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Norwegian photographer, 32, holds off competition with poignant portraits of Anders Behring Breivik massacre survivors• Gallery: a selection of winning shotsAndrea Gjestvang has won the L'Iris d'Or at the 2013 Sony world photography awards.The 32-year-old Norwegian photographer beat over 62,000 competitors from 170 countries in the...(more)
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Opinions were posted on conspiracy theory website under Anna-Marie Crampton's name but she says she is hacking victimA Ukip candidate in next month's local elections has been suspended after reportedly posting antisemitic comments on a conspiracy theory website.Anna-Marie Crampton, a candidate in East Sussex, told the...(more)
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Classified papers from end of empire, including on Mau Mau uprising and Chagos islanders, still withheld, despite pledgesSecret government files from the final years of the British empire are still being concealed despite a pledge by William Hague, the foreign secretary, that they would be declassified...(more)
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Declassified UK reports document build-up of conflict, Jewish public's endorsement of their leaders' pro-terrorist stance and declare armies of Arab states were Palestinians' 'only hope'The British government knew from the moment it planned to withdraw its forces from Palestine more than 60 years ago that partition...(more)
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President speaks at memorial service for victims of the fertiliser plant explosion that killed 14 and injured nearly 200President Barack Obama on Thursday consoled a rural Texas community rocked by a deadly fertilizer plant explosion, telling mourners they are not alone in their grief and they...(more)
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A key witness in the trial of Johnny Borizov testified today that Borizov convinced him that Borizov led an organized crime crew and that if he didn't kill the family, members of the crew would come after him.
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Online retail giant Amazon saw a fall in profits but rising sales in the first three months of the year, as it spends money on expansion.
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Spain's unemployment rate soared to a new record of 27.2% of the workforce, prompting demonstrations.
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Coffee giant's revenue climbs 11% in first quarter as reports circulate it is trying to expand US tax breaks on foreign profitsStarbucks shrugged off worries of an economic slowdown in the US on Thursday and reported higher quarterly profits for the first three months of the...(more)
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REUTERS/Mike Stone Officials in Texas continue to investigate the cause of the explosion last week at West Fertilizer that killed 15 people and injured 200. The explosion, which could be felt up to 50 miles away, obliterated the facility and destroyed houses. It was fueled by...(more)
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The debacle of the Bush administration's rush to judgment over Saddam Hussein's 'WMD' shows why the US is in a quandaryThe circumstances are familiar. The US is pointing to evidence that a despotic Arab regime has used weapons of mass destruction (WMD). But with the caution...(more)
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Applying any ethical criteria is ridiculously hard when it comes to fashion. We need Fairtrade labelling for clothesAn hour before reading with horror on Thursday morning that workers at a clothes factory that collapsed in Bangladesh on Wednesday had been ordered to return to work after...(more)
