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As a gay parent I must flee Russia or lose my children
11 Aug 2013:Masha Gessen: Draconian new laws brand homosexuals second-class citizens in Putin's regime
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Ireland 1 day ago
History students will no longer tolerate or believe grand narratives
10 Aug 2013:Colm Tóibín: Ireland has torn itself apart in the name of a single view of history – a history filled with myth and prejudice, rather than scrutinised with irony and intelligence
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Oprah Winfrey 2 days ago
Oprah Winfrey's only misdemeanour was to travel and be black
9 Aug 2013:Maurice Mcleod: I can sympathise with the TV star who was refused service in a Swiss store, but for a black person going on holiday this is all too familiar
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Gibraltar 4 days ago
Gibraltar row: Spain is using the latest spat to drown out corruption scandal at home
7 Aug 2013: David Mathieson: The rising tension between Britain and Spain over the British territory and tax haven is largely about financial transparency -
Breastfeeding 4 days ago
Breastfeeding for hire to gay couples – what's not to like?
7 Aug 2013: Joanna Moorhead: Feeding someone else's baby is not new or distasteful, so bonne chance to the Parisian mother advertising her services -
Gibraltar 5 days ago
We in Gibraltar are solid as the Rock
6 Aug 2013: Ana Garcia: Spanish posturing at the frontier is nothing new – and only ever strengthens Gibraltarians' resolve -
Hungary 5 days ago
Hungary's culture is being crushed or co-opted
6 Aug 2013: George Szirtes: The 'patriotic' culture war being waged by the government may force the closure of one of Hungary's leading arts academies -
Animals 6 days ago
Resurrecting woolly mammoths is exciting – but it's a fantasy
6 Aug 2013: George Monbiot: De-extinction would lead only to lonely captivity for a few sad beasts. There's a better way to restore lost ecosystems -
Gibraltar 6 days ago
Gibraltar: a real distraction
5 Aug 2013:Editorial: Spain and Britain have bigger fish to fry, such as Spanish debt and the political upheavals in north Africa, to go digging around in treaties written 300 years ago
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Malta 7 days ago
Malta needs EU help to cope with its immigration crisis
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4 Aug 2013: Jessica Abrahams: Malta receives the highest number of asylum applications in the world in relation to its population. Only EU help can alleviate a growing sense of despair -
Silvio Berlusconi 9 days ago
The Silvio Berlusconi political circus doesn't end here
2 Aug 2013: Dino Amenduni: You would think Berlusconi's tax fraud conviction would be a landmark moment in Italian politics. In fact it changes very little -
Edward Snowden 9 days ago
Edward Snowden has been welcomed by Russia – but it had little choice
2 Aug 2013: Natalia Antonova: To leave Snowden languishing in Sheremetyevo indefinitely would have dented the Kremlin's credibility -
Small business 9 days ago
The EU is the lifeblood of the UK economy. Leaving would be suicide
2 Aug 2013:Martin Barker: Limited or restricted access to the EU's single market would be an impediment to growth, job creation and innovation
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Arwa Mahdawi: The merger of two advertising giants into the world's largest advertising company is likely to stifle competition and creativity
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Valérie Amiraux and Marwan Mohammed: The Paris riots over the arrest of a veiled Muslim woman reveal the ongoing tension between the police and minority populations
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David Hearst: The Snowden asylum was only one factor. Obama cancelling the summit reflects reality that the US-Russia 'reset' was finished
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Martin Kettle: Our MPs are Lenininst in their belief that politics is all and excludes a rich artistic life. It's a sign of a failed society
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Alex Andreou: There is a chasm between the common perception of debt and the reality. Unless we change this, more crises will come
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Hara Kouki and Antonis Vradis: Behind the anarchist's hunger strike is the tale of his illegal detention. It would have sounded unbelievable in the recent past
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Immigration, relations with Spain, public sector cuts and the welfare system have been on the Conservative party agenda.
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Simon Jenkins: First thoughts: The train and coach crashes in Spain and Italy may have been preventable, but we mustn't think we can make travel truly safe
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