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Autobiography and memoirReviewThis memoir allows us to get beyond the sense of incredulity that Westboro's hate-filled preaching inspires, exposing the internal logic and psychology of the churchCould you stand to be hated by every stranger who caught sight of you? To be condemned by the media and see members of your family physically and verbally abused? It would be unendurable. Now imagine not only being able to bear it, but welcoming it.

World Athletics Championships This article is more than 14 years oldCaster Semenya sex row: 'She's my little girl,' says fatherThis article is more than 14 years oldSouth Africa rallies to defence of its new world champion who has been told by athletics officials to prove she is femaleThe father of a women's world champion athlete today angrily denied accusations that the teenager was secretly born a man, insisting: "She is my little girl.

Police announce investigation into murder of Arnold Peralta in Honduras. GuardianSoccer This article is more than 8 years oldFormer Rangers player Arnold Peralta shot dead in HondurasThis article is more than 8 years oldMidfielder was in home town following conclusion of his club’s seasonPeralta, who played in the 2014 World Cup, was killed outside shopping mall Arnold Peralta, the former Rangers midfielder, has been shot dead in a shopping mall parking lot in his home town of La Ceiba on the Caribbean coast of Honduras.

WomenBehind the legend of the ‘maneater’ executed for seducing soldiers and selling their secrets is the story of an abused woman who was forcibly separated from her daughter Since her execution on the outskirts of Paris almost a century ago, the Dutch exotic dancer Margaretha “Gretha” MacLeod – universally known as Mata Hari – has been synonymous with female sexual betrayal. Convicted by the French of passing secrets to the enemy during the first world war, MacLeod’s prosecutors damned her as the “greatest woman spy of the century”, responsible for sending 20,000 Allied soldiers to their deaths.

DoctorsNew year junior doctors’ strikes will risk patient safety, says health leaderNHS Confederation boss calls on government and unions to end dispute in England before six-day action begins Patient safety will be put at risk in the next round of junior doctors’ strikes in England, a health leader has warned while pleading for ministers and the British Medical Association (BMA) to end the dispute. Junior doctors have returned to work after a three-day strike, with the next spell of industrial action – the longest in NHS history – less than a fortnight away.

Florida This article is more than 2 months oldUS man found guilty of wife’s murder in row over Zombie House Flipping showThis article is more than 2 months oldFlorida jury convicts David Tronnes for murder of Shanti Cooper-Tronnes after she refused to appear on home renovation show Shanti Cooper-Tronnes abruptly walked out of a meeting with the producers of a home renovation television series that her husband coveted appearing on in 2018.

OpinionParents and parenting This article is more than 3 months oldAs a Swedish man, I should have been the perfect modern dad. My failure was shamefulThis article is more than 3 months oldGunnar ArdeliusI had a beautiful family and all the state support we needed. So why was I using a long-distance ski race as an excuse to let them down? As a child, I had stood at the finish line many times and seen my father’s distant, wild look as he crossed the line of the Vasaloppet – a famous annual 90km cross-country ski race through the forests of northern Sweden – his face coated in ice, snot and spit.

SoulObituaryCleotha Staples obituarySinger with the soul and gospel group the Staple SingersDuring the second half of the 20th century, the Staple Singers became one of black America's favourite groups. After achieving fame with traditional gospel songs, they were inspired by Martin Luther King to embrace protest music, before moving on to soul with the Stax label of Memphis, Tennessee. The group consisted of Roebuck "Pops" Staples and his children. Of these, the mainstays of the Staple Singers were the youngest, Mavis, and the eldest, Cleotha, who has died aged 78.

Animals farmedEnvironmentDenmark’s industrial pig farms are stunningly productive, but there is another side to their success Last year, Ole Kjaer was the number one pig farmer in Denmark. Unsurprisingly, in the land of Danish bacon, this is a pretty hotly contested award. The biggest factor in his high profit rate? The astonishing productivity of his pigs. Each of Kjaer’s sows produces an average of 41 piglets a year. In the UK, the average sow produces 25.