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Saturday
8
November
2014
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Obama doubles US troop levels in Iraq for war against IsisPledge to avoid ‘boots on the ground’ strained as 1,500 additional US troops ordered to Iraq to bolster Iraqi and Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State -
Mexican gang suspected of killing 43 students admits to mass murderMexico’s attorney general says detainees admitted setting fire to bodies whose unidentified remains are believed to be those of the missing students
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Osborne criticised for claims over EU £1.7bn bill as UK to pay full amountScepticism greets chancellor’s boast of halving bill to £850m as Treasury factors in automatic rebate to European Union -
Journalist Olenka Frenkiel says BBC sexism and ageism still an issueAward-winning reporter criticises discrimination and the way corporation gags departing staff with confidentiality agreements -
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Robin Williams autopsy found no illegal drugs or alcohol in actor's systemReport on Williams’ death, which was ruled a suicide, reports no unusual substances when actor killed himself at his California home in August
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‘Fake sheikh’ fails to prevent Panorama exposure of his appearanceLawyers for tabloid reporter Mazher Mahmood lose attempt to gain injunction to stop BBC documentary revealing true identity
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Miliband will face more pressure to quit in case of byelection failure, critics sayLabour boss launches fightback with vow to win general election ‘street by street’ but leadership speculation refuses to die down
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Ukraine says Russian military column has entered east of countryTanks, howitzer artillery systems and trucks carrying ammunition and fighters in column, says military
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Obama to give Loretta Lynch the nod to become next US attorney generalLynch, an African American federal prosecutor who made her name prosecuting police brutality, chosen to replace Eric Holder
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North Koreans working as ‘slaves’ in QatarDefectors claim Pyongyang regime pockets 90% or more of earnings made by migrants working on construction sites in Qatar, where preparations are under way for 2022 World Cup
• Qatar’s ambitions driven on by North Korean ‘forced labour’
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Alleged Islamist terror plot leads to arrests in London and High WycombeFour men in custody in central London police stations after joint operation by MI5 and counter-terrorism officers
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US supreme court agrees to hear new challenge to Obama's healthcare lawJustices say they will decide whether law allows key subsidies provision of the president’s signature healthcare law
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G20 experts to act on corporations’ internal loans that help cut taxMove against intra-group financing could destroy whole area of financial services in Switzerland and Luxembourg
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Samaritans pulls ‘suicide watch’ Radar app over privacy concernsCharity’s new Twitter app sends an alert to users when people they follow post messages that suggest suicidal thoughts
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Pentagon: leaked special forces mission details could endanger national securityStatement comes after identification of two members of the team that killed Osama bin Laden
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Prisoners’ book limit scrappedCap of 12 library books in cells ends after campaign backed by literary figures, but ban on sending books into prisons remains
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Alleged connections between Kosovo PM’s family and assassin investigatedThe final in Julian Borger’s series on Kosovo explores how Hashim Thaçi’s family is being targeted in a major Eulex inquiry
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Six Britons arrested over Silk Road 2.0 amid dark-web takedownArrests are part of joint European and US operation across 17 countries to crack down on online drugs trade
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Woman cleared of Breaking Bad murder plot is jailed for buying poisonKuntal Patel, acquitted of trying to kill her mother by spiking her diet cola, gets three-year sentence for acquiring toxin abrin
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Government bows to Christian pressure over religious educationEducation department waters down proposal for pupils to study a minimum of two religions in wake of ‘Trojan horse’ scandal
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Edmondson jailed for eight months over phone hackingFormer News of the World news editor pleaded guilty at Old Bailey to plotting to intercept voicemails over six-year period
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Spanish king’s sister faces trial after court approves tax fraud chargesCristina de Borbón could stand in the dock over claims involving husband’s charity unless special law is used to end case
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Eleanor de Freitas rape case: coroner calls on DPP to explainAlison Saunders asked to explain why CPS took up case against woman despite police not pursuing claims by alleged attacker
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Ale to support struggling British hop growers goes on saleRecent trend for US-style craft beer has seen demand for homegrown hops fall in recent years
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Victim in south Wales ‘cannibal attack’ met her alleged killer hours earlierMan thought to have carried out attack is understood to have been recently released from prison
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Woman says goodbye to beloved horse from hospital bed hours before she diesSheila Marsh, who had terminal cancer, hoped to see animal one last time – and daughter arranges emotional reunion just in time
