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India turns to young Gandhi and the women in pink
India’s grand political family, the Gandhis, hope to revive their electoral fortunes with a new generation and a link-up with a gang of female vigilantes in pink saris.
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Anti-Slavery Day highlights secret world of abuse
Even in the modern world, millions of people globally are still being held as slaves. Slavery now keeps to the shadows – but it remains frighteningly easy to deprive someone of their freedom.
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Bruce Forsyth knighted after life in entertainment
Much-loved gameshow host Bruce Forsyth was knighted this week after 70 years in the entertainment industry. But how does he compare to his chivalrous predecessors?
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Russia wants new power bloc to counter West
A new political union, announced by Vladimir Putin as a major goal for his next presidency, will form a Eurasian counterpart to the EU. Some analysts see this as a major geopolitical threat.
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Human rights and wrongs split UK Government
A row has erupted between the two parties in the Coalition over whether to keep the Human Rights Act. Do laws designed to protect human rights hamper justice or create a more civilised country?
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Big Issue celebrates 20 years of helping homeless
Founded in 1991, the magazine sold by the homeless offered 'a hand up, not a handout.' Now part of an international network of newspapers in 40 countries, it is a major success story.
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Treasure hunters find £150 million booty
A British steam ship, sunk during World War II, has been found in the Atlantic, along with a huge cargo of silver bullion. It's one of the biggest treasure hauls of all time.
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Political Pirates take German capital by storm
German politics got a radical update this week, as the Pirate Party sailed to victory with liberal policies of internet freedom. Will their radical ideas have an impact on mainstream politics?
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Violence is a thing of the past, says professor
In a major new book, Harvard professor Steven Pinker says that when it comes to violence, we've never had it so good. Is killing part of human nature?
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Memorial of attacks ready for grand opening
On the tenth anniversary of 9/11, the Twin Towers memorial will open to the public. Monuments like these help us remember the dead - but do they raise more complicated questions?
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Q&A: From the 9/11 ashes, a new world is born
In the decade since the terrorist attacks of September 2001, the balance of power in the world has shifted. When they come to describe the changes, what will historians say about the last ten...
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New torture case embarrasses the West
Fresh allegations have emerged that western intelligence handed terrorist suspects over to torturers. Has the fearful legacy of 9/11 resulted in ten years of human rights abuses?
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America prepares for anniversary of deadly attack
A decade ago, the 9/11 terrorist attacks killed nearly 3,000 Americans, and plunged the world into a new era of conflict. Even now, the right response to the atrocities is hotly debated.
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England top in world cricket – at last!
England's cricket team have done what England's footballers haven't managed since 1966 – become the worlds's best. It's great to be the global number one! How did they do it?
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US space shuttle returns to Earth for the last time
Atlantis will reach Kennedy Space Station tomorrow morning. Thirty years after the ambitious space shuttle programme began, is the project a triumph or an embarrassment?