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Why girls aren't pretty in pink
Two sisters forced retailers to rethink the 'pinkification' of girls' toys. Now they are turning their attention to makeup aimed at childrenChildren can be comically fierce in their ideas of which toys...
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Popocatepetl erupts - in pictures
The volcano southeast of Mexico City began to spew ash and smoke across the Puebla region of the country
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Jacob Zuma marries for the sixth time
South Africa's polygamous president takes long-term girlfriend Bongi Ngema as his fourth wifeSouth Africa's polygamous president Jacob Zuma married for the sixth time on Friday, taking long-time...
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Mexico bus crash kills 43
Accident happened when trailer broke loose from truck and crashed into a passenger bus near the town of AlamoAt least 43 people were killed after a trailer broke loose from a truck and crashed into a...
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Earthquake causes panic in Indonesia
Quake measuring 6.6 strikes 50 miles off Indonesian coast, causing residents to flee their homes in Papua provinceA powerful earthquake hit has waters off eastern Indonesia, sending panicked residents...
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George Osborne defends £10bn extra funding for IMF
Chancellor says jobs in UK depend on stable world economy, but critics claim British taxpayers are bailing out eurozoneGeorge Osborne is facing anger from Tory backbenchers and Labour after announcing...
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Uzbekistan carrying out forced sterilisations, say women
Evidence of operations under cover of caesareans as doctors claim targets set to help control populationTwo weeks after Bakhor came home with her newborn son the joy of the new baby was overshadowed by...
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10,000kg explosives found in Kabul
Intelligence agency says men were planning multiple attacks on crowded areas when they were detained in KabulAfghan security forces have detained five insurgents with 10,000kg (22,046lb) of explosives,...
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Hope for the Egyptian Nubians damned by the dam | Khaled Diab
Half a century after the inundation, Nubians may finally have the prospect of compensation for the loss of their homelandHalf a century after losing their homeland to the Aswan dam, Egyptian Nubians...
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Whether the digital era improves society is up to its users – that's us |...
Social media in particular has inexorably changed the world, driving openness and fear – but it is not beyond our controlMost technology designers engage in their trade to make the world a better...
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Christianity does not sit in opposition to progressive equality legislation |...
There is no issue of principle where LGBT and religious rights are counterposed, despite George Carey's assumptionsGeorge Carey, the former archbishop of Canterbury, has argued that Christian employees...
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Billionaire superyachts cast a shadow over Barcelona's traditional barrios
Residents of a working-class district near the port battle to block British plan to create a marina for the mega-richThe world's largest private yacht looms over the old port of Barcelona – its...
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How the Front de Gauche has been winning the French working-class vote |...
Whatever happens on Sunday, Jean Luc Mélenchon's alliance has made its mark on French politics – and is here to stayThe cherry blossom is out in force in a small street on Paris's southern outskirts....
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From Norfolk to the Congo … but will Martin the cuckoo ever make it home?
Britain's cuckoo population is in sharp decline, so ornithologists have tracked five migrating birds to try to find out whyHe has flown thousands of miles across Africa and Europe and enjoyed a winter...
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Costa Concordia salvage to begin next month and could take a year
The Costa Concordia's owners say environmental protection will be a top priority when efforts to salvage capsized vessel beginThe Costa Concordia, which capsized off the coast of Italy in January, is...
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Bahrain protester found dead on eve of F1 race
Bahrain to investigate death of Salah Abbas Habib, who was allegedly beaten by riot police on eve of grand prixAn investigation has been launched in Bahrain after an anti-government protester was found...
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World's most endangered tribe cries for help
Logging companies keen to exploit Brazil's rainforest have been accused by human rights organisations of using gunmen to wipe out the Awá, a tribe of just 355. Survival International, with backing from...
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Voters go to the polls in French elections
Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande expected to go through to runoff from initial ballot of 10 candidatesOn what was forecast to be a day of spring showers, the sun came out very briefly in Paris as...
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