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Intelligence agencies spying on lawyers in sensitive casesInternal MI5, MI6 and GCHQ documents reveal routine interception of legally privileged communications
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US 'pick-up artist' Julien Blanc forced to leave Australia after visa cancelledImmigration minister Scott Morrison revokes visa after public reacts angrily to Blanc’s seminars teaching men how to pick up women using force and emotional abuse
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Shelter refuses to take donations from ITV star Dapper LaughsDaniel O’Reilly says his album is to raise money for homeless; Shelter says the ITV, Vine and YouTube star’s comedy is ‘deeply offensive to homeless people’
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Could Will Cornick's psychopathic tendencies have been identified before he killed?When a boy was convicted and a banker was charged over motiveless killings, the cry went up: where were the warning signs? But the search for what makes a psychopath is vexed
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Jimmy White: ‘If I didn’t think I could still win the world title, I’d stop playing’Decca Aitkenhead: Jimmy White says his drug use cost him 10 world titles, but he hasn’t given up hope of winning snooker’s biggest prize
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Disaster at the speed of sound: the tragedy of SpaceShipTwo’s final flightCo-pilot appears to have pulled lever at wrong time on board Virgin Galactic’s space ship as it approached Mach 1.2
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Hollywood pins hopes on Interstellar as it seeks out new life in movie industryThere is much riding on Christopher Nolan’s latest space travel blockbuster after a poor year for the American film industry
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Learn to say 'non', like Cantona: ten tips for a better work-life balanceIf you’re happy working every hour God sends, good for you. If not, here’s some advice on how to give your wellbeing and career a boost
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Let’s stick together: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipe for the ultimate homemade kebab with all the trimmingsI’ve made it my mission to make a proper kebab at home – including bread, pickles and other condiments. And I think I’ve cracked it
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Charlie Higson's pub quizIn his first monthly pub quiz, Charlie Higson lays out his rules: lots of arts and pop culture – and a mandatory James Bond question
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Ask Molly Ringwald: is my upbringing damaging my chance of a relationship?Guardian Weekend magazine’s agony aunt, Molly Ringwald, advises a woman concerned that her parents’ separation is harming her own prospects for love
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That’s me in the picture: Jan Rose Kasmir at an anti-Vietnam war rally, 1967‘None of the guardsmen made eye contact. I think they were afraid they were going to be told to fire at us’
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Snow and beer arrive right on schedule – it must be J-dagToday is J-dag in Denmark, when crates of Carlsberg’s Christmas beer, or Julebryg, are delivered at 9pm – along with fake snow
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Beauty for darker skins: getting the perfect browThe search for the perfect brow continues. Anita Bhagwandas explains how to get the best look for darker skin
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The Last Saturday, by Chris Ware
Graphic novel The Last Saturday, by Chris Ware
A brand new graphic novella by the award-winning cartoonist Chris Ware, tracing the lives of six individuals from Sandy Port, Michigan, published in weekly episodes on this page -
Berlin Wall – readers' memories: 'It's hard to remember how scary the Wall was'We’ve been asking readers to share their photos and memories of the Berlin wall. Here’s a selection
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Want to succeed? You need systems not goals‘As anyone whose employer foists “performance targets” upon them already knows, a fixation with goal-setting has many downsides,’ Oliver Burkeman says
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Beauty: Party season wish listShine, sparkle and glow from your eyes to your fingertips with these eye-catching beauty essentials
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When a woman reaches 50 does sex become less important?In Portugal a judge reduced a compensation payout to a woman because she was in her 50s and so her “sex life isn’t as important”
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England kick off biggest year of their lives against All Black machineRobert Kitson: This is England’s last meeting with the All Blacks before the World Cup so no wonder both teams are up for a thunderous Twickenham Test
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Bernard Hopkins: ‘I have no fear. I have no doubt. I have bent time to my will’Two months before turning 50, boxer Bernard Hopkins faces the fearsome Sergey Kovalev but, as the American continues to transcend his sport, he tells Donald McRae it is a challenge he meets with exhilaration
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Robin van Persie: Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United exit hit me hardThe Manchester United striker was surprised by Sir Alex Ferguson’s departure from Old Trafford
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What England need to do to stop the seemingly unstoppable All BlacksDean Ryan: Stuart Lancaster’s men have to unlock New Zealand’s door and think quickly if they are to overcome the world champions
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Louis van Gaal admits he may need three years to fix Manchester UnitedLouis van Gaal has said that Manchester United’s return of 13 points from 10 games is ‘not good enough’
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Luis Suárez not in José Mourinho’s good books over Chelsea tacticsJosé Mourinho has dismissed claims in Luis Suárez’s autobiography that a Chelsea player was uncomfortable with his manager’s time-wasting tactics at Anfield in April
