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British militant 'killed by US missile strike in Pakistan'
Man accused of masterminding 2006 airliner plot said to have been the target of attack
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India shocked by discovery of first Hindu terror cell
Sunday, 23 November 2008
At least 10 people, including monk and army officer, held over bombings initially blamed on Islamists
'Pirates of compassion' prepare to take on Japanese whaling fleet
Sunday, 23 November 2008
Kicking back in a comfy brown armchair and sipping from a grande soya latte at the back of a Richmond coffee shop, Steve Roest doesn’t look much like a pirate. Most people in the area simply know him as the Green Party’s parliamentary candidate for Twickenham.
The life and death of Rashid Rauf
Sunday, 23 November 2008
The baker's son from Birmingham was arrested in Pakistan over the 2006 plot to blow up commercial aircraft – and then escaped. Now, reports say, he has been killed by a US missile. By Cole Moreton and Andrew Buncombe
US strike in Pakistan 'kills wanted British militant'
Saturday, 22 November 2008
Wanted British militant Rashid Rauf was killed by a US missile strike in Pakistan today, according to reports.
Japan's sushi famine
Saturday, 22 November 2008
Plunging tuna stocks are threatening fishermen's livelihoods and a nation's favourite fish dish
Burma jails comedian for 45 years
Saturday, 22 November 2008
Rap star also imprisoned as ruling junta cracks down on popular dissidents
Bolly good: The vivid posters that take Mumbai's movies to the masses
Saturday, 22 November 2008
The area of South Delhi known as Hauz Khas village is a window-shopper's delight, a haven of quiet but expensive arts and antiques shops, restaurants and galleries.
Making movies the Afghan way
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Robert Fisk: Cinema was banned under the Taliban, but film-makers are once again at work inside Afghanistan.
Taliban issue threat over US strikes
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Andrew Buncombe: Warlord threatens to pull out of a ceasefire agreement with the Pakistan government if US missile strikes are not halted.
A revolutionary reworking for Marx's 'Kapital'
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Treatise on capitalism to be turned into manga comic 140 years after publication
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