National & World News Archive January 2008



Union Leaders Brand Shell's Record £14bn Profits Obscene

How One Clumsy Ship Cut Off the Web for 75 Million People

Judge Throws Out Case Against Katrina Army Corps

Co-pilot Dragged From Cockpit After Nervous Breakdown Over Atlantic

US Envoy Accused of Sabotaging Ashdown

Rightwinger Favouring Civilian Rule Elected As Thai Prime Minister

Student Protest Halts Family's Deportation

Kremlin Bars Last Independent Candidate From Presidential Poll

Jaguars at Risk As Us Blocks Their Border Crossing

'Viper' Gunned Down at Gym

Death Leap Father 'to Return in Days'

Clean Water Set to Refresh a Village's Life

French Rally Behind Rogue Trader As Fraud Scandal Spreads

There's Wrong, and Very Wrong

Solitary 'mr Average' Perpetrated Biggest Trading Fraud Ever

Giuliani Battles to Avoid Campaign Meltdown

Burmese Military Intensifies Crackdown

He Lost His Bank £3.7bn. So Was It His Fault the Markets Crashed?

Two Britons in Channel Plane Crash Named

Alarm for Egypt As Gaza Crisis Crosses the Border

Relief at 'relatively Short' Jail Term for Girls Convicted of Drug Smuggling in Ghana

Rate Cuts Expected As Governments Try to Calm Markets

Congo Conflict Causes 45,000 Deaths a Month: Study

Death of a Madman Driven Sane By Chess

Man Survives Four Days in Wilderness Trapped By Quad Bike

War in Congo Kills 45,000 People Each Month

Two Votes in Parliament Give Prodi Jitters

White Americans Ready to Elect Black President, Poll Shows

Bishops Attack Rival Summit for Anglican Clergy in Holy Land

Moscow Returns to Soviet Era With Weaponry on Parade

Diana Driver 'may Have Had Five Drinks Before Crash'

Prodi Fights to Survive As Party Quits Coalition

Pre-emptive Nuclear Strike a Key Option, Nato Told

Tales of Student Prostitutes Shock France

'Weedy' Action Heroine Under Fire

£1m 'poison' Gift By Widow Splits Village

Martial Arts Star Kicks His Way Into the Political Limelight

Huckabee Swaps God for Economics in Final Campaign Push

Son Hints He Will Burn Nabokov's Last Work

Papers Show 'discreet' Saudi Demands for Arms Sale Fees

Man Who Gave Hula Hoop to the World Dies

'Yes, I Am Here Illegally. But We Work the Hardest'

More Street Protests Predicted in Burma

British Council Caught in a Real Life 'absurd Episode'

US Man Jailed for Removing 500 Trees Spoiling His View

75 Years On, Executed Reichstag Arsonist Finally Wins Pardon

Pensioner Went Off the Rails and Into Hospitals

The Last Word? Spaniards Agonise Over Anthem Lyrics

Spider-Man Loses a Wife and Upsets Comic Fans

Pope Pulls Out of Visit to Rome University After Outrage at His Views on Galileo and Science

FBI Wants Instant Access to British Identity Data

Reborn: Ex-hostage Reunited With Son

Relatives of Victims of Beslan Siege Go on Trial

Aaah! The Sweet Smell of Socialism

What the Candidates Stand for

Spaniards Finally Get New Words for National Anthem

Frederick Larue

Cuckolded Us Man Wins Damages for 'theft' of Wife

Bernanke Stands Ready for Further Cut

First Class All the Way

Britons' Retirement Villa Levelled

Finance, Not Politics, Remains Biggest Hurdle to Nuclear Power

Rail Staff Vote for Strike Action

Civil Servant Who Leaked Rendition Secrets Goes Free

Cavers Rescued After 13 Hours

Brown Cooling Towards Compulsory Id Cards, Mps Believe

College Denies Theological Vendetta

Cabinet Short-circuits Obstacles to Building 10 Nuclear Stations

Pay Deal Averts Virgin Air Strikes

Airdrop Rescues Boat Crew Trapped in Antarctic Ice

The Hunt for Doctor Death

Jewish Board to Appoint Muslim Adviser

Catholic Church Under Pressure to Stop Sale of Paedophile's Book

Opposition Claims Georgia President Rigged Election Victory

Airdrop Saves Crew of British Boat Trapped in Antarctic Ice

Vatican Calls on the Faithful for Mass Apology for Sex Scandals

'We Shouldn't Rule Out a Way to Protect People's Identities'

Do You Love Me Enough to Be Mr Asthana?

