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BP ignored warnings and cut corners, says Congress

Anthony Burgess: More than ultraviolence

USA

Concern on Capitol Hill about Afghanistan war grows

Stakes rise for Obama amid oil spill crisis

Europe

Markets braced as Greek credit rating cut to junk again

EU rule-breakers ‘should lose their voting rights’

Middle East

Turkish aid flotilla was bringing wheelchairs, toys – and hope

Iraq’s new parliament meets for first time, and promptly suspends

Asia

Uzbekistan closes borders to refugees

American on solo mission to kill Osama bin Laden arrested in Pakistan

Africa

Kenya MP held for hate speech, minister Ruto accused

Egypt in awkward position on Gaza following Israeli attack on aid flotilla

White House turns up heat on BP with flurry of new demands

From the bedroom to the Guggenheim: search is on for a YouTube masterpiece

USA

Lawmakers’ committee assignments and industry investments overlap

As businesses collapse, claimants still waiting for checks from BP

Europe

Belgium divide deepens after Flemish separatists win election

Army misses a trick as Geordie is hailed hero of the Foreign Legion

Middle East

America leaves Iraq a toxic legacy of dumped hazardous materials

Red Cross: Gaza blockade illegal

Asia

Kyrgyz gangs accused of ‘genocide’ as death toll rises

North Korea’s star at the World Cup

Africa

Mo Ibrahim prize goes to none

Riot police break up World Cup wages protest

Oil spill disaster: The guilty parties

Belgrade Opens Up With Amps On

USA

Obama pleads for $50 billion in state, local aid

Sea turtles’ breeding tradition threatened

Europe

Louvre masterpiece by Veronese ‘mutilated’ by botched nose jobs

Sarkozy gets twitchy as French rise up against austerity

Middle East

Pressure on Israel to lift Gaza blockade

Vital River Is Withering, and Iraq Has No Answer

Asia

Revealed: Japan’s bribes on whaling

Pakistan’s ISI intelligence agency ‘supports’ Taliban

Africa

‘World Cup is forcing white South Africans to come to the party’

Ex-mercenary Nick du Toit tells of his five years in a ‘living hell’ and why he is ashamed of war

Latin America

Jamaica music lyrics – trigger of violence?

Angry Britons have BP’s back

$2.6 million bid wins lunch with Warren Buffett

USA

South Carolina Votes First, Asks Questions (Who’s Alvin Greene?) Later

‘Tea party’ candidates hurt by lack of organization in movement

Europe

Italian media protests over Silvio Berlusconi ‘gagging law’

Belgium votes in election that could split the nation

Middle East

Saudi Arabia gives Israel clear skies to attack Iranian nuclear sites

Israel to set up inquiry on ‘Freedom Flotilla’ raid

Asia

Violence returns to Kyrgyzstan as 40 are killed in gang riots

Gates closed out of China

Africa

World Cup village transformed with mobile cells and water cannon

Is Obama starting to prod Egypt on human rights?

Latin America

Priest faces criticism for shining light on human rights abuses in Colombia

Scientists offer varied estimates, all high, on size of BP oil leak

Global spotlight shines on South Africa as 2010 World Cup set to kick off

USA

Outreach program to encourage citizenship for immigrants

Federal judge calls Guantanamo inmate’s detention ‘unlawful’

Europe

Officers guilty of 1995 massacre in Srebrenica

Debt crisis exposes the euro’s flaws but divorce is not an option

Middle East

Former elite officers reveal tensions in Iran regime

A year on, the Green revolution in Iran has failed to take root

Asia

Workers at Chinese Honda Plant March in Protest

Deadly clashes in Kyrgyzstan’s southern city of Osh

Africa

Nelson Mandela’s great-granddaughter killed in car crash

Africa Rising: A big day for football. A giant leap for a continent

Latin America

El Salvador children are the killers in ruthless ‘game’ with guns

BP oil spill: US will ‘take action’ to stop BP dividend

Why it’s standing room only for World Cup VIPs

USA

Increase in inspectors hasn’t kept pace with boom in offshore U.S. oil rigs and projects

Green cards and other immigration benefits face fee hikes

Europe

Gain for anti-Islam party in Dutch poll

Tenor’s story acclaimed by anti-abortion campaigners

Middle East

Tim Franks: Is he really biased against both sides in the Middle East?

Iran defiant after toughest UN sanctions

Asia

Views of North Korea Show How a Policy Spread Misery

India’s 2010 census considers taboo question: What’s your caste?

