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FTSE falters on Syria concerns while RBS hit by new calls to split bank 27 Aug 2013 | 08:51 pm
Equity markets unsettled by growing political tensions while oil and gold both move higher With markets under pressure on concerns about military action in Syria, not to mention continuing concerns a...
Facebook's value climbs above $100bn for first time 27 Aug 2013 | 08:50 pm
One year on from its record low, the company closed at $41.34, bringing its value by market capitalisation to $100.6bn Facebook bobbed above a $100bn market capitalisation for the first time on Monda...
US strike on Syria could come within days as military assets 'ready to go' 27 Aug 2013 | 08:49 pm
Defence secretary says US military has moved resources into place dependent on decision from President Obama The United States military has provided Barack Obama with a range of options for launching...
Flying low over Greenland, Icepod tracks changes in the ice sheet 27 Aug 2013 | 06:40 pm
A suite of radar and imaging systems is helping scientists to find out how melting happens and detect early signs of instability in the ice – useful as cracks in the landing strip become a hazard The...
LA mayor declares state of 'emergency' over loss of film and TV business 27 Aug 2013 | 06:06 pm
Eric Garcetti campaigns to attract productions to California after competition from locations such as UK and New Zealand The new mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, has declared a state of "emergenc...
Former death row inmate Shujaa Graham on capital punishment: 'they called me dead man walking' – video interview 27 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
After serving three years on death row in San Quentin, California, Shujaa Graham was exonerated over the 1973 killing of a prison guard. Now he is vice chair of Witness to Innocence, an organization t...
Martin Luther King: the speech - interactive 27 Aug 2013 | 04:13 pm
Fifty years after Martin Luther King delivered his 'I have a dream' speech at the march on Washington of 28 August 1963, Gary Younge explores a defining moment in civil rights history that changed Ame...
Syria accuses Kerry of lying over chemical weapons - live updates 27 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Follow the day's events as they unfold Peter Walker Andrew Sparrow
Yosemite wildfire closes in on San Francisco reservoir 27 Aug 2013 | 01:56 pm
California blaze deposits layers of ash on surface of reservoir supplying city but water samples test clean A wildfire raging in the north-west part of Yosemite national park was expected to advance ...
Taliban kill six government workers in Herat 27 Aug 2013 | 01:36 pm
Men who worked for World-Bank-funded programme are shot dead despite efforts at negotiation by governor The Afghan Taliban have killed six men who worked for a government programme in western Herat, ...