From Fraud to Tragedy

France Finds Its Own Anne Frank As Young Jewish Woman's War Diary Hits the Shelves

Lost Crew Lived on Pancakes for Three Months

Avalanche Warning As Snow Hits Lake District

Miracle on 66th Street: Window Cleaner Survives 47-storey Fall

Network Rail to Take Over More Track Work After New Year Chaos

Rabbi Asks Couples to Opt for Single-grave Burials

EU Wine Row: Tokai or Not Tokai?

In Praise of ... Snow

The Heavy Price of $100 a Barrel

Moscow Rises to Foster's Space-age Vision

Academic Tug-of-love Over De Beauvoir Legacy

Artists Spliced Fake Nuclear Blast Into Tv Weather News

Flights Stopped

World Leaders Call for Joint Settlement to End Conflict

Portraits of the Second World War's Feathered Heroes for Sale

Brief Snow Snap Increases Misery for Rail Travellers

Trains Run Late Again

Oil at $100 a Barrel, Gold at Record High, Pound at All-time Low: Markets Begin 2008 in Turmoil

32 Years After Trying to Kill Gerald Ford, Woman Leaves Jail

Fiery Speaker With the Populist Touch

Low-key Leader's Slow Rise to Power

Freighter Runs Aground in Channel

Festive Lights Dig Not Aimed at Queen, Bishop Says

Muslim Leaders Back Livingstone As Mayor

African Union Leads Diplomatic Pressure to Start Talks and End the Violence

Thousands Flee Their Homes As Violence and Confusion Rule

RSPCA Launches Campaign Against Chicken Factory Farms

Three Teenagers Die in New Year Crash With Bus

Family Rivalries Surface to Tear at Benazir's Legacy

President Faces Struggle to Fill Posts After Loyalists Lose Seats

Street Festivities and Fireworks Greet 2008 But Weekend Will Offer Cold Comfort

Europe's Banks Circle Stricken Socgen

Notorious Pirate Website Faces Copyright Case

Demise of Al-qaida's 'number Three'

