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15.04.2012 16:06
Afghan police head to the scene of an attack in Kabul on 15 April 2012. The Afghan capital Kabul has come under what appear to be co-ordinated attacks Photograph: Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images
15.04.2012 15:49
Former spy chief and presidential candidate Omar Suleiman is among those told they have been barred from the contest. Photograph: Asmaa Waguih/Reuters
15.04.2012 15:46
Syrian opposition activists' handout picture of Juret al-Shayah district in Homs, were regime forces have reportedly shelled rebel-held neighbourhoods since the truce took effect. Photograph: -/AFP/Getty Images
15.04.2012 15:22
A tornado over the 135 freeway near Moundridge, Kansas, on Saturday, during a third day of severe weather and multiple tornado sightings in the midwest. Photograph: Gene Blevins/Reuters
15.04.2012 15:14
Ed Miliband throws down the gauntlet on party funding reform on BBC1's Andrew Marr Show. Photograph: Jeff Overs/PA
15.04.2012 14:39
Nicolas Sarkozy is shown in the newscast of video-conference with Barack Obama saying: 'We are going to win, Mr Obama.' Photograph: Raymond Roig/AFP/Getty Images
15.04.2012 13:15
Rockets fired at parliament building in apparently co-ordinated assault on government and diplomatic areas A series of explosions followed by sustained gunfire have shaken the Afghan capital in what appeared to be a co-ordinated attack on two areas frequented by Afghan government officials and their international allies. The first blasts struck the Wazir Akbar Khan area of central Kabul, home to a number of embassies and a Nato base. Gunfire broke out soon after, forcing people into the street to take cover. Smoke could be seen rising from a few buildings as sirens wailed. Heavy gunfire continued more than 30 minutes after the initial explosion. Attackers also fired rockets at the parliament building, in the west of the city, and at the Russian embassy, a spokesman for the parliament said. Militants who had staked out positions in a tall building were firing rockets in different directions, according to an Associated Press reporter at the scene. It was not immediately clear what they were targeting. It was the first attack in Kabul since a shooting inside the interior ministry in February in which a ministry employee turned a gun on Nato advisers and shot two soldiers dead. Afghanistan Nato Taliban guardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
15.04.2012 12:48
Hana Shalabi arrives in Gaza City as part of a compromise deal that persuaded her to end her 43-day hunger strike to protest Israel's policy of administrative detention. Photograph: Corbis
15.04.2012 10:01
Nick Clegg, who is due to meet charity representatives at an event to celebrate philanthropy this week. Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA
15.04.2012 09:17
Kim Jong-un addresses North Koreans in Pyongyang. Photograph: Reuters
15.04.2012 07:38
Pakistani troops on patrol in Bannu. Photograph: Ijaz Muhammad/AP
15.04.2012 07:32
A Dehua porcelain figurine stolen from the Oriental Museum in Durham. Photograph: Durham University/PA
15.04.2012 05:42
The Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb, who has recently worked on a requiem for the Titanic. Photograph: Alexander Natruskin/Reuters
15.04.2012 04:41
Hotel Caribe in Cartagena, Colombia, where the secret service agents and soldiers stayed. Photograph: Fernando Vergara/AP
15.04.2012 03:13
A banner paying tribute to Livorno's Piermario Morosini who died after collapsing during a Serie A match is displayed outside the Stadio Armando Picchi. Photograph: Laura Lezza/Getty Images
15.04.2012 02:56
Russia's UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin said Moscow was satisfied with the resolution authorising the deployment. Photograph: Davis Karp/AP
London Olympics staff deliver Coca-Cola branded drinks to the Aquatic Centre. Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian
15.04.2012 02:45
The Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, visits the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran. Photograph: AP
15.04.2012 02:39
US President Barack Obama, with Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos and his wife Maria at the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena. Photograph: ANDRES PISCOV SIG / HO/EPA
15.04.2012 02:33
Vahram Muratyan says: "It all started when I wondered, if I was stranded on a desert island, what aspects of Paris and New York would I keep? What would be the perfect collection of things? They could be habits, or landmarks or food, anything that would bring the two cultures together in one image."
