National & World News Archive October 2006



Briton Tells How Fumes Killed Children in Corfu

'Great Crocodile' of Apartheid Dies at 90

'Not Deaf Enough' University Head is Forced Out

UK Signs Gore to Sell Climate Case in Us

Woman Critical After Youths Set Fire to Bus in Marseille Ambush

MP Accused of Taking Wrong Seat

Congo Votes in Peaceful Poll But Many Fear War After Result

Drink, Drugs, Eton and the World's Wildest Party

'Chop Wound' Kills Conqueror of Ali

Nurse 'killed Patient Over Grudge'

UN Vote Paves Way for Arms Treaty

Kirkuk: a City at Boiling Point

Women Freeze Eggs in Wait for Right Partner, Us Study Finds

After War, Invasion and Volcanic Eruption, Goma Yearns for Peace

US Warned of Ballot Box Chaos As Elections Near

Soldiers Sign Online Lobby for Withdrawal

Corruption Fears Grow As High Rises Go Up From the Costas to La Mancha

Kremlin Warns of Charges in Sakhalin Gas Inquiry

Wars Cancel Out Aid Spending, Warn Mps

Kidnapped Ap Photographer Released in Gaza

War Effect Chills the Hearts of Republican Middle America

Italy's Nhs 'kills 50,000 a Year'

'Arrogant' Us Has Failed, Says Spin Doctor

Likes: Gym, Skiing, Karate. Dislikes: My Video Cv Being the No 1 Laugh on Youtube

Land Reform Critics Predict Financial Ruin, Violence and Poor Crop Yields

Boom and Bust: the 'baby Losers' Fight Back

Gibraltar Row Hits Tenpin Bowlers

Scandal-hit Republicans Fear the Worst

Scandal-hit Republicans Hit New Low in the Polls

We're Lovin' It: the Us Carries on Consuming

Political Turmoil and Street Protests: Rebellion's Bitter Legacy Lives on

Tenants Lose Battle As Manhattan District is Sold for Record £2.9bn

Dingle Fights to Keep Its Name

Guilty Plea Over Sale of Alistair Cooke Bones

Barroso Warns of Semantic Distraction to Eu Progress

For Africa's Other Orphans, the Wait for a Family May Never End

New Research Shows That Negative Expressions Are More Easily Inherited Than Positive Ones

Bust But Still Beaming: Us Liberal Radio

Populists Seize the Moment As Discontent Grips Central Europe

Oil and Gas Rights: the Weapons of a New Cold War

The Unfortunate End of Lemony Snicket

Europeans Turn to Cocaine and Alcohol As Cannabis Loses Favour

US Soldiers Should Face Justice, Says Family of Itn Reporter Terry Lloyd

Muted Response From an Ally With No Faith in Withdrawal

Untouchables Embrace Buddha to Escape Oppression

Fake or Fortune? Rare Historic Coins Turn Up on Skid Row

Separated By a Few Yards of Water, But Worlds Apart

ITN Reporter Terry Lloyd Unlawfully Killed, Inquest Rules

General Gives Voice to Army's Unspoken Fears

300 Million and Counting ... Us Reaches Population Milestone

Thousands of Children in Congo Armed Groups, Report Says

Passengers in Coma Before Airliner Crashed

Pilgrims to Santiago Battle Lice Hazard

Sunnis Change Names to Avoid Shia Death Squads

Muslims Angry at New Danish Cartoons Scandal

Tower Crumbles in the Download Era

Censor Sees Through Yan Lianke's Guile

America's Cardboard Army of Flat Daddies Boosts Families

US Claims Guantanamo 'saved Lives'

