republican presidential nominationThe Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has put his faltering...
View ArticleThree Iranian journalists released from jail, but dozens remain behind bars
Journalists Marzieh Rasouli, Parastoo Dokouhaki and Sahamoddin Bourghani have been released from jail in Iran after securing bail. But it has come at a priceGood news about the situation of journalists...
View ArticleMitt Romney boosted by primary sweep ahead of critical Super Tuesday vote
Romney scores much-needed wins in Arizona and Michigan, but party remains divided as eyes turn to next week's 10 contestsA reinvigorated Mitt Romney began campaigning Wednesday ahead of Super Tuesday,...
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