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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...

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India 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...

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Costa 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...

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Hydrogen 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...

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Fair 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...

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Horse 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

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Syria: 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...

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Ohio 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,...

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Israeli 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...

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The 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

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Did 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...

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Paul 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...

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Maureen 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...

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Can 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...

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Wang 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...

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Russia 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...

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Fukushima, 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...

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Mitt 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...

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Three 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...

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Mitt 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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