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Artists are casting off clichés of national identity – but will galleries cling to the old borders?
Investigation: How Qatar seized control of a revolution

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Wrinkle-free zone

How far do you want to roll back the years?

From COMPANIES 9:21pm

US energy revolution gathers pace

Aerial view of Nigeria liquefied natural gas carrier ship at Bonny Island plant in Rivers State

Obama approves wider LNG exports as door opens to Japan and EU

From WORLD 12:41pm

Hollande signs gay marriage into law

France becomes ninth European country to allow full marriage

Video France approves gay marriage
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EU bonus cap to catch more bankers

Regulator widens definition of staff affected by clampdown

From MARKETS 10:29pm

SAC changes stance on insider trade probe

Hedge fund tells investors it will not provide future updates

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 10:35pm

US wins breathing space on debt ceiling

Resurgence of tax revenues forestalls budget crisis

Person in the news: Jamie Dimon

Joe Cummings' illustration of Jamie Dimon

Should America’s most famous banker remain chairman and chief executive of JPMorgan Chase?

Angelina Jolie and genetic screening

Angelina Jolie

Some immensely awkward questions arise with the advance of medical technology

From COMPANIES 6:08am

Northeast rail services disrupted after trains collide

Passengers face days of delays after crash in which 60 are hurt

Missile South Korea

©AFP From WORLD 12:00pm

North Korea fires short-range missiles

Pyongyang’s Scud missiles can hit targets in South

Oil tankers are anchored near the Port of Long Beach, California, U.S.

©Bloomberg From MARKETS 5:48pm

EU oil price probe reveals flawed system

Working out an alternative approach poses problems

US Dollar

©AFP On Wall Street from MARKETS 5:36pm

Easy money QE party will leave a hangover

Investors left to wonder if there’s time to buy before last call

On Wall Street Easy money brews sudden swings
Earnings cloud for surging US stocks

From COMPANIES 5:25pm

Ex-IBM chief to lead Bloomberg review

Company steps up response to privacy concerns

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Temples at Lalish

On holiday in Iraq where the horrors of tyranny are being replaced by hospitality and hope

Science

Image of the giant, active galaxy NGC 1275 was taken using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys in July and August 2006. It provides amazing detail and resolution of fragile filamentary structures, which show up as a reddish lacy structure surrounding the central bright galaxy

©Getty Darwin’s theory of natural selection is helping cosmologists understand the universe

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©Raymond Biesinger Are online friends good for the soul? Not really according to a number of studies

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