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How one of Islamic State's early atrocities became a myth

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imageWomen hold pictures of their family members following the massacre.EPA/Ahmed Jalil

As the world marks a year since Islamic State (IS) captured the Iraq’s second city, Mosul, one of the most devastating events from the group’s dramatic rise are still buried under myth and misinformation. Chief among them is the 2014 Camp Speicher...

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Snoopers' Charter plans under fire from UK terror watchdog

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imageNot dancing in the aislesFacundo Arrizabalaga/EPA

The author of the latest report on government surveillance practices is probably right when he says the document “won’t please everybody (indeed it may not please anybody)”. The Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, David Anderson QC, has laid out his proposals for...

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The rise of cognitive enhancers is a mass social experiment

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imageMedications prescribed for disorders are being used by DIY brain-hackers.Pranjal Mahna

Want to sign up for a massive human experiment? Too late. You’re already a lab rat. There was no ethics approval or informed consent. You weren’t asked, you never signed up, and now there’s no easy way to opt out.

We don’t want to be...

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  5. University residences aren't yet a happy home for same-sex students
  6. Why South Africa's Karoo is a palaeontological wonderland
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  8. Phillip Toyne cared for land-carers, black and white
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  11. Inaccurate energy forecasts are costing us the Earth: here's why
  12. School uniforms – a blessing or a curse?
  13. Delay clamping babies' umbilical cords for better health and development
  14. What are prisons for? Answering that is the starting point for reform
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  17. Books by women are not enough: we need better women’s stories
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  19. Why a great deal hangs on Al-Bashir's fate in South Africa
  20. Abbott gives no ground to Indonesia in bribe allegation row
  21. Twitter has limited appeal by design. Changing the CEO won't fix that
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  27. Rogue bankers join the welfare cheats on Osborne hit list
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  29. No wonder we are so fascinated by chimps – they remind us of ourselves
  30. Fox shake-up will show if Rupert has oiled the Murdoch machine
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  32. Weathermen of Westeros: does the climate in Game of Thrones make sense?
  33. Can the European Parliament save us from TTIP?
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  36. Royal Commission into union corruption will grill Shorten
  37. Deutsche does the decent thing as joint CEOs take it on the chin
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  39. Zhou goes down – but China's corruption purge is on thin ice
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  43. Abbott won't say whether Australia paid people smugglers to turn boat around
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