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  • Illegal immigrants from north Africa arrive on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa

    On the move: 232 million migrants in the world

    The number of international migrants has soared since 1990 as more and more people are leaving their country of origin. So who's migrating and where are they going?

  • Housing and human rights: how do other countries compare with UK?

    The United Nations' special rapporteur on housing has recommended that Britain's so-called bedroom tax be abolished. Should she be focusing her efforts elsewhere?

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  • UK rail suicides: a decade of data

    Rail suicides have prompted the biggest redesign in UK rail stations in years. We look at a decade of data on rail suicides, and compare them to those on the underground and elsewhere in Europe

  • What does the rise in taser usage across England and Wales tell us?

    The roll out of more devices across the country has contributed to more tasers on British streets - up from 3,128 in 2009 to 7,877 in 2011. However, just under a fifth of these incidents involved the taser being fired

  • Manufactured baby food: nutritious or suspicious?

    A study from the University of Glasgow has found that many young infant foods can be half as nutritious as those that are made at home. We take a look at the data in the study and see which meals are the worst for weaning

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  • China v the US: how the superpowers compare

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    As Barack Obama prepares for the 'no-necktie summit' with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping in California, we decided to look at the two superpowers and compare data such as health, wealth and environmental development – an inherently tricky task given the countries' markedly different systems. Can it be done? Join the debate here

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