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New film casts spycraft in bleak light
A new film, out this September, paints a bleak picture of Cold War spies who never know what to trust or who to believe. Is information gathered by intelligence agents ever reliable?
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Latest: Gordon Brown ‘hacked’ by the Sunday Times
The media scandal gets worse and worse. With the disclosure that even 'serious' papers have been guilty of criminal breaches, the entire British press is in a full-blown crisis.
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Australia launches bold new plan on global warming
The Australian government has revealed details of a new carbon tax, to be implemented next year. It will help slow global warming, but industry leaders are worried.
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Calamity strikes in world’s greatest cycle race
The Tour de France is an astonishing feat, but as more and more riders drop out of the race with horrific injuries, should we be asking if it's worth it?
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Amid war and poverty a new country is born
South Sudan declared independence from the North this weekend after years of war. Does independence hold the answer to the region's many problems?
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Lure of the great outdoors breaks all records
New research shows that more of us are longing to shake off the urban lifestyle and experience the campfire and the open sky. A craze – or a long-term trend?
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Murdoch closes ‘inhuman’ News of the World
‘A typical management stunt’ was how one politician described yesterday’s shock closure of Britain’s biggest newspaper. Or was it genuine remorse?
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Fury as blood-soaked ritual opens in Spain
A million people attend the San Fermín festival in Spain to watch bullrunning and bullfighting. But is this a rich cultural heritage or a barbaric bloodsport?
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Arctic mega-mine in rush for ‘white gold’
Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal has bought mining rights for a huge iron ore deposit in Canada's arctic North. It's the latest attempt to exploit the untold riches of Earth's last frontier.
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End of an empire as last Prince of Austria dies
Otto von Habsburg, deposed head of the Habsburg dynasty has died aged 98, following a career as an important European politician. Did he deserve his success?
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Latin revivalists try to raise the dead
Statistics show Latin is growing in popularity in different types of schools. So what's the appeal – and the use – of a language no one speaks?
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Murdered teenager’s voicemail 'hacked by tabloid'.
The latest chapter in the story of phone hacking at the News of the World has shocked the UK: a missing girl's phone messages were listened to, suggesting to police she was alive.
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Q&A: Controversial Latin leader returns in triumph
With his defiance of the West, Hugo Chavez has become an iconic political renegade. He has major influence in South America, but are men like Chavez the region’s future – or its past?
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Indian temple reveals £12 billion treasure trove
Sealed in by thick stones, a huge hoard of riches has been discovered beneath a Hindu temple in India. How did it get there and what should be done with it now?
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East Africa hit by returning drought and famine
The United Nations believes 10 million people are at risk from lack of food and water in the Horn of Africa. Lack of rain has left crops failing and livestock dead.