Sunday
14
August
2016
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UN reiterates demand for closure of 'dire and untenable' centresMajority of asylum seekers who have had their claims assessed have been found to be refugees, and have ‘fled a well-founded fear of persecution’
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Relay medals see Australia finish on high in poolCate Campbell puts the disappointment of missing out on individual medal in 50m freestyle, anchoring women’s 4x100m medley relay team to silver
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Military suicide rate crisis as 41 take own lives in 12 monthsGrieving families accuse Australian defence force and Department of Veterans’ Affairs of inadequate support
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Photos show aftermath of violent attack on Afghan refugeesExclusive: Two men were attacked by locals armed with an iron bar amid rising tension over the refugees’ presence on the island
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Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom seeks to retain millionsCourt of Appeals ruled the German tech entrepreneur could not recover his assets because he is ‘a fugitive’
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Farah wins 10,000m gold, USA's Henderson wins long jumpAll the action from the Olympic Stadium on day eight, where four golds were up for grabs on a busy night
highlights
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Costumes and serious competitorsMore than 80,000 people compete in the annual run that winds its way through Sydney’s eastern suburbs from Hyde Park towards Bondi beach
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De Silva leads Sri Lanka's fightback against Australia after disastrous startDhananjaya de Silva hits a maiden century and shares an unbroken 188-run partnership with Dinesh Chandimal as Sri Lanka hit back from disastrous start
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Swans emphatic, Dees comfortable, Lions and Eagles home in thrillersA stunning second-half onslaught by Lance Franklin and Sydney have propelled the Swans to a brilliant 70-point win over St Kilda.
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McNair’s own goal seals win for Guardiola's sideAn own goal by Paddy McNair three minutes from full-time gave Manchester City a 2-1 victory over Sunderland at the Etihad Stadium
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Pakistan’s Younis and Yasir leave England in tattersYounis Khan made 218 as Pakistan established a first-innings lead of 214 before England crumbled to 88 for four in their second innings
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A-Rod was both a cheat and a pleasure to watch: how we will miss himAlex Rodriguez bowed out of baseball on Friday night, hitting a double. He was often infuriating but he was never boring
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Paul Pogba and Adnan Januzaj are two sides of the same coinManchester United’s original loss of their record signing helps explain some crazy wages that turn youngsters’ heads. As Pogba returns, ‘new Cruyff’ Januzaj goes back out on loan
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With Trump certain to lose, you can forget about a progressive ClintonCome November, Clinton will have won her great victory – not as a champion of working people’s concerns, but as the greatest moderate of them all
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I'm scared of what the estrogen shortage might do to trans women like meI always was a woman, simply one with a hormone deficiency. My being deprived of estrogen injections is like a diabetic prevented from taking insulin
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Immigration stalled on requests for rape victim’s family to join her, Nauru files showDespite urgent pleas from agencies on the island, asylum seeker was not reunited with her mother and brother until four months after she was flown to Brisbane for medical treatment
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Dick Smith wins long-running appeal to use 'Ozemite' brand nameEntrepreneur says justice has prevailed after court ruling that Ozemite can sit side-by-side on supermarket shelves with yeast spread brand AussieMite
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dear australia
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Donald Trump recruits 'election observers' as he warns of potential voter fraudEffort follows Republican presidential nominee’s fears of ‘cheating’ in a ‘rigged’ election, but it could carry legal risks
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Thousands march to protest violence against womenProtest follows complaints by women’s groups of lenient sentences given to perpetrators
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Ricky Gervais on the return of David BrentThe Office star has resurrected David Brent for a feature film. But does it take the comedy of embarrassment too far?
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How we let the phoneys take control and debase the language of politicsFrom Donald Trump to the Brexit campaign, outrageous untruths are now almost a matter of course. How did we reach the point where ‘falsehood flies’?
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A refugee’s story of reporting sexual assaultThe Nauru files document Nina’s frustration and distress at the lack of action that followed her reports of sexual assault and harassment by detention centre staff
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'Movies are neurotic about female shrinks'Seventy years separates the Hitchcock’s film with the DC blockbuster, but the social attitudes towards women psychiatrists they exhibit have barely altered
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How Guardian Australia broke the Nauru files storyWhat’s it like combing through thousands of reports of abuse? Bridie Jabour talks to Paul Farrell, Helen Davidson and Nick Evershed
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Can the South Bronx survive gentrification?As Netflix’s new show The Get Down charts the borough’s musical past, the area is becoming a hipster hotspot
people
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I've got family members I haven't spoken to in 15 yearsThe musician, 48, on spending 200 grand on a car service, standing Madonna up and screaming at spiders
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Actor behind R2-D2, diesThe 3ft 8in actor, who starred in six Star Wars films as well as Time Bandits and Flash Gordon, was 81
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Anyone but … meet the other candidates in the ‘craziest US election of all time’These candidates are striving to get into the debates amid disillusion with both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump
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How I discovered that my activist father was hangedWhat happens when you discover that your father, fighting apartheid, killed and hurt innocent people by planting a bomb? David Wolfe tells Joanna Moorhead
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the big picture
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A life in picturesEnglish actor Kenny Baker, famous for playing R2-D2 in Star Wars, has died at the age of 81
Exclusive Labor to move for parliamentary inquiry into abuse allegations
Helping hand How you can assist people held in detention
Life in detention A dark, wretched Truman Show without the cameras
One day in September A grim 24 hours in Nauru’s detention centre