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AP – Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete is crowned Miss Universe 2010 by Stefania Fernandez during the Miss Universe …

By OSKAR GARCIA, Associated Press Writer Oskar Garcia, Associated Press Writer – Tue Aug 24, 1:09 pm ET

LAS VEGAS – From flags to Facebook, 22-year-old Jimena Navarrete has quickly made it clear what she plans to promote as the world's newest Miss Universe — her home country of Mexico.
"I want the whole world to know about my country and my people," the Guadalajara native said after beating 82 competitors for global bragging rights at the pageant in Las Vegas.

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Gunman kills 8 in Slovak capital

CTK PhotoThe man shared an apartment block with seven victims.

A late morning shooting spree in Bratislava Aug. 30 ended with eight dead, including six Roma and the gunman, but authorities are hesitant to call the incident racial discrimination.

GUARDIAN News, Sep 03, 2010

• Pakistan match-fixing scandal – day three

  
  

  The Pakistan cricket authorities are refusing to suspend Mohammad Amir, left, captain Salman Butt, centre, and Mohammad Asif until they have evidence of wrongdoing in the match-fixing scandal. Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images

  Follow the latest developments and reaction as the Pakistan cricket team continue their tour despite the betting scandal that has rocked the game
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  Monday 30 August 2010
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  Oh, baby – a new take on David Cameron's coalition government

  Will Nick Clegg soon be throwing his toys out of his pram? Have a look at this picture and see what you think ... Continue reading... 6 comments
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  Saturday 28 August 2010
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  Amanda Knox senses the pen is mightier than the penal code

  
  

  Knox during her trial for murder. Pier Paolo Cito / AP

  Convicted murderer of Meredith Kercher to have musings published by Italian lawmaker who visited her in prison Continue reading... 119 comments
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  Tuesday 24 August 2010
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  Claudy bombing report released - live updates

  
  

  Father James Chesney was never questioned about the attack. Photograph: PA

  The long awaited report into the 1972 bombing of Claudy, in Northern Ireland, has been released. It finds that a Catholic priest, Father James Chesney, directed the attack, but police, the government and the church covered up his role. Follow the latest here
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  Levi Johnston paves way to run for office in Sarah Palin's hometown

  
  

  Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol on stage with Levi Johnston at the US Republican National Convention in 2008. Photograph: Larry WSmith/EPA

  Father of Sarah Palin's grandchild files papers to run for job in Wasilla, Alaska, with nudge from reality TV producers Continue reading... 39 comments
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  Monday 23 August 2010
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  Manila bus siege aftermath – live

  
  

  Former police officer Rolando Mendoza looks out of a window of a bus carrying tourist hostages at Quirino Grandstand in Manila. Photograph: Romeo Ranoco/Reuters

  A gunman has reportedly been killed after taking more than 20 people hostage on board a bus in the Phillipines. Follow the latest developments here
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  Barack Obama needs to learn how to do low politics as well as lofty

  
  

  Work continues on One World Trade Center at ground zero. The proposed mosque would be two blocks north. Photograph: Mark Lennihan/AP

  Is Nick Clegg the new Barack Obama? This ridiculous comparison is not as flattering as it would have been even a year ago when the president's liberal halo was not as tarnished as it has since become.
  But watching Clegg handling his Q&A session at Microsoft this week and listening to him talking about those 100 coalition days on Radio 4 as I type I think I detect a lofty rationality – there are less kind descriptions – that fails to connect emotionally with the hopes and fears of too many voters in these dangerous times.
  Trust, fairness, civil liberties, greater efficiency in a more balanced (also greener) economy, resumed social mobility and cheaper-but-better public services ... It is hard to quarrel with the vision of Britain that Clegg holds out for 2015. If only it were that easy. He'll learn.
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  'Dead girl' captured on Google Street View alive and well

  Fears over image of collapsed girl in Worcester allayed as it is revealed she was playing prank on friend when photographed Continue reading... 14 comments
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  'Blood diamond' testimony - as it happened

  
  

  Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is alleged to have gifted 'blood diamonds' to Naomi Campbell. Photograph: Reuters

  The war crimes trial of the former Liberian leader Charles Taylor heard more evidence that he gave 'blood diamonds' to the supermodel Naomi Campbell. Follow how this morning's session unfolded
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  Mia Farrow's 'blood diamond' testimony at war crimes trial: as it happened

  
  

  Mia Farrow at the Special Court for Sierra Leone, The Hague. Photograph: BBC

  Naomi Campbell's evidence at the war crimes trial of the former Liberian leader Charles Taylor was challenged today by her former agent Carole White and the actor Mia Farrow. Follow how the day unfolded
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  Gisele backtracks after boob job over breastfeeding comments

  
  

  Gisele says she wasn't 'here to judge'. Photograph: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images

