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The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian (founded 1821), is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format. Currently edited by Alan Rusbridger, it has grown from a 19th century local paper to a national paper associated with a complex organisational structure and international multimedia presence with sister papers The Observer (British Sunday paper) and The Guardian Weekly, as well as a large web presence. The Guardian in paper form had a certified average daily circulation of 230,541 in October 2011, behind The Daily Telegraph and The Times, but ahead of The Independent. The newspaper's online offering is the second most popular British newspaper website behind the Daily Mail's Mail Online. Founded in 1821 by John Edward Taylor in Manchester, The Manchester Guardian replaced the radical Manchester Observer which championed the Peterloo protesters. The paper identifies with centre-left liberalism and its readership is generally on the mainstream left of...... (Read more on Wikipedia)

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3 days ago
Sandra Laville
Anonymous hacks into FBI-Scotland Yard call - — Investigators can be heard discussing joint inquiry into cybercrime in 15-minute call released on the internet — Hackers from the group Anonymous have broadcast a private conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard exposing details …
3 days ago
Simon Jenkins
Still rattling sabres, we have not learned from Afghanistan - — As we ‘withdraw’ from Afghanistan across the Taliban's golden bridge, we could be heading for catastrophe over Iran — The Afghan war, the longest in US history, is “scheduled to end” a year early, according to the Pentagon.
4 days ago
Rory Carroll
Glacier thief arrested in Chile - — Police hold man on suspicion of stealing five tonnes of ice from a glacier in Patagonia to sell as designer ice cubes for cocktails — • In pictures: The world's melting glaciers — Climate change sceptics have acquired a new explanation …
4 days ago
Helena Smith
IMF official admits austerity is harming Greece - — Poul Thomsen, head of the IMF's mission in Greece, concedes that ‘social tolerance and political support have their limitations’ — A leading architect of the austerity programme in Greece - one of the harshest ever seen in Europe …
7 days ago
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Merkel to join Sarkozy on campaign trail - — French president says Britain ‘has no industry left’, while German chancellor Angela Merkel pledges to help Sarkozy on the campaign trail — The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, has reignited his cross-Channel war of words by accusing the UK of …
7 days ago
Alison Flood
Franzen warns ebooks are corroding values - — Freedom author tells festival audience that the ‘impermanence’ of ebooks is incompatible with enduring principles — Jonathan Franzen has spoken of his fear that ebooks will have a detrimental effect on the world - and his belief that serious readers will always prefer print editions.
9 days ago
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Sun journalists arrested in corruption investigation - — Met police search News International's headquarters in Wapping as four current and former Sun employees are arrested — Four current and former senior Sun journalists and one serving police officer have been arrested as part …
9 days ago
Monica Mark
Boko Haram vows to fight until Nigeria establishes sharia law - — Exclusive: Spokesman for Islamist group says it will not stop deadly attacks until country is ruled according to dictates of Allah — The Islamist group Boko Haram, which has killed almost 1,000 people in Nigeria …
9 days ago
Conal Urquhart
'Inexcusable' language on immigration alienating Latino voters, Republicans told - — Florida senator Marco Rubio and former governor Jeb Bush warn party's frontrunners not to use ‘harsh and intolerable’ language — Senior Republicans including the brother of the former president George Bush …
10 days ago
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Twitter to censor tweets by country - — The censorship tool is likely to raise fears that Twitter's commitment to free speech may be weakening — Twitter has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis. — The additional flexibility announced on Thursday …
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