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Christmas message calls for two-state solution in Israel and PalestinePope Francis uses traditional Christmas Day message to address damage done by controversial Trump speech two weeks ago -
Jailed ex-president Alberto Fujimori pardoned, sparking protestsChristmas Eve pardon enrages critics, who say president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has ‘bartered his political survival for the dictator’s freedom’
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Typhoon Tembin heads for south coast after battering PhilippinesAuthorities prepare to move more than 1 million people, with 74,000 already relocated from vulnerable areas -
Meghan Markle attends Christmas Day service at SandringhamPrince Harry and fiancee smiled and chatted as they walked alongside William, Kate and the Queen -
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My long journey to find faith once moreAfter experiencing the horrors of war, Bryan Mealer lost his faith. Morning runs with a priest – and a visit to a more welcoming church – helped restore it
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Arsène Wenger showed me love when racism was at its peakThe former Monaco and Chelsea striker, in the final vote to be Liberia’s president, tells Osasu Obayiuwana of the time he was the best player in the world – and Nelson Mandela gave him political advice
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Are independent bookshops finally back on the rise?The number of indie bookshops in the UK only increased by one in 2017, but it is the first sign of growth in a long-beleaguered sector, which has lost 1,000 stores in 20 years
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Messi deals with Madrid yet again as Barcelona look impregnableThough the season is only at its halfway point, the title looks certain to return to the Nou Camp
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Christmas Carrolls and Sid's ham garageThe pod discuss a Friday night cracker, weaponised goal celebrations, a terrible Italian team and another title race as good as done
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Teams say Packers should have to cut Aaron Rodgers over IR rule – reportSeveral NFL teams reportedly believe the Packers have violated league rules by re-placing their quarterback on the injured reserve list without a new injury
opinion
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Who’s doing Google and Facebook’s dirty work?If the tech giants are the landowners of cyberspace, we’re the tenant farmers. And it involves a lot of muck…
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It’s all about the eve but 24 December is not the only day loaded with anticipationIt’s all about the eve but 24 December is not the only day loaded with anticipation
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King Felipe attempts to calm Catalonia crisis in Christmas speechMonarch urges ‘serenity, stability and mutual respect’ in region, three days after separatist parties win majority of seats in snap election
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Kabul suicide attack kills six near intelligence agencyBlast comes a week after Isis claimed responsibility for attack on National Directorate of Security training centre
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'It's not Amazon, it's rent'Vacant storefronts are becoming more noticeable in the capital of consumption, as small retailers are being pushed out by wealthy investors
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Five comedians all mothers should watchWhen these women aren’t pumping breast milk or dropping their kids off at daycare, they’re turning their parenting travails into comedy
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Science stories of 2017Leading scientists pick the dozen most significant discoveries and developments of 2017
This year, in collaboration with Global Witness, the Guardian will attempt to record all of the deaths of people who are killed while defending their land, forests, rivers or wildlife
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Recording the deaths of environmental defenders worldwideThis year, in collaboration with Global Witness, the Guardian aims to record the deaths of all people killed while protecting land or natural resources. At the current rate, about four defenders will die this week somewhere on the planet
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Environmental crusaders risk their lives to save paradiseA small group of civilian para-enforcers is taking the protection of Palawan’s threatened rainforest from illegal loggers into their own hands
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Indigenous people of Colombia fighting for their landsThe 50-year civil war is over but, in the Cauca Valley, indigenous communities are on frontline of fight against drug gangs, riot police and deforestation
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On the road with the defenders of the world’s forestsA busload of indigenous leaders have been crossing Europe to highlight their cause before the start of UN climate talks in Bonn
people
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The longest winters are the ones when you are away from homeThe Scottish makar remembers a heavy late-1960s Glasgow winter, and a race against time to be out of hospital in time for Christmas
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I’ve never got high or drunk in my lifeThe musician and Kiss frontman, 68, on what he learned from his mother, what capitalism means to him and why he’s so proud of his hair
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Melania Trump and the politics of her 2017 wardrobeFrom the Jackie Kennedy styling at the inauguration to the misguided stilettoes she wore en route to meet flood victims, we can learn an awful lot about US politics from Melania Trump’s 2017 wardrobe
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The return of French and SaundersThirty years after their first sketch series and 10 since their last TV show, the double act are back for a Christmas special
life
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Nigel Slater’s festive leftovers recipesSurfeit of parsnips? A few too many sprouts? The festive season is a time of good cheer – and plenty of rich pickings
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Do you believe in love at first sight?Your eyes meet… Could this be the one? Answer these simple questions to find out just how romantic you are, says Ben Ambridge
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Christmas Day's best photosThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world
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The pain, the joy and the DonaldIt was the year photographers caught the world in turmoil, from the despair of thousands fleeing Myanmar to post-Mugabe joy in Zimbabwe
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The 20 photographs of the weekThe week’s biggest news stories captured by the world’s best photojournalists
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Highlights from the catwalk and beyond in 2017From Adwoa Aboah on the cover of British Vogue to Beyoncé’s red hot Grammy look, here are 2017’s highlights from the catwalk and beyond
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The winnersIn 2017 readers entered thousands of images to our competition. Here are the top shots from each month. Scroll down to see the overall winner, whose prize is a fabulous wildlife holiday for two to Costa Rica with Exodus Travels
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The week in wildlifeA mountain hare in the snow, a Christmas beetle, and the pre-speech toddler who has befriended a pack of wild monkeys all feature in this week’s pick of images from the natural world
Christmas after a hurricane 'We still must celebrate the holidays'