Russia Seeks Extradition of Shipping Magnate in Uk

Iraqi Cleric Threatens to End Militia Freeze Unless Attacks Stop

Two Britons Held in Delhi Over Illegal Kidney Transplant Racket

Wild Weather Hits Power Supply

Mass Food Poisoning Raises Query Over Chinese Olympics Catering

60 Years On, Gandhi's Ashes Laid to Rest

Britons Held in India Kidney Snatching Investigation

Chinese Dumplings Poison Dozens in Japan

Kenya Peace Talks in Disarray After Killing of Second Opposition Mp

One of Bin Laden's Top Six Aides is Killed in Suspected Us Strike

Talks Delayed After Kenyan Mp Shot Dead

Afghanistan Risks Becoming 'failed State', Reports Warn

Kenyan Mp Shot Dead As Election Violence Continues

Olmert Off the Hook Despite 'failings' in Lebanon War

Iran Bans Public Executions Amid Death Sentence Boom

Half a Million Troops to Fight Snow in China

Snow Storm Blankets Middle East

Gandhi Finally Laid to Rest in Arabian Sea Ceremony

IMF Cuts Global Economic Growth Projections

Chinese Newspaper Fires Early Warning at Olympic Protesters

Syria Arrests Leading Political Dissident

For an Impoverished Beauty Queen, a Stark Choice: Sex Work or No Work

Israel Braces for Critical War Report

Zimbabwe Orders Van Hoogstraten's Release

Syria Arrests Leading Dissident

25 Die As Bus Plunges Off Icy Road in China

Annan Urges Leaders to Steer Kenya Towards Stability

Danish Library Plans to House Cartoons of Prophet Muhammad

Zimbabwe Court Orders Van Hoogstraten's Release

10 Militants Killed in Pakistan

Q&A: the Kenya Crisis

Kenyan Forces Use Helicopters to Protect Sheltering Refugees

Opposition Mp Shot Dead Amid Continuing Kenyan Chaos

Bush Opens 3m Acres of Alaskan Forest to Logging

Diana Thought She Was Being Spied On, Inquest Told

Bush's Last Plea - $150bn to Save Economy

UK Lacks Counter-terror Policy, Says Musharraf

24 Die in Worst Chinese Blizzards for 50 Years

Pakistan School Hostages Released

EU Offers Serbs Trade and Travel Deal Before Poll

California Vending Machines to Dispense Medicinal Highs

Fatah: Hamas Must Not Have Border Role

Snowstorms Cause Havoc in China

A Territory Plagued By Lawlessness

Militants Release Students and Teachers Taken Hostage at Pakistan School

Turkey Jails Academic for Insulting Ataturk

Death Toll Climbs to 800 in Fresh Wave of Kenya Violence

Politicians Refuse to Speak Ill of the Dead at Suharto's Funeral

Karzai Blocks Plan to Give Ashdown Key Role in Afghanistan

Fischer's 'widow' and Nephews in Legal Tussle for £1m Estate

Found After 25 Years: the Children of the Disappeared

Egyptian Police Frustrate Stream of Palestinian Shoppers

UK Tycoon to Face Harare Court on Currency and Porn Charges

Questions for Musharraf on Missing Terror Plot Suspect at No 10 Talks

Trader's Hidden Spree Exposed French Bank to €50bn Losses

Photographer Capa's Lost Treasure Chest Unearthed

Tycoon Van Hoogstraten Arrested in Zimbabwe

No Fuss, No Fanfare for Spain's Own Madeleine

Slow Death of a Small German Town As Women Pack Up and Head West

Gaza's Falling Wall Changes Middle East Map for Ever

Pundits in Early Rush to Judge Bush's Legacy

Dozens Die in Kenyan Riots

Are American's Racist?

Arrow-pierced Bodies and Death By Stoning: at Least Seven Dead in Latest Kenyan Clash

Egyptian Troops Unable to Push Back Palestinians

Mines Shut As South Africa Faces Electricity 'emergency'

Russia's Most Notorious Mafia Boss Arrested in Moscow

Pakistani Forces Target 'man Behind Bhutto Killing'

PM Rejects Afghan President's Denigration of Uk Forces

Police Raid Us Museums for Smuggled Antiquities

Berlusconi Moves to Force Election in Italy

Indian Police Arrest Suspected Kidney Snatching Gang

EU Plans Tighter Safety After Recalls of Lethal Chinese Toys

Russians Arrest Alleged Mafia Boss By Accident

Gold Mines Shut As South Africa Forced to Ration Power Supply

Gazans Foil Egyptian Moves to Close Border

Beirut Car Bomb Kills Five

Seven Killed in New Kenya Clashes

Egyptian Troops Toughen Stance at Gaza Border

The Swiss Ski Resort That Sold Itself to a Briton for One Franc

eBay Boss Quits to Give Auction Site 'fresh Pair of Eyes'

Win Your Lover Back (for £3,300 a Month)

Five Dead After Turkish Raid on Suspected Al-qaida Cells

US Troops Kill Nine Afghan Policemen

Kenya Rivals Vow to End Dispute After Face-to-face Meeting

Kucinich Abandons White House Bid

Italian Pm Resigns

Trafficked Children in Care After Police Raid on 'fagin Gangs'

Stepping Into the Shoes of a Living Successful Designer is Difficult. They Have Gone Against Type With Their Choice

