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US military to exhume Pearl Harbor attack remains to identify troops
Young people played a game-changing role in the battle against Ebola in Liberia
Hundreds of migrants believed to have drowned off Libya after boat capsizes
Berlin's flat-roofed Hufeisensiedlung – a history of cities in 50 buildings, day 16
Asiana Airways plane hits communications tower at Hiroshima airport
Four arrested at Manchester airport after alleged attempt to enter Syria
Yemen: ‘Now I've learned first-hand what it's like to be a displaced person’
'Gay conversion therapy' conference: speakers claim religious freedom is under attack
Western leaders' snub casts shadow over Russia's lavish Victory Day celebrations
Which are the best countries in the world to live in if you are unemployed or disabled?
The Tories will reduce UK public spending to Estonian levels
Police car in Arizona runs over man suspected of theft – video
Remembering Indigenous soldiers is one way to 'live reconciliation'
Outrage over Chinese artists chosen to represent Kenya at Venice Biennale
China's economic growth at six-year low, making further stimulus more likely
Father of Chris Lane, the Australian baseball player killed in Oklahoma, tells of family's ordeal – video
Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid supercar hits 350 km/h in Australian outback - video
Daniel Craig named as UN global advocate against landmines
James Holmes jury selection completed after months of screening
Hillary Clinton makes first campaign stop in Iowa – in pictures

US military to exhume Pearl Harbor attack remains to identify troops

Posted: 15 Apr 2015 01:11 AM PDT

Defense Department lab will analyse 388 unidentified bodies using forensic techniques, including DNA testing, for first time, Pentagon announced

The US military plans to exhume the remains of 388 Americans killed in the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, in an unprecedented attempt to identify troops using DNA testing.

Young people played a game-changing role in the battle against Ebola in Liberia

Posted: 15 Apr 2015 01:00 AM PDT

An Ebola survivor reports on a pioneering community initiative in Monrovia that could save lives in the fight against other infectious diseases

Hundreds of migrants believed to have drowned off Libya after boat capsizes

Posted: 15 Apr 2015 01:00 AM PDT

Italy's coastguard helps rescue 144 in latest disaster involving migrants at sea

As many as 400 migrants fleeing Libya are feared to have drowned after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean, survivors told an aid organisation.

Italy's coastguard had helped to rescue 144 people on Monday, but said it believed there were many more who had drowned given the size of the vessel and that nine bodies had been found.

Berlin's flat-roofed Hufeisensiedlung – a history of cities in 50 buildings, day 16

Posted: 15 Apr 2015 12:00 AM PDT

This horseshoe crescent and its 'un-German' roof epitomised modernist values – in opposition to the folkish pitched-roof fantasies loved by the Nazis

Asiana Airways plane hits communications tower at Hiroshima airport

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 11:35 PM PDT

Investigation after South Korean Airbus A320 skids off runway in Japan, leaving dozens of passengers with minor injuries

Aviation authorities in Japan and South Korea have launched an investigation after an Asiana Airways aircraft struck a communications tower as it came in to land in Hiroshima, leaving dozens of passengers with minor injuries.

The accident on Tuesday night bore similarities to a more serious accident involving the South Korean carrier in July 2013 that was blamed on pilot error.

Four arrested at Manchester airport after alleged attempt to enter Syria

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 11:07 PM PDT

Arrests on suspicion of terrorism follow investigations after nine people were stopped by Turkish authorities on the Syria border on 1 April

Yemen: ‘Now I've learned first-hand what it's like to be a displaced person’

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 11:00 PM PDT

The bombing campaign in Yemen forced an NGO worker who helps displaced people to flee her home with her husband and nine-year-old son

'Gay conversion therapy' conference: speakers claim religious freedom is under attack

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Attendees at Emmanuel Centre, London, say 'sexual orientation change efforts' are necessary as Barack Obama and the NHS say practice is harmful and unethical

Western leaders' snub casts shadow over Russia's lavish Victory Day celebrations

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Irritated Moscow blames US as European politicians boycott parade over Ukraine

About 16,000 soldiers, 200 armoured vehicles and 150 planes and helicopters will take part in a Moscow parade for Victory Day on 9 May, dubbed Russia's "biggest holiday" by Vladimir Putin. This year marks 70 years since the allied victory in the second world war, and will be the last major anniversary of the conflict when significant numbers of veterans are still alive.

