All World

A 14-part series that attempts to make simple and accessible one of the most complex subjects imaginable will be distributed via booklets given away free with The Independent and The Independent on Sunday beginning tomorrow, and will simultaneously be made available at independent.co.uk/historyoftheworld. Starting with the origins of the Universe itself, it traces the formation of our planet, the first stirrings of life, the shaping of the continents, the evolution of species, the birth of the human race, and the millennia of history that have led up to the sophisticated but precarious civilisations of the present day.

Florence Green, Britain's last veteran of World War I, dies at 110

Uganda's anti-gay bill, condemned by US and others, reintroduced in parliament

Israeli Farsi-language radio station seeks to send peaceful message to Iran

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UK Attorney General: understand government anger over radical preacher being granted bail

Lawyer: US nonprofits, 19 activists facing trial caught in dispute over American aid

Emergency official says explosions hit near military bases in central Nigeria city

Court refuses to lift house arrest for captain of Costa Concordia

Russian PM Putin pledges to put the brakes on traffic privileges for officials

Crash kills 11 in Canada as truck smashes van; most were migrant workers from Peru

Rangers strike at South Africa's Kruger Park, flagship reserve hard hit by rhino poaching

Spanish painter and sculptor Antoni Tapies, who was one of the world's leading contemporary art figures, dies aged 88.

Anglo-Swiss mining group Xstrata announces a $90bn merger with Glencore, the world's largest commodity trader.

The Syrian army resumes heavy shelling in the restive city of Homs as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is due in Damascus for talks.

A group of Chinese workers kidnapped by rebels in Sudan has been freed and flown to Kenya, a statement from Sudan's foreign ministry says.

France coach Philippe Saint-Andre makes four changes to his pack for Saturday's Six Nations clash against Ireland in Paris.

Former Liberian rebel leader George Boley should be deported from the US over his role in the civil war of the 1990s, a judge rules.

Amanda Knox, acquitted over the murder of her British flatmate, has appealed her conviction for slander in Italy, a family spokesman says.

The jury in the Harry Redknapp and Milan Mandaric tax evasion trial is sent out to consider its verdicts.