Paul Mason
Top Greek official resigns over Golden Dawn video
Video of a secret meeting between a government official and a far-right MP raises tricky questions for the international community bailing out the Greek government.
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How Chinese people bypass Tiananmen silence – online
Search for “Tiananmen Square” on Chinese social media and you will usually draw a blank. But China’s online community have adopted unconventional strategies to talk about the massacre 25 years ago.
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Why you may not find it when you Google it
Google introduces a new form allowing people in Europe to request that information about them on the web is removed from search results.
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Hillsborough inquest jury shown crush footage from 1981
An inquest jury sees footage from 1981 – eight years before 96 fans died in the Hillsborough tragedy – showing fans clambering over barriers after a crush at the same football ground in Sheffield.
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Tennis star Elena Baltacha dies of cancer aged 30
Tributes are paid to British tennis star and former women’s number one Elena Baltacha, who has died of liver cancer at the age of 30.
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Ukraine: military tighten grip on Kramatorsk and Slaviansk
Ukraine’s defence ministry release footage of government forces making their way towards Kramatorsk as part of an ongoing operation against insurgency in the east.
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Rescuers halt search for 2,000 missing in Afghan landslide
Rescuers in Afghanistan searching for more than 2,000 people missing after a huge landslide in the remote north-east of the country abandon their search.
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Ukraine conflict: west extends sanctions against Russia
Western leaders agree to extend sanctions against Russia for failing to abide by the Ukraine peace accord agreed in Geneva.
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Giggs takes over as Manchester United sack manager Moyes
Ryan Giggs takes temporary charge of Manchester United’s first team following the announcement that David Moyes has left the club, less than a year after replacing Sir Alex Ferguson as manager.
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Is there anybody out there? New planet could hold life
A new planet – similar size to the earth – could contain some life forms because it has the right temperatures to form water, scientists say.
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Could Transnistria be the next Crimea?
In the wake of the annexation of Crimea by Russia, many are wondering who is next on President Vladimir Putin’s list?
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Michael Crick
Ten things you may not have known about Tony Benn
Tony Benn was for decades the most independent-minded and passionate voice of the hard left at Westminster – but how much did we really know about him?
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Mexico’s ‘craziest one’ drug lord killed… again
A Mexican drug lord, who was falsely reported dead more than three years ago, is killed by the armed forces in western Mexico, armed forces say.
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How can a plane vanish?
Plane crashes happen, but planes disappearing is extremely rare. How did one Malaysian Airlines plane and its 239 passengers just disappear?
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Paul Mason
Will a Russian invasion of Ukraine push the west into an economic war?
If an economic proxy war breaks out between the EU, USA and Russia, and China backs the latter, then you can kiss globalisation goodbye.
