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No coach, no agent, no ego: the incredible story of the ‘Lionel Messi of cliff diving’
Gary Hunt is an enigma. He trains with the intensity of a modern athlete, but relaxes like a sportsman of a bygone era. He is fiercely competitive but unbelievably laid-back. How did he become the greatest cliff diver of all time?

Xan Rice

16, Feb, 2023 @6:00 AM

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The girl in the box: the mysterious crime that shocked Germany
The long read: On 15 September 1981, 10-year-old Ursula Herrmann headed home by bike from her cousin’s house. She never arrived. So began one of Germany’s most notorious postwar criminal cases, which remains contentious to this day

Xan Rice

24, Sep, 2019 @5:00 AM

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The Aldi effect: how one discount supermarket transformed the way Britain shops
The long read: When Aldi arrived in Britain, Tesco and Sainsbury’s were sure they had nothing to worry about. Three decades later, they know better

Xan Rice

05, Mar, 2019 @6:00 AM

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The murder that shook Iceland
The long read: In a country with one of the lowest murder rates in the world, the killing of a 20-year-old woman upended the nation’s sense of itself

Xan Rice

12, Apr, 2018 @5:00 AM

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Nelson Mandela's companions on the long walk to freedom

Surrounding Nelson Mandela on his long and arduous journey was a cast of characters of all colours and motivations

Xan Rice and David Smith

06, Dec, 2013 @6:02 AM

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Swedish journalists accused of terrorism face trial in Ethiopia
Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson were arrested travelling with rebels in a case that has prompted outrage in Sweden

Xan Rice in Nairobi

19, Oct, 2011 @12:27 PM

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Britons arrested on Kenya-Somalia border
Kenyan anti-terror unit questions two UK citizens believed to be from Cardiff who tried to cross into Somalia, police say

Xan Rice and agencies

18, Oct, 2011 @7:51 AM

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Somali Islamists threaten to attack Kenya after military assault

Al-Shabab warns of 'flames of war' after Kenyan show of force follows kidnappings of tourists and aid workers

Xan Rice in Nairobi

17, Oct, 2011 @5:48 PM

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Two aid workers kidnapped from Kenyan refugee camp

Women working for Médecins sans Frontières taken hostage after gunmen target Dadaab camp near Somali border

Xan Rice in Nairobi

13, Oct, 2011 @4:44 PM

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Kenya kidnap: Somali pirates may be seeking easier pickings
Pirates believed to be behind recent spate of tourist abductions

Xan Rice

04, Oct, 2011 @7:04 PM

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Kenya kidnap attacks by Somalis drive terrified tourists out of paradise islands
Britain and US advise travellers to avoid Lamu after woman's abduction – drying up tourism and forcing hotels to lay off staff

Xan Rice in Lamu

04, Oct, 2011 @6:46 PM

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Kenya's deputy prime minister denies planning ethnic attacks

Uhuru Kenyatta appears at international criminal court charged with crimes against humanity over 2007-08 election violence

Xan Rice in Nairobi

29, Sep, 2011 @8:24 PM

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