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Wales’ Rob Howley is sure they can match Australia’s intensity this timePaul Rees: Attack coach believes a new training regime will stop Wales losing from winning positions against southern hemisphere opposition
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Leeds United have been served with a winding-up petition for £150,000Leeds have been served with a winding-up petition for £150,000 that relates to the club’s failed legal actions against Melvyn Levi
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Sergio Agüero wants Manchester City to alter approach against QPRMemories of the 2012 title victory remain fresh but Sergio Agüero accepts improvements have to made by Manchester City at home and in the Champions League, he tells Paul Wilson
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Caterham F1 seek fans’ cash while Marussia go out of businessCaterham are trying to raise £2.35m with a crowd-funding project to avoid going the same way as Marussia
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Olympic champion Dani King suffers five broken ribs and punctured lungA training accident involving a pothole has left the team pursuit Olympic champion in intensive care
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Ireland’s Robbie Henshaw and Jared Payne to feel South Africa’s forceMike Averis: An experimental Ireland have a new centre pairing against South Africa, the second best team in the world
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Michael Cheika’s brief honeymoon with Australia hits reality in WalesThe new Wallabies coach is attempting to install a hybrid style of play with only eight Tests before next year’s World Cup
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Barney Ronay: The New Zealand rugby union team’s ‘no dickheads policy’ means taking turns with the broom but ungovernable talents such as Roy Keane and Kevin Pietersen can galvanise teamsAll Blacks try to sweep away dickheads but sport needs its egomaniacs
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US senators urge Fifa to switch Canada women's World Cup from turf to grassBipartisan group of 13 writes to president Sepp Blatter as USA striker Wambach says lawsuit is ‘about gender equality’
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Formula One 2014: points breakdown and title race explainedDouble points in the final race at Abu Dhabi means Lewis Hamilton cannot win his second title in Brazil on Sunday
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Dusan Tadic: ‘In Serbia, when you lose, it is like somebody dies’The big difference between Southampton and Serbia is that you get the right kind of pressure here, Dusan Tadic tells Jacob Steinberg
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Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekendGuardian writers: The shadow of José Mourinho hangs over Liverpool, Swansea may show Arsenal the way and will Burnley break their duck?
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Time has arrived for reacquainting yourself with brussels sproutsThese Christmas staples have an undeserved reputation. Given the correct treatment, they will reward you with their sweetness
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Five times Kanye West was right about fashionRosie Swash: The rapper’s creative director, Virgil Abloh, recently described him as ‘the greatest designer that has yet to be seen’. We couldn’t agree more. From health goth to shutter shades, Kanye always gets it right
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The Hunger Games to hit the stage in 2016Lionsgate film studio to team up with other entertainment firms to put story from bestselling books on stage in London
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25 hidden features from iOS 8, Apple’s new operating systemApple’s latest operating system contains a host of new functions. To mine it for all its power, read our 25 tips
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Perfect baked potatoes and fillings
Back to basics cooking Perfect baked potatoes and fillings
Back to basics: It’s a quirk of the cosmos that baked potatoes taste their best when made at home and by your own hand -
The life and reign of English kings and queens visualisedWho is the longest reigning king or queen of England? Our graphic explores how much of their life each king and queen of England has spent ruling the country
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10 dating apps to get your love life back on trackIf you fancy a quick fling or are in search of a life partner, there is an app to help
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Ebola for beginners: map outlines elementary geographyA rudimentary graphic has hit a nerve online by demonstrating that most of continent is free of the deadly virus – although critics say it stigmatises affected countries
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Reinventing the wheel: new tech turns regular bikes into hybrids – and a traffic toolThe Copenhagen Wheel turns bicycles into electric hybrids, able to multiply pedal power, track your heart rate and monitor potholes. But it costs more than a bike
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Today's playlist: metal - Machine Head, Mysticum and moreMachine Head are still flying the flag for the mainstream, but elsewhere on the playlist there’s post-punk, impish mischief and a dose of occult rock
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The Specials – 'joyous toast to 70s ska'It’s party time as the 2 Tone outfit celebrate the glorious sound that energised a generation, writes Malcolm Jack
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How to make hazelnut and cocoa spreadIt tastes just like that well-known chocolate spread – but this version is packed with wholesome hazelnuts, writes Claire Thomson
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Fashion's love affair with heritage brandsFrom Carven to Schiaparelli to Poiret, Lauren Cochrane reports on why labels love a relaunch
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I feel let down by my family - how do I move on?My mother and my brother who sides with her have caused me great distress. How do I move on?
