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Guardian Books podcast: War stories, horror and democratic Islam at Edinburgh
Paris :: France | 9 months ago
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In our second Edinburgh International Book festival podcast, Sarah Crown asks Simon Mawer and Michele Roberts why they both chose to set their latest books in France during the second world war, Xan Brooks talks to Louise Welsh about whether or not
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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Experience is not the same as expertise
Boston :: United Kingdom | 9 months ago
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News in pictures Opinion blogs With public trust and optimism in short supply it's easy to find negative stories about young people... At the height of Olympic fever, it's all well and good to say that children should be doing more spo... Last night
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Reformed Islamist extremist spreads virtues of democracy through Pakistan
Edinburgh :: United Kingdom | 9 months ago
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His memoir, Radical, describes his campaign to recruit youths to democracy. Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian A former recruiter for an extreme Islamist organisation has described how he has diverted his "transferable skills" of "organising,
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Pak-origin UK politician cleared of cheating charges
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
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Pakistan-origin British politician Baroness Warsi has been cleared of charges that she cheated on expenses by claiming for overnight accommodation at a house she stayed in for free. According to The Telegraph, the co-chairman of Britain's
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Abuse online may repel us, but it shouldn't be a crime | David Edgar
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
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The Muslim Council of Britain did not call for the banning of his anti-Islamic film Fitna because it did not want to erode freedom of speech. Photograph: Graeme Robertson How does a self-confessed free speech fundamentalist respond to recent pieces
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Husband refused to take wife to hospital during pregnancy scare until she made him LUNCH
Middlesbrough :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
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24 July 2012 A man who refused to take his wife to hospital during a Boxing Day pregnancy scare until she made him lunch has been spared jail. Riasaf Ahmed, 25, regularly beat Ruqayyah Ghani on the orders of his 'controlling' mother after their 2006
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Bopara Replaces Bairstow in England Test Squad
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
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Batsman Ravi Bopara has replaced Jonny Bairstow in the England squad for the first test against South Africa starting on Thursday. Inexperienced Bairstow struggled at number six in the three-test home series victory against West Indies in May and
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Tales of hope from modern young Muslims | Nick Cohen
Lahore :: Pakistan | 10 months ago
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Tales of hope from modern young Muslims Two writers who experienced racial violence in Britain as children have challenged a still fearful status quo Maajid Nawaz lost his wife and friends after converting to a liberal version of Islam. Photograph:
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Shafilea Ahmed's father denies violence
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
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Back in September 2011 a police raid on a travellers' site in Bedfordshire uncovered a story that le... The more time you spend on the road, the more important those small moments of fun to stop us all go... Unparalleled levels of imprudent lending;
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Cameron's reshuffle is even more hazardous than before
Westminster :: CO :: USA | 10 months ago
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Shortly before everyone in Westminster started talking obsessively about House of Lords reform , they talked obsessively about the likely outcome of David Cameron's first big cabinet reshuffle. (Sometimes the obsessive talk in Westminster is about
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