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Review: The Illusion of Separateness, By Simon van Booy
Saturday 03 August 2013
Beauty lies buried under brutal history
Album review: Johnny Dowd, Do the Gargon (Mother Jinx)
Friday 02 August 2013
Album of the Week: A toe-tapping mix of tortured grooves and Texas boogie
American Idol Kelly Clarkson faces export ban from UK Government over Jane Austen ring
Thursday 01 August 2013
The Government has stepped in to stop US singer Kelly Clarkson taking a gold and turquoise ring once owned by Jane Austen out of the country.
Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman stopped for speeding on Texas highway
Thursday 01 August 2013
Footage captured by a police dashboard shows Mr Zimmerman being pulled over in Dallas
British Gas plans to offer free electricity on Saturdays
Thursday 01 August 2013
British Gas has said it could offer free electricity on Saturdays in a bid to reduce demand on weekdays.
Horror as couple are attacked by swarm of around 30,000 bees who kill their two horses
Sunday 28 July 2013
Kristen Beauregard, 44, was stung about 200 times and her boyfriend around 50 times as the insects chased and followed them in Pantego, north Texas
Cruelty of the aquarium exposed in killer whale documentary 'Blackfish'
Friday 26 July 2013
Campaigners against keeping killer whales in captivity hope a documentary released in cinemas today will both shut down an industry and go on to win an Oscar.
American face of casual racism, anti-Semitism and sexism laid bare in US Big Brother
Thursday 25 July 2013
White housemate flipped black contestant's mattress over before goading her saying 'What you gon' do, girl?'
UK and US regulators fine trader Michael Coscia $3m for 'manipulation of oil market'
Monday 22 July 2013
A trader who made millions of US dollars by moving the price of commodities, ranging from oil to wheat, has been fined around $3.1 million (£2 million) by authorities in the UK and the US.
Police sergeant confirms woman died after falling from Texas Giant roller coaster
Sunday 21 July 2013
Witnesses said they saw the woman fall out of the ride when her safety bar released
The who's who of the murderous Mexican drug wars
Tuesday 16 July 2013
After the capture of the notoriously brutal leader of the Zetas drug cartel, we look at the background to the slaughter that haunts the country where Miguel Angel Trevino Morales was a key player
Tour de France 2013: Chris Froome furious over doping accusations - 'Lance Armstrong cheated. I’m not cheating. End of story'
Tuesday 16 July 2013
Epic win on Ventoux has raised the usual doubts, writes Alasdair Fotheringham
Texas passes abortion bill that bans most terminations after 20 weeks of pregnancy despite Wendy Davis' filibuster
Saturday 13 July 2013
Republican Governor Rick Perry certain to sign, disregarding historic 11-hour speech by Senator Wendy Davis
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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