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Murder of an Italian paparazzo: a tale of bunga bunga, blackmail and organised crime

Daniele Lo Presti: the paparazzo was killed by a professional hitman. Photograph: Massimo Percossi It's now more than two months since Daniele Lo Presti, a famous Italian paparazzo, was murdered…
PUBLISHED: May 8, 2013
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1665 words)

1963: from the Stones to Dr Strangelove, a year of social and cultural upheaval

Iconic images from 1963, including Bob Dylan, Martin Luther King and Dusty Springfield. Photograph: Guardian.co.uk Was it a prefigurative year? I think so. Not that one thought of it as such at the…
AUTHOR:TARIQ ALI
PUBLISHED: May 7, 2013
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1666 words)

Femen activist tells how protest against Putin and Merkel was planned

Femen's protest against Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel in Hanover. Photograph: Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images With weeks of preparation behind her, a pre-dawn start that day and high on an adrenaline…
PUBLISHED: April 12, 2013
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1375 words)

The physicist, the glamour model and the suitcase of cocaine

Paul Frampton, a British physicist, in Devoto Prison, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Photograph: Alejandro Kirchuk In November 2011, Paul Frampton, a theoretical particle physicist, me
PUBLISHED: March 30, 2013
LENGTH: 21 minutes (5330 words)

Are Russian killers on the streets of Britain?

Silence of the grave: Natalia Zharikova grieves over her husband Sergei Magnitsky in Moscow in 2009. Despite his death, he still faces a criminal prosecution. Photograph: Mikhail…
PUBLISHED: March 17, 2013
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2286 words)

What causes sinkholes?

Last week, in a quiet residential suburb east of Tampa, Florida, the Earth opened up and swallowed a man. Jeff Bush, 37, was tucked up in bed late on Thursday evening when his entire bedroom floor…
AUTHOR:Jon Henley
PUBLISHED: March 4, 2013
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1872 words)

The Norwegian prison where inmates are treated like people

An inmate sunbathes on the deck of his bungalow on Bastoy. Photograph: Marco Di Lauro The first clue that things are done very differently on Bastoy prison island, which lies a couple of miles off…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 25, 2013
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2321 words)

Is Britain's arms trade making a killing?

David Cameron landing in Oman in December 2012. That same day, the Gulf state bought a dozen Typhoon fighter aircraft. Photograph: AFP In the town centre of Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, between…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 18, 2013
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3284 words)

The great escape: European migrants fleeing the recession

On the move: Europeans are escaping their home countries for a better life in emerging economies. Photograph: guardian.co.uk For years Europeans have wrestled with the issue of immigration, from…
PUBLISHED: Jan. 30, 2013
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3325 words)
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