Conspicuous by their absence, however, will be western politicians, who are staying away from the celebrations on Red Square in protest against Russia's actions in Ukraine. Instead, a number of the world's most notorious autocrats will attend, including Kim Jong-un, who will be making his first foreign visit as leader of North Korea.

No one asked the veterans whether it is right to boycott those who lost hundreds of thousands saving Europe from fascism

After all the anti-Russian propaganda, nobody in Europe remembers that 140,000 Soviets died liberating Czechoslovakia

Which are the best countries in the world to live in if you are unemployed or disabled?

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 10:30 PM PDT

Welfare benefits vary widely, with France among the most generous provider of unemployment benefits, while the safety net has diminished in the traditionally liberal Nordic countries

The Tories will reduce UK public spending to Estonian levels

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 10:00 PM PDT

IMF forecasts show that Britain could join a tiny group of European countries that have shrunk the size of their states dramatically. But it needn't be this way Continue reading...

Police car in Arizona runs over man suspected of theft – video

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 10:00 PM PDT

Police in Arizona drive a squad car into a pedestrian who is suspected of stealing a rifle from Walmart. Dashcam footage captured the incident, which took place in Marana, near Tucson, Arizona, in February. The police car approaches the man, Mario Valencia, at high-speed, mounting the pavement before slamming into him and crashing into a wall. Valencia survived the incident and was later jailed

WARNING: This footage contains graphic images Continue reading...

Remembering Indigenous soldiers is one way to 'live reconciliation'

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 09:31 PM PDT

IndigenousX host Azra Rochester is 'huge on reconciliation'. So she and her students, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, study the lives of 'black diggers'

Outrage over Chinese artists chosen to represent Kenya at Venice Biennale

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 09:00 PM PDT

Using foreigners in the east African country's delegation to world's biggest art event is a 'monumental embarrassment', say critics. Contemporary& reports

China's economic growth at six-year low, making further stimulus more likely

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 08:43 PM PDT

China's economy grew at an annual rate of 7.0% in the first three months of 2015, its slowest rate in six years

Father of Chris Lane, the Australian baseball player killed in Oklahoma, tells of family's ordeal – video

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 07:16 PM PDT

Peter Lane, the father of Australian baseball player Chis Lane shot and killed in Oklahoma, has spoken of the family's ordeal. Speaking after the first day of the trial of his son's alleged killer, Peter Lane said coming to the court was 'tougher than we expected'. Lawyers for the defence said the gun was only fired to 'scare' Lane. Seventeen-year-old Chancey Luna is charged with the first-degree murder of Chris Lane in August 2013 Continue reading...

Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid supercar hits 350 km/h in Australian outback - video

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 07:01 PM PDT

Porsche has released a promotional video for the 918 Spyder 'hybrid supercar' showing it driving at 350km/h in Australia's Northern Territory. The Stuart highway north of Alice Springs has a 'no limit' section after speed restrictions were reintroduced in the Territory in 2007. A full reintroduction of a 'no limits' law is divisive, and a host of videos of people pushing their cars to the limits have been uploaded to YouTube in recent years Continue reading...

Daniel Craig named as UN global advocate against landmines

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 06:25 PM PDT

Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon says James Bond actor has a 'licence to save'

Quiz: can you match these celebrities to their UN job?

James Holmes jury selection completed after months of screening

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 06:16 PM PDT

12 jurors and 12 alternatives chosen from pool of 9,000 people for Colorado cinema shooting trial in most exhaustive empanelling ever undertaken in US

Hillary Clinton makes first campaign stop in Iowa – in pictures

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 04:55 PM PDT

Hillary Clinton announced her candidacy for the United States presidency on 12 April, 2015 and is expected to be the frontrunner for the Democratic party nomination. She kick-started her campaign trail in Leclaire, Iowa