  Supermodel sparked global outrage after saying there should be a law forcing mothers to feed babies solely from the teat Continue reading... 14 comments
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  Naomi Campbell's 'blood diamond' testimony at war crimes trial: live updates

  
  

  Naomi Campbell at the UN war crimes tribunal. Photograph: UN

  The supermodel Naomi Campbell admitted receiving "dirty looking stones" after meeting the former Liberian leader Charles Taylor. Follow Campbell's testimony at the Hague war crimes tribunal, as it happened
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  Gisele's plan for model mothers: make breastfeeding compulsory

  
  

  Gisele Bündchen … not a fan of the bottle. Photograph: Eric Thayer/Reuters

  Ed Pilkington: Brazilian model says there should be a 'worldwide law that mothers should breastfeed their babies for six months' Continue reading... 50 comments
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  Pakistan floods - as it happened

  
  

  The death toll from the Pakistan floods is expected to rise as many people were still reported missing. Photograph: Sajjad Qayyum/AFP/Getty Images

  There are reports of outbreaks of cholera among the survivors of monsoon flooding in north west Pakistan, as the death toll rises and rescue workers struggle to reach 27,000 stranded people. Follow how the day unfolded
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  Are iPad owners horrible? Shock horror, it depends on your point of view

  
  

  A study has branded iPad owners like Stephen Fry, pictured here at the product's London launch, 'an elite bunch'. Photograph: Ming Yeung/Getty Images

  The research company behind a study casting iPad users as a 'selfish elite' has conceded its conclusions are subjective Continue reading... 287 comments
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Guardian blogs

• Cardiff

  Cardiff today: Sex, Wales and Anarchy, Great Taff Tidy and school metaphors

  3 Sep 2010:

  A round up of local news and events from across Cardiff with the help of news outlets and the blogosphere

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• Dave Hill's London blog

  Bicycle security: top tips and a task force

  3 Sep 2010:

  Dave Hill: My recent post about cycle theft in London has produced some helpful responses.

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• PDA

  Viral Video Chart: London's turning

  3 Sep 2010:

  A brilliant marketing trick with the London Eye beats the cats and dogs to the top of this week's clip roundup. By Josh Halliday

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• Leeds

  Leeds today: RBS job losses, street art and Leeds Digital Week

  3 Sep 2010:

  A round-up of today's news and views with help from the city's best websites and blogs

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• Technology blog

  The Technology newsbucket: Vox closing, Digg gaming, form filling and more

  3 Sep 2010:

  Plus Toshiba's tablet hands-on, Twitter's bad OAuth, TfL timetables and more

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• Richard Adams's blog

  Jan Brewer's Arizona governor election debate meltdown

  
  3 Sep 2010:

  Richard Adams: Jan Brewer, running for re-election as Arizona governor, suffers not one but two televised debate car-wrecks

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• Music blog

  Readers recommend: songs about anniversaries

  3 Sep 2010:

  Paul MacInnes: As this column celebrates its fifth birthday, we'd like you to suggest songs with commemorative themes

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• Nikolay Davydenko and Marin Cilic fall but Roger Federer marches on

  2 Sep 2010: Roger Federer won his US Open second-round match serenely but Nikolay Davydenko and Marin Cilic joined the list of ousted seeds
• Richard Adams's blog

  Tony Blair on Obama and McCain

  2 Sep 2010:

  Richard Adams: Tony Blair thinks the media got McCain and Obama the wrong way around in 2008, according to his autobiography

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• Michael Tomasky's blog

  More on the UN

  2 Sep 2010:

  So it turns out that this UN human rights regime does have some value.

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• Games blog

  Outland looks like another download-only classic

  2 Sep 2010:

  The summer of 2010 could well go down as the time when download gaming on the consoles finally came of age. Limbo, Deathspank, Lara Croft: Guardian of Light - the best games this summer have been released via download only. Put down Red Dead Redemption for a minute and think about it - download gaming has ruled this summer. The trend looks set to continue for a little longer too, with Outland unveiled for XBLA and PSN.

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• Lost in Showbiz blog

  Liz Hurley and Hugh Grant attend a bread fest. Crumbs!

  
  2 Sep 2010: Lost in Showbiz: Do they have to go to a launch to eat? Don't they have any friends, wonders Marina Hyde
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  Paris Hilton and the wrong type of cocaine

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  Lost in Showbiz: The hapless heiress had poor people's stuff on her – but hopefully a rich person's lawyer can explain the mix-up, says Marina Hyde

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  It's Daybreak - wake up to the snakepit

  2 Sep 2010:

  Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley join forces with GMTV's old team in ITV's rebranded morning slot. Just wait for the magic to unfold, says Marina Hyde

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• Sportblog

  Time comes for Steven Gerrard to find role in England's bigger picture

  
  2 Sep 2010: Richard Williams: Steven Gerrard prefers to play further forward but has struggled to create an effective blend with Wayne Rooney
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Australian PM hopes of retaining office boosted by pact with independent MP

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Julia Gillard is the front runner in the battle for independent support
Tony Abbott's Liberal/National coalition emerged as the single largest party in the Australian election but fell three seats short of a majority
Miss Gillard's Labour Party is now just two seats away from sealing an overall majority after election victory after winning support of Tasmanian MP Andrew Wilkie, a day after the announcment of a pact with the Green Party.

