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Michael Alig: 'We didn't even realise he was dead'
Ukrainian church in Sydney desecrated with hate messages
13 militants killed after car and bomb attack on China police station
Another Tamil asylum-seeker attempts self-immolation in Melbourne
Kevin Andrews: seniors and women should be kept in the workforce
Stephanie Kwolek, inventor of the super fibre Kevlar, dies at 90
White House to speed up deportation of illegal children flooding into country
Fisa court grants extension of licence for bulk collection of US phone records
Man who murdered British honeymooners shot dead in Antigua
Jihadi recruitment video for Islamist terror group Isis features three Britons
Australian politics: five things you might have missed this week
Lasting impact of armed forces education and V2 rockets
New detention centers for migrant families caught crossing the US border
Capture of Benghazi attack suspect conjures mixed feelings in Libyan city
CDC blames anthrax scare on 'breach of protocol'
David Cameron pushes for EU leaders to vote on Jean-Claude Juncker
Tracy Morgan 'still has a long way to go' from injuries sustained in car crash
Federal agencies roll out benefits for married same-sex couples
Iraq's highest Shia cleric adds to pressure on Maliki over Isis insurgency
Narendra Modi's Hindi-only-tweets order stirs fears of India language shift
Pepper-spray drone offered to South African mines for strike control
House of Representatives moves to ban NSA's 'backdoor search' provision
Ukraine government declares start of unilateral ceasefire
Iran technology news website staff jailed for alleged links to BBC
Michigan governor approves 'grand bargain' to lift bankrupt Detroit

Michael Alig: 'We didn't even realise he was dead'

Posted: 21 Jun 2014 01:00 AM PDT

Michael Alig was the darling of the New York club scene, a magnet for misfits and a lightning rod for conservative outrage. Then he killed a friend. On his release from prison, Emma Brockes unravels a story of our times Continue reading...

Ukrainian church in Sydney desecrated with hate messages

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 11:33 PM PDT

Vandals spray swastikas and ethnic slurs condemning Ukraines president Petro Poroshenko

13 militants killed after car and bomb attack on China police station

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 09:51 PM PDT

Assault on building in Kashgar is the latest in a series of violent incidents in the troubled western region of Xinjiang

Another Tamil asylum-seeker attempts self-immolation in Melbourne

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 09:33 PM PDT

Man on bridging visa fears torture by Sri Lankan authorities if forced to return to his homeland

Kevin Andrews: seniors and women should be kept in the workforce

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 08:13 PM PDT

Social services minister says wider participation will reduce budget pressure caused by an ageing population

Stephanie Kwolek, inventor of the super fibre Kevlar, dies at 90

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 07:57 PM PDT

American chemist was working on tyre technology when she discovered the super strong fibre now used in body armour

White House to speed up deportation of illegal children flooding into country

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 07:10 PM PDT

US will boost judges and asylum officials in effort to stem flow which totalled 52,000 between October and June

Fisa court grants extension of licence for bulk collection of US phone records

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 05:18 PM PDT

Reauthorisation is fifth since the Guardian revealed existence of Section 215 telephony metadata program in June last year Continue reading...

Man who murdered British honeymooners shot dead in Antigua

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 04:13 PM PDT

Avie Howell, who killed Ben and Catherine Mullany in 2008, is shot by police officer the day after his escape Continue reading...

Jihadi recruitment video for Islamist terror group Isis features three Britons

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 04:08 PM PDT

Militant named Abu Muthana al-Yemeni in video is identified in various reports as 20-year-old medical student from Cardiff Continue reading...

Australian politics: five things you might have missed this week

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 02:15 PM PDT

In a week that witnessed Bill Shorten's humour, a war on budget naysayers and a double dissolution trigger, Joe Hockey said it all when he explained why politics is like a box of chocolates

Lasting impact of armed forces education and V2 rockets

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 01:00 PM PDT

New detention centers for migrant families caught crossing the US border

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 12:43 PM PDT

Immigration agencies have been struggling to deal with the rise in unaccompanied children trying to enter the US illegally

Capture of Benghazi attack suspect conjures mixed feelings in Libyan city

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 12:43 PM PDT

Abu Khattala's family calls the US's clandestine raid 'an insult to all Libyans', but many in Benghazi are glad to see him gone

CDC blames anthrax scare on 'breach of protocol'

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 12:40 PM PDT

Eighty-four employees in Atlanta notified that they may have unintentionally been exposed to live bacteria

David Cameron pushes for EU leaders to vote on Jean-Claude Juncker

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 12:17 PM PDT

No 10 wants those who support appointment of ex-Luxembourg PM as European commission president to explain why at summit Continue reading...

Tracy Morgan 'still has a long way to go' from injuries sustained in car crash

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 11:53 AM PDT

Comedian transferred to a rehab centre, where he is expected to remain for weeks while recovering from six-car collision

Federal agencies roll out benefits for married same-sex couples

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 11:45 AM PDT

Obama administration moves to expand policies, but veterans and social security benefits require congressional action

Iraq's highest Shia cleric adds to pressure on Maliki over Isis insurgency

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 11:38 AM PDT

Ayatollah Sistani avoids criticising PM directly, but call for new and 'effective' government falls far short of resounding support Continue reading...