headlines
Friday
14
November
2014
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General Martin Dempsey tells House committee that he would consider abandoning Obama’s pledge and send troops to fight Isis in Iraq
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Senate and House schedule votes to support controversial pipeline, hours after president announced historic emissions deal with China
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Rosetta mission controllers must decide whether to risk making lander hop from spot near cliff face blocking sunlight to its solar panels
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Médecins Sans Frontières to start three trials in treatment centres run by volunteers in west Africa
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Recording purporting to be of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi released after rumours he was injured or killed in air strike
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Amazon, which earlier pulled several of Hachette’s books from its inventory, will resume selling all of Hachette’s catalogue
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Family of teenager killed by police officer call for protesters to act peacefully as doctor who conducted autopsy on family’s behalf testifies to grand jury
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Social network releases interactive on its privacy settings to counter criticism that its policies are overly complicated
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Fifa’s ethics committee judge has not uncovered any evidence that would justify stripping Qatar of the 2022 tournament
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US president, who had criticised stalled pace of reform in ex-military dictatorship, meets country’s parliament during visit
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Not since the Great Depression has wealth inequality in the US been so acute, new in-depth study finds
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Officers and firefighters search Seine-et-Marne district after resident takes photo of suspected big cat then raises alarm
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Harry Reid, leader of the outgoing Democratic Senate majority, attempts to bring USA Freedom Act to a vote
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Procter & Gamble sells off famous battery brand to Berkshire Hathaway group as part of plan to slim down consumer portfolio
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Mediterranean sea skirmish that military calls ‘terrorist incident’ leaves eight personnel missing and 32 assailants captured
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Liberal Democrat official hints at December poll before PM Shinzo Abe presses ahead with unpopular tax rise
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Comments by special rapporteur in North Korea are strongest yet about supreme leader’s responsibility for abuses
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Police arrest doctor who performed more than 80 operations as news emerges that surgeries went on despite mounting toll
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Lawyers for men allegedly tortured by the CIA say their clients were never interviewed as part of a major criminal investigation concluded in 2012
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Hasbro, the second-largest toy company in the US, is set for a merger with DreamWorks’ animation arm, potentially leading to a deluge of cash-in movie hybrids, from Bop It! to Jenga
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Amnesty International says Iraq has effectively allowed Shia militia impunity to commit war crimes
highlights
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The G20 annual forum is taking place in Brisbane. Watch our quick guide to understand who's in it, what it does and why
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Benedict Cumberbatch is utterly convincing as Alan Turing, the mathematician who did more than anyone to defeat Hitler but who was destroyed by homophobia, writes Peter Bradshaw
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Both Ellen and The Price Is Right are searching for their own resident shirtless dude with talent competitions. Is this what equality looks like?
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Evangelical writer and musician Carlos Whittaker faced a negative response when he went public about his psychological problems, but attitudes are changing
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Producer annoys singer by tweeting that ‘someone should make a Kickstarter to get Taylor Swift a booty’
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Father Bernard Kinvi, a Catholic priest who has won a Human Right Watch award for protecting Muslims threatened by sectarian violence in CAR, tells Sam Jones why the conflict misunderstood
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Alice Bell: ESA can land their robot on a comet. But they still can’t see misogyny under their noses.
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When playwright Young Jean Lee decided to write a play about identity politics, it was a very different kind of minority she had in mind
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The home of the Corleone clan in the 1972 classic film demands respect, with five bedrooms and a kitchen ‘to die for’
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Rio finally gets its first nudist beach following a campaign by activists
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Bored by the traditional dating format of bar+pricey wine, Marisa Bate tried something a bit different – what was the twist?
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Tom Bollich founded Zynga in 2007 and left before it went public. Now he’s reinventing himself as a marijuana entrepreneur, devising sustainable agriculture for the pot industry
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Tim Dowling: The units in Kansas can withstand a direct nuclear hit – and sustain their occupants for five years underground
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We may have bare feet but we have culture up to our armpits in the city of sun, sport, mateship and strong coffee
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While occasionally tentative, in her Broadway debut Stone delivers where it counts in a classic production of the Weimar-era musical
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Google’s latest tablet built by HTC tries to ape the iPad with a square screen but cannot quite beat the competition from Apple and Samsung. By Samuel Gibbs
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Naked images on the cover of Paper magazine by photographer Jean-Paul Goude hark back to his pioneering work with Grace Jones
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Tracking Isis, stalking the CIA How anyone can be big brother online
There are a startling number of legal and free tools that let anyone set up NSA-esque operations – or just infiltrate the neighbour’s webcam -
The author of Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was also a poet and a travel writer. Celebrate his birthday by testing your knowledge of his life and work
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Daniel Day-Lewis may have won an Oscar for his bow-legged, Selleck-moustached performance, but don’t be fooled: Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic drama was truly awful, writes Peter Walker
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Standing in for the injured Milos Raonic, David Ferrer won the first set, before Kei Nishikori’s extra class told; he finished with a flourish to win 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
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Cleveland Cavaliers star, who has called football his first love, says ‘Only basketball, baseball and soccer are allowed in my house’
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Stan Wawrinka broke Novak Djokovic to lead 2-0 in the first set but went down to a 6-3, 6-0 defeat at the ATP World Tour Finals
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Colin Horgan: A Canadian prospect’s punches cause a furore and expansion is set for the home of boxing’s big bouts, not Quebec. Does NHL have its priorities straight?
