Second shot: An amateur takes to the riser

Like last time, I was at nearly at the front of the riser, slightly to the right, perching uncomfortably on a camera box so as to shoot over the sitting cameraman in front of me. This time I was shooting with the Canon EOS ID MK IV using a tripod. This first picture is obviously a bit of a cheat - they didn't send clones down the catwalk, this is actually two shots put together. Maybe a third with her walking away would have been good - a model triptych Photograph: Kate Carter/Guardian

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Why women shouldn't be campaigning for equal pay

Made in Dagenham, based on the strike by women machinists at the Ford car plant. Photograph: Guardian
Rip off your pinny, reach for the Biba frock, get that asymmetric bob: it's the 60s all over again. Feminism's second wave is brewing, Barbara Castle is first secretary of state and the 187 women who sew car seats at the Ford Dagenham plant are out on strike.

Bono: the celebrity who just keeps giving

Bono: the U2 singer at the 2010 Atlantic Council awards, where he was given the Distinguished Humanitarian Leadership award in April 2010. Photograph: Kris Connor/Getty Images
Forgive the reheating of old chestnuts, but it seems appropriate to begin with a classic urban myth starring Bono, recently described with due reverence by Viz as ....

Bulldozers prepare as deadline on West Bank settlement freeze looms

A labourer walks through a construction site in the West Bank settlement of Elazar. Photograph: Baz Ratner/Reuters
Giant bulldozers churn up the ground, turning the air a dusty red. Further off, the clack of building machinery and tools punctuate the tranquillity of a warm West Bank morning.

Iran and Iraq remember war that cost more than a million lives

Members of Iran's Basij militia march during a parade to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war. Photograph: Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters
Nostalgia is not the right word to describe how Iranians and Iraqis feel when they look back at the epic war they fought – one of the longest and bloodiest of the 20th century.

Pakistan neuroscientist given 86 years for shooting at US agents

A courtroom sketch of Aafia Siddiqui with Judge Richard Berman in New York Photograph: Shirley Shepard/AFP/Getty Images
Aafia Siddiqui, a US-trained Pakistani neuroscientist who was named as one of the FBI's most wanted terrorists, was today sentenced to 86 years in prison by a New York court, in a case that has prompted outrage in Pakistan.

Japan to free Chinese fishing boat captain | World news | guardian.co.uk

Zhan Qixiong, seen being led away by Japanese coastguard personnel, was arrested after a collision in disputed waters. Photograph: Karii Matayoshi/AP
Japanese prosecutors are to release the captain of a Chinese fishing boat, two weeks after a collision in disputed waters sparked a dramatic deterioration in ties between Beijing and Tokyo.

Ireland's crisis shows folly of cuts, warns Labour

Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen came under renewed pressure after figures showed the economy shrank 1.2% in the second quarter of 2010. Photograph: Reuters
Ireland's beleaguered economy was held up by Labour as a stark warning to the UK of austerity overkill after the Irish government announced that national output had taken a fresh dive in the second ....

Prada shows Milan a flash of colour | Life and style

Oversized Mexican tequila hats also made an appearance Photograph: Daniel Dal Zennaro/EPA
Bold colour shot straight to the top of the fashion agenda tonight as Miuccia Prada showed her new collection at Milan fashion week.

Soldiers honoured for bravery in Afghanistan

A soldier who has cleared twice as many roadside bombs as any other bomb disposal specialist in history is among more than 100 service personnel honoured for bravery in Afghanistan.

James Cameron tops Guardian Film Power 100

James Cameron during a Guardian/NFT interview. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian
If there were any doubts that money talks loudest in the movie business, they have been dispelled.
The expert panel behind the Guardian's inaugural Film Power 100, published in today's Film & Music section, have chosen James Cameron, director of the two ...

Commonwealth Games boycott threat recedes

Commonwealth Games 2010: Athletes and officials from the England team arrive at the airport in Delhi, India. Photograph: Saurabh Das/AP
The first English athletes have arrived in Delhi for the Commonwealth Games as the threat of a mass boycott over safety and facilities recedes.
The Indian prime minister was holding crisis talks last night, as armies of cleaners and ...

Ahmadinejad accuses US of 'orchestrating' 9/11 attacks to aid Israel

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressing the 65th UN general assembly in New York Photograph: Mike Segar/REUTERS
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has accused the US government of orchestrating the 9/11 attacks to prop up Israel.
Speaking at the UN general assembly, just a few miles away from the still open ....

England to attend Commonwealth Games | Reuters

Credit: Reuters/Luke MacGregor .
By Alan Baldwin
LONDON | Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:03pm BST
LONDON (Reuters) - England committed to the troubled Commonwealth Games on Thursday after all 17 member sports agreed to go amid signs of improvement on the ground in India.

