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Julius Cavendish

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Julius Cavendish is a freelance journalist based in Kabul, Afghanistan where he reports for The Independent, Time and the Christian Science Monitor among others.

Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are to face a retrial over the death of British student Meredith Kercher.

Amanda Knox to face retrial: Timeline of events

A former Taliban fighter

Butchered and beheaded for singing and dancing (or were they?)

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Slaughter in Helmand as Taliban fighters deliver show of power

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Treasure islands? Greek PM ponders plan to lease untouched terrain