15.04.2012 02:14
Employees face only 20% corporation tax after having wages paid into service companies Two highly paid full-time BBC executives are able to avoid income tax because they are having their earnings paid into service companies. The employees, each earning more than £100,000 annually, have been working for the corporation for more than a year and continue to do so. The tax arrangement could save them thousands of pounds, as it allows them to pay corporation tax of 20 per cent, rather than income tax at much higher rates. The revelation will be an embarrassment for the BBC at a time when tax avoidance has been described as "morally repugnant" by George Osborne. The use of service companies is one of a number of tax avoidance measures that the chancellor vowed to clamp down on in his budget last month. Under rule IR35, individuals using service companies for their earnings should be paying full income tax and national insurance unless they are genuine freelancers with multiple sources of income and without fixed employment. However, in response to an inquiry from Labour MP David Winnick about the number of BBC employees working full-time and paid more than £100,000 a year, Mark Thompson, the BBC's director-general, wrote: "We do have two service company arrangements in place for two individuals who have been paid more than £100,000 over the last 12 months, and whose work is now of a continuing nature, but who were both initially contracted on a fixed-term basis." Thompson would not reveal their identities, but said that they were not in a "senior management position". He said the corporation was "reviewing both of these arrangements" to "ensure that their contractual status reflects their most recent responsibilities". He added: "We do not engage any other service companies on a continuous basis." Winnick, who sits on the culture, media and sport select committee, said: "I think it is unacceptable that a constituent of mine earning £20,000 a year is potentially paying more in tax proportionally than highly paid executi…
Reporter John Sweeney and village children inspect the polluted Luilu river in Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Photograph: Observer
Claims that the wife of a senior Communist party official had killed Neil Heywood first surfaced in a series ofmicroblog posts in March.
New tax rules will affect the funding of institutions like The Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. Photograph: Ian Dagnall/Alamy
Passengers enjoy traditional afternoon tea as they sit in a top floor lounge on board the Titanic Memorial Cruise in the mid-Atlantic Ocean. Photograph: Chris Helgren/REUTERS
Donzy in Burgundy, whose voters mirror French national election sentiment with remarkable accuracy. Photograph: Philippe Merle/AFP/Getty Images
Pete Doherty on stage in his adopted city of Paris last month. Photograph: Visual / Flynetpictures.com
What a cigarette package with the branding removed and graphic health warnings displayed could look like. Photograph: AP
15.04.2012 02:13
Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Davis claims US generals are lying to the public about the military campaign in Afghanistan. Photograph: Observer
Supporters of the English Defence League, which was among groups that inspired the Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, chant during a demonstration in Bradford. Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images
15.04.2012 02:08
Danny DeVito photographed at the Jerwood Space in London, April 2012. Photograph: Pal Hansen for the Observer
14.04.2012 22:41
Entrance of the Vieux Port in Marseille. Photograph: Alamy
14.04.2012 21:54
A winery surrounded by vineyards near Dorking, Surrey. English wines, once derided, are increasingly winning respect. Photograph: Frantzesco Kangaris
14.04.2012 21:47
Stonewall's Ben Summerskill (centre) chaired the London mayoral hustings on LGBT issues. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
14.04.2012 20:28
Three teenagers were wounded in clashes with police at a rally following the funeral of a man shot during anti-government protests. Photograph: Mazen Mahdi/EPA
14.04.2012 19:57
Barack Obama arrives in Cartagena, Colombia, for the Summit of the Americas meeting. Photograph: Leonardo Munoz/EPA
14.04.2012 19:13
Daryl Jacob on Neptune Collonges. Photograph: Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images
14.04.2012 19:06
China and Russia joined the 13 other members of the security council in voting in favour of the draft resolution on Syria. Photograph: Allison Joyce/Reuters
14.04.2012 18:19
Afghan Young Women for Change hold placards saying 'Where is justice?'. Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images
14.04.2012 18:15
17-year-old from Birmingham accused of conspiracy to cause public nuisance and offence under Computer Misuse Act Police investigating hoax calls to a Scotland Yard counter-terrorism hotline have charged a 17-year-old boy with two offences. The teenager, from Birmingham, is accused of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance and an offence under the Computer Misuse Act, a Scotland Yard spokesman said. The hearing was held at Westminster magistrates court in London. An official said it was conducted by Hammersmith youth court, where the boy would appear again on 25 May. He was given conditional bail. The Metropolitan police's central e-crime unit said it was aware hoaxers had called the hotline and made recordings of their conversations with anti-terror staff. The force said on Friday that a 16-year-old boy who was also held on Thursday night had been bailed to return to a police station in the West Midlands pending further inquiries. A statement added: "Public reporting is an important part of the fight against terrorism and any attempt to disrupt this service will be investigated thoroughly." Crime UK security and terrorism David Batty guardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
14.04.2012 17:18
Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili has told Russian and Chinese diplomats he has come prepared for substantive negotiation. Photograph: Osman Orsal/Reuters
14.04.2012 16:38
Liverpool's Andy Carroll, left, celebrates his winning goal in the FA Cup semi-final against Everton with Martin Skrtel. Photograph: Tom Hevezi/AP
14.04.2012 16:26
Kenny Dalglish and David Moyes. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images
14.04.2012 15:48
Passengers are served dinner on board the cruise ship Balmoral's Titanic memorial cruise after setting off from Southampton. Photograph: Chris Helgren/Reuters
14.04.2012 15:02
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi Photograph: /AFP/Getty Images
14.04.2012 13:54
A picture released by the Shaam News Network shows damage allegedly caused by shelling by Syrian government forces in breach of the ceasefire. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
14.04.2012 13:45
'About 85% of the total components of a gas bill are outside our control.' Photograph: /Getty Images
14.04.2012 09:46
The Syrian city of Homs, where shelling restarted overnight between Friday and Saturday, activists claimed. Photograph: Reuters
14.04.2012 07:39
14.04.2012 06:41
Lord Carey, the former archbishop of Canterbury, said Christians were 'often sought out and framed by homosexual activists'. Photograph: Murdo Macleod
14.04.2012 03:40
Adidas is the official sportswear of the London Olympics and the British team. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA
14.04.2012 03:31
Neil Heywood was murdered in Chongqing, China.