Pakistani Army in Onslaught Against Taliban Chief Linked to Bhutto Killing

Mosul Police Chief Killed By Suicide Bomber at Blast Site

Border Breach Could Let Israel Cut Gaza Link, Say Officials

Berlusconi Eyes Return to Power in Italy

Meles Urges West to Change Tack on Kenya

Burmese Poet Arrested Over Cryptic Verse Attacking General

Japanese Scientists Create Mice With No Fear of Cats

Musharraf Maintains Pakistan is on Course for March Poll

Polish Military Plane Crash Kills 20

Turkish Police Raid Suspected Al-qaida Cells

Police Chief Killed By Suicide Bomber in Iraq

Hurricanes and Global Warming Devastate Caribbean Coral Reefs

Fossilised Skull May End Row Over Origin of 1.3bn Chinese

Ahmadinejad to Challenge Us Influence With Visit to Iraq

Afghan Journalist's Death Sentence Blamed on Warlords

German Railways Admits Complicity in Holocaust

Ancient Skull Offers Clues to Origins of Chinese

Thaksin Will Return to Thailand in May, Wife Claims

Beijing Announces Pre-olympic Social Clean Up

Seven Iraqis Killed in Mosul Explosion

Violence Breaks Out During Kenyan Memorial Service

Real Ira Man's Brother Arrested in Lithuania Weapons Sting

Palestinians Pour Into Egypt After Militants Blow Hole in Border Barrier

German State Railway Confronts Holocaust Role

Cabbies Up in Arms As Sarkozy Cuts Red Tape

Beijing to Evict 'undesirables' Before Games

Shinawatra Will Return to Thailand in May, Wife Claims

Palestinians Flood Into Egypt After Blowing Up Border Wall

Desperate Palestinians Explode Wall and Flood Into Egypt

Tsvangirai Arrested Ahead of Zimbabwe Rally

Technology Is Not Idiot-Proof

Sarkozy Unveils €1bn Plan to Stop Repeat of 2005 Riots

Big Banks Announce Writedowns That Swell Total to $120bn

Fears for Exports Fuel Sell-off

Hackers Sabotage Panama Website Amid Election Row

Sarkozy Unveils Plan for Deprived Housing Estates

Soldier Killed By Mine is Named

UN Renews Pressure on Iran

Russia's Next President Calls for Crackdown on Official Corruption

Putin Deploys a New Weapon Against Hostile Foreign Press - His Judo Master

Asia Remembers Tsunami Victims

Third Quake Hits Indonesia

Border Protests Over Gaza Blockade

Pakistan Border Attack Claims 42 Lives

Kenyan Police Fire Teargas at Pro-kibaki Crowd

Voting the Race Color and Creed Ticket

Israel Temporarily Eases Gaza Blockade

New Zealanders Say Farewell to 'colossus' of Climbing

Israeli Fuel Blockade May Halt Food Handouts, Un Warns

Power Cuts a Good Sign, Sceptical South Africans Told

Chinese Celebrities Face One-child Crackdown

Ex-wife to Testify at Murder Trial of Balcony Plunge Father

China's Celebrities 'buy' Extra Children

Royal Family Accused of Snub to Hillary

Humiliation for Ahmadinejad As Veto is Overruled

Sudan's President Appoints Janjaweed Leader As Adviser

Musharraf Finally Lifts Ban on Tv News Channel

Russian Collectors' Heirs Want Compensation for Lost Art

Putin to Revive Soviet Muscle-flexing Parade

Canadian Farmer Forces Gm Giant Back to Court

Black Monday: Recession Fears Spark Global Share Crash

No Light, No Heat, No Bread: Stark Reality for the Powerless in Gaza

Iran's Supreme Leader Rebuffs Ahmadinejad in Gas Row

Anger in New Zealand Over Royal 'snub' to Hillary's Funeral

Israel Launches New Satellite to Spy on Iran

'An Idea Whose Time Has Come': Brown Backs Un Security Council Seat for India

Britain 'as Inept As Us' in Failing to Foresee Postwar Iraq Insurgency

Gaza Plunged Into Darkness As Israeli Fuel Blockade Takes Effect

Kosovo is Key As Hardliner Wins First Leg of Serb Poll

Bhutto's Party Rejects Youth's Assassination Confession

Skirting the Argument

Government Braced for Revolt to Force Eu Referendum

Whalers Accuse Australia of Helping Activists' 'illegal Actions'

Guys, I'm Afraid We Haven't Got a Clue ...