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If Labour is stuck with Ed Miliband, here’s a way outJonathan Freedland: With no obvious successor, Labour’s focus should switch to what five more years of the Tories would look like
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God save us from the philosemitism of Burchill, Amis and MenschHadley Freeman: Being the object of adoration and envy is yet another burden we Jews have to bear
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Deborah Orr: Baker’s complaints reek of self-importance – and highly misplaced self-importance at that. The saddest thing is that this has been the hallmark of all Lib Dem dealings with the Conservatives from the startNorman Baker thinks he’s as important as Theresa May. That’s why he’s not
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Has your class changed over the course of your lifetime?
Franklyn Addo, Archie Bland, Alice O'Keeffe, Richard Seymour: Whether you grew up posh or poor, the chances are you haven't remained in that class. Our panel of writers tell their stories
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Scapegoating immigrants is the oldest trick in the bookGiles Fraser: Loose canon: It is bizarre that some people think immigrants are a threat to something called Christian Britain (whatever that is)
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If I were king for a day my reign would be a walk in the parkBen Okri: Walking keeps us close to the right level of life and to the natural pace of things
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Catherine Shoard: Timothy Spall’s efforts to paint just like Turner fulfil our desire to see actors work a kind of magicWhy we love the stars who can fake it
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Olenka Frenkiel: ‘I realised I was being rubbed out by the BBC’Little has changed for older women in the wake of the Miriam O’Reilly ageism case, writes former BBC Current Affairs reporter
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Putin has defended the Nazi-Soviet pact. Time for the west to wake upLinas Linkevičius: It was the pact that led to world war two. Western democracies must no longer turn a blind eye to Putin the aggressor
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Richard Williams: Zaha Hadid’s controversial Tokyo 2020 Olympic stadium raises all the old questions about finding the right balance between human ambition and the proper use of resourcesThe Tokyo Olympic debate: squashed cycling helmet or architectural gem?
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I’m a doctor fighting Ebola. And no, you aren’t going to catch it from meBenjamin Black: Health workers who have gone to west Africa to tackle Ebola are increasingly being stigmatised at home by people terrified they will bring the virus back with them. So here are the facts
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Holly Baxter: Men don’t have to fend off unwanted sexual comments in the way women do. It’s about putting women back in their placeWhy Lorraine Kelly wouldn’t compliment Robert Downey Jnr on his bum
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Wearing a school uniform doesn’t help us learnEmma Jacobs: One school’s decision this week to send hundreds of its pupils home for wearing the wrong clothes betrays a worryingly skewed set of priorities
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Labour's Great Escape from opposition faces a gruesome finaleThe tunnel that was meant to get Ed Miliband to Downing Street is too short and now the walls are caving in
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Rafael Behr: Leaving the EU won’t satisfy the hardline sceptics. Their position is untenableThe Brexit brigade are deluded – leaving the EU won’t satisfy the hardline sceptics
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Band Aid 2014: who should sign up?Thirty years since Bob Geldof and Midge Ure’s original single raised millions for charity, sources claim that One Direction are in line for the fourth incarnation of the single. Let us know who you’d like to feature on a reboot
in depth
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Tough love: is this a model prison for children?Last month, 14 young people were compensated for their mistreatment in British prisons. What can we learn from a groundbreaking scheme for young offenders in Spain? Eric Allison and Simon Hattenstone find out
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The rise and rise of sexologyVibrators, erotica, condoms … a look at the treasures from the Institute of Sexology
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Serial: listeners of podcast phenomenon turn detectives – with troubling resultsBased on a real-life murder, Serial has captivated listeners around the world. But when the show’s fans started doing their own investigations on Reddit, it took the phenomenon into uncharted waters
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Babymetal: 'I've never been in a moshpit. I think I'd get smashed to bits'The Japanese schoolgirl trio – who combine metal and ‘idol pop’ – were manufactured to win over Japan’s geek hardcore. So how have they won over the metalhead faithful worldwide?
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David Edgar: ‘Ukip is my territory. I suspect I am going to write about that’As his Iron Curtain Trilogy opens in London, the playwright talks to Mark Lawson about depicting the last 50 years of British life on the stage
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A global guide to the first world war - interactive documentaryTen historians from 10 countries give a brief history of the first world war through a global lens. Watch the documentary in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic or Hindi.
