Chilcot inquiry accused of fixating on west and ignoring real victims

The Iraq Body Count group has criticised the inquiry led by John Chilcot, above, for ignoring Iraqi casualties. Photograph: Matt Dunham/PA The Chilcot inquiry has “fixated” on decision-making in Whitehall and Washington, obsessed over the ”war at home” and given “derisory”... 

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Labour closing gap on Tories as voters fear new recession

Recession worries appear to be cutting voter support for the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Voters fear the return of recession and are divided on cuts in state spending, according to a Guardian/ICM poll published today. A narrow majority also believe... 

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Asbos on the way out, says Theresa May

Theresa May’s speech marks a departure from the Conservatives’ more hardline rhetoric on crime and antisocial behaviour. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA The home secretary, Theresa May, has sounded the death knell for the asbo after new official statistics showed breaches of the orders... 

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Primate Feared Extinct for 60 Years Photographed in Sri Lanka

AP Photo/Zoological Society of London/Ho July 19: Researchers say they photographed the rare A Horton Plains slender loris, sitting on a forest branch in a mountain forest in central Sri Lanka. The primate was thought to have been extinct for more than 60 years. GALLE, Sri Lanka — A nocturnal, forest-dwelling... 

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Scientists Close In on God Particle

Despina Chatzifotiadou / CERN Particle tracks fly out from the heart of the one of the first collisions in the Large Hadron Collider at a total energy of 7 TeV. Scientists working with particle accelerators in Europe and the United States said on Monday they may be closing in on the elusive Higgs Boson, the... 

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