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US narrowly avoided nuclear carnage
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Venice protests against cruise ships
St Mark's Basin will be turned into a motorway when 13 cruise ships travel through in one day, say protesters -
Obama could meet Rouhani at UN
Amid signs of Iran's changing attitude US officials make clear there will be no lifting of sanctions without real movement -
Police warning as paedophile jailed
James Stone pursued by Letzgo Hunting, but force say vigilante organisations could hamper investigations -
Police lied, Marikana inquiry hears
Explosive new evidence suggests police withheld documents, gave false testimony and conspired to alter version of massacre events -
14 officers could face charges
Watchdog hands files to prosecutors over murder case in which men wrongly convicted -
Eight arrests over Barclays theft
Bogus IT engineer enabled remote access to computer at bank branch, enabling gang to transfer £1.3m -
Yemen: 30 killed in twin attacks
Officials believe members of al-Qaida behind bomb attacks on military camp in Shabwa province -
Syrian government admits stalemate
Exclusive: deputy PM says neither side is strong enough to win and government will call for ceasefire -
German politicians make final push
Latest polls show Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats and its coalition partner the Free Liberals have a paper-thin majority -
Leicester fire: 18-year-old in court
Kemo Anthony Porter accused of killing Shehnila Taufiq and her three children as inquests open into deaths -
Elections in Sri Lanka's Tamil north
Polls taking place in northern province area once controlled by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam have been marred by violence -
Anglicans appoint woman bishop
The Rev Pat Storey makes history by being elected bishop of Meath and Kildare by Church of Ireland -
Umunna defends union reform plans
Shadow business secretary says Labour's style of politics is out of step and Miliband's reforms are 'absolutely crucial' -
Ryanair 'must stop annoying people'
Michael O'Leary, boss of airline voted worst of 100 biggest brands by Which? readers, vows to transform 'abrupt culture' -
Police investigate Washington killer
The FBI is determined to put together some kind of picture to explain the navy yard shooter's actions -
Royal Mail strike ballot announced
Post Office action could start on 23 October, the day government pushes through £3bn privatisation -
Afghan insurgents 'want peace deal'
Ex-Taliban minister says hardliners distort leader's views and drone threat 'is silencing message of moderation' -
Indian man defends 'honour killing'
Indian landowner tells court he was right to beat his daughter to death and behead her fiance -
French police face trial over deaths
Appeal court rules on two teenagers who were electrocuted after running away from officers in 2005 riots -
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Liverpool, Europe's psych capital
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English rituals of the 60s
An exhibition at the Science Museum's new Media Space is devoted to a pivotal moment in British documentary photography -
'It was like a treasure hunt'
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Inside Whedon's Marvel TV show
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Timbuktu manuscripts get new life
After surviving rebel insurgency, priceless scripts still need to be saved from Mali's extreme climate -
Plastic bags: just a symbol of waste?
Campaign to consign polluting carrier bag to the bin of history misses valuable point, say recyclers and packaging firms -
The woman raising the Concordia
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A shaman in atheist China
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Bloom's Romeo draws mixed reviews
No love at first sight for US critics as David Leveaux's Romeo and Juliet, also starring Condola Rashād, opens in New York
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A stunning blow to conservatives
Andrew Brown: In the most sensational interview, the pope has attempted to change the whole direction of modern Catholicism -
'Islam is not a race' is a cop out
Nesrine Malik: The focus on the academic distinction between religion and race acts as a fig leaf for prejudice and outright bigotry
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