14.04.2012 03:28
The UK Border Agency works with Reliance on deportations and was consulted by the company about the welfare of detainees. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA
14.04.2012 03:01
Artist's impression of the proposed Thames Hub, a four-runway airport in the Thames estuary. Nats chief Richard Deakin said the architects had not contacted the air traffic control service about its feasibility.
14.04.2012 02:59
Petrol pumps ran dry amid panic buying before Easter over fears of a national strike by fuel tanker drivers. Photograph: David Moir/REUTERS
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14.04.2012 02:11
Boris Johnson, Jenny Jones, Clive Anderson, Ken Livingstone and Brian Paddick during the Evening Standard mayoral debate in London. Photograph: Rebecca Naden/PA
Cameron’s talks with Aung San Suu Kyi took place in the house where she was held under arrest for 15 years. Photograph: KeystoneUSA-ZUMA/Rex Features
Electoral posters in Seville, Andalucia, March 2012. Brussels and international bond markets are becoming increasingly worried about Spain's indebted regions. Photograph: Marcelo Del Pozo/REUTERS
Tina Nash from a BBC interview Photograph: BBC
14.04.2012 02:10
Cate Blanchett joins a growing list of luminaries to condemn plans to cap tax relief on charitable giving. Photograph: Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images
Nick Clegg's proposed targets will tackle the education attainment gap between poor and wealthier children, one of the most entrenched in Europe. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
The environment secretary, Caroline Spelman, is among the ministers who have used Care-funded interns. Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian
Anonymous member James Jeffery intended to publish details of 10,000 women stolen from British Pregnancy Advisory Service An anti-abortion computer hacker who stole the personal details of 10,000 women from Britain's largest pregnancy advisory clinic has been sentenced to almost three years in prison. James Jeffery, 27, was a member of the hacking collective Anonymous and had intended to publish the names, email addresses and telephone numbers of thousands of women, which he had taken from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) website. Jeffery, who had previous convictions for theft, cannabis cultivation and assault, had pleaded guilty to two offences under the Computer Misuse Act at Westminster magistrates court . During sentencing at Southwark crown court on Friday, it was revealed that Jeffery was a member of Anonymous who had been in contact with their leader, Hector Xavier Monsegur, also known as Sabu, for more than a year. Last month Monsegur was revealed to be working for the FBI as an undercover informant. It is not known whether Monsegur knew of Jeffery's plans in advance. Copying Anonymous's style, Jeffery boasted of his feat on Twitter soon after his crime. However, the former software engineer, described in court as an "able" hacker and "whiz-kid", was quickly tracked down by police to his home address in Wednesbury in the West Midlands after he failed to hide his computer's IP details. Police arrested him in the early hours of the morning of 9 March. The court was told that Jeffery had targeted the BPAS because he disagreed with the decisions of two women he knew to terminate their pregnancies. After hacking into BPAS systems Jeffery also "defaced" its website's homepage with the logo of the hacking group Anonymous and plastered it with an anti-abortion screed. "An unborn child does not have an opinion, a choice or any rights," Jeffery wrote. "Who gave you the right to murder an unborn child and profit from that murder? "The product abortion is skilfully marketed and sold to the woman at a cr…
Syrian anti-government protesters demonstrate after Friday prayers in Homs. Photograph: Handout/Reuters
14.04.2012 02:06
Jack White. Photograph: Philipp Ebeling for the Guardian
14.04.2012 02:01
Council chiefs call for more bookshops, restaurants and butchers to set up instead of strip clubs, bookies and kebab shops. Photograph: Alamy
13.04.2012 23:51
Pro-Palestinian activists will be travelling to the West Bank via Tel Aviv. Above, wall separating the West Bank town of Bethlehem from Jerusalem. Photograph: Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters
13.04.2012 23:26
Mitt Romney speaks at the National Rifle Association convention in St Louis. Photograph: Michael Conroy/AP
13.04.2012 23:01
British athletes wearing clothes by Adidas, one of London 2012's official sponsors. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA
