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MoD names marine killed by mine

Death of Royal Marine brings to 97 the number of British military personnel who have died in Afghanistan since 2001

Spacemen call up Earth and ask for a plumber

It is the question astronauts are asked the most: just how do you go to the toilet in space?

Video: A precarious future in the rice paddies

In the second part of our week-long series on the world food crisis, Jonathan Watts travelled to Banaue in the Philippines, where he talked to rice farmer Marlon Tayaban about the problems he faces feeding his six children

Food diary: A look at the weekly diet of a family living in Banaue, the Philippines

A look at the average weekly diet of a family living in Banaue, the Philippines

Video: Juan Gabriel Vásquez supports Spain

Five reasons why Juan Gabriel Vásquez thinks you should support Spain in Euro 2008

Guardian Daily podcast: fuel and road tax changes and high street championship

In our daily show, the mounting pressure on the chancellor, the Israeli prime minister and Britain's best high street

Rory McCarthy on latest corruption case against Ehud Olmert

Rory McCarthy reports from Jerusalem on fifth investigation into Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert

Jo Tuckman on the drugs war in Tijuana

Jo Tuckman reports from Tijuana on the Mexican border with California on the number of dead in a drugs war

Cluster bombs explained

Why are cluster bombs among the most controversial weapons used in modern warfare?

Amnesty: Time to call time on Guantánamo

Amnesty International today called for the US detention camp Guantánamo Bay to be shut by the end of the year

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Video: A precarious future in the rice paddies

In the second part of our week-long series on the world food crisis, Jonathan Watts travelled to Banaue in the Philippines, where he talked to rice farmer Marlon Tayaban about the problems he faces feeding his six children

Waterboarding film spoofs luxury adverts

The water glistens as it arcs through the air, an edgy electronic soundtrack. Not the latest advert for a luxury brand of bottled water or vodka, but a new film about waterboarding, the controversial interrogation method used by US security services.

Hank Paulson urges banks 'raise more cash' as credit crisis deepens

US Treasury secretary Henry "Hank" Paulson has warned that America's largest banks need extra capital on top of the $70bn (£34.4bn) raised to date in order to prevent the credit crisis from worsening.

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