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Naomi Campbell: I had nothing to gain by lying to Charles Taylor trial

11 Aug 2010: Model fights back after suggestions by her former agent that she had misled trial over blood diamonds
Washington DC 55min ago

Washington thinktank says US right could learn from Cameron and Clegg

11 Aug 2010: Cato Institute says Britain's coalition government has brought together the best traditions of British liberalism
Vladimir Putin 1hr 12min ago

Vladimir Putin helps to tackle Russia's summer wildfires

11 Aug 2010: The Russian prime minister joined firefighters for a carefully managed photo opportunity fighting the fires sweeping the western part of the country
Medical research 1hr 36min ago

Antibiotics' efficiency wanes due to global spread of drug-resistant bacteria

11 Aug 2010: Gene giving high levels of resistance to drugs found in increasingly prevalent intestinal bacteria
Animal behaviour 1hr 36min ago

Orangutans use mime to make themselves understood

11 Aug 2010: Videos show apes released back into the wild make mimicking gestures to convey information or as a trick
Salvador Dalí 3hr 44min ago

Salvador Dalí's home town to be recreated in China

10 Aug 2010: Developer to build imitation version of Cadaqués in Xiamen Bay, to the astonishment of residents of the Costa Brava port
Blood diamonds 5hr 31min ago

Naomi Campbell's ex-agent denies telling 'pack of lies' in Charles Taylor trial

10 Aug 2010: Former Liberian president's defence attacks testimony with Carole White accused of trying to tarnish model's reputation
Climate change 6hr 8min ago

Greenland ice sheet faces 'tipping point in 10 years'

10 Aug 2010: Scientists warn that temperature rise of between 2C and 7C would cause ice to melt, resulting in 23ft rise in sea level
Argentina 6hr 40min ago

Attitude towards contraception in Argentina puts women at risk

10 Aug 2010: Thousands forced to seek illegal and often unsafe abortions, says Human Rights Watch report
France 7hr 32min ago

Short arm of the law: French police drop minimum height

10 Aug 2010: Entry criterion for French police, customs officers and prison guards is 'no longer justified'
Natural disasters and extreme weather 8hr 17min ago

China landslide raises fear of dam bursting

10 Aug 2010: Engineers fight to prevent catastrophic overflow from newly formed lake swallowing wrecked town of Zhouqu
Spain 9hr 44min ago

Spanish mayor plans Gibraltar road toll charge

10 Aug 2010: Commuters and visitors to The Rock could face €5 charge in plan to fill neighbouring La Linea's town hall coffers

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Fears of al–Qaida return in Iraq as US–backed fighters defect

American allies the Sons of Iraq being offered more money by al–Qaida to switch sides
Ex-senator Ted Stevens killed in Alaska plane crash

Republican confirmed among five victims of crash survived by former Nasa chief Sean O'Keefe
- Richard Adams: Alaska's stalwart uncle
Pakistan flood toll rises but international aid fails to flow

Donations far lower than past crises, warns Oxfam, with India offering no relief at all to historical enemy
- Survivors cling to remaining possessions – and try to avoid bandits
- Pakistan floods: 'We are now in God's hands'

Africa

Mating call of Mauritian tortoise small price to pay for conservation of forest

10 Aug 2010: Volunteers on Ile aux Aigrettes, off the coast of Mauritius, are happy to protect the Aldabra – even if it means sleepless nights
Naomi Campbell: I had nothing to gain by lying to Charles Taylor trial

11 Aug 2010: Model fights back after suggestions by her former agent that she had misled trial over blood diamonds

Middle East

Saudi Arabia's pre-Islamic treasures come to the Louvre

10 Aug 2010: Artefacts reveal the archaeology and history of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from prehistoric times to the modern era
Hiroshima, Israel and nuclear tests

11 Aug 2010: Letters: Despite the fact that Israel has undoubtedly received considerable atomic assistance from the US, there are no published details of Israel actually testing a nuclear device

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United States

The killing fields of Afghanistan

Editorial: US forces are at last learning how to fight this war, but like Vietnam, they have run out of road back home
Robert Gibbs says leftwing critics of Obama 'ought to be drug tested'

Richard Adams: White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says Obama's critics on the left are 'crazy' - and then tries to apologise
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Americas

Amazon pipeline's future may undermine environment

10 Aug 2010: Oil and gas reserves deliver energy to manufacturing centre, but critics fear they may drive further development elsewhere
Can Brazil live up to its promise as a 'natural knowledge economy'?

10 Aug 2010: To forge a new direction, nation must avoid the petrol-power trap

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