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Teens bridge Middle East divide with song for peace

13.07.09

London music school pioneers peace project that brings Palestinian and Israeli teenagers together to record and write songs... more

Brüno is looking so good

10.07.09

Puerile and messy the movie may be but Baron Cohen has never been more brilliantly comic and bravely outrageous than in Brüno.... more

Pope visits Nazareth to call for peaceful co-existence

14.05.09

Pope Benedict greeted tens of thousands of followers in Nazareth with a message of reconciliation, urging Christians and Muslims in the city to “reject the destructive power of hatred and prejudice”... more

Pope arrives in Jordan to Islamic leaders' protests

08.05.09

The Pope started a week-long tour of the Middle East in Jordan and was condemned by Islamic leaders for a speech in 2006 when he implied Muslims were violent and irrational... more

The secret report at heart of BBC’s Gaza paranoia

27.01.09

As protesters invade Broadcasting House, the Evening Standard reveals how a review upholding complaints of bias has shaped the BBC’s response to the Palestine appeal ... more

Best Christmas concerts in London

12.12.08

Harps, Handel's Messiah and indoor fireworks — here’s our guide to the best of the Christmas concerts.... more

Security scare as Blair bodyguard’s gun goes off at airport terminal

11.11.08

Tony Blair's Scotland Yard bodyguard caused a security scare at an Israeli airport when he accidentally fired his handgun... more

Law

08.10.08

London’s practitioners give the lead to the nation and by implication to the rest of the world in every field. ... more

Tortured by horrors in Memory

02.10.08

Jonathan Lichtenstein's 90-minute play, Memory, cannot be faulted for ambition, epic scope or meditative daring, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

Giaconda is Tin Pan Alley's gastro hit

30.07.08

The café where Joe Strummer once sipped tea has been transformed by a passionate Aussie into a dining room full of no-nonsense, good-value fare ... more

Investors who banked on Banksy

22.05.08

A work by graffiti artist Banksy, bought for £700 seven years ago, could sell for up to £500,000 at auction... more

Banksy strikes again in Bethlehem

03.12.07

Elusive graffiti artist Banksy has struck again in the Holy Land with a series of stencilled works on the security wall in Bethlehem.... more

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Sky News is currently recruiting students as reporters for its coverage of next year's general election. However, the opportunity doesn't quite seem so appealing

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