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Cairo's hipster bike shop hoping to lead the city's cycling revolutionPatrick Kingsley: Chaotic traffic, no cycle lanes, smog, potholes ... Cairo’s not known for its cycling for good reason, but the owners of the city’s first custom bike shop think it’s time for that to change
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Simulator games, the weird world of ultra-realistic simsForget alien encounters in space and orc slaying, a new range of simulation games offer up the more mundane delights of driving a ferry – or acting the goat
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Indian police chief pushes yoga to strengthen arm of the lawHasmukh Patel hopes to change the culture of his force by encouraging officers to adopt ancient techniques. His crime figures have gone up – but that’s ok, he says
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Osama Bin Laden's killer? Robert O’Neill’s claim challenges code of silencePublicity around shooting of al-Qaida leader goes against ethos of ‘quiet professionals’ and undermines Obama’s military coup
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Regular investing: whether you have £10 or £500 there’s a place for youWith regular savings accounts you can start with as little as £10 which can slowly roll up into a tidy lump sum
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Typhoon Haiyan: millions of lives still blighted one year onFilipinos still living in temporary shelters and evacuation centres after storm that killed more than 6,000 and displaced 4 million
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Experience: my family was attacked by lionsGlenys Newton: ‘I wound down the window to pat the lion. It stuck its head up to the open window and roared’
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Why collect dolls? I grew out of stamps, says Sophie Ellis-BextorThey can be cute, odd or terrifying – what is it about dolls that attracts the singer to collecting them?
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Jennifer Egan: ‘Writing is an act of faith’ against the rise of technologyAuthor and editor of The Best American Short Stories 2014 explores the idea of anxiety at a Q&A to mark this year’s collection of hard-hitting stories
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Super princess me: Morgan Spurlock to film man's bid to make daughter royaltySuper Size Me director teams up with Disney to shoot true story of Jeremiah Heaton and his bid to create new country to satisfy daughter’s dream of becoming a princess, writes Ben Child
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Biological warfare flares up again between EO Wilson and Richard DawkinsUS scientist dismisses Dawkins as a ‘journalist’ in BBC television interview about pair’s differing views on natural selection
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Keira Knightley on going topless in protest at the use of women's bodies as a battlegroundActor Keira Knightley agreed to a topless shoot on the condition that her breasts were not Photoshopped – in protest at the media’s damaging attitude towards body image
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Bono defends Spotify and calls for more transparency from record labelsU2 frontman: ‘The real fight is between opacity and transparency. The music business has historically involved itself in quite considerable deceit’. By Stuart Dredge
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Azealia Banks drops long-awaited debut via iTunesBroke With Expensive Taste, an album originally expected in 2012, has been given a surprise rush release by the artist
pictures and video
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Monochrome Cairo and sepia Syria: early photographs of the Middle EastGallery: A new exhibition documents the work of royal photographer Francis Bedford from the Middle East in 1862, showing the dignitaries, landscapes and classical ruins from a time untouched by modernity
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A to Z of the Guardian News and Media ArchiveFrom advertising to Zabihyan, we’ve delved into the Guardian News and Media (GNM) Archive to bring you some of its highlights as part of this year’s Explore Your Archive campaign.
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The week in wildlifeA new species of lizard, errant bear cubs and orphaned sea otters feature in this week’s best images from the natural world
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Women's prison in Israel hosts fashion showNeve Tirza, Israel’s only women’s prison, hosted its first fashion show last month
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Human behaviour: the forgotten gems of 2014's portrait photographyGallery: Portrait Salon was founded in 2011 by Carole Evans and James O Jenkins to showcase the best of the rejected images from the Taylor Wessing photography prize, which is organised annually by the National Portrait Gallery in London – here are the best of this year’s selection
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Grow your own raspberries and blueberries
Alys Fowler plants raspberries and blueberries, and explains about the conditions they need
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Strike a pose: Robert Heinecken's fashion world send-upsThe American photographer brilliantly skewers the fashion press with his latest project, which teaches would-be models how to stand with hands on hips or pose with a martini
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Interiors wishlist: top 10 jugs and pitchersPerfect pourers or makeshift vases – here’s our pick of the best jugs and pitchers
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Australian news cameraman films being carjacked at gunpoint
An Australian news cameraman is carjacked at gunpoint by a suspect in the crime he was traveling to report
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Astronauts play with floating ball of water in space
During Expedition 40, Nasa astronauts Steve Swanson and Reid Wiseman – along with European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst – explored water surface tension in microgravity on the international space station. The crew 'submerged' a sealed GoPro camera into a floating ball of water the size of a softball and recorded the activity with a 3D camera
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Party season make-up: the wish listShine, sparkle and glow from your eyes to your fingertips with these eye-catching beauty essentials
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ESA releases animation of comet probe's landing
The European Space Agency releases an animation illustrating next week's planned landing on a comet of a robotic probe
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Women's fashion to put the swing into party seasonWith the party season getting into full swing, it’s important that you are dressed and ready to sparkle
the big picture
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The Sydney Dog Show, a WWI memorial in London and a debutante ball in Rio de JaneiroThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world
Bird decline poses loss not just for environment, but human soul