Teresa Lewis executed in Virginia despite protests | World news | guardian.co.uk

People protesting against the execution of Teresa Lewis outside Greensville correctional centre in Virginia. Photograph: Steve Helber/AP
Teresa Lewis died early today after being given a lethal injection at the Greensville correctional centre, the first woman to be executed in Virginia in almost a century.
The execution went ahead despite protests from lawyers, international celebrities and ...

Executions of women are rare because they kill less often, researchers say - latimes.com

Virginia put to death a 41-year-old woman Thursday night, the first execution of a female in the country in five years and the first in that state for nearly a century.

Crime Scene - Teresa Lewis to be executed tonight

Teresa Lewis, who plotted the killings of her husband and stepson, is scheduled to die by injection in Virginia's death chamber Thursday night. She would be the first woman the state has executed in nearly 100 years.

Crime Scene - Video: Va. woman to be executed

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Microsoft To Offer Free Security Software For Small Businesses | SmallBusinessNewz

Microsoft said today that beginning in early October, it will offer Microsoft Security Essentials for free to small businesses with up to 10 PCs.

“Small-business owners just want to concentrate on running the business, without worrying about PCs going down,” says Jeff Smith, director of Marketing for Microsoft Security Essentials.

Katy Perry dropped from Sesame Street show | Reuters

U.S. singer Katy Perry smiles during an interview for the television show 'etalk' in Toronto June 18, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Mike Cassese
NEW YORK | Thu Sep 23, 2010 7:26pm BST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Producers of the hit children's TV show Sesame Street have cancelled an appearance by pop singer Katy Perry following feedback from parents.

Silver is Emerging From Under Gold's Shadow

By Peter Krauth, Contributing Editor, Money Morning

Gold surged to an all-time record high of $1,298 an ounce yesterday (Wednesday) after a U.S. Federal Reserve plan to jump-start the American economy triggered a slump in the U.S. dollar.
The yellow metal has now rallied for five straight trading sessions and is up about 18% for the year. Investors are waking up to the fact that the central bank's plan to use U.S. Treasury purchases as a means of injecting another $2.3 trillion into the U.S. economy is only going to further debase the greenback.

Obama urges new ways to tackle poverty | Reuters

 

U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the 65th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, September 23, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Mike Segar
By Patrick Worsnip and Lesley Wroughton
UNITED NATIONS | Thu Sep 23, 2010 4:48pm BST
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called on Wednesday for new ways to tackle global .....

Brothers fight it out to lead Labour Party | Reuters

David Miliband, who last week announced his intention to run for the leadership of the Labour Party, speaks to party members at his constituency in South Shields, northern England May 17, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Nigel Roddis
By Adrian Croft
LONDON | Thu Sep 23, 2010 4:06pm BST
LONDON (Reuters) - The Labour Party ....

Teams delay departures in Commonwealth Games fiasco | Reuters

An athlete heading to the Commonwealth Games arrives to check-in for her flight to India at Heathrow airport in London September 23, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Luke MacGregor
By Paul de Bendern
NEW DELHI | Thu Sep 23, 2010 7:54pm BST
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - More nations delayed their departure for the Commonwealth Games in India as ....

Five government depts agree spending cuts | Reuters

Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, arrives to speak at a news conference at the Treasury, in central London July 20, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Anthony Devlin/Pool
By David Milliken
LONDON | Thu Sep 23, 2010 6:07pm BST
LONDON (Reuters) - Five government departments have agreed budget cuts with the country's finance ministry as part of a ....

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US Supreme Court clears way for execution of Virginia woman

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to block the state of Virginia from executing Teresa Lewis, a 41-year-old grandmother. Barring an unlikely last minute stay-of-execution from Governor Robert McDonnell, Lewis will be injected with a lethal poison on Thursday, becoming the first woman put to death by Virginia since 1912.info@als-alexander.org or interalex1@yahoo.com 

Beaver County Times: Va. to execute first woman in nearly a century

FILE - This 2007 file photo provided by newsPRos shows Teresa Lewis, 41, is scheduled to die by injection Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010 for trading sex and money in the hired killings of her husband and stepson in October 2002. Virginia's governor has rejected a request to reconsider clemency for Lewis, leaving only the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in the state's first execution of a woman in nearly a century. (AP Photo/newsPRos, File)

Virginia to go ahead with execution of woman

The first woman in almost 100 years is to be executed in the US after the Supreme Court earlier this week refused to grant a last-minute reprieve.

Teresa Lewis, 41, is due to die by lethal injection.

Virginia to go ahead with execution of woman

The first woman in almost 100 years is to be executed in the US after the Supreme Court earlier this week refused to grant a last-minute reprieve.

BBC News - US Supreme Court allows execution of Virginia woman

Teresa Lewis was convicted of plotting to kill her husband and stepson
The US Supreme Court has refused to halt the Virginia execution of a woman who admitted conspiring to kill her husband and stepson.
On Thursday Teresa Lewis, 41, is set to become the first woman to be executed in the US for five years and in Virginia since 1912.

