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Liberia land deals with foreign firms 'could sow seeds of conflict'
Small farmers lose livelihoods as 'controversial' palm-oil producing multinational moves in, report saysPa Sando, the town chief of Konja, in Grand Cape Mount county in Liberia, looks out across the...
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Pepe Reina caught in race row after Spanish TV advert pulled
• Ad depicts Liverpool goalkeeper meeting tribe in jungle• Complaint leads to ad being pulled from national televisionAnother Liverpool player was at the centre of a race row on Wednesday after a...
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Red Holloway obituary
Saxophonist who adapted to the passing fashions in blues and jazzIn a long performing career, the saxophonist Red Holloway, who has died aged 84, criss-crossed musical genres, content to play in blues...
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Hop to it: our top 10 list on how to maximise your Leap Day potential
A roundup of how the internet is spending its extra 24 hours this February 29 – and a call for a few more suggestionsIt only comes around once every four years, so we're determined to make Leap Year...
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Syria's uprising is being crushed but Assad cannot escape his fate | Fares...
Even as the president's troops take control of more of Homs, the Syrian people will go on trying to topple AssadThe fall of Baba Amr, when it happens, will be a serious blow to the morale of protesters...
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Eurozone crisis live: Finland approves Greek package as ECB lends banks €529bn
• 800 banks bid in huge cheap loans offer• Euro falls after results• Analysts welcome 'Goldilocks' result, but predict trouble ahead• Finland and the Netherlands approve Greece's rescue package•...
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Spanish journalist out of Syria
• Spanish journalist reported safe in Lebanon• Libya offers $100m humanitarian aid to opposition• UN draft to demand humanitarian access to Homs• Egypt lifts travel ban on accused Americans• Read the...
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Mystery bird: plushcap, Catamblyrhynchus diadema | GrrlScientist
This Ecuadorian mystery bird is so unusual that it was placed into its own taxonomic family (includes audio)Plushcap, Catamblyrhynchus diadema, Lafresnaye, 1842, also known as the plush-capped finch,...
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Tornadoes rip through US midwest, leaving at least 13 dead
Storm system that blew down from the Rockies and produced multiple tornadoes batters Illinois and KansasA powerful storm system that produced multiple reports of tornadoes lashed the midwest early...
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British bank chief warns quantitative easing is 'laying seeds for next crisis'
Standard Chartered boss warns that pumping huge sums into Western economies could have unforeseen consequencesA leading British banker has warned that the huge sums of money being pumped into western...
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Occupy camp in Finsbury Square struggles to take in St Paul's protesters
Finsbury Square camp fears truce with council will be shattered as new arrivals ignore ban on drink and drugsThe Occupy camp in Finsbury Square, now the last remaining in London, always had a different...
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Arms sales rise during downturn to more than $400bn, report reveals
Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems and Boeing head list of top 100 arms and military service companies in research body's studySales of weapons and military services by the world's biggest arms companies...
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Giant Jurassic fleas drank the blood of dinosaurs and pterosaurs
Fossils unearthed in China reveal that the insects were up to 10 times as large as modern fleasFossil hunters have uncovered the remains of giant Jurassic fleas that sucked the blood of ancient beasts...
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Egypt lifts travel ban on seven US pro-democracy campaigners
Decision to allow Americans accused of fomenting unrest to leave Egypt eases crisis in relations with USOfficials in Cairo say a travel ban on seven Americans employed by pro-democracy US groups has...
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State and mafia take their cut as Italians develop gambling habit
Economic crisis and legalisation of slot machines help drive 20-fold rise in spending over a decadeLast December a policeman in a small town near Rome put on a balaclava, kidnapped his neighbour's...
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Europa Vegas draws Madrid and Barcelona into battle over megacasino
Spain's two largest cities are vying to become the home of a €17bn Vegas-style development and secure work for localsSpain's two main cities are battling it out for a Vegas-style complex of a dozen...
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The NDAA: a clear and present danger to American liberty | Naomi Wolf
The US is sleepwalking into becoming a police state, where, like a pre-Magna Carta monarch, the president can lock up anyoneYes, the worst things you may have heard about the National Defense...
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Separation of church and state: the American myth that may become reality |...
Although the sacred document in US public life was not the Bible but the constitution, this was read through a biblical lensWhen Rick Santorum said at the weekend that John F Kennedy's views on the...
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North Korea agrees to halt nuclear programme in exchange for US aid
Washington promises food aid for first time since 2009, with Hillary Clinton hoping new leadership will 'guide nation to peace'North Korea has agreed to suspend nuclear missile tests and uranium...
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Infanticide is repellent. Feeling that way doesn't make you Glenn Beck |...
Academics should be free to claim that killing newborns could be as ethical as abortion – but we are equally free to be disgustedIf you write an article proposing that newborn babies be killed, many...
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