The rise of Boko Haram in Nigeria
Nigerian Islamist extremists have carried out a series of increasingly bold attacks against towns...
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Zimbabwe president tightens grip on power
Zimbabwe’s veteran president Robert Mugabe has tightened his vice-like grip on power as his...
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Ebola vaccine trial shows promising results
The first Ebola vaccine to be tested on humans, developed by GlaxoSmithKline and the US National...
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Who is behind the Regin malware?
Russian and Saudi Arabian telecoms companies have been targetted by a sophisticated cyber...
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Britain and the cuts - Chris Giles answers readers' questions
Britain is at the midway point in an austerity programme intended to bring down the deficit....
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Iraq recaptures Baiji oil refinery from Isis
Iraqi forces have taken near full control of the Baiji oil refinery north of the capital Baghdad....
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How to reform foreign exchange trading
Patrick Jenkins talks to Marshall Bailey, president of the ACI, which represents the foreign...
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European space probe lands on comet
The landing of a European space probe on a comet 500m km away has caught the world's imagination....
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Britain's nine-year programme to cut its budget deficit has reached the midway mark. The results...
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Egypt's Sinai militants team up with Isis
An audio recording this week has raised fears that the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant has a...
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Guo Guangchang shares his story of rags to riches
Guo Guangchang may be the most powerful Chinese businessman most westerners have never heard of....
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The fall of the Berlin Wall 25 years on
Big celebrations in Germany this weekend will mark the moment the cold war ended 25 years ago...
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Good and bad news on climate change
The latest UN report on global warming found that the risk of runaway climate change can be...
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Divided Libya risks falling prey to pro-Isis forces
Libya has had two rival governments since a militia group from the western city of Misrata seized...
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Challenges facing Ukraine's new government
Ukrainian parties that back closer ties with Europe have began talks on forming a coalition after...
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Tunisia was the first Arab country to throw off dictatorship during the Arab Spring of 2011 and...
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Submarine sighting raises Baltic tensions
The Swedish military is on high alert and has been conducting a large search operation after...
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Isis battered in Kobani, gains ground elsewhere
This week, fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, known as Isis, have suffered...
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UK's Green Party excluded from TV debates
This week, UK broadcasters announced plans for televised election debates between the leaders of...
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Interview with Nobel economics laureate Jean Tirole
Professor Jean Tirole of the Toulouse School of Economics, who won the Nobel economics prize this...
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