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  • Toronto mayor Rob Ford denies smoking crack cocaine

    24 May 2013, 4:30 pm by: Paul Harris

    Mayor dismisses video purportedly showing him smoking the drug as 'nonsense' a day after firing longtime chief of staffThe embattled mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford, was forced on Friday to repeat a denial of allegations that he uses crack cocaine and dismiss…
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  • Boy Scouts decision to allow openly gay youth members garners mixed reaction

    24 May 2013, 4:20 pm by: Amanda Holpuch

    While some gay-rights supporters praised vote's outcome, others were disappointed in continued ban on gay adult leadersWhile some gay-rights supporters praised Thursday's vote by the Boy Scouts of America in favor of formally accepting openly gay scouts,…
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  • Google advertising under investigation in US

    24 May 2013, 3:20 pm by: Charles Arthur

    US federal trade commission looking into allegations that company's DoubleClick has illegally promoted Google productsThe US federal trade commission is investigating whether Google's DoubleClick advertising subsidiary has illegally pushed customers to buy its…
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  • Obama condemns military sexual harassment in Navy Academy speech

    24 May 2013, 3:01 pm

    President tells Annapolis graduates that sexual assault 'has no place in the greatest military on earth'President Barack Obama on Friday urged US Naval Academy graduates to remember that their honor depends on what they do when nobody is looking, and said that…
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  • Two passengers arrested after RAF jets escort diverted Pakistan plane

    24 May 2013, 1:54 pm by: Sam Jones, Nick Hopkins, James Meikle

    British men held on suspicion of endangering aircraft after Manchester-bound flight is diverted to Stansted following disputeTwo men have been arrested after a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane with more than 300 people on board was at the centre of…
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  • Petraeus biographer expresses remorse for 'harm' caused by affair

    24 May 2013, 1:35 pm by: Matt Williams

    Paula Broadwell speaks publicly for the first time about the extramarital affair that led to the CIA director's resignationThe woman whose affair with David Petraeus cost the four-star general his job as CIA director has spoken of her remorse over her role in…
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  • JJ Abrams must steer Star Wars clear of plot holes – he's our only hope

    24 May 2013, 1:02 pm by: Ben Child

    The Lost creator and director of the irritatingly gappy Star Trek films knows a thing or two about scriptural fudges. Let's pray he doesn't put another universe at risk with his breakneck pacingSpoiler warning: read if you've seen Star Trek: Into DarknessWhen…
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  • Eurozone crisis as it happened: Markets slide after rollercoaster session in Japan

    24 May 2013, 1:00 pm by: Josephine Moulds, Nick Fletcher

    FTSE 100 down 40 points after Japanese market suffers turbulent sessionJosephine MouldsNick Fletcher    
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  • HSBC under fire from all sides at AGM

    24 May 2013, 12:55 pm by: Patrick Collinson, Rupert Neate

    Bank sees 11% of investors vote down the pay report as it is attacked by environmental campaigners, former staff – and Bill OddieAngry shareholders of HSBC on Friday bombarded the group's board with barrage of accusations ranging from financing Mexican drug…
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  • Swedish police try to restore order in Stockholm after week of rioting

    24 May 2013, 12:39 pm

    Reinforcements brought in after disturbances show Sweden is not immune to tensions festering in deprived communitiesPolice reinforcements have poured into the capital from provincial districts as Stockholm sought to put an end to a week of rioting, the worst…
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  • Obama drone oversight proposal prompts concern over 'kill courts'

    24 May 2013, 11:49 am by: Dan Roberts

    Human rights groups wary after president asks Congress to establish special court or board to authorise legal drone actionProposals to vet future US drone strikes risk creating "kill courts" according to human rights campaigners who say Barack Obama's promise…
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  • Syrian government agrees to attend Geneva conference, says ally Russia

    24 May 2013, 11:25 am by: Matthew Weaver

    Assad regime agrees 'in principle' to conflict resolution initiative as Syrian opposition comes under pressure to take part as wellThe Assad government has agreed to take part in next month's international conference in Geneva aimed at resolving Syria's civil…
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  • California earthquake rattles thousands in area near San Francisco

