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‘Cowboy’ plastic surgeons in spotlight after scandal
‘Unqualified’ doctors have been carrying out plastic surgery for years, it has been revealed – the latest scandal to rock the industry after faulty breast implants caused outrage and alarm.
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Death toll mounting in new ‘Titanic’ disaster
One hundred years after the world’s most famous luxury liner hit an iceberg, a super-modern cruise ship smashes into the rocks. Panic and chaos follow. Is it right to blame technology?
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Living his dream? America remembers Reverend King
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in America. But, forty years after the assassination of the civil rights leader, is racial equality a reality in the USA?
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Scientists celebrate victory in evolution fight
New government rules have banned ‘free schools’ in Britain from teaching the controversial theory of intelligent design. But should schools be allowed to teach what they like?
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Religious minorities jailed over plastic triangle
Nine men from America’s Amish community face prison today after ignoring road safety rules. They say reflective signs, demanded on their vehicles by law, are against their religion.
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Killers sentenced in UK’s defining race case
It took 18 years of cover-ups and denials but two men have finally been jailed for the murder of teenager Stephen Lawrence. The whole of the UK is gripped. But why?
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Racism haunts football as England captain charged
In the latest of a string of racism scandals, John Terry has been charged with a criminal offence for racially abusing another player. Can prejudice ever be kicked out of football?
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Terrorist tweets challenge free speech
Somalian insurgents Al-Shabaab joined Twitter this month. Their account is a powerful propaganda tool – and America is threatening to shut it down.
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Teenagers locked up unfairly, scientists find
Decision-making areas of the brain may not be fully developed in teenagers, according to newly published research. Does that mean they are too young to be punished for crimes?
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Review of the Year: how events of 2011 shook the world
This year has been one of the biggest news years in memory. Over 12 months of popular protests, natural disasters and economic crises, has the world changed for the better?
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Italy sucks world toward winter of recession
The sick man of Europe is even worse off than first thought – and countries around the world are bracing for a new freeze. But some unorthodox thinkers can’t wait for a recession.
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Undercover sting exposes the dark arts of politics
Posing as agents for the government of Uzbekistan, reporters have disclosed a sleazy web of insider deals and dubious moral practices in the world of political lobbyists.
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No gay unions here, says Church of England
In the UK, same-sex civil partnerships can now be held in places of worship for the first time – but the Church of England isn’t playing ball. What does the future hold for gay marriage?
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Outrage at suicide remarks from controversial star
Only days after getting in trouble for an ill-judged joke, Jeremy Clarkson is back in the news: this time for making ‘tasteless’ remarks about suicide. Are angry commentators overreacting?
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Shocking exhibition reveals racist past
The Quai Branly Museum in Paris has a new exhibition: ‘Human Zoos: The Invention of the Savage.’ It is a disturbing record of fear, prejudice, and scientific racism.