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Waiters finds himself the odd man out in Cleveland; Rubio and Smart go down; Warriors unbeaten streak ends; Sacramento is ready to Boogie
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The Brazil legend Pelé was taken to hospital on Wednesday with a stomach complaint which forced him to miss an event at the museum in Santos honouring his career
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International friendlies Holland 2-3 Mexico: Vela helps to pile pressure on Hiddink
Carlos Vela scored twice in his first international appearance since 2011 as Mexico exacted revenge for their controversial World Cup exit with a 3-2 victory against Holland -
International friendlies Argentina 2-1 Croatia: Messi mesmerises Upton Park
Lionel Messi and West Ham legend Carlos Tevez were the star attractions at Upton Park as Argentina overcame an understrength Croatia 2-1
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Oliver Burkeman: The PC menace may not be real, but snobby liberals are definitely winning the war on the War on Christmas now. We’ll have our quinoa and eat it, too, thank you very much
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Her Paper magazine photos get labeled ‘tacky’ commercialism. Nicki Minaj is accused of ‘flaunting’ her famed posterior. But topless Keira Knightley is art and progress? Let’s get real
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David Ebershoff: By acknowleding that founder Joseph Smith had multiple wives, the Mormon church is finally offering those – and many other – women dignity
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Nell Boeschenstein: I have the BRCA1 breast cancer mutation. I also have a file of medical bills that my insurance currently covers because of the law the GOP promises to rescind
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The survival of Assad’s regime and growth of jihadist groups are horrible prospects. International actors need to put aside self-interest and start meaningful talks
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The indifference of officials and mainstream opinion to the election of far-right MPs is hugely worrying
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Scott Lemieux: When the vast-majority of minority voters identify as Democrat, drawing Congressional lines based on party affiliation will have a racial component
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Dangerous cybersecurity legislation would allow Google and Facebook to hand over even more of your information to the NSA and FBI
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The movement is cosmopolitan, inclusive, and networked – and Beijing’s scope for a Tiananmen-style crackdown is limited
more news
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Parks protection group says in federal lawsuit that proposed ‘Lucas Museum of Narrative Art’ violates various aspects of US constitution
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Paris court orders parent company to remove links across global network, following right to be forgotten online ruling. By Owen Bowcott and Kim Willsher
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Scientists receive picture of bumpy surface where Philae touched down after anxious overnight wait following gaps in radio link with Rosetta mother ship
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Total sales of contemporary art pieces come in at $852m as separate Warhol of Marlon Brando sells for nearly $70m
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Megan Silberberger told a 911 dispatcher that she was standing with the student who had just opened fire at Marysville-Pilchuck high school
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Under new approach, Predator B drones sweep remote canyons and rivers to collect high-resolution video which is then analysed to track changes in terrain
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in depth
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The European Space Agency celebrated landing its Philae probe on comet 67P but not everything went to plan, leaving scientists with problems to solve
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He neither looked nor sounded like a natural leader. Yet Yasser Arafat dominated Palestinian politics for a generation before his death. How did he do it, and how much of a shadow does he still cast?
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A new report released by the Pew Research Centre has found that the proportion of Catholics in Latin America has dropped 25% since 1970. One of the primary drivers for the rise in the numbers leaving the Catholic Church? Conversion to Protestantism
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While some cafes in the centre still serve oysters, residents in the suburbs are struggling to survive. Zinaida Burskaya reports
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Assad regime says scheme to curb fighting in Aleppo and improve access to aid is worth studying, but rebels are divided
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Street lighting has always been a form of social control. As ‘smart’ lamp-posts start to adapt to our needs, are we entering a brave new world of big city lights?
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Joseph Smith said he was ordered by an angel to adopt polygamy and took up to 40 wives, putting his first wife Emma through an ‘excruciating ordeal’
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Interactive How the world uses coal
China and the US have agreed a historic deal to cut carbon emissions – but both countries are still huge consumers and producers of coal, the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel. Drag the slider below to see how production and consumption has changed in the past few decades – and click the ‘future’ button to see what’s to come -
Interactive Are you reflected in the new Congress?
Despite a record number of women and the first black senator elected in the south since Reconstruction, the new US Congress will still be largely male and largely white. Find out how well you’re reflected
video and pictures
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Photographer Tod Papageorge documented the beautiful people he found inside glittering New York disco – in all their debauchery, glamour and cool
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A Russian research team including scientists, a medic and a professional climber has descended a giant sinkhole on the Yamal Peninsula in northern Siberia
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Corey 'Thunder' Law of the Harlem Globetrotters sets a new world record for the farthest basketball shot
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A team of artists complete what could be the largest sandcastle ever built in Niteroi, Brazil
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Underground stations are often filthy, but not the new Fulton Center in New York, which has opened after 10 years and at a cost of over $1bn, and is already receiving rave reviews
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To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the National Museum of the American Indian is displaying 300 pieces of jewellery made by one Native American family in New Mexico
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Display set up by local charities is intended to spark debate around sex education, with the country's teen pregnancy rates among the highest in South America
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Robert D Stephens flew 15,000ft above the city to take photographs for his Mumbai Articles exhibition, which will run at Artisans in the Kala Ghoda art district until 19 November
people
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He had the biggest album of the noughties and has dabbled in musicals, movies and mentoring. But could the R&B star be at a career crossroads? ‘Music is being used as free goods,’ he tells us, before announcing that his next single will be free with Cheerios
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Stuart Heritage: Liam Neeson on his amateur boxing glories, acting into his 90s and leaving voicemail messages on his son’s phone
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‘Living in the East End then was a nightmare. People had a better time during the war’
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Plane was coming in to land in the German capital but the Irish singer was never in any danger, Berlin airport authorities say
the big picture
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The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world
One World Trade Center's rescued window washers: a human triumph we needed