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Former Alaska governor says position would be a ‘short-term job’
and criticises Obama’s Alaska trip as a ‘tourism jaunt’
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Six-month investigation says government’s story of protesters being incinerated at rubbish dump is impossible
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz, leader of Democratic National Committee and Florida’s first Jewish congresswoman, says decision was her hardest yet
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highlights
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The Oscar-winning actor expressed optimism about the future
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Burning Man can be overwhelming – especially if you don’t want to rave to pounding dance music. Here are alternative ways to enjoy the festival
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In his new book, the ageing enfant terrible of French literature imagines a France ruled by Islamists and he has been under 24-hour police protection since the Charlie Hebdo attack. Does he really hate women and Muslims or is he just a twisted provocateur?
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Kansas State’s president has apologized after a marching band formation went horribly wrong
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Canada’s policies toward people fleeing conflict and persecution worsened under Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Will the country learn from its mistakes?
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Sabrina Hersi Issa To end the refugee crisis, we need more than grief. We need to see we're broken
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Sarab Al-Jijakli The US must do more to help Syria. Step one: let more refugees resettle here
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Giles Fraser Christian politicians won’t say it, but the Bible is clear: let the refugees in, every last one
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Activists fear Kim Davis’s story could encourage new laws exempting public officials from having to perform duties on religious grounds, as judges and clerks around the country make their views known
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Labor Day marks the moment that presidential campaigns get serious – but after an eventful summer, we have already learned that outsiders are in
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The Iraqi military says it carried out 15 attacks on militant positions north of Baghdad using the first of 36 fighter planes to be bought from the US
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Jean-Luc Kister was one of a team which planted mines on the Rainbow Warrior in 1985, killing photographer Fernando Pereira
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special report: the counted
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People killed by the police in the US, recorded by the Guardian
in brief
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Distillery toasts ‘space whisky’ experiment as malt returns to Earth after four-year journey tasting out of this world
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Irish documentarian Ken Wardrop heads to Oklahoma for an examination of mother/son love with universal appeal despite its limited scope
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Danny Boyle’s talky look at the Apple icon boasts an assured leading turn but the dominance of Aaron Sorkin’s script and focus on business wrangles mean this will mostly appeal to the Apple geek
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Rabia Chaudry, who first brought Syed’s case to the creators of Serial, gives an update on the story since the popular podcast ended last December, as new evidence continues to surface
in depth
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Scenes of welcome have awaited refugees in Germany, but what caused them to flee their homes in the first place?
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Jon Stewart used his TV platform to become one of the world’s sharpest political commentators. Fresh from his Edinburgh show, how will his South African successor fare?
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As his 12th novel is published, Salman Rushdie talks about the folklore and the city that inspired it
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Yik Yak and Whatsgoodly give social media-saturated millennials a new way to openly share campus anecdotes. But with anonymity surfaces bullying and hate
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He is the only African American – and the only brain surgeon – in the GOP field and his outsider status and inspiring life story are generating momentum
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Of more than 200 people were sentenced to life without parole under a controversial Michigan drug law only one remains. At last he has a hope of freedom
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Steve Jobs, Danny Boyle’s biopic of the late Apple co-founder, stars Michael Fassbender and features a whipcrack script from Aaron Sorkin. The Guardian’s Nigel M Smith gives his verdict and speaks to people outside the screening who weigh in with their verdicts
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The Latin American Fotografia competition celebrates the very best photography in and about the region
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We asked you for your own images and portrayals of America’s highways. Here is a selection of our favourites
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There is an outdoor feel to this month’s gallery: John Grant in Iceland, the Unthanks in Northumberland, Yanis Varoufakis on the island of Aegina. All this and Amy Schumer too in our monthly showcase of photography commissioned by the Observer
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Musician and campaigner Bob Geldof pledges to accept four refugee families into his Kent and London homes ‘until they can get a purchase on the future’
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Queen Bey has hit middle age, and it’s been a pretty glamorous journey to get here. Here’s her life so far in pictures – one for each year
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The actor spoke alongside Meryl Streep and Rachel McAdams in a panel about historical authenticity in cinema at the Telluride film festival
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In our age of Spotify, most artists fail to get a fair deal. But with help from coders and developers, Imogen Heap is leading the fightback …
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British actor plays singer with no voice in her latest collaboration with I Am Love director Luca Guadagnino, alongside Ralph Fiennes
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A federal judge in Colorado has granted an injunction to halt the opening night premiere of Amazing Grace, a documentary which features footage of the singer shot by Sydney Pollack in 1972
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The best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week
Refugee crisis UN agencies ‘broke and failing’ as cash donations run out
Refugees Austria plans to close border as crisis grows
Munich mayor I don’t think about numbers, only their safety
Catholics Pope urges faithful to take in refugees