    24 May 2013, 10:38 am

    The 5.7-magnitude quake broke dishes and shook mirrors but authorities say no major injuries or damage was reportedAn earthquake in far north-eastern California was felt by thousands of people as far away as San Francisco and in two other states, but there…
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  • Kabul suicide squad strikes in heart of Afghan capital

    24 May 2013, 9:47 am by: Mokhtar Amiri

    Taliban unit attacks office of UN-linked body, injuring at least seven people in second major bomb attack in just over a weekThe deafening blast of a car bomb announced a Taliban attack in the Afghan capital on Friday, as a suicide squad stormed the office of…
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  • RAF jets escort diverted Pakistani passenger plane

    24 May 2013, 9:42 am by: Nick Hopkins, Sam Jones

    Typhoon jet escorts flight diverted from Manchester to Stansted after concerns about disruptive passengerA Pakistan International Airlines plane at the centre of a security alert has landed at Stansted airport after being escorted by RAF fighter jets.The…
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  • Woolwich attack: police wait to question two suspects

    24 May 2013, 8:00 am by: Vikram Dodd, Nick Hopkins, Nicholas Watt, Sandra Laville

    Michael Adebolajo and second suspect remain too badly injured to be interviewed over death of Drummer Lee RigbyDetectives are still waiting to question two men arrested over the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby, the young soldier who was hacked to death in London…
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  • Palme d'Awful: the worst films for sale at Cannes – in pictures

    24 May 2013, 8:00 am by: Catherine Shoard, Elliot Smith

    Every year, 20 of the world's best new movies compete at the film festival. But there is also the marché, where other cinematic hopefuls are bought and soldCatherine ShoardElliot Smith    
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  • Two-state solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict slipping away, says Hague

    24 May 2013, 7:58 am by: Harriet Sherwood

    British foreign secretary says there is no 'plan B' and warns of consequences of failure of US mission to revive peace processThe British foreign secretary, William Hague, has warned of the risks of failure of the US-sponsored mission to revive the…
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  • Russian social network site banned 'by mistake'

    24 May 2013, 7:29 am

    VKontakte, which has 210 million users, was briefly put on 'blacklist' of sites barred from distributing content inside RussiaRussia's leading online social network was banned briefly on Friday in a move dismissed as a "mistake" but which follows intensifying…
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  • North American birds made from Lego – in pictures

    24 May 2013, 7:18 am

    Here is the latest collection of birds from Lego enthusiast, avian admirer and professional tree surgeon Thomas Poulsom    
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  • Stockholm rioting continues for fifth night

    24 May 2013, 5:27 am

    Swedish police seek reinforcements after youths set ablaze cars and attack property and schools in poorer suburbs of capitalPolice in Stockholm are to seek reinforcements after youths set cars ablaze and threw stones at police for a fifth night running,…
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  • Syria agrees to take part in peace conference, Russia claims

    24 May 2013, 3:51 am by: Matthew Weaver, Guardian readers

    Russia claims the Assad regime has agreed in principle to attend next month's peace conference in Geneva while the opposition consider whether it will turn upMatthew WeaverGuardian readers    
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  • Man held hostage for a month in New York

    24 May 2013, 3:36 am

    Three arrested after Ecuadorean victim snatched on street, bound and burned with acid while held for $3m ransomA businessman was snatched from a New York City street in broad daylight, then held captive for more than a month in a warehouse where he was bound…
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  • North Korea agrees to return to nuclear talks under pressure from China

    24 May 2013, 2:07 am

    Pyongyang's special envoy makes concession on nuclear disarmament to ease tensions between communist alliesNorth Korea has offered to renew nuclear disarmament talks, according to the Chinese state media.At a meeting on Thursday between vice-marshal Choe Ryong…
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  • Bridge collapse in Washington state sends cars and people into water

    24 May 2013, 1:50 am

    Part of bridge over the Skagit river gives way, with rescuers using boats to search for people in the waterThe major highway bridge linking the Washington state city of Seattle with Canada and the rest of the Pacific north-west region collapsed late on…
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