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UK diplomats urged to leave Yemen as violence escalates
Foreign Secretary William Hague pulls embassy staff out of Yemen and calls again for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to stand down amid escalating bloodshed.
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Bill Gates: capitalist to philanthropist
Microsoft founder and chairman Bill Gates turned from cut-throat capitalist to philanthropist when he decided to devote himself to his charitable foundation.
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Battle for control of Misrata’s port
NATO airstrikes force Gaddafi troops to withdraw from central areas of the besieged city of Misrata but shelling continues.
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Misrata under artillery fire as NATO looks for options
The besieged port city of Misrata has been bombarded by pro-Gaddafi forces, killing at least three people as the Foreign Secretary warns Britain should prepare to be involved for the “long haul”.
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LIVE BLOG – Libya air strikes
Western air power continues to lead the massive air strikes against the forces of Libya’s Colonel Gaddafi. Follow all the events on our live blog, Twitter and Facebook.
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Driving and drinking: Alex Thomson meets the extraordinary Japanese vending machine
Alex Thomson falls in love with the extraordinary Japanese vending machines that he encounters on his journey on the long road north
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Fukushima crisis is ‘serious blow’ to nuclear power
The nuclear crisis at Fukushima plant in Japan could lead to a long overdue re-think on nuclear power, experts tell Channel 4 News, as Germany moves to close all of its pre-1980 nuclear facilities.
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Japan live blog: tsunami and nuclear disaster
A second blast has rocked the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, which was damaged in Friday’s earthquake and tsunami. Follow all of Monday’s events here in a replay of our live blog.
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Nokia and Microsoft form partnership
The mobile phone maker Nokia joins forces with Microsoft to compete with Apple and Google – “a move that makes perfect sense”, writes Technology Correspondent Benjamin Cohen.
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‘Invisibility cloak’ is trick of physics, not magic
Scientists at Birmingham University have developed a device which can make small objects appear invisible. Tom Clarke visits them to see if science fiction has become science fact.
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Moscow airport bomb: British victim named
A Briton who was among the 35 victims of the Moscow suicide blast is named, as Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vows revenge for the airport bombing.
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Dozens dead in Moscow airport ‘suicide blast’
More than 30 people – reportedly including two Britons – are killed and more than 100 injured in a suicide bombing at Moscow’s biggest airport, Domodedovo.
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Russian oil firm to take stake in BP
State-owned Russian oil giant Rosneft has taken a 5 per cent stake in BP, in the first major deal for BP since the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, as Siobhan Kennedy writes.
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The world in 2011
International Editor Lindsey Hilsum looks ahead at the key events that could shape world affairs in 2011.
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Russian oil tycoon Khodorkovsky found guilty
Once Russia’s richest man, oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky is set to spend several more years behind bars after being found guilty of theft and money laundering charges.