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Russian 'spy ring' 4hr 1min ago

Spy swap: John le Carré watches the exchange

9 Jul 2010: The creator of George Smiley looks on as Russian and US agents are swapped in the largest such event since the cold war
Russian 'spy ring' 4hr 8min ago

Russian spies: children face trauma, psychologists warn

9 Jul 2010: Fate of families remains uncertain as children are forced to choose between their homes and their parents
United States 6hr 6min ago

Oakland riots after verdict in police shooting of Oscar Grant

9 Jul 2010: Officer who shot dead unarmed African American cleared of murder but found guilty of involuntary manslaughter
Cyprus 12hr 2min ago

Jennifer Lopez cancels northern Cyprus gig

9 Jul 2010: Singer's planned performance at a luxury hotel triggered fury among Greeks accusing her of backing Turkish-occupied north
Russian 'spy ring' 12hr 56min ago

Russian spies fly to Vienna

9 Jul 2010: Video (1min 19sec)
Ten spies deported from the US board a plane to Vienna for spy swap with Russia
Russian 'spy ring' 13hr 54min ago

Spy swap: who's who?

9 Jul 2010: Ten Russian spies were deported from the US in exchange for four people who Russia has pardoned for betraying Moscow
BP 15hr 44min ago

US appeals court opens door to new drilling in Gulf of Mexico

9 Jul 2010: Federal appeals court rejects government efforts to restore moratorium on offshore deepwater drilling after BP oil spill
California 21hr ago

Oscar Grant shooting: officer found guilty of involuntary manslaughter

9 Jul 2010: White police officer Johannes Mehserle shot Oscar Grant, an unarmed black man, in a railway station in Oakland in 2009
Russian 'spy ring' 22hr 45min ago

Russian spies going back to the cold – 10 agents admit their guilt

9 Jul 2010: Convicted of a single count of espionage, they were each sentenced to expulsion following 10 days' imprisonment

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Spy swap: four expelled by Russia land in UK

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Octavia Nasr fired by CNN over tweet praising late ayatollah

Internal memo said Twitter tribute to Hezbollah's spiritual leader had compromised senior Middle East editor's credibility
Snoop Dogg eyes Coronation Street cameo

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To Kill a Mockingbird: the case for the defence

Akin Ajayi: Those who see Harper Lee's 50-year-old novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, as reinforcing the racism it portrays need to look at its context
Family launch campaign to find missing British journalist

The family of missing British journalist Michael Dixon today launched a campaign to mark his first birthday since he vanished in October last year while on holiday in Costa Rica
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LeBron James announces his move to Miami Heat: in pictures

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NBA star LeBron James has announced he will move to Miami Heat in a deal that could earn him over $100m
LeBron James accused of 'shameful display of selfishness' by Cavaliers

LeBron James has been called 'the self-titled former King' by Cleveland Cavaliers after his decision to move to Miami Heat
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After Oscar Grant, just take guns away from US police officers

Lola Adesioye: Police should find a more rigorous way to do their job – unarmed
Immigration's federal deadlock

Stewart J Lawrence: The Obama administration has challenged Arizona's new immigration law, but it's not just SB 1070 that's at stake
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The death of activism

Clancy Sigal: We've plenty to protest about in the US, but on the streets there is no dissent. Why is our liberal mood so paralytic?
The king of doom: veteran forecaster predicts Wall Street slump of up to 90%

Feeling too cheerful? In danger of irrational exuberation? Meet the finance man with a plan to depress you - a veteran market forecaster called Robert Prechter who is predicting a stockmarket crash of quite staggering proportions
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