13.04.2012 21:37
epa03159488 US President Barack Obama is seen during his bilateral meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (not pictured) in Seoul, South Korea, 26 March 2012, within the framework of the Nuclear Security Summit. World leaders gather on a two-day summit in Seoul to discuss measures of protection nuclear materials and facilities from possible terrorist threats. EPA/EKATERINA SHTUKINA/RIA NOVOSTI/KREMLIN POOL MANDATORY CREDIT Photograph: EKATERINA SHTUKINA/RIA NOVOSTI/KREMLIN POOL/EPA
13.04.2012 21:04
Health secretary Andrew Lansley announced a consultation to examine whether cigarettes should be sold in plain packages would begin on Monday. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA
13.04.2012 20:38
Labour MP Gareth Thomas blamed recent government gaffs such as the fuel crisis on the exodus of highly experienced senior government staff. Photograph: Chris Ison/PA
13.04.2012 20:05
Strike action fears last month led to drivers panic-buying petrol. Tanker drivers will discuss proposals from distributors next week. Photograph: Peter MacDiarmid/Getty Images
13.04.2012 19:58
David Cameron met pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the end of his five-day trade mission to the far east. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
13.04.2012 19:43
The British Pregnancy Advisory Service has seen its website hacked by James Jeffery as well as anti-abortion and pro-choice demonstrators, above, outside its London clinic. Photograph: Melpressmen/Demotix/Corbis
13.04.2012 19:39
Lloyd Blankfein, chief executive of Goldman Sachs, saw his remuneration fall from nearly $19m in 2010 after the bank's share price fell 46% and angry shareholders protested at executive pay packages. Photograph: Alessandro Della Valle/EPA
13.04.2012 19:07
A Syrian video still released by the Ugarit News on Thursday purporting to show a demonstration in the eastern city of Deir el-Zour. Photograph: AP
13.04.2012 19:01
The home of Guinea Bissau's prime minister Carlos Gomez Jnr was damaged during the suspected coup attempt. Photograph: Fernando Peixeiro/EPA
13.04.2012 18:34
South Koreans walk past a screen in a Seoul railway station showing a TV report on North Korea's rocket launch. Photograph: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters
13.04.2012 17:49
Anders Behring Breivik in court in Oslo in February: his father Jens hasn't seen him since 1995. Photograph: Lise Aserud/AFP/Getty Images
13.04.2012 17:42
Republican candidate Mitt Romney in Rhode Island. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters
13.04.2012 17:07
MahmouD Ahmadinejad tours Iranian research facilities in this picture provided by the Iranian President's Office. Photograph: AP
13.04.2012 17:01
Protesters march through the streets of Rome in opposition to pension reform, 13 April 2012. Photograph: manmas 74/Demotix/Corbis
13.04.2012 16:46
Danish police secure the entrance as lawyer assistants arrive at the court in Copenhagen. Photograph: Kenneth Meyer/AP
13.04.2012 16:30
The South Yorkshire plan would see regular officers regrouped into teams available to deal with serious incidents only. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA
13.04.2012 16:18
Alex Salmond: 'This is unionism boiled down to its essence and stuck on a front page for every community in Scotland to see their sneering condescensions.' Photograph: David Moir/Reuters
13.04.2012 16:09
Sadly, not this kind of cookie. Photograph: Getty Images
13.04.2012 15:09
Many Norwegians fear that Anders Breivik, who has confessed to killing 77 people, will use the trial to showcase his ideology. Photograph: Lise Aserud/EPA
13.04.2012 14:47
Aintree Grand National Meeting: day three, 2009. Liam Treadwell on Mon Mome (in green) clear The Chair on the way to victory. Photograph: Tom Jenkins
13.04.2012 14:34
David Cameron meets Aung San Suu Kyi at her lakeside villa in Rangoon, Burma. Photograph: Stefan Rouseau/PA
13.04.2012 14:29
Flights at Gatwick airport were disrupted when a hot air balloon was spotted near Horsham in west Sussex. Photograph: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images
13.04.2012 13:04
South Korean people watch a TV screen showing a graphic of North Korea's rocket launch, at a train station in Seoul. Photograph: Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images
13.04.2012 10:48
First-class stamp prices will increase from 46p to 60p and second-class from 36p to 50p from 30 April. Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA
13.04.2012 09:54
