THE GUARDIAN - World news and comment from the Guardian, Sep 09, 2011

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• Latest developments in Arab world's unrest - AP

• AOL 1hr 23min ago

  AOL and Yahoo reported to be in merger talks

  9 Sep 2011:
  

  AOL chief sounds out Yahoo's advisers over combination of internet companies
• Liberal Democrats 2hr 33min ago

  Hiding in the Caribbean: the fugitive trader who bankrolled the Lib Dems

  9 Sep 2011:
  

  Michael Brown who gave £2.4m to party before 2005 election is now hiding in the Dominican Republic under a false British identity
• Libya 3hr 2min ago

  Search for Tripoli prison massacre victims seeks to heal old wounds

  9 Sep 2011: Libya families in anxious wait to bury bodies of loved ones as Gaddafi loyalists are given ultimatum to surrender
• David Cameron 3hr 14min ago

  Cameron defends deficit plans as IMF chief gives qualified support

  9 Sep 2011:
  

  Christine Lagarde says Britain must be ready to change tack as Downing Street rules out copying Obama's Jobs Act
• Syria 3hr 20min ago

  Syrian soldiers executed for refusing to target activists

  9 Sep 2011: Protesters claim deaths happened at Damascus barracks as analysts report increasing number of troop defections
• New York 4hr 16min ago

  New York on security alert amid warning of 9/11 terror threat

  9 Sep 2011:
  

  Police stopping vans and lorries after reports that a car bomb was planned to disrupt Sunday's 9/11 anniversary
• Turkey 4hr 17min ago

  Turkey-Egypt talks stoke Israeli fears of political isolation

  9 Sep 2011: Speculation grows in Jerusalem over Turkey prime minister's trip to Cairo amid concerns it could deepen regional tension
• Colombia 4hr 22min ago

  Colombia's new defence minister told top priority is to see off the Farc

  9 Sep 2011:
  

  Juan Carlos Pinzón sworn in with instructions to come up with a definitive strategy against the guerilla group
• Dick Cheney 4hr 24min ago

  Dick Cheney defends use of torture on al-Qaida leaders

  9 Sep 2011:
  

  Former US vice-president says Bin Laden would not have been found without information gathered by waterboarding
• MI6 4hr 37min ago

  How MI6 deal sent family to Gaddafi's jail

  9 Sep 2011: Exclusive: Libyan Islamist reveals how wife and children were 'rendered' before Tony Blair visit
• New York fashion week 4hr 39min ago

  New York fashion week aims to shed positive light on 9/11 anniversary day

  9 Sep 2011:
  

  Designers keen to promote event as a symbol of the city's resilience with full day of shows on 11 September
• Global development 4hr 57min ago

  BAE agrees to immediate payment of Tanzania fine

  9 Sep 2011: Following select committee criticism, arms company pledges to make long-awaited payment of £29.5m for education projects
• Robert Mugabe 5hr 2min ago

  Mugabe-supporting bishop 'carrying out evictions'

  9 Sep 2011: Zimbabwe's top Anglican bishop says Bishop Nolbert Kunonga has refused to hand back buildings taken by force with help of police
• Global development 5hr 45min ago

  Explainer: Why are people protesting in Swaziland?

  9 Sep 2011: Mark Tran: Gripped by financial crisis and in thrall to a polygamous, absolute monarch, Swaziland is the scene of growing unrest
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• Wildlife 6hr 4min ago

  Giant crocodile Lolong not eating 'due to stress'

  9 Sep 2011: Saltwater crocodile placed in pen surrounded by concrete walls after being captured in southern Philippines
• Cameroon 6hr 17min ago

  Artists rally around Cameroonian playwright facing deportation

  9 Sep 2011: Lydia Besong asylum claim rejected before raid, campaigners including Juliet Stevenson claim in criticism of UK Border Agency
• Libya 6hr 31min ago

  The Libya papers: a glimpse into the world of 21st-century espionage

  9 Sep 2011:
  

  Hundreds of documents found in Tripoli offer insights into the way the CIA and MI6 operated in late 2003 and early 2004
• Pakistan 7hr ago