EU Strikes Deal With Us Over Sharing of Passenger Data

First Year Success For Prince Albert Of Monaco

Speaker Fights to Save Job and Party Seats in Us Sex Scandal

Poll Paints Bleak Election Picture for Republicans

Amish School Was Riddled With Bullets - Coroner

Email Sex Scandal Puts Republican Majority at Risk

Kremlin Targets Georgians After Spy Row

Schoolhouse Killer Haunted By Guilt Over Abuse

Military May Have Withheld Details of Reporter's Death, Inquest Told

ITN Chief Criticises Military at Terry Lloyd Inquest

African Nation Builds £1.4m Marble Mausoleum for Colonial Master

Schoolhouse Killer Guilty About Abuse of Young Girls 20 Years Ago

School Superintendent’s Inappropriate Video Could Get Him Fired

Terry Lloyd Inquest Begins in Oxford

Britain to Us: We Don't Want Guantánamo Nine Back

Gunman Kills Three Girls in Amish Classroom

Trouble Looms As Election Returns Bitter Rivals

Arms Sales Record As Firms Duck Controls With 'flat-pack' Weapons

Agencies Flee Refugee Camp in Darfur Clashes

Rebel Groups Kill 40 in Darfur

'Smugglers' Get 15 Minutes to Go, Then House is Blown Up

Republican Resigns Over 'sick' Email to 16-year-old Boy

Al-Jazeera English Channel to Launch Next Month

North Korea Today Agreed to Resume Talks

The Russians Are Coming - and Bringing the Threat of Scandal to the City

North Korea to Resume Talks on Nuclear Disarmament

Bombing Forces Change of Plans for Charles and Camilla

Growing Anger As Us Accused of Being Behind Madrasa Attacks

Colombian Drugs Boss Arrested in Spain

Finns Arrange Urgent Meeting to Try to Bridge Cyprus Divide

New Law May Cut Chinese Death Penalties

Hamas Touts 10-year Ceasefire Plan Instead of Recognising Israel

Iraq Insurgents Trying to Sway Us Voters, Says Cheney

Analysts Sceptical About Report's Impact in Us - and Benefits of Using Al Gore

Mexican Police Defend City Centre Against Protesters

Mills and Berlusconi to Face Bribery Charges

Prince of Wales Will Go Where Few Vips Dare on State Visit to Pakistan

Police Offensive Scatters Mexican Demonstrators

Pinochet Held on Murder and Torture Charges

US Tries to Mend Fences As Violence Soars

Tribal Fury As Pakistan Military Kills 80 in Religious School

Serbia Snubs Un With Vote to Keep Kosovo

Mexican Riot Police Retake City After Street Battles

Threat to 100,000 Illegal Spanish Houses

Fears Over Huge Growth in Iraq's Unregulated Private Armies

Gallows Cast Shadow Over Prince's Pakistan Visit

80 Dead in Pakistan Madrasa Raid

31 Killed in Baghdad Blast

Sceptics Scorn Climate Report Prediction of Global Chaos

Showdown Looms As Mexican Riot Police Move in on City Occupied By Protesters

Nato Claims 70 Taliban Killed in Firefight

Israeli President Told: Step Down

Israeli Barrier and Settlement to Leave West Bank Village With Nowhere to Go

Car-makers and Eu Head for Showdown

Bush Plans Rallies in Heartlands to Halt Election Mauling

Sandinista Comeback Alarms Us

The Daughter Who is Taking on the Might of Bp

Saddam's Trial Farce Stumbles to Climax

Taliban Plan to Fight Through Winter to Throttle Kabul

Mexico Fury As Bush Gives Go-ahead to Border Fence

Danish Court Dismisses Muhammad Cartoons Case

D'Ancona: Media Got It Wrong in Lebanon

Cheney Condemned for Backing Water Torture

South African Government Ends Aids Denial

Cheney Endorses Simulated Drowning

Russia Opposes Draft Un Resolution on Iran

Haiti Militiaman Ordered to Pay £10m for Rapes

Family Holiday Ends in Tragedy As Two British Children Found Dead in Corfu

As Violence Grows, Oil-rich Kirkuk Could Hold Key to Iraq's Future

