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Bleak picture of Tajikistan, central Asia's poorest state

Series of leaked dispatches detail litany of challenges facing former Soviet republic – none worse than its president
UK banker named as middleman in Kazakh corruption ring

Leaked dispatches detail how large bribes were paid to oil chiefs in former Soviet state in return for $219m contract

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Amazon looks into 'cyber attacks'

'Operation Payback' had targeted shopping site – but failure could also be due to technical problems
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'The global cyber war has begun'

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Sweden bomber's UK links

Man who blew himself up in Stockholm has been named as Taimour al-Abdaly, who studied in Luton
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Met chief faces pressure over protests

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UK 'more Thatcherite than the 80s'

British Social Attitude report finds people less supportive of the welfare state than in the 1980s
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US preacher may be banned from UK

Home secretary Theresa May under pressure to close borders to Florida pastor who threatened to burn Qur'an
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Police limit phone-hacking details

Policy altered so public figures no longer entitled to summary of suspected phone-hacking incidents
- Inquiry left a mountain of evidence unexplored
Thaçi claims Kosovo election victory

Exit poll puts Thaçi's party six percentage points ahead of its main rival, the Democratic League of Kosovo
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Afghanistan attack kills Nato soldiers

Nato troops killed in insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan as Nato-Afghan force kills Taliban leader
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Mark Madoff was 'upset' by lawsuits

Family lawyers say that two years of 'false accusations and innuendo' finally took their toll
Sarah Palin visits crisis-hit Haiti

Residents of refugee camp 'are so full of joy', she notes during stage-managed visit by Christian relief group
Holbrooke critically ill after surgery

Obama says he is praying for Richard Holbrooke after diplomat undergoes surgery to fix tear in aorta
Rome gay club robbery gang arrested

Gang allegedly robbed at least 50 tourists in Rome after offering them drugged wine at a gay bar
UN climate deal binds all nations

All major economies agree to cut emissions and establish a fund to help nations most affected

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Mona Lisa's eyes may reveal identity

Silvano Vinceti claims initials – possibly the model's – are discernible in the left eye of the iconic painting
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Banksy pledges cash for radical art

Proceeds of Banksy print sale will go to Voina collective, two of whom are awaiting trial over anti-corruption protest
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Alex Ross talks to Paul Morley

New Yorker music critic Alex Ross discusses the strange landscape where pop meets classical music with Paul Morley
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How old is too old for a trapper hat?

Pharrell Williams might look snug in his trapper hat, but that doesn't mean you have to follow this ubiquitous trend
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Picasso was just a big show-off

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Tottenham 1-1 Chelsea

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