I am my mother’s daughter. I have grown up to her height, with her broad shoulders and long limbs. My hands are her hands, down to the lines around my knuckles. I, too, grin wide and laugh loud. I share her tendency to be late. Last month marked 13 years since she died. In a few years, I will have lived more of my life without her than with her. There is a term for women like me: motherless daughters. It feels like an ill-fitting sweater, at times binding me into a person I rarely reflect consciously on being — my mother’s daughter. Read full article > >

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Remembering Mom this Mother’s Day

Fifty years since Yuri Gagarin blasted into orbit

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First in space

Wales is well prepared should foot and mouth strike again, says the nation’s top vet, 10 years since the disease badly affected rural areas.

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Foot and mouth ‘lessons learned’

A rally is taking place to try to save a coastguard station in Pembrokeshire, exactly 15 years since since the Sea Empress oil tanker disaster happened nearby.

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Rally fights coastguard closure

In the 2½ years since the U.S. Supreme Court ended the District’s handgun ban, hundreds of residents in Washington’s safest, most well-to-do neighborhoods have armed themselves, registering far more guns than people in poorer, crime-plagued areas of the city, according to D.C. police data.

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Since D.C.’s handgun ban ended, well-heeled residents have become well armed

It’s been almost 30 years since the release of the original Tron, but this Friday, fans of the original-which exhibited groundbreaking computer graphics-can partake in its sequel, Tron: Legacy, in IMAX 3D. The film, which has earned mixed reviews,…

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Tron: Legacy Earns Mixed Reviews

Residents of the Indian city of Mumbai are to mark two years since gunmen launched terror attacks, killing 166 people.

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Mumbai marks attacks anniversary

Travel through the political battlegrounds in these final days before Election 2010, and it becomes clear how much the tenor of this recession-plagued country has changed in the two years since Barack Obama was elected president on his message of hope and change.

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Anger, fear as elections near

At least seven people are killed as two blasts in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, mar celebrations to mark 50 years since independence from the UK.

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Deadly blasts mar Nigeria party

Huge celebrations are planned across Nigeria to mark 50 years since independence from the UK.

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Nigeria marks 50 years of freedom

The US is marking nine years since 9/11 amid controversy over plans for an Islamic centre near Ground Zero and a threat to burn the Koran.

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Key moments from 9/11 anniversary

Florida Pastor Terry Jones arrives in New York City with hopes to meet the imam of the planned Islamic community centre, as the US marks nine years since the 9/11 bombings.

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Controversial Pastor arrives in NY

New pictures have emerged of the shipwreck of the Titanic, almost 25 years since it was first discovered.

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New video reveals Titanic’s condition

New pictures have emerged of the shipwreck of the Titanic, almost 25 years since it was first discovered.

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New video reveals Titanic’s condition

New pictures have emerged of the shipwreck of the Titanic, almost 25 years since it was first discovered.

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New video reveals Titanic’s condition