  Pakistan warns of Taliban plot to free Bin Laden's family

  9 Sep 2011: Taliban plans to kidnap an official to exchange for the family, who have been held since Bin Laden's death, interior ministry claims

All today's world stories

Top stories

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  Barack Obama facing standoff with Congress over US jobs plan

  Senior House Republicans say proposed bill is just a starting point for talks as president puts pressure on Congress
  • Obama unveils $447bn jobs plan
  • Obama calls for end to 'political circus' in Washington
  • Obama's job creation plan: New Deal or no deal?
  • Full text of Obama's speech to Congress
  • Data blog: how has US unemployment changed?
  • US unemployment: how has it changed over time?
  • Datablog: US unemployment state-by-state

• Interpol issues Gaddafi arrest notice

  
  LIVE Follow live updates as Gaddafi remains on the run and Friday protests are planned in Syria, Egypt and Yemen
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  • Meet Gaddafi's favourite TV host
  • Libya's new PM Mahmoud Jibril faces growing unrest
  • Inside the barracks of Gaddafi's Amazons
  • Video: Footage of Gaddafi family in compound
  • Video: Gaddafi speaks out from hidden location
  • In pictures: Gaddafi's family photos
  • Interactive: Where is Gaddafi?

• Shakespeare in the West Bank

  
  Raucous audience at Bethlehem refugee camp see closing performance of The Tempest by British troupe
  • Palestine to push ahead with UN bid
  • Turkish warships will escort Gaza aid vessels

Europe

• Turkey-Egypt talks stoke Israeli fears of political isolation

  
  9 Sep 2011: Speculation grows in Jerusalem over Turkey prime minister's trip to Cairo amid concerns it could deepen regional tension

• Ursula von der Leyen: Germany's next chancellor?

  
  9 Sep 2011: She has an answer for the euro crisis, a name as a steely radical and seven children. The chancellorship could be in her sights
  • Euro crisis: how long can Germany remain the saviour?
  • Angela Merkel's problems highlight a wider crisis of conservative ideology

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Americas

• Colombia's new defence minister told top priority is to see off the Farc

  
  9 Sep 2011:
  

  Juan Carlos Pinzón sworn in with instructions to come up with a definitive strategy against the guerilla group

• US accuses Venezuelan officials of arming Colombian rebels

  
  9 Sep 2011: Four close allies of President Hugo Chávez accused of providing arms, security and training to Farc rebels

More on Americas

Africa

• Search for Tripoli prison massacre victims seeks to heal old wounds

  
  9 Sep 2011: Libya families in anxious wait to bury bodies of loved ones as Gaddafi loyalists are given ultimatum to surrender
  • How MI6 deal sent family to Gaddafi's jail
  • UK police offered Gaddafi son protection
  • Blog: today's events in Libya and the Middle East

• Turkey-Egypt talks stoke Israeli fears of political isolation

  
  9 Sep 2011: Speculation grows in Jerusalem over Turkey prime minister's trip to Cairo amid concerns it could deepen regional tension

More on Africa

China

• Militant Muslim group says it carried out western China attacks

  Video purportedly made by Turkistan Islamic party claims responsibility for violent spree, which left dozens dead

• Chinese activist's daughter not allowed to go to school

  Six-year-old daughter of Chen Guangcheng, who is under house arrest, barred from leaving house, according to another activist
• More on China

Middle East

• Search for Tripoli prison massacre victims seeks to heal old wounds

  
  9 Sep 2011: Libya families in anxious wait to bury bodies of loved ones as Gaddafi loyalists are given ultimatum to surrender
  • How MI6 deal sent family to Gaddafi's jail
  • UK police offered Gaddafi son protection
  • Blog: today's events in Libya and the Middle East

• Syrian soldiers executed for refusing to target activists

  
  9 Sep 2011: Protesters claim deaths happened at Damascus barracks as analysts report increasing number of troop defections

More on Middle East

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