Virginia Preparing for Woman's Execution - TIME

Teresa Lewis was sentenced to death for plotting to have her husband and stepson killed in 2002. Lewis could become the first woman executed in Virginia in nearly 100 years

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad points finger at US over woman's execution | The Australian

PRESIDENT Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is trying to blunt international outrage by focusing attention instead on tomorrow's scheduled execution of a woman in the US.

Teresa Lewis "is to be executed . . . while her physician believes that she was suffering from mental disorder at the time of her husband's murder - but nobody pays any attention to this issue", the Iranian President complained during an interview in New York.

Virginia governor declines to stay woman's execution - CNN

Virginia's governor has rejected a clemency request from a death row inmate scheduled to be the first woman executed in the United States in five years.
Teresa Lewis, a 41-year-old grandmother, is now set to die by lethal injection Thursday evening. She pleaded guilty to her part in the 2002 slayings of her husband and son-in-law in their rural home...

US supreme court upholds Virginia woman's planned execution | World news | guardian.co.uk

Iran has criticised US double standards over Teresa Lewis's execution. Photograph: Family handout

The US supreme court has refused to block the state of Virginia's first execution of a woman in nearly a century, clearing the way for Teresa Lewis's death by lethal injection tomorrow.

Nations delay departure in Commonwealth Games fiasco | Reuters

A girl carrying a child stands outside her makeshift tent in front of the athletes village of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, while surrounded by flood waters of the river Yamuna in New Delhi September 23, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

US: Dead in Afghan chopper crash were all American - Yahoo! News

KABUL, Afghanistan – All nine troops killed in the worst helicopter crash for the coalition in Afghanistan in four years were Americans, the Pentagon has confirmed without providing further information on why the aircraft carrying Navy special forces went down.
NATO said there were no reports of enemy fire in a rugged area in the Daychopan district of Zabul province,

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Fashion - A Ballet in Color

 

Chris Moore/Karl ProuseGiles, Peter Pilotto and Erdem for spring/summer 2010By SUZY MENKES
LONDON — The energy, color and movement that transformed modern dance — from the explosive revolution of the Ballets Russes to costume collaborations with artists like Pablo Picasso — is on display at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

Al-Qaeda claims kidnapping of French workers in Niger

Nairobi/Niamey, Niger/Paris - Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has claimed responsibility for the abduction in Niger of seven foreign workers, five of them French.

Dedicated followers of... - Viva Magazine

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SGC and their followers. (Names listed in the story from left to right.) Photo / Babiche Martens

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They'll be out in force at the show, in sexy dresses and skinny jeans. Artfully mussed hair, nonchalant attitude, great legs... and that's just the guys. Hip young things love Stolen Girlfriends Club, and nowhere do you see this crowd more than at their shows. Creative directors Marc Moore, Dan Gosling and Luke Harwood throw a good party, and their customers love them for it.

Drug charge gets Paris banned from Japan

Paris Hilton was questioned for six hours over two days by Japanese immigration officials. Photo / AP

Governor unmoved by appeals for mercy

Teresa Lewis. Photo / AP

Despite appeals for clemency - and accusations of hypocrisy from none other than Iran - the state of Virginia seems set to go ahead tomorrow with the first execution of a woman in the United States since 2005, and only the 12th since capital punishment resumed in 1976.
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Italians seize military explosives

Italian police stand guard by a confiscated container, in the port of Gioia Tauro, near Reggio Calabria, southern Italy. Photo / AP

Israel flotilla raid broke international law - UN

 

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, second from right facing camera, meets with members of the panel investigating the Gaza Flotilla incident.

10 bikies to be tried for airport murder

Ten Comanchero bikies will stand trial for murder over a "violent encounter" with rival gang the Hells Angels at Sydney airport, a magistrate has ruled.

Iberia approves BA pension recovery plan | Reuters

An Iberia jet (R) passes a British Airways jet at Barcelona Airport November 16, 2009.

Credit: Reuters/Albert Gea

By Tracy Rucinski

MADRID | Thu Sep 23, 2010 12:16am BST

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Iberia approved British Airways Plc's funding plan for a multi-billion-pound pension deficit on Wednesday, removing the last major obstacle for the two airlines to merge before year-end.

Obama calls for new ways to tackle poverty | Reuters

U.S. President Barack Obama leaves after addressing the Millennium Development Goals Summit at the U.N. headquarters in New York September 22, 2010.

Credit: Reuters/Jason Reed

By Patrick Worsnip and Lesley Wroughton

UNITED NATIONS | Thu Sep 23, 2010 12:22am BST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called on Wednesday for new ways to tackle global poverty and said his administration would focus its help to the poor on promoting economic growth and fighting corruption.

England crush Pakistan to secure home sweep | Reuters

England's Paul Collingwood (C) celebrates with Steve Davies after dismissing Pakistan's Umar Akmal during the fifth one-day international cricket match at the Rose Bowl in Southampton September 22, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Philip Brown
By John Mehaffey
SOUTHAMPTON, England | Wed Sep 22, 2010 11:02pm BST