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Israeli PM condemns video of Jewish extremists celebrating toddler's deathVideo shows teenagers dancing with guns at wedding and stabbing a picture of Palestinian child killed in arson attack -
Burmese bar workers sentenced to death for killing British touristsZaw Lin and Wai Phyo sentenced to death for the murder of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller
spotlight
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Hip-hop artists back push to send rap lyrics case to US supreme courtKiller Mike, Big Boi and TI among rappers who argue 2011 charges against high school student for alleged threat in song criminalizes genre and black people
around the world
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UKUKAftermath of car crash at Costa branch in Westerham, Kent – videoAerial footage shows emergency services at a Costa coffee shop branch in Kent, after a car ploughed into the cafe in market square in Westerham
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EuropeEuropeAt least 19 drown as migrant boat sinks in Aegean SeaRescuers save 21 survivors after wooden boat capsizes two miles off Bademli coast heading for Greek island of Lesbos
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Norman Foster's Cairo redevelopment has locals asking: where do we fit in?Glass towers, modernist boulevards and elegant roof gardens ... Can Foster + Partners’ vision for Cairo’s Maspero Triangle avoid the controversies of Egypt’s past megaprojects, and herald a new era of urban design – and democracy?
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Gstaad's double life: from sleepy resort to billionaire's Christmas playgroundWhat do Madonna and Valentino have in common? They spend the holidays at the same exclusive Alpine town, which over nine days in December swells from 7,500 to 30,000 people
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Older people and those with disabilities are being left behind by humanitarian aidIn the buildup to the World Humanitarian Summit in May, we must ensure that marginalised groups are no longer neglected by humanitarian work
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In rural Nigeria, we're training a new generation of midwivesToo many women and babies in northern Nigeria are dying unnecessarily. Providing mothers with female health workers is starting to change that
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opinion & analysis
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Afghanistan's fight for Sangin: a key psychological battle for both sidesThe town is totemic for the US and UK as both nations have both suffered heavy losses there, but the Taliban see it as a key strategic base
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Refugee crisis: Britain can no longer sit out as EU prepares for greater numbersCameron celebrates keeping the door shut but 2016 forecasts an even greater displacement of people that demands a response more like Angela Merkel’s
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Afghanistan highlights a history of chaotic western interventionThe latest reverses and the past 14 years tell the story of how the US and its Nato allies have struggled to create the peace envisaged in 2001
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Russia's airstrikes on Syria appear futile with little progress on groundThe Syrian army is short on troops and has been unable to use Moscow’s highly destructive campaign to its advantage
pictures and video
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El Gordo lottery winner: 'It's just money' – videoAn unemployed Senegalese man won €400,000 ($437,000) in Spain’s annual Christmas El Gordo lottery
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Jewish extremist teenagers mock death of Palestinian baby – videoAmateur video shows radical Jewish teenagers dancing at a wedding with guns as they stab a picture of a toddler murdered in an Palestinian hate crime
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Dead whale washes up on popular South African beach – videoStrand Beach, near Cape Town, was closed on Wednesday in case the body of a 14-metre-long whale that has washed up on the shore attracts sharks
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Thailand backpacker murders: David Miller’s family speak out – videoDavid Miller’s family speak out after a court in Thailand sentences two Burmese men to death for the murder of David and the rape and murder of fellow backpacker Hannah Witheridge.
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British Muslim children heartbroken by US flight ban, says father – videoMohammad Tariq Mahmood, whose British Muslim family were banned by the US from flying to Los Angeles to visit Disneyland, describes their ordeal
Inside Eritrea Conscription and poverty drive exodus from secretive African state
Eritrea's grand Italian cinemas shudder to the sound of English football