Latin America

Colombian ex-army officer jailed for 1985 disappearances

Web of Shell Companies Veils Trade by Iran’s Ships

With ‘Up on the Ridge,’ Dierks Bentley stops getting by on looks and hooks

USA

Voters’ support for members of Congress is at an all-time low, poll finds

Rescuers struggle to save oil-soaked pelicans

Europe

Capitalism in the dock as Kerviel goes on trial

Police protection for family of BP boss Tony Hayward

Middle East

Israel accuses former US Marine on aid mission of terrorist links

Ahmadinejad defiant ahead of UN nuclear sanctions vote

Asia

Thousands dead, their land poisoned. The sentence – just two years

Rare photos of Kim Jong-il’s youngest son, Kim Jong-un, released

Africa

How Somalia’s civil war became new front in battle against al-Qaida

Zimbabwe’s new independent daily ends state news monopoly

The plight of the pelican is the poignant symbol of this disaster

Still Taking to the Streets to Honor Their Saints

USA

At least $500 million has been spent since 9/11 on renovating Guantanamo Bay

Anti-deficit pressures weigh on Democrats

Europe

World’s best-preserved gladiatorial relics are discovered in the suburbs of York

Poll favourite may put anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders in Cabinet

Middle East

Israeli patrol kills four Palestinian militants

Who’s Afraid of Turkey?

Asia

Seven convicted over 1984 Bhopal gas disaster

China’s ‘cancer villages’ reveal dark side of economic boom

Africa

Will foreign workers flocking to World Cup face xenophobic attacks?

Latin America

Learning Chinese in Mexico: Children prepare for the future

In criminal investigation of BP, who’d go to jail? Not the CEO

Deep Roots in Kashmir Tug Hindus Back Home

USA

With oil spill, White House struggles to assert control of the unknown

BP captures 6,000 barrels of oil from leaking well

Europe

Angela Merkel: Once she could do no wrong, but her woes are now legion

Group jolts Sweden’s tolerant self-image

Middle East

The hijacking of the truth: Film evidence ‘destroyed’

Iran using Dubai to smuggle nuclear components

Asia

Deep in the desert – the gold mine that swallowed a town

Corruption fuels Kabul’s version of Beverly Hills

Africa

Lesotho’s people plead with South Africa to annex their troubled country

Zuma’s marital own goal blots World Cup

Latin America

Pelicans, Back From Brink of Extinction, Face Oil Threat

British Columbia’s New Vine Trail

USA

Gulf oil spill could push Pointe-au-Chien Indian tribe to the point of no return

Ramping up praise for Arizona crackdown

Europe

Vote on border dispute leaves Slovenes divided

How Rudolph Hess was persuaded to reveal Nazi secrets

Middle East

Gaza Flotilla: protesters’ story

Film about Iranian protest victim Neda Agha-Soltan beats regime’s censors

Asia

The ‘Bullet Magnet’, Mick Flynn, recalls a firefight with the Taleban in 2006

Cheonan credibility gap widens

Africa

Soccer slums: The truth about African football

Egypt, Sudan lock horns with lower Africa over control of Nile River

‘Huge inferno’ kills scores in Bangladesh

Glastonbury: field of dreams

USA

BP caps well; effectiveness of ‘top hat’ unclear

McDonald’s to recall 12 million ‘Shrek’ glasses, citing cadmium health risks

Europe

What are the Bilderberg Group really doing in Spain?

Eric Zemmour provokes France’s elite with claims of national decline

Middle East

Gaza flotilla attack: Israel ‘considers easing blockade’

Another aid ship on way to Gaza

Asia

New Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan promises to rebuild country

Burmese junta ‘is developing a nuclear threat’

Africa

President Hosni Mubarak’s party tightens its grip on Egypt

Gaza blockade untenable, U.S. believes

Gershwin Prize event at White House: A really big night for Sir Paul McCartney

USA

BP says more La. barrier island berms will cost $360 million

The Mississippi Delta’s healthcare blues

Europe

President Sarkozy named by inquiry into Pakistan submarine payments

Switzerland bans private poker games

Middle East

Gaza flotilla attack: Turkish activists return to heroes’ welcome

Iraq bomb deaths blamed on ‘useless’ detectors

Asia

Taliban rocket attack shakes peace congress in Afghanistan

Chinese newspaper cartoon defies ban on mentioning Tiananmen Square

Africa

Animals struggling to survive on Zimbabwe’s Starvation Island

Latin America

Cartels smuggle U.S. drug money back to Mexico in cash, study finds