Ocean Floor Sensors Will Warn of Failing Gulf Stream

'Nazi' Claim As Germans Rebel Over Smoking Ban

In the Last Act of Castro's Cuba, a Search is on for a New Beginning

Violence Fear Over Islam Film

Huckabee Rewrite More Jeffersonian than Not

Pucker Up and Perk Up With Caffeine Lip Balm

Kidnap Victims Found Dead After Mexico Gunfight

The New Asian Tiger Poised to Match China

Climate Blame for India As Brown Praises Chinese Role

'An Hour After We Got Back We Attacked'

Captain of Protest Vessel Claims Spy Trawler is Shadowing Him

Israel Orders Closure of Gaza Crossings As Palestinian Anger and Casualties Increase

Expat Tamil Community Calls for Airline Boycott

Chess Champion Bobby Fischer Dies

Fed's Pledge to Slash the Cost of Us Borrowing Fails to Stop Dow's Slide

Cheap and Cheerful: Venezuelans Cling to Right for Petrol at 42p a Tank

Google Reveals Details of $175m Hi-tech Bid to Aid the Globe

Beijing's Business Model is Not Globalisation As We Know It

Crisis is One More Storm in East Africa

Violent German Teen Sent to Cope in Siberia

Iraq's Economic Future Looks Bright, Says Imf

Violent German Teenager Sent to Remote Siberian Village

UK Could Block Trade Deal for Russia After British Council Row

Blair Takes on Unpaid Role As Rwanda Adviser

Romney Triumph Busts Republican Race Open

Protester Killed in Kenyan Police Clash

Russia Detains British Council Director

British Council Row Escalates As Russia Arrests Director

What Paddy Did Next

Afghan Action Man

US Allies Do Not Know How to Fight Insurgents, Says Gates

Rightwingers Quit, Weakening Olmert Majority

Whaler Holding Two Protestors As Hostages

Spanish Discord Kills New Lyrics for Anthem

Dry, Polluted, Plagued By Rats: the Crisis in China's Greatest River

The Polluter Pays: 30,000 Tonne Oil Disaster Costs French Firm €200m

'Now We Really Have a Crisis' - Russia's Man in London Leaving the Foreign Office Yesterday

Kenyan Police Fire Teargas Into Opposition Rallies

Guerrillas in Their Midst: a Perpetual Island War

Tamil Tigers Kill 28 With Bus Bomb

US Considers Tighter Travel Rules for European Visitors

Bishop Locked Out of Churches Over Turkish Priest

Police Chief Selebi to Be Charged With Corruption

Released Colombian Hostage to Be Reunited With Son Born in Captivity

Bush Takes Soundings on Iran

Amnesty Demands Iran Ends 'grotesque' Stoning Executions

Seven Killed As Taliban Militants Storm Luxury Hotel in Kabul

Youth Held Over South African Settlement Shooting

Five Years Jail for Cutting Down 500 Trees That Spoilt the View

Roadside Bomb in Beirut Leaves Four Dead

Gandhi's Ashes to Rest at Sea, Not in a Museum

Activists Claim Rough Tactics in Battle With Japanese Whalers

Cloned Meat is Safe for Consumers, Say Us Officials in 968-page Report

Apple Unveils Its Latest Innovation, the Laptop That Fits in an Envelope

19 Palestinians Killed in Raid on Gaza

Iraq's Healthcare Left in Disarray After Invasion

Bush Plans Return Visit to Middle East

Sir Edmund Hillary, First Man to the Top of the World, Dies at 88

Soldier's Death in Afghanistan Blamed on Helicopter Fault

UK Defies Russian Order to Shut British Council Offices

Four Capitals, One New Job - Week in Life of Ex-pm Who Can't Unwind

Bush Urges Arab Allies to Confront Iran, 'the World's Leading Sponsor of State Terror'

