Huffington Post bloggers lose legal fight for AOL millions
Unpaid contributors knew position, rules judge as plaintiff says bloggers need to 'set standard for future' in dealings with mediaBloggers hoping to put themselves on a more robust financial footing...
View ArticleThis week's cultural highlights: Into the Abyss and Madonna
Our critics' picks of this week's openings, plus your last chance to see and what to book now• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments belowOpening this weekTheatreIn...
View ArticleWith Sarah Sands taking over at the Standard, it's time for a rethink
Why not merge the London Evening Standard and the Independent to create a single, 24-hour newspaper?Evgeny Lebedev gets all the best jobs. First he gets to appoint a new editor of the Independent –...
View ArticleSteel Panther – review
Brixton Academy, LondonMyth has it that, when This Is Spinal Tap was released, some people thought the titular hair-metal dorks were a real band. California quartet Steel Panther have obviously taken...
View ArticleNoah Stewart becomes first black musician to top classical album chart
Singer from Harlem, New York, goes straight to top of UK chart with his debut albumA tenor singer from Harlem, New York, who used to be a receptionist at the city's famous Carnegie Hall, has become the...
View ArticleThe corrections and clarifications column editor on… grammar and spelling
Perceived lapses in usage can ignite real anger in readers but getting the Guardian's facts right must always be our priorityWe all know English is the vampire amoeba that never sleeps. That is, our...
View ArticleLondon's 2012 Olympic rental market proves false start for landlords
Gold rush on hold as Olympics' neighbours in Stratford find few takers for £4,000-a-week home letsLike plenty of their neighbours, Kate Greenslade and Gary Seabrook had heard the rumours. "There was a...
View ArticleStephen Fry lends support to Greek calls to return Elgin marbles to Athens
London 2012 Olympics are an opportunity to 'redress a great wrong' and give back Parthenon sculptures, says British actorGreek campaigners seeking the return of the Parthenon marbles have renewed their...
View ArticleWhite Star of the North – review
Lyric, BelfastDramatising the story of the Titanic is this year's test of ingenuity for playwrights. Rosemary Jenkinson takes the lead in Belfast's forthcoming Titanic commemorations in an ambitious...
View ArticleOverseas aid to Africa being outweighed by hefty costs of importing oil
Sub-Saharan states need to move to renewable energy sources as $15bn in aid is outstripped by $18bn in oil imports, says IEADeveloping countries in Africa received less in overseas aid last year than...
View ArticleHow do you police the entire internet?
The Ben Dover case shows how bizarre copyright and piracy battles have becomeFilth, abuse, defamation, libel, harassment, racism, hatred, stolen property – how we deal with the dross is the big...
View ArticleBerlin Love Tour – review
Fierce festival, BirminghamA gaggle of us are standing together in the middle of the square. We are on a walking tour of the city. Our guide, a young, serious-faced woman (Hilary O'Shaughnessy), holds...
View ArticleBritain's police are at war with the people | David Gilbertson
Police officers are increasingly trained to see the community as the enemy. They've forgotten that they are there to serve usI felt a profound sense of frustration when I read Saturday's Guardian...
View ArticleNew owners of Southern Cross dispute union £150m compensation claim
GMB union argues staff should receive 13 weeks' pay because they were not properly consultedThe new owners of care homes inherited from Southern Cross have hit back at claims by the GMB trade union...
View ArticleBurma celebrates Aung San Suu Kyi's apparent landslide election victory
Nobel laureate expected to take office for first time after landmark poll that could see end to 50 years of military ruleThe streets of Rangoon echoed with cheers on Sunday after unofficial results...
View ArticlePolice seal off Red Square to foil anti-Putin protest
Fifty-five detained as hundreds hold rally against the KremlinPolice detained about 55 protesters on Sunday outside the gates to Red Square, which was unexpectedly closed to all visitors and tourists...
View ArticleAnti-abortion climate 'will deter new generation of doctors'
British Pregnancy Advisory Service attacks politicisation of abortion and warns of impact on future healthcareA new generation of doctors will be put off from becoming involved in abortion services by...
View ArticleVote of confidence in Burmese president's appetite for reform
Aung San Suu Kyi's landmark win shifts attention back to Thein Sein's military-backed government and 2015 general electionWith Nobel laureate and democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi seemingly headed...
View ArticleApple's Chinese iPhone plants employ forced interns, claim campaigners
Students told to man production lines at Foxconn if they want to graduate, says Hong Kong-based nonprofitApple's factories in China are employing tens of thousands of students, some of them on forced...
View ArticleFugitive Iraqi vice-president Tariq al-Hashemi travels to Qatar
Visit could stoke tensions between Baghdad's Shia-led government and Sunni monarchies of the GulfTariq al-Hashemi, the fugitive Iraqi vice-president, travelled to Qatar on Sunday on what the Gulf...
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