Mistresses and wives clash over trapped Chilean miners

Susana Valenzuela holds a picture of trapped miner Yonni Barrios Rojas
Authorities at Camp Hope have had to deal with a rush of women coming forward claiming to be first in the Chilean miners' affections in order to receive government handouts.

Israeli and Palestinian leaders agree to work for draft treaty with fortnightly meetings

Mr Netanyahu and Mr Abbas will meet on Sep 14 and 15 at a location in the Middle East
Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, and Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, held what was described as a "long and productive discussion" in which they concurred that they would start striving for a draft treaty.

Elephants 'scared of ants'

 

Any elephant foolish enough to approach an ant-protected tree is liable to find swarms of the angry insects crawling up its trunk Photo: CORBIS
Ants are getting the better of nature's biggest land beast on the African savannah, scientists have discovered.

Osteoporosis drug 'doubles cancer risk'

Doctors often prescribe bisphosphonates as a preventative measure for those who might be at a higher risk of osteoporosis
Those who have taken oral bisphosphonates for five years or more are twice as likely to develop the cancer than those who have not, the analysis of medical records found. Every year almost 8,000 people in Britain are diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus, or gullet cancer, and ...

Winston Churchill 'ordered assassination of Mussolini to protect compromising letters’

 

Churchill chose to holiday under a false name only a few miles from the spot Mussolini was seized
Pierre Milza, an expert on fascist Italy, theorizes that the wartime prime minister may have wanted Mussolini dead to prevent the letters, in which Churchill expressed his admiration for his Italian counterpart before the outbreak of the Second World War, coming to light.

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Hurricane Earl: Obama declares emergency as storm nears east coast

Barack Obama has declared an emergency as hurricane Earl approaches North Carolina. Photograph: Pool/Getty Images
States along the eastern coast of the United States were today preparing evacuation plans to be put in to operation if hurricane Earl moves inland instead of glancing the shoreline.

Dublin gangland boss John Traynor arrested in Netherlands

Veronica Guerin, who was shot dead shot dead by the pillion passenger on a motorbike as she stopped at traffic lights in Naas, just outside Dublin, in June 1996 Photograph: PA/PA Archive/PA Photos
A convicted Dublin criminal who fled the Irish Republic after the murder of investigative journalist Veronica Guerin by another gangland boss has been arrested in the Netherlands.

Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi banned from Venice film festival

'An attack on art' ... Juliette Binoche protests against the imprisonment of Iranian director Jafar Panahi earlier this year. Photograph: Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images
The Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi has been denied the right to attend this year's Venice international film festival. Due to open the short film section of the festival with The Accordion, his request was refused by officials in Tehran.

Middle East peace talks - live

Middle East peace talks get underway at the State Department in Washington, with Hillary Clinton flanked by Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas (right). Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP
3.20pm ET: Here's a first look at an article on the peace talks by Chris McGreal that will be appearing in tomorrow's Guardian print edition:For many diplomats though the...

To Kosovans, Blair is a true hero

Nine Kosovo Albanian children named after Tony Blair pose in front of his picture during an official welcoming ceremony in Pristina on 9 July 2010. Photograph: Kushtrim Ternava/EPA
"The king is dead, long live the king" is an expression about monarchy, but it rings true in modern democracy. Some in Britain appear to have forgotten that Tony Blair led their country on the world stage for 10 ....

Greece: refusing to quit | Helena Smith

Man smoking a cigarette. Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images
One year and two months ago to this day, I walked into a bar in Athens where, in a haze of smoke and much to my surprise, I was allowed to break the law. A ban on smoking in public places, imposed by the then conservative government, had just come into force.

Kosovo offers to bury differences with Serbia

Hashim Thaci, the prime minister of Kosovo, right, at a meeting in Pristina with (from left) foreign minister Skender Hyseni, German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle and the president of Kosovo, Fatmir Sejdiu. Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/EPA
The prime minister of Kosovo, which seceded from Serbia and declared independence two years ago, has offered...

Binyamin Netanyahu opens Middle East talks with two 'pillars to peace'

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, right, at the opening session of peace talks hosted by US secretary of state Hillary Clinton. Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/AP
Israel's prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, opened peace talks with the Palestinians today by saying that two issues – recognition of his country as a Jewish ...