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Kurds are carving out a new type of entity in northern Syria
From the vast size of his office and the breadth of his responsibilities, you would think Akram Hesso was a head of state.He talks of economic policies and export taxes, while his armed forces are...
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The European Union is dying right before our eyes
It's not just disaffected pensioners: young Greeks have worked out that they don't need the bloated EUFollow our live coverageDespite the scaremongering and bullying from those in Brussels, we are...
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The science community is rallying against recent claims that this comet has...
Despite claims this week that comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko may hold alien life, mission scientists think it is unlikely.Scientists have dismissed claims that the Rosetta comet could harbour alien...
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This man risks his life every day to rescue kidnapped women from ISIS
During the siege of Mount Sinjar last August, thousands of men were brutally murdered over a matter of weeks. But amid the slaughter, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) terrorists chose a...
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Trusting Iran to stop terrorism is like inviting an arsonist to join the fire...
Iran's foreign minister, Javad Zarif, has written an op-ed in the Financial Times which sets forward a distinct sequence for ostensibly resolving the daunting security challenges of the Middle...
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Here's the end of the tunnel where drug lord 'El Chapo' Guzman escaped...
Mexico 's attorney general on Sunday toured the building located at the end of the tunnel used by drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán to escape from the country's Altiplano maximum-security...
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Inside the weird world of the micronation
An annual meeting of self-proclaimed Kings, Queens, Grand Dukes and Emperors took place in the Free Republic of Alcatraz this month. Tom Coote was in attendanceIn the Free Republic of Alcatraz they are...
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An astronaut just described how strange walking is after 200 days in space
The astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has broken the record for the longest space mission in history by a woman.In this exclusive interview, she talks about its physical and psychological toll, the...
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El Chapo's escape 'cost $50 million'
The elaborate prison escape of Joaquin "El Chapo" (Shorty) Guzman may have cost $50 million including huge bribes to prison officials.An estimate of the cost of the break out was given by Jhon Jairo...
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The IMF just set off a political earthquake in Europe
'There would have to be a very dramatic extension with grace periods of 30 years on the entire stock of European debt,' the fund saysThe International Monetary Fund has set off a political earthquake...
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'Rome is on the verge of collapse,' according to its Chamber of Commerce...
No Roman Holiday – the Eternal City is in chronic decline as a result of a toxic mix of corruption, debt, poor administration, and shabby infrastructureIt may boast the Trevi Fountain, the Spanish...
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Google Maps is now muddled in the South China Sea controversy
Google has removed the Chinese name for a disputed shoal in the South China Sea from its Maps service, following protests from Philippine citizens.Google Maps English service on Tuesday corrected the...
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New video shows the moment Russian-backed rebels realized they shot down a...
Footage from the MH17 disaster shows Russian-backed rebels handling bodies and rummaging through the bags of dead passengers while expressing shock that the aircraft they brought down was a commercial...
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Greece should seize Germany's botched offer of a velvet Grexit
One day we will learn the full story of what went on at the top levels of the German government before the villenage of Greece last weekend.We already know that the EMU accord - if that is the right...
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Here are Europe's worst countries for tourist scams
Spain is the worst country in Europe for tourist scams, according to new research.More than one in five UK holidaymakers who visited the country in the last year became victims of misdemeanours from...
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It's time for Germany to leave the eurozone
Germany's finance minister, Wolfgang Schauble, has drawn opprobrium and praise in equal measure for his suggestion that Greece takes a "time-out" from the eurozone.In proposing that Greece could be...
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The West is still coming to grips with ISIS’s propaganda machine
In his former life, Abu Rafiq, a short, stocky 35-year-old who was born and raised in Damascus, ran a successful business selling groceries across Syria. Now he heads to work equipped with a camera...
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Iran's youth is eager to end the country's isolation
Giant murals on the tower blocks of Tehran portray the bearded leaders and fresh-faced “martyrs” who fill the pages of Iran’s tempestuous modern history.Today, many Iranians hope the nuclear agreement...
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A dentist from Minnesota reportedly killed one of Africa's most famous lions
Cecil the lion – the most famous creature in one of Zimbabwe's national parks – was killed by an American hunter who has boasted about shooting a menagerie of animals with his bow and arrow, The...
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Turkey is paying a high price for its double standards over ISIS
A spate of ISIL terrorist attacks against Turkey is the reason President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to allow US warplanes access to Turkish air basesFirst, the good news. After months of...
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