David Bowie dies
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Iconic rock star dies of cancer aged 69The legendary musician known for musical innovation and experimentation with his image died 18 months after being diagnosed with cancer -
headlines
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Trucks from aid convoy enter besieged town of MadayaMédecins Sans Frontières says boy and four men died of starvation in Madaya on Sunday
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Gangs attack groups of foreignersLocal newspaper says attackers arranged via Facebook to go on ‘manhunt’ of foreigners after assaults on women on New Year’s Eve
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Separatist government will struggle to break stalemate with SpainThe new Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, may want independence but he has major obstacles to overcome
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How will recapture affect Mexico and narcotrafficking?The rearrest of Joaquín Guzmán brings more uncertainty than reassurance over relationships between the government, the drug business and cartel violence
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highlights
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Just rewards for Revenant – and a Martian coupAlejandro González Iñárritu’s muscular, visceral movie deserves its four awards, but the Globes went a little more leftfield – and a lot more populist – when it came to the other winners
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Hobbies make us happier – so ignore the mockery, and enjoyGardening, birdwatching, stroking your cat – whatever it is you like doing, just go for it. It’s officially good for you
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D&G;’s hijab range is aimed at people like me – so why do I feel excluded?I don’t feel Dolce & Gabbana’s new collection is truly for Muslim women. Instead it reinforces the idea that western designers control global fashion
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Old practice still seen as new chance for a better life – for someAn industry that dates back to 1614 in the US, mail-order marriages continue to be popular for women living in bleak conditions abroad, and US blue-collar men
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Ballon d'Or: Messi, Ronaldo and Neymar up for award!Rolling report: Will Lionel Messi prevent Cristiano Ronaldo from taking home the coveted prize for a third straight year? Join John Ashdown to find out
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Disgraced athletics chief’s son ‘arranged parcels’ for senior IOC membersPapa Massata Diack, the son of the former IAAF president, Lamine Diack, was apparently involved in a scheme to deliver ‘parcels’ to influential members of the International Olympic Committee, according to leaked emails seen by the Guardian
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Woods comparisons grow louder for reluctant SpiethJordan Spieth has said he does not deserve to be compared to Tiger Woods after winning the Tournament of Champions in Hawaii by eight shots
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Rex Ryan appoints twin brother Rob as his assistant at Buffalo BillsBuffalo Bills coach Rex Ryan has hired his twin brother Rob to serve as the team’s assistant head coach with a specific responsibility for defense
opinion
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Gender maverick David BowieBowie was an inspiration: for making pop like it was art and giving boys the keys to the dressing-up box
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Putting down pets isn’t the worst part of my jobI chose this career because I wanted to do my best for animals, yet it is the fear I haven’t that keeps me awake at night
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Cyber activists from 42 countries issue open letter against software 'backdoors'Nearly 200 experts, companies and advocacy groups urge governments to end efforts to ‘mandate insecure encryption’ amid surveillance concerns
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'Hunt a lion' raffle scrapped after protestsZimbabwe hunter Martin Nel axes plan to sell 100 raffle tickets for $1,500 each after outcry from animal rights groups
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charity appeal 2015
in depth
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How El Chapo's luck came up short in small-town sex motelChase for Mexico’s most wanted criminal in Los Mochis is stuff of Hollywood: helicopters, shootouts, sewers, carjacking, handcuffs and satin sheets
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Barbed genius of the silent film eraThe writer of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes was an extraordinary, barbed genius of the silent era, Hollywood and Broadway
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Confessions of a cycle courierA memoir of years as a London bike messenger evoke a love affair with the city from the frontline of the road wars
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Life on 'the wickedest road in Britain'Varna Road in Birmingham was a demonised district in 1960s Britain ... until the US photographer Janet Mendelsohn arrived and captured the tenderness and warmth amid the poverty, pimps and prostitution
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Bad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship reviewAnjan Sundaram’s exposé of Paul Kagame’s network of fear in Rwanda is required reading – not least by donors in the west
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Kremlin's hand suspected in shooting of ChechenThe shooting in broad daylight of Abdulvakhid Edelgireyev – a key Chechen Islamist figure who fought with an al-Qaida affiliate in Syria – is the latest in a series of audacious killings of enemies of the Russian state in the Turkish city
the big picture
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Market traders at city’s grand bazaarThe grand bazaar in the Turkish capital is one of the world’s oldest covered markets. More than 250,000 people a day are thought to visit its 3,000-plus stalls
The brilliant enigma who thrilled the world