Rumsfeld ousted in US poll fallout Architect of Iraq war quits as reports claim Democrats take Senate. US media predicts victory for Webb Profile: Donald Rumsfeld World reaction: No tears for Rumsfeld Interactive: the key results Leader: Thank you, America Cartoon: Steve Bell Full coverage: US midterms

Hamas: we will avenge killings Militant group's leader promises retaliation over killing of 18 civilians. Leader: The blood of innocents Audio: Rory McCarthy Special report: Israel & Middle East

Marx's Das Kapital hits the stage German theatre group to tackle lengthy classic on economic theory. Special report: Germany

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Democrats given headstart in race for 2008
Party sees victory as start of bid to replace Bush
True middle America mirrors mood swing
Political realities will test truce
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Time is up for Bush's foreign policy
Comment is free: The US must now try to forge a bipartisan, multilateral approach, says Timothy Garton Ash.
Simon Jenkins: Defeat means Iraqi insurgency has won
Simon Tisdall: World briefing
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Sweet victory, sober realism Video: Gary Younge and Dan Chung visit San Francisco for an election night party. Watch the whole series

'The people wanted a change'
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Turkey given Cyprus deadline to avoid EU crisis
Turkey has been given a month to come into line with the European Union or risk a crisis in its accession talks.
Nicholas Watt: Nappy mirth day to EU
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42 Pakistani soldiers killed in revenge attack on camp
· Second suspect arrested after suicide bombing
· Explosion follows army raid on radical madrasa
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Ethiopian judge tells of regime's massacres
· Claims tens of thousands of critics murdered
· US ally accused of rights abuses on massive scale

Botha buried amid tributes and censure
Unapologetic white leader of South Africa who sought to reform apartheid in an attempt to save it has been buried.
Special report: South Africa

Nobel laureate urges world to plant a billion trees
Wangari Maathai launches campaign to plant a billion trees next year to highlight the need to tackle global warming.
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One-dog policy to fight rabies in China
A dog's life will never be the same again in Beijing, where population controls are to extend from bedroom to kennel.
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The web revolutionaries
Video: What exactly is web 2.0? Does it even exist? Founders of some of the world's most successful websites talk to Ian Katz and Oliver Burkeman about how users reclaimed the web.
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