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EU leaders are set to call on Turkey to do more to stop migrants and refugees from making the dangerous journey across the Aegean Sea to Greece
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On the eve of the two-year anniversary of plane’s disappearance many relatives reject the idea it crashed in the ocean
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Paper states “hand coordination should indicate the mystery of the Creator’s invention,” although the Chinese authors say a linguistic mix-up is to blame
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highlights
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We look back on video game history with rose-tinted nostalgia, but some things tend to get overlooked amid those misty-eyed tales of gaming yore
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The American bison once faced extinction – now they’re being culled. Native American photographer Joe Whittle attends a hunt held by tribal members
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Now you can crowdsource the funniest possible responses to messages you’ve received. It’s basically Cyrano de Bergerapp
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Kitty Mrache’s ‘geodesic dome loft’ has appeared on the site for seven years and is so busy her own children have to wait in line
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Manning’s statistical achievements were tempered by his postseason frailty, but no one better embodied the NFL’s evolution into a passing league
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Many MMA purists see the Californian as a hero dedicated to his craft but he failed to win over a wider audience after his defeat of Conor McGregor
opinion
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An airliner metres from disaster above Heathrow shows how unprepared we are – whether from a terrorist attack or hobbyists losing control
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‘Passion’ meant working six days a week –16-hour days. I still play games, but having seen the inside of the sausage factory they’ll never be the same again
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Big weekend of caucus and primary voting partly overshadowed by death of former first lady Nancy Reagan, but wins all round showed there’s life still in both party races
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Umbrella opposition group likely to send delegation to Geneva despite some of most intense fighting since truce began
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in depth
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Ray Tomlinson, the man who invented the @ sign, has died. Here’s a brief history of email, from the Queen’s first mail to the triumph of spam
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Crickets in brie and wild Texas antelope sushi are on the menu at pop-up restaurant Prey, where disruptive plants and animals find a new purpose
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After years of political turmoil, Ivory Coast’s budget minister hopes booming economy and improved infrastructure will create climate to attract investment
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Five decades on from The Graduate making him a star, he talks about racism, movies and wishing he was Jack Nicholson
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The Russian dissident was murdered with polonium, but only on the third attempt. In an extract from his book A Very Expensive Poison, Luke Harding traces the toxic trail the clueless assassins spread around London
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In 2014, the former press gallery journalist officially ‘quit’ Australia to form his own nation in Queensland. Almost two years later, he is Yidindji foreign minister
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The remarkable tale of Frank Terpil, former intelligence agent, fugitive from US justice and a 53-year jail term, who has died in Havana
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the big picture
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Workers of Tepco, Toshiba and Kajima Corp at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant five years on from the 9.0 earthquake
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