Daily Archives: July 4, 2008

Lost scenes from Metropolis found

Arts & entertainment: Critics say restored version of 1927 classic throws light on Fritz Lang’s ‘baffling’ movie
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Travellers to Africa risk malaria

Science & environment: Migrants travelling between Britain and Africa mistakenly believe they are immune to the disease
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Hitler returns to Berlin, in wax

Travel, life & style: Berlin branch of Madame Tussauds opens with Adolf Hitler the main attraction
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Visiting Obama’s grandmother

Campaign video: Xan Rice visits Barack Obama’s ancestral home, where he meets his grandmother
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Man gives birth to baby girl

Transsexual American Thomas Beatie has given birth to a baby girl, conceived using donor sperm
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Venus slams ‘offensive’ talk of final fix

Sports: Champion is infuriated by Dementieva claim that meeting with sister may be fixed
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Friends movie ‘not happening’

Warner Bros has quashed speculation that a film version of the hit comedy series is in the works
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Familiar faces in McCain’s campaign

Comment is free America: Michael Tomasky: John McCain’s campaign is hiring more and more Bush loyalists, but it’s unclear whether the McCain and Bush cultures can mesh
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Obama clarifies Iraq exit remarks

Democratic presidential nominee says he will ‘refine’ his position on withdrawal timeline
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The trick that freed Betancourt

Spy at the centre of the Farc rebel group’s command laid the way for her release
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Zambia denies president is dead

Levy Mwanawasa reported to have died after suffering a stroke
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