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Science, Maths & Technology
How can Facebook decide who you really are?
Facebook's policy of insisting on real names is causing problems for people who value their privacy. For Ellery Roberts Biddle, the social network is overstepping its boundaries by demanding proof of identity without having proper policies in place to protect its users.
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Society, Politics & Law
Ahmed Hussen's election is another element in Canada's mosaic
Ahmed Hussen, the first Somali-Canadian to be elected as a Canadian MP, is the latest chapter in a story of Canada's ease at absorbing all-comers.
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Society, Politics & Law
It's a run-off: Argentina's presidential election goes to a second round
For the first time in the history, an Argentinian presidential election has gone to a second round of polling. How have things got so tight in Buenos Aires?
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Why is aggressive female sexuality pathologised on-screen?
Why can't film makers stop themselves from linking female sexuality with mental illness, asks Suzie Gibson
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Society, Politics & Law
Charity begins at Homeland: The screen spies the CIA should love
The CIA has cooled its ardour for Homeland, the spy series currently in its fifth season on Channel 4. But really, the guys at Langley couldn't ask for better cheerleaders, says Simon Willmetts
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Society, Politics & Law
Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?
Once seen as too far left to be anything other than a curiosity in the 2016 race, Bernie Sanders is now looking like a serious contender. Bob Rigg offers his personal view of the current state of the 2016 campaign.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Are things changing in world rugby?
The Rugby World Cup 2015 - plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose? Kath Woodward discusses the social side of sport.
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Society, Politics & Law
Who is Justin Trudeau - and how did he become Canada's new Prime Minister?
The Canadian Liberal Party have, overnight, become the new government. How did the son of a former PM overturn nine years of Conservative rule?
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Society, Politics & Law
What is The Wilson Doctrine? The one minute guide
A very, very quick guide to the Wilson Doctrine.
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Society, Politics & Law
Demolishing Pasts, Uncertain Futures:The Symbolism of Glasgow’s Red Road Flats
What does the demolition of the symbolic high-rise Red Road Flats and similar developments across Britain mean for society?
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Society, Politics & Law
Public Health and Behaviour Change: from naïve sociology to naïve psychology
Are the 'nudge' campaigns used to promote public health no longer educational but patronising and child-like instead?
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Society, Politics & Law
Have the Tunisian elections have started a new democratic era?
October 2014 saw Tunisians vote in a return to pluralist democracy in the state. One local observer, Ahmed Medien, explains why the vote is just the start of making democracy work.