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Andrew Gully works from Clathy, Scotland. Managing editor of @newhumanitarian. Views completely my own but I reserve the right to bring others down with me. Andrew Gully has over 1677 followers on Twitter.

A woman weeps at a vigil to remember the victims of the Sandu Hook school shooting

NRA: Proposed gun control laws ‘phony’

The most powerful gun lobby in the US has ruled out any support for greater regulation of firearms after the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre.

While it is immunising its citizens against Covid-19 at an unrivalled rate, the Israeli government is not doing anything to vaccinate millions of Palestinians living under its military occupation.

Israel under pressure to reverse settlement plans

Despite international protest, Israel is going ahead with settlement plans to build 3 000 homes in a critical area of the West Bank.

George W Bush with a human face?

White working-class men could decide Obama’s fate

Young voters, women, blacks and Hispanics took Barack Obama into the White House in 2008, but white working-class males could decide whether he stays.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney looks on as his running mate Paul Ryan addresses supporters. The party will formally endorse his candidacy for the election this week.

Gathering storm delays Romney’s Republican coronation

Tropical Storm Isaac, expected to become a hurricane on Sunday, has forced a delay to the main events of the Republican convention in Florida.

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Bin Laden accusations stoke US-Pakistan tension

Mistrust between Pakistan and the United States deepened on Tuesday as the US admitted Pakistan was not told about the Osama bin Laden raid.

Quake survivors rebuild dreams in Haiti tourist town

Among the cracked colonial houses that litter the beautiful Haitian beach resort of Jacmel, a resilient people dare to hope as they rebuild.

Western powers wary of Iran’s nuclear U-turn

US and key allies urge actions as well as words in a wary response to Iran’s surprise U-turn on proposals to swap enriched uranium for nuclear fuel.

James Bond legacy thrives

Suave, English and debonair: a spy with a dated attitude to women and often in trouble with his superiors. No, the name’s not Bond, James Bond, but Ian Fleming, the creator of…

Africa’s villains still act with impunity

The climate of impunity in Africa must be urgently addressed if widespread human rights abuses are to be stemmed, Amnesty International said on Wednesday in its annual report.