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CIA probes British spy murder after his frequent missions to Pentagon’s high-security listening post

August 27, 2010
CIA probes British spy murder after his frequent missions to Pentagon’s high-security listening post

The CIA was called in to help investigate the murder of an MI6 spy last night as it emerged he was sent on frequent secret missions to the United States. American intelligence officers are poring over every detail of Gareth Williams’s work and personal life to see if the circumstances of his death endangered...
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Did spy’s killer steal state secrets? MI6 agents search for ‘missing’ laptop or MP3 player after body-in-bag murder case

August 26, 2010
Did spy’s killer steal state secrets? MI6 agents search for ‘missing’ laptop or MP3 player after body-in-bag murder case

Intelligence officers are investigating whether state secrets were stolen by the killer of a British spy. The MI6 agent, whose body was found in a sports bag in the bath of his flat, was named yesterday as Gareth Williams. He was a cipher and codes specialist on secondment to the Secret Intelligence Service from...
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Islamic cleric Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf says US has killed more innocent civilians than Al Qaeda

August 25, 2010
Islamic cleric Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf says US has killed more innocent civilians than Al Qaeda

The Islamic cleric behind plans for a mosque at Ground Zero in New York has claimed that the U.S. is worse than Al Qaeda. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf said that America was more culpable than the terrorist organisation because U.S.-led sanctions were responsible for the death of half a million Iraqi children. ‘We tend...
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Greer takes aim at Tony Abbott

August 24, 2010
Greer takes aim at Tony Abbott

Germaine Greer has teed off on Tony Abbott, dismissing the Opposition Leader as a “clown” and saying he should have been “unelectable”. The British-based Australian academic and author launched the stinging attack as Mr Abbott and Prime Minister Julia Gillard jockey for position following the inconclusive result of Saturday’s federal election. “Anyone who thought...
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Some 200 Women Gang-Raped Over 4 Days Near Congo U.N. Base

August 24, 2010
Some 200 Women Gang-Raped Over 4 Days Near Congo U.N. Base

JOHANNESBURG — Rwandan and Congolese rebels gang-raped nearly 200 women and some baby boys over four days within miles of a U.N. peacekeepers’ base in an eastern Congo mining district, an American aid worker and a Congolese doctor said Monday. Will F. Cragin of the International Medical Corps said aid and U.N. workers knew...
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Porn Sales Provide Insight Into Iraq’s Politics

August 24, 2010
Porn Sales Provide Insight Into Iraq’s Politics

BAGHDAD — The nude women on the DVD cover in a Baghdad street stall say it all: Change, whether you like it or not, is afoot in Iraq. Hundreds of porn DVDs are stacked elbow-deep on a wooden table in Jassim Hanoun’s ramshackle stall on a downtown sidewalk. His other tables have Hollywood blockbusters,...
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(Dear God) Lynch mob killing in Sialkot video sparks mass demonstrations across Pakistan

August 23, 2010
(Dear God) Lynch mob killing in Sialkot video sparks mass demonstrations across Pakistan

A horrifying video of a crowd watching a mob beat two teenage brothers to death has sparked mass demonstrations in Pakistan. The video, broadcast on Pakistani news channels, shows a lynch mob taking turns to savagely beat the two boys with sticks, drawing blood from them before dragging and hanging their dead bodies from...
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Barcelona feminists print guide to where women can urinate in the street

August 23, 2010
Barcelona feminists print guide to where women can urinate in the street

A women’s collective in Barcelona, Subcity, has published a map of where you can, as a woman, urinate in the street. The map indicates 14 places in the city centre in the Plaza Real and Eixample areas among others. La Vanguardia reports the women are calling their campaign ‘Pixing’, and say it is a...
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Tanzania jails ‘albino trafficker’ – Africa – Al Jazeera English

August 23, 2010
Tanzania jails ‘albino trafficker’ – Africa – Al Jazeera English

A man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison in northwest Tanzania for trying to sell an albino man to witchdoctors, local media has reported. A court in the region of Mwanza convicted Nathan Mutei, a Kenyan, after he pleaded guilty to charges of human trafficking and abduction. “For the offence of human trafficking, you will go...
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Informal voting hits record high

August 23, 2010
Informal voting hits record high

Whether by design or mistake, a record number of Australians are cutting themselves out of the political debate by casting informal votes. Mark Latham told voters in his 60 Minutes report not to vote for anyone on election day. (AAP)In what appears to be a new record, by Sunday afternoon a total of 618,435...
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