Eurozone crisis live: Markets fall as Europe's slide towards recession confirmed
• Confirmed: Eurozone shrank by 0.3% in last quarter• Markets fall on Greek bond swap fears • Today's agenda10.10am: The new eurozone GDP data is out – and Eurostat has confirmed that the region shrank...
View ArticlePolitics live blog: Ed Miliband's "Made in Britain" speech and David Cameron...
Rolling coverage of all the day's political developments as they happen, including Ed Miliband's "Made in Britain" speech and David Cameron being grilled by MPs on public service reform10.21am: For the...
View ArticleSyria: atrocities recalled by those fleeing Homs - live updates
• US senator John McCain calls for air strikes against Assad• Syrian medics involved in torture according to new video • Valerie Amos and Kofi Annan due to visit Syria10.32am: The Guardian's data team...
View ArticleSo, Eric Holder, we should just trust that the president won't assassinate...
That, in effect, is the pledge the Obama administration's attorney general says has replaced our constitutional protectionsAttorney General Eric Holder was at Northwestern University law school Monday...
View ArticleCommodity boom powers Brazil up economic world order
Growth slowed to 2.7% last year – but that was still enough to help Brazil overtake the UK as the world's 6th largest economyOn the screen an awestruck Nicole Kidman stares down at Rio's spectacular,...
View ArticleObama's Iran strategy backed by US defence secretary amid GOP criticism
Defence secretary Leon Panetta tells Aipac that critics of Obama's Iran policy should not mistake diplomacy for weaknessThe US defence secretary, Leon Panetta, has warned critics of Barack Obama's Iran...
View ArticleBP chief Bob Dudley gets $1.6m payout for 'turning around company'
Chief executive gets bonus and share payout despite the oil company paying out £5bn to cover the long-running lawsuit over the Gulf of Mexico oil spillBP rewarded chief executive Bob Dudley with a...
View ArticleHamid Karzai backs restrictive code for women
Afghanistan's president endorses 'code of conduct' which activists say is a giant step backward for women's rightsAfghanistan's president endorsed a "code of conduct" issued by an influential council...
View ArticleSouth Africa's last tea farm tries to bounce back after costly pay dispute
At Magwa, the largest tea plantation in the southern hemisphere, machines lie idle and the future is far from clearThulami Mtembu has worked at Magwa tea farm for 33 years. For him it's more than a...
View ArticleSyria refuses to allow aid into Homs
President says he will carry on fighting 'foreign-backed terrorism' as evidence of human rights abuses mountsSyria has again refused to allow aid into the destroyed suburb of Homs amid mounting...
View ArticleKite surfer survives shark attacks in the Red Sea
A Polish kite surfer, Jan Lisewski, fought off shark attacks and overcame thirst and exhaustion in a two-day battle for survivalA Polish kite surfer, Jan Lisewski, fought off shark attacks and overcame...
View ArticlePutin's election victory is a headache for the west
Western countries can look forward to six more years of Putin – prickly, suspicious and fond of snide remarks about hypocrisyAfter Sunday's Russian election, David Cameron called Vladimir Putin. He...
View ArticleAllen Stanford convicted of Ponzi fraud – in pictures
The Texan financier has been found guilty of conspiracy and fraud charges by a federal jury for leading a $7bn Ponzi scheme from his offshore bank in Antigua
View Article3D films lose lustre as home-grown hits win cinema box-office battle
Just as in the 1950s, the 3D fad is fading, with the number of films falling from 47 in 2011 to 33 this yearIt was the format whose revival in James Cameron's $237m budget Avatar brought crowds...
View ArticleLulzsec court papers reveal extensive FBI co-operation with hackers
Indictment sheets detail how cases against five men alleged to be Anonymous members were made with help of group leaderThe FBI turned a computer hacker to build its case against a group of people it...
View ArticleLulzsec mastermind Sabu: an elite hacker and star FBI informant
US authorities say Hector Xavier Monsegur, a celebrity for his attacks on the US senate, was 'flipped' after his arrestHe was the self-taught "elite hacker" behind devastating attacks on the US Senate,...
View ArticleRalph McQuarrie obituary
Conceptual artist who brought Star Wars to lifeGeorge Lucas may have thought up the Star Wars series, but it would have looked very different without the imaginative breadth of the conceptual artist...
View ArticleIran planning nuclear weapon, says Cameron
Prime minister says Iran is planning an 'inter-continental nuclear weapon' but urges Israel to give sanctions more timeDavid Cameron has warned that Iran is seeking to build an "inter-continental...
View ArticleLetters: Israel, Clegg and Tonge's loss of the Lib Dem whip
Jenny Tonge has been forced to resign the Liberal Democrat whip in the Lords for making the essentially non-controversial prediction that Israel cannot be guaranteed survival in its present form if it...
View ArticleSuper Tuesday: which Republican candidates will win which states? - video
As Super Tuesday gets under way, Guardian polling expert Harry J Enten gives his predictions of how well the Republican presidential candidates will do and in which states. Can Mitt Romney win enough...
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