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Seven key points from Obama's Isis speech and what they actually mean
11 Sep 2014: US national security editor Spencer Ackerman breaks down the omissions, inversions and problems of Obama’s Isis speech -
Manuscripts Don’t Burn review – Iranian hitmen on a mission to silence
11 Sep 2014: Based on real events, this thriller bravely explores Iran’s attempt to suppress knowledge of its assassination of intellectuals, writes Leslie Felperin -
Congress shrugs off legal concerns to support Obama over Isis offensive
11 Sep 2014: John Boeher says president’s plans may not go far enough but insists ‘We ought to give the president what he’s asking for’ -
Assad, Moscow and Tehran condemn Obama's plan for air strikes against Isis
11 Sep 2014: Claims that strikes would violate sovereignty, as Syrian rebels welcome move and other Arab states offer 'appropriate' support -
A tale of two speeches: emboldened Obama moves from dove to hawk
11 Sep 2014: A year ago, Obama told the nation he was stepping back from military intervention. On Wednesday, he made a starkly different announcement: what amounted to a declaration of war -
The last thing Iraq needs is more misguided military action by the west
11 Sep 2014: Sami Ramadani: Past interventions helped create Isis and al-Qaida. Have Britain and the US not learned the lessons? -
Illegal? Irrational? Irrelevant? Obama's Isis address falls down on every front
11 Sep 2014:Barack Obama's announcement last night about the war against the Islamic State (Isis) – which he prefers to call Isil – was filled with euphemisms, questionable statements, caveats, omissions and even the occasional truth. Here's an annotated version of the speech to serve as a guide to the fine print
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Giant predatory dinosaur Spinosaurus was scourge of prehistoric rivers
11 Sep 2014: Fossil remains found in Morocco add to evidence that huge meat-eating Spinosaurus spent most of its time in water -
The Guardian view on President Obama’s plan to contain Isis
11 Sep 2014: Editorial: The president offers a plan couched in terms of defending America and degrading Isis but he needs to add to it a diplomatic effort to help settle the Shia-Sunni conflict -
David Cameron overrules Philip Hammond on air strikes in Syria
11 Sep 2014:Spokesman says Cameron hasn't ruled anything out after Hammond insisted that UK won't be taking part in strikes
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Militant group releases UN peacekeepers held hostage in Syria
11 Sep 2014: Jabhat al-Nusra releases all 45 Fijian UN peacekeepers after holding them hostage for two weeks -
How the US targets Isis in Syria will reveal Barack Obama's true goals
11 Sep 2014:Battling the jihadis in Syria without giving aid to Bashar al-Assad's regime will be a hugely complicated undertaking, writes Martin Chulov
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Google Street View lets you explore pyramids from comfort of your home
11 Sep 2014:Cameras capture navigable images of Egypt that allow armchair tourists to visit ancient sites including pyramids of Giza
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Barack Obama authorises air strikes against Isis militants in Syria
11 Sep 2014: President announces in televised address that US will target Islamic State militants in Syria for the first time -
Obama puts Isis firmly in US sights but peace in Syria looks harder than before
11 Sep 2014:Ian Black: Air strikes mean more support for rebels fighting to overthrow Assad but consequences of intervention are hard to predict
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