SA Police Chief Resigns As Interpol Leader As He is Charged With Bribery

Sarkozy Wed to Supermodel, Paper Reports

French Resist Loss of Local Number Plates

Leaders to Debate Face to Face As Race Row Grows

Nasa Astronaut Workout Offered to Earthlings

Barenboim Becomes First to Hold Israeli and Palestinian Passports

Bush Seeks Saudi Support for Fragile Middle East Peace Talks

Nigeria Takes on Big Tobacco Over Campaigns That Target the Young

Gandhi's Ashes to Be Scattered at Sea

Sarkozy Son Targeted By Threatening Phone Caller

Kenyan Opposition Plans Parliament Protest

UK Defies Russian Order to Shut Cultural Offices

Taliban Attack on Kabul Hotel Kills Seven

Israeli Musician Gets Palestinian Passport

Kenyan Minister Spurns Annan Intervention

Mischievous 'filipino Monkey' Could Have Triggered Latest Us-iran Row

South Africa Police Chief Faces Criminal Charges

South Africa Police Chief Applies to Stop Investigation Against Him

Sarkozy's Ex-wife Fails to Ban Book of Revelations

Opposition to Resume Protests After Kenya Talks Fail

Nicolas Sarkozy - National Hero

Q&A: Super-casino

Japan Resumes Afghan War Role

Blair 'optimistic' on Middle East Peace Deal

Edmund Hillary, Conqueror of Everest, Dies at 88

Gaylord Nelson

Paul Klebnikov

Sir Alastair Down

India Gears Up for Mass Motoring Revolution With £1,260 Car

US Drops 18 Tonnes of Explosives on Al-qaida 'safe Havens' in Iraq

Largest Us Lender in Talks Over Rescue Package

I Was Just Living Up to Scout Motto, Says Boy Who Saved President's Life

Mount Everest Conqueror Edmund Hillary Dies

Doubts Grow Over Iranian Boat Threats

The Eternal Mistress

The Broken Bloodline

Bird Flu Virus Confirmed After Deaths at Dorset Swannery

US Missile Plan Under Threat As Poland Demands Guarantees

Sarkozy's Wife Seeks to Block Book Disparaging Husband

Polish Doubts Put Us Defence System in Jeopardy

Blair 'owes It to the Middle East'

New Bird Flu Fears As Virus Found in Dead Swans

Tamil Tigers Warn of Return to Civil War in Sri Lanka

Annan to Mediate in Kenya Election Dispute

Instability in Pakistan

Kenyan Police Launch Teargas Attack on Female Demonstrators

US Targets Al-qaida Insurgents With Massive Air Strikes

Police Targeted in Deadly Pakistan Suicide Bomb

End of the Road for Japan's Taxi Smokers

Bush Criticises Settlements on Israel Visit

Sarkozy Wants to Create a French Bbc

Japan Tries to Cut Bike Toll

US Warns Tehran Against Further Clashes Amid Claims That Boat Footage Was Faked

Sarkozy to Ban Advertising From State Television

Bush Fails to Gain Concessions on Settlements From Olmert

151,000 Civilians Killed Since Iraq Invasion

Ministerial Compromise Averts Backbench Revolt Over Repeal of Blasphemy Offence

Battle to Save Nearly 100 Horses After 31 Animals Are Found Dead in Field

Nine Soldiers Die in Two Attacks

Tensions Remain High As Bush Arrives in Middle East

Australia Increases Pressure on Japan Over Whale Hunt

Spanish Abortion Clinics Begin Strike Action

Corpse in Office Chair Attempts to Cash Welfare Cheque

For Those Who Like a Little Music With Their Personal Protection: the Taser That Plays Mp3s

Human Activity Blamed for Decline of Coral Reefs

Scout Saves Maldives Leader From Assassin

Swooning Sarkozy Hints He Will Wed Bruni

A President in Love

Jail for Terror Plan to 'kill Many'

Bilawal Bhutto Meets the Media Pack

Unfairly Sacked Oxford College Theologian Sues Bishop

Gates Logs Out, Predicting New Digital Era

Hollywood Cancels Globes Glitz As Solidarity Triumphs Over Fame

Stun Gun Has a Pop at Mp3 Market

Now It's Sarkozy - President in Love

Zoo Condemned Over Deaths of Polar Bear Cubs

BA Worker Loses Discrimination Case Over Cross

'Society Has Become More Punitive'

