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  Julia Gillard to lead Australian government

  Support of two independent MPs gives Labor party a majority of one seat over Liberal-led opposition coalition
  • Australian election: Greens key to success of new government
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  Obama campaigns on $50bn rebuilding plan

  President on the road to persuade voters economy is safe in his hands, ahead of elections expected to be tough on Democrats
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  Sinn Féin 'heavily involved' in Eta ceasefire

  
  
  
  Writing in the Guardian, Gerry Adams says his party held a series of meetings with Basque separatists
  • Gerry Adams: Eta's ceasefire is a political shift

Europe

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  French unions strike over Nicolas Sarkozy's pension plans

  
  
  
  7 Sep 2010:
  More than 200 street demonstrations planned as parliament debates plan to increase retirement age from 60 to 62
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  French immigration minister postpones wedding to avoid Facebook protest

  
  
  
  6 Sep 2010: Éric Besson changes wedding plans after threat to 'create havoc' at ceremony in retaliation for crackdown on Roma travellers

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Asia

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  Pakistan police station hit by fatal suicide car-bomb attack

  
  
  
  6 Sep 2010: Officers and schoolchildren among 19 dead as militants target law enforcement centre in Lakki Marwat
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  Morrissey reignites racism row by calling Chinese a 'subspecies'

  
  
  
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  Remark came in context of an attack on China's animal welfare record, with singer having been criticised on a number of previous occasions for negative race comments
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Middle East

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  Iran steps up campaign against activists and lawyers

  6 Sep 2010: Women's rights activist goes on trial accused of 'waging war against God', as lawyer for another activist is arrested
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  Gaza groups threaten attacks on Israel

  
  
  
  3 Sep 2010: Militant groups in Gaza Strip say they have joined forces to step up attacks against Israel as leaders meet for peace talks

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• Bushmen concern

  7 Sep 2010: Letters: All the Bushmen of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve want is to be able to use a borehole which they used before they were illegally evicted from their lands

• Mining companies clash over Congo copper mine

  6 Sep 2010: First Quantum writes to UK authorities over ENRC's acquisition of Kolwezi copper mine

• South Africa's forgotten bushmen fight for recognition

  
  6 Sep 2010: Khoisan, southern Africa's first inhabitants, seek legal redress for 'injustices' and demand land rights as well as cultural protection

• South African unions suspend public sector strike

  
  6 Sep 2010: Relief for hospitals and schools as staff go back to work, but unions say their demands have still not been met

• South African nurses beaten during state worker strikes

  
  6 Sep 2010: Government hopes unions will accept latest pay offer as schools and hospitals remain paralysed by industrial action

• In pictures: Orphaned chimpanzees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

  
  7 Sep 2010: A new 'wave of killing' of chimpanzees for bushmeat has resulted in huge numbers of orphans
  
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  Why not all disasters are equal

  
  6 Sep 2010: Roger Yates: People don't have 'donor fatigue', but they are influenced by a media reliance on visually arresting images of disasters
  
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• Katine Chronicles blog

  Katine takes a lead on NGO monitoring but there's a long way to go

  
  6 Sep 2010: Keeping tabs on NGO activities is key to ensuring successful long-term development in Uganda and elsewhere. Lessons can be learned from the Katine project's stress on partnership
  
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• Greenslade

  While I was away...

  6 Sep 2010: It was only a short break, but a lot happened in the newspaper world while I was away. I will deal with the big stories involving Andy Coulson, the Pakistan cricket team, Wayne Rooney and William Hague in separate postings later today
  
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• Swaziland trade unionists targeted

  6 Sep 2010: Letters: Swaziland marks 42 years of independence from British colonial rule today. It should be an anniversary to enjoy, but for many Swazis there is little to celebrate

• At least 270 feared dead after Congo riverboats capsize

  
  5 Sep 2010: Congo survivor says overcrowded vessel reminded her of a 'market in village full of people'

• Anthony McDermott obituary

  
  5 Sep 2010: Leading journalist on the Middle East for the Guardian and Financial Times

• Fairer spending could save 4m children by 2020, says report

  
  6 Sep 2010: Save the Children says millennium development goal on infant mortality at risk as poorest miss out on resources
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  Mozambique's food riots – the true face of global warming

  5 Sep 2010: Raj Patel: Maputo's 'food riots' are just the latest manifestation of the crippling shortcomings of the global economy
  
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• Africa prepares to join the big boys in the space race

  
  5 Sep 2010: The African Union has approved a feasibility study for the creation of an African Space Agency, writes David Smith
  
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