Faisal Islam
To the left, the economic spoils of the Olympic Games
Economics Editor Faisal Islam blogs on the economic hangover of the Olympic Games.
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Sri Lanka: skeletons in the cupboard?
The UN human rights commissioner didn’t mince her words this week when she accused the Sri Lankan government of “triumphalism” in the Tamil north, home of the vanquished Tamil Tiger insurgency.
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CPS to look at treatment of abuse victim who killed herself
The Crown Prosecution Service says it will look again at the care given to acclaimed violinist Frances Andrade, who killed herself after giving evidence against her abusers.
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Chris Grayling’s rape claims treated with caution – FactCheck Q&A
Chris Grayling has urged greater use of cautions for rapists. Would that work? FactCheck finds out.
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Iran ‘sends monkey to space’
Iranian state television reports that a monkey was successfully sent into space on a manned rocket flight before returning to the ground intact.
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French hostage and soldiers die in Somalia raid
Denis Allex, a French soldier held hostage in Somalia since 2009, has been killed during a raid by French troops trying to rescue him.
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India accuses Pakistan of ‘provocative’ Kashmir crossing
India accuses Pakistan of crossing a heavily militarised line and killing two of its soldiers in the second incident in a week along the disputed region of Kashmir’s dividing boundary.
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Security concerns after North Korean missile launch
A North Korean missile launch receives international condemnation after US warning systems detect a rocket, with William Hague calling it a “provocative act”.
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Chemical threat hanging over Syria's civil war
The battle for Damascus may have begun, but Syria has the biggest arsenal of chemical weapons in the Middle East – and what is to stop them being used if they fall into the wrong hands?
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Iraq cancels $4.2bn Russian arms deal over ‘corruption’
The Iraqi government cancels a $4.2bn deal to buy military jets, helicopters and missiles from Russia, blaming possible corruption in the contract.
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UK overhauls Territorial Army to integrate forces
Britain is to overhaul and consolidate the Territorial Army and regular forces, increasing TA numbers from 25,000 to 30,000 while cutting back on thousands of regular staff.
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Syria accuses Turkey of ‘air piracy’ over forced landing
The Syrian transport minister has described the Turkish decision to force a Syrian passenger plane to land as “air piracy”. The plane was travelling from Russia to Damascus.
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Hijack claims denied as plane lands in Amsterdam
Spain’s Vueling airline denies reports that one of its planes was hijacked, after it was forced to land at Amsterdam airport by Dutch security forces.
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Who is to blame for South Africa’s miner killings?
As the number of protesters killed at a South African platinum mine reaches 34, a blame game has begun over the deaths, a reminder to the public of the dark days of apartheid.
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Fighting raging in Syrian second city Aleppo
As the regime seeks to regain control of Aleppo, Syria’s commercial hub, fighting also flares again in the capital Damascus where another massacre is alleged to have taken place.
