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UN considers Syria crisis action
The UN Security Council is considering a draft resolution against Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, amid an upsurge in violence.
27 Jan 2012 at 5:41pm

US economic growth rate picks up
The pace of US economic growth quickened to a 2.8% annualised rate in the three months to December, the Commerce Department says.
27 Jan 2012 at 8:22am

Romney back into lead in Florida
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney pulls away from nearest rival Newt Gingrich in Florida opinion polls, although his national lead slips.
27 Jan 2012 at 2:43pm

France to resume Afghan training
French troops will resume training Afghan soldiers on Saturday but Paris will pull out most of its troops by the end of 2013, President Nicolas Sarkozy says.
27 Jan 2012 at 9:49am

Norway apology for Holocaust role
The Norwegian prime minister apologises for the role his country played in deporting Jews as Europe marks Holocaust Remembrance Day.
27 Jan 2012 at 9:46am

Sudan leaders in oil crisis talks
A summit is being held after South Sudan accused Sudan of stealing its oil exports and said it would halt production, crucial to both their economies.
27 Jan 2012 at 8:25am

Barefoot Bandit sentenced again
The notorious 20-year-old former fugitive known as the Barefoot Bandit is sentenced by a federal judge to six-and-a-half years in prison.
27 Jan 2012 at 12:26pm

Clashes after Senegal Wade ruling
Clashes erupt in Senegal's capital Dakar, after the top court rules that President Abdoulaye Wade can run for a third term in next month's poll.
27 Jan 2012 at 5:07pm

Spain jobless passes five million
Spain's unemployment figure rose above the five million mark in the last quarter of 2011, official figures show.
27 Jan 2012 at 6:25am

Nobel plea for Mexico journalists
A host of international writers including several Nobel laureates issue a joint statement condemning attacks on journalists in Mexico.
27 Jan 2012 at 1:14pm

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Boko Haram vows to fight until Nigeria establishes sharia law

Exclusive: Spokesman for Islamist group says it will not stop deadly attacks until country is ruled according to dictates of Allah

The Islamist group Boko Haram, which has killed almost 1,000 people in Nigeria, will continue its campaign of violence until the country is ruled by sharia law, a senior member has told the Guardian.

"We will consider negotiation only when we have brought the government to their knees," the spokesman, Abu Qaqa, said in the group's first major interview with a wester...

by Monica Mark
27 Jan 2012 at 10:39am

Syria violence has risen significantly, says Arab League mission chief

As UN prepares to debate resolution on crisis, at least 100 are thought to have been killed in Homs since Wednesday

The head of the Arab League monitoring mission in Syria has said violence has risen significantly in the country in recent days, as the UN prepares to debate a resolution on the crisis next week.

The flashpoint city of Homs has again been the focal point of clashes, which are thought to have killed at least 100 people since Wednesday. Activists in the besieged city reported a mass...

by Martin Chulov
27 Jan 2012 at 11:25am

Mitt Romney outspends Newt Gingrich on ads ahead of Florida primary

Romney takes lead in polls but is accused of dishonesty and negative campaigning as Republican nomination battle heats up

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is outspending his main rival Newt Gingrich by almost four to one in advertising in Florida, having spent a staggering $13.8m so far.

ABC reported that Romney had spent $5.6m and his super-political action committees $8.2m. Gingrich and his super-PAC has so far spent only $3.9m.

On television stations from Jacksonville in the nort...

by Ewen MacAskill
27 Jan 2012 at 4:44pm

Time management: sustain your soul with structure

Structuring time doesn't have to be about work. Make appointments to reconnect with something personally important

Most of us are painfully aware of, and sad about, how highly structured our time is. Anyone in employment or with children to look after knows just how many appointments litter the diary. The weeks are filled with engagements: finance meetings, tax inspections, deliveries, school plays and so on. When we imagine a better life, it tends to be one in which there are simply far fewer...

by Alain de Botton
27 Jan 2012 at 4:24pm

Sarkozy and Karzai agree to press Nato for earlier Afghanistan handover

French and Afghan presidents call for withdrawal of all Nato troops in 2013 - a year earlier than US goal

The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, said on Friday that France and Afghanistan have agreed to ask Nato to bring forward the handover of all combat operations to Afghan forces to 2013.

Sarkozy also announced an accelerated exit for France, the fourth-largest contributor of troops in Afghanistan ? marking a break from previous plans to adhere to the US goal of withdrawing combat forces by ...

27 Jan 2012 at 4:11pm

Nicolas Sarkozy by Nicole Jennings

President of the French Republic

Nicola Jennings

by Nicola Jennings
27 Jan 2012 at 4:01pm

Florida primary campaign ? as it happened

Florida's GOP primary heats up as Mitt Romney presses home his debate advantage and Newt Gingrich battles back

6.30pm: And on that bombshell ? and an online poll from Reuters/Ipsos giving Mitt Romney a eight-point lead over Newt Gingrich in Florida ? we can close this live blog for the day. There will be more, oh so much more, live from Florida next week.

One primary, two debates and a State of the Union address. Not bad for a week.

6.15pm: Uh oh, Sarah Palin's back. And she's not happy. Not hap...

by Matt Wells, Richard Adams
27 Jan 2012 at 3:39pm

Iraq suicide bomber kills dozens

Car bomb explodes near a funeral procession in Baghdad, injuring 65 people

Officials in Iraq say 33 people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated a car packed with explosives near a funeral procession in south-east Baghdad.

Police said the attack happened at 11am local time on Friday in the capital's predominantly Shia Zafaraniya neighbourhood.

Half the dead were police officers who were guarding the march. A further 65 people, including 16 police officers, were injured. Hospital officials ...

27 Jan 2012 at 3:33pm

Occupy activists attempt to take over Davos debate

Movement tries to stage its own debate on 'remodelling capitalism' at World Economic Forum venue

Activists from the Occupy movement attempted to disrupt a debate in Davos attended by the Labour party leader, Ed Miliband, calling on him and the other delegates to leave the stage and join them on the floor of the packed debate on "remodelling capitalism".

The event, which was open to the public as part of a 10-year programme by the organisers of the World Economic Forum to engage with a wider aud...

by Jill Treanor
27 Jan 2012 at 3:02pm

The Death of Mao by James Palmer ? review

Disaster and intrigue in China after the cultural revolution

On 12 May 2008, a devastating earthquake ripped apart Wenchuan county in Sichuan province, southwest China. Military and civilian rescuers arrived swiftly at the scene, saving countless lives. Although more than 68,000 people died, the number of fatalities could have been much higher.

An indication of how much higher had been made clear on 28 July 1976, when the nondescript mining city of Tangshan in northern China was hit by an earth...

by Rana Mitter
27 Jan 2012 at 2:55pm

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