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'Agreement soon' on nuclear arms reduction treaty
President Barack Obama had what the White House described as an "encouraging" phone conversation with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as the two countries sought to work out the remaining issues on a treaty to significantly reduce nuclear arsenals.
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Rights of woman: How far have they advanced?
Sunday, 7 March 2010
Tomorrow is the 100th International Women's Day, and women everywhere this weekend are marching, celebrating and protesting.
Corrupt Afghans stealing millions from aid funds
Sunday, 7 March 2010
Money that is supposed to help impoverished civilians and farmers is ending up in the hands of the Taliban, drug lords and profiteers
A progress report: Six tales reveal how much still remains to be done
Sunday, 7 March 2010
Poverty, poor health, sexual violence and degradation remain endemic around the world in spite of closer equality between the sexes
Ban Ki goes to Hollywood
Friday, 5 March 2010
On the eve of the Oscars, Korean secretary-general flies in to Los Angeles with plea for studios to showcase UN's real-life heroes.
Bush 'would not have invaded had he known about WMD'
Friday, 5 March 2010
Blair would have gone in anyway – but Bush was more cautious, says Karl Rove
Falklands offer to split oil profits
Sunday, 28 February 2010
Britain will take up to half the revenues if drilling programme is successful
Big Think: Who's the fairest democracy of them all?
Friday, 26 February 2010
Britain defends position on Falkland Islands
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Britain and Argentina continued to lock horns over the Falkland Islands amid rising tensions about oil exploration.
Argentina steps up pressure on Falklands
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Buenos Aires is to raise the issue of the islands' sovereignty at the UN
Western hopes of nuclear progress dashed by Tehran offer
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Iran has said it is ready to start uranium fuel-swaps to assuage concerns in the West about its nuclear enrichment activities, but insisted they take place instantaneously and on its own territory, making rejection of the plan by Washington and its allies a near certainty.
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3 Pop star Julia Alexandratou's sex tape gives Greece a welcome break from debt crisis blues
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5 Khodorkovsky to Putin: you owe me answers
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Columnist Comments
• Hamish McRae: Do fewer things but do them better
We need a different sort of politics - not ringing phrases but competent rule
• Mark Steel: The anti-union brigade are just a bunch of hypocrites
The rage against the unions takes some spledidly imaginative forms
• Terence Blacker: Don't drown out awkward information
Official policy statements from Whitehall tend to be bland and full of sincere-sounding generalities