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Libyan oil minister’s body found floating in Danube
The intrigue swirling around Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s former oil minister has followed him to Austria, where his body was found in the River Danube on Sunday. Police say he drowned.
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Hodgson in England manager talks
West Bromwich Albion manager Roy Hodgson is to begin talks with the Football Association about becoming the next England football manager.
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Tension before F1 race as riot police blamed for man’s death
On the eve of Bahrain’s Formula One Grand Prix race, opposition party blames riot police for protester’s death.
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Which way now for Burma?
Western leaders rush to embrace Burma following a series of reforms, yet human rights abuses against ethnic groups are getting worse. Channel 4 News asks: is Burma really on the brink of a new dawn?
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The politics of non-intervention in Syria
The visit of the UN envoy Kofi Annan to Damascus this week underscored international concern about the horror being visited on civilians, but no-one, it seems, has an easy way of resolving the deeper issues.
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Middle East in flux as Hamas shifts from Iran
The Israel-Palestinian conflict has been simmering as usual while the world has been distracted by last year’s Arab Spring and its repercussions. But the changes in the region affect Israel and the Palestinians too
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Is ‘militant secularisation’ taking hold in Britain?
Numerous polls and surveys suggest that the number of people who hold religious beliefs in general, and attend Christian church services in particular, is falling.
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Syria: who are the Assads?
With worsening violence taking place in Syria and options running out for both the regime and the west, Channel 4 News profiles Syria’s President Assad and his British-born wife.
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Gene Sharp: ‘suicidal’ for Syrians to use weapons
Gene Sharp, whose writings have been credited with inspiring those behind the Arab Spring, tells Channel 4 News it is “suicidal” for Syrian protesters to fight the government’s army with weapons.
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Video journalists leading a Syrian media revolution
A band of brand new, out-of-nowhere, self-styled TV news reporters has sprung up in besieged Syrian cities. Their sudden emergence is a startling new phenomenon of the 11-month-long Syrian revolt. It is nothing short of a media revolution.
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Syria, where everything is normal, according to Johnson.
Was our Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Jonathan Miller, a victim of mistaken identity on his recent visit to Syria? Apparently not – just unwittingly misquoted.
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FactCheck: Do academy schools perform better?
“Any school that acquires a new building, a new head teacher and many new staff is likely to improve its pupils’ levels of attainment.”
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LIVE BLOG: Who changed the world in 2011?
Who changed the world in 2011? This is how you voted: 1 Mohamed Bouazizi – 57% 2 People power – 26% 3 Occupy movement – 7% Who changed the world in 2011? Add your voice Check out who the Channel 4 News correspondents picked below – first up, Washington Correspondent Matt Frei. Below: Channel 4…
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After Syria, where will Lebanon go now?
Lebanon, it was always said, is where Syria has its wars. So now that Syria is actually hosting what amounts to a war, people next door expect violence in Lebanon any day. However thus far, the hideous conflict next door has yet to migrate next door, and there are reasons to hope it may not.
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Syria blast hits oil pipeline near Homs
As an explosion hits oil production in the restive western city of Homs, a Syria expert tells Channel 4 News who could be behind the attack.
