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Why the claws are out for the RSPB

Golden eagles are now flourishing in the Scottish Highlands. Photograph: Sylvain Cordier/Biosphoto/Stev The annual general meeting of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is a splendid…
PUBLISHED: Aug. 12, 2012
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3155 words)

Ian Tomlinson's family faced with two contradictory verdicts

Ian Tomlinson's wife, Julia, and her son, Paul King, arrive at Southwark crown court during Simon Harwood's trial. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA When Ian Tomlinson's family first watched the video…
AUTHOR:Paul Lewis
PUBLISHED: July 19, 2012
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1880 words)

How private firms have cashed in on the climate of fear since 9/11

A US homeland security helicopter patrol over New York in 2003. Photograph: US Coast Guard/AFP/Getty Images Charles Smith always enjoyed visiting US troops aboard. Though a…
PUBLISHED: Sept. 5, 2011
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1693 words)

Supermarket sweep

The first thing you notice is the towering mural. "Think local," it says. "Boycott Tesco." Then the spray-canned image of a protester, holding a placard that reads "93% of local people say no…
PUBLISHED: Aug. 5, 2011
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3295 words)
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