David Cameron meets Burma's president, Thein Sein in Naypyitaw. Photograph: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters
13.04.2012 09:43
Silvio Berlusconi's lawyer says two payments to Nicole Minetti, who prosecutors allege organised the so-called bunga bunga parties, was just an act of 'generosity'. Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP
13.04.2012 09:41
The business secretary, Vince Cable, supports 'the need to clamp down on abusive tax avoidance. [But] this should be separated from genuine charitable giving.' Photograph: David Gadd/Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar
13.04.2012 09:21
The Met was unable to comment on a report that calls to its anti-terrorism hotline were recorded by hackers. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA
13.04.2012 08:12
JK Rowling: The Casual Vacancy will be 'black comedy' Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA
13.04.2012 04:26
North Korean soldiers stand guard in front of the Unha-3 rocket. Photograph: Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images
13.04.2012 04:06
Just some of meaty action heroes heading your way this year … Photograph: montage: Guardian.co.uk/Rex Features
13.04.2012 03:39
The Syrian city of Homs has seen of some of the fierce attacks by pro-government forces. Thursday's ceasefire brought ‘much needed relief’. Photograph: Reuters
13.04.2012 03:11
Tobacco companies could be forced to sell cigarettes in plain packets under new proposals being put to the public. Photograph: Simon Belcher/Alamy
13.04.2012 03:04
Ed Miliband has said he is determined to learn the lessons of why Labour party lost in Bradford. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
13.04.2012 03:00
David Cameron walks past a guard of honour in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The next stop on his Far East visit is Burma. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images AsiaPac
13.04.2012 02:21
Theresa May, the home secretary, will announce that bogus students will be blocked from entering Britain when the measures are introduced Photograph: David Jones/PA
13.04.2012 02:15
French Socialist candidate, François Hollande, addresses a rally. Economists warn that France could be the next economic basket case to shake the euro. Photograph: Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images
13.04.2012 02:09
A protest banner outside the ExCel centre in east London where BP held its annual meeting. Photograph: Olivia Harris/Reuters
IMF managing director Christine Lagarde arrived at the Brookings Institution on crutches. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
13.04.2012 02:08
Unite trade union, facing a 5pm deadline to declare dates for industrial action in the petrol tanker drivers' dispute. Photograph: Nick Ansell/PA
Afghan president Hamid Karzai made his remarks at a joint press conference with Nato secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Photograph: Majid Saeedi/Getty Images
13.04.2012 02:07
Metropolian police chief Bernard Hogan-Howe has been summoned to parliament to face questions about the force's growing racism scandal. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/AFP/Getty Images
Unemployment for UK black women was at 25%, 26% and 17% in the last three recessions, but 20%, 12% and 13% in the US. Photograph: Rex Features
Demonstrators in the Vatican appeal to the pope to help the family of Emanuela Orlandi get to the truth about her disappearance. There have been claims that she was interred in the tomb of a Rome gangster in a Vatican basilica. Photograph: Giuseppe Ciccia / Demotix/ Giuseppe Ciccia / Demotix/Demo
13.04.2012 02:06
'I found out I had long-term liver disease' …Spiritualized's Jason Pierce Photograph: Steve Gullick
13.04.2012 01:18
Core Issues Trust's planned advert stated: 'Not gay! Post-gay, ex-gay and proud. Get over it!' mimicking the style of Stonewall's: 'Some people are gay. Get over it' advertising campaign which has run recently.
12.04.2012 23:52
George Zimmerman stands with his attorney Mark O'Mara as he enters the room to make his first appearance in front of a judge at the Seminole County Correctional Facility. Photograph: GARY W. GREEN / POOL/EPA
12.04.2012 22:44
Typhoon jets caused sonic boom over Midlands that was heard across many towns. Photograph: Sgt Pete Mobbs/PA
12.04.2012 20:43
The Syrian capital, Damascus, at sunrise on the first day of the ceasefire. Photograph: Khaled Al-Hariri/Reuters
12.04.2012 20:28
BA's £172m purchase of bmi was cleared by EU regulators last month. Photograph: Rex Features
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