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Pablo Escobar's son atones for his father

Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar was gunned down in 1993. In an exclusive interview, his son tells Uki Goñi why he had to seek reconciliation with the children of Pablo's victims Juan Escobar was a teenager when he first...

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The great debate over national identity

It is a question worthy of a nation that prides itself on its philosophers, but the reasons why it was asked at all have merely deepened political and racial divisions It is a debate that has divided the country, cut through...

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Darcey Bussell: 'I'll be happy to be critical as a Strictly judge'

For two decades Darcey Bussell was Britain's greatest ballerina. So what's it going to be like for the Strictly Come Dancing contestants when she starts judging on the show next month? Here, she talks about her new life in...

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Tea farmers struggle for survival in fields of gold

Soaring demand for food and land may not stop the world's rural communities from plunging deeper into poverty The villagers of Thatarber Manihatty in south India knew they had no choice but to mortgage their small plots of...

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Why Cadbury's Fruit & Nut isn't the same in the land of stars and stripes

Hershey currently holds the licence to make Cadbury's bars in the US. But many feel they lack a certain je ne sais quoi With familiar purple packaging and a swirly "C", the Cadbury chocolate bars found in American shops look as...

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China lower risk than UK for green investors, claims Deutsche Bank

Study condemning UK energy strategy set to embarrass government as it prepares to unveil new climate change initiative Britain's claim to be a world leader in green energy investment has been called into question by an...

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The tribes fight back with Native Spirit

Sick of being portrayed as helpless victims, indigenous peoples are now picking up the camera themselves. And the results, as seen in the Native Spirit film festival, are remarkable Cinema's relationship with indigenous tribal...

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Debut novels | Book reviews

Francesca Segal on debut novels from Nick Stafford, Ryan David Jahn and Gin Phillips Armistice by Nick Stafford Nick Stafford's adaptation of War Horse by Michael Morpurgo is one of the triumphs of recent London theatre and,...

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King to reveal pre-election forecasts as economists row over downturn

Analysts sharply divided over ONS data on economy Mervyn King will reveal the Bank of England's forecasts for the crucial pre-election period this week, amid a furious row among some of Britain's most prominent economists about...

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Warning on mixing cocaine and alcohol

A third chemical – cocaethylene – builds up in the liver over a number of years among those who mix the two drugs. And this is now having major health consequences "I first took coke when I was 18 and at university. I remember...

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