Starbucks and Ethiopia Get Together Over Coffee

Suharto Near to Death, Say Doctors

The Osteen Bible and other Apostasy Milestones

At the Heart of Pakistan, Life Keeps a Normal Beat

Waziristan: the Hub of Al-qaida Operations

Merkel Pledges Youth Crime Crackdown

Taylor War Crimes Trial Begins

US Ships 'threatened' By Iranian Boats

The Sarko Show

Scoop of the Month: When Naomi Met Chávez

First Witness Appears As Charles Taylor War Crimes Trial Resumes

Lethal Injections Challenged in Us Supreme Court

Delhi Cleans Up for Commonwealth Games But Leaves Locals Without Sporting Chance

Kenya Protest Cancelled in Bid for Peace

Kenya Violence Death Toll Reaches 486

Running for President? Make Sure Your Child is on Side

Anne Frank's Diary to Be Made Into a Musical

Sir Peter Laurence

As the Regime Cracks Down, Life Goes on Behind Closed Curtains

An Obama Victory Would Symbolise a Great Deal and Change Very Little

French President May Marry Ex-model

More Than 10,000 Police Will Guard Bush During Israel Visit

Obamamania Takes Hold of New Hampshire

The Sarkozy Affair - What Do We Do With Her?

'Tons' of Absurdity

Bhutto Was Killed By Single Assassin, Say Investigators

Irish Police Press for Taser Guns

'We Must Win the Debate at a Level of Hearts and Minds'

'You've Got to Show That Civil Liberties Are Protected'

At Least the Chickens Have Jamie Oliver

Push ... Then Nip and Tuck

Police Step Up Hunt for Missing Girl

Stone: My Part in Hostage Baby Saga

The £1,290 Car Delights Indians But Horrifies the Green Lobby

On the Roof of the Andes, Bill Gates Helps to Build 'the World's Biggest Digital Camera'

DNA Tests Show Foster Child is Hostage's Son

Families, Guns and Feuds: How Pakistan Votes

How Making the Customers the Criminals Cut Street Prostitution

Rush By Young to Claim Housing Grant Crashes Spanish Websites

Israeli Soldiers Kill Hamas Gunmen

British Police in Pakistan to Assist Bhutto Inquiry

Five Killed in Turkish Bomb Attack

Musharraf Denies Complicity in Bhutto's Death

Kenyan President Offers Talks If Violence Calms

Wrong-footed Bush Forced to Rethink Policy on Pakistan

The Videos We Laughed, Winced and Wondered at Are Blocked By China

Vanity Trade Sent Oil Price to Record High

California to Sue Government Over Car Emissions

Musharraf Denies Security Agencies Involved in Bhutto Assassination

Racism at Immigration Centres Revealed in Report

Is Mumbai Safe?

Kenyan Opposition Calls Off Protest

Romney Extols Family Values in Bid for Iowan Hearts

Kenyan Police Fire Teargas at Protest Rally

Philippines Rebels Warn Off Foreign Firms After Raid on Xstrata Mine

Criminal Investigation of Cia Tapes

Musharraf Delays Election By Six Weeks

Italy Denies Being Spain's Poor Relation

Hopes of Colombian Hostage Release Fade Amid Row Over Child

Pressure Grows on Kenya to End Bloodshed

Christian Leaders Call for Peace and Respect for Environment

Scotland Yard to Investigate Bhutto Assassination

How the Hippos Turned on the Cheetahs: Two Men Hold Kenya's Fate in Their Hands

Paris Fumes Over France's Smoking Ban

Guns, God and Rock'n'roll

Kenya 'facing Humanitarian Disaster'

Death Toll in Arab-israeli Conflict Fell in 2007

Britain and Us Call for Compromise to End Kenya Riots

The Secret Lives of Us

'50 Dead' in Torching of Kenyan Church

US Official Killed in Sudan Shooting

Arrival of Euro Boosts Cyprus Peace Hopes

Farc Hostage Rescue Fails

Police Yet to Interview Injured Survivors

Setback for Chávez in Mission to Free Hostages

January 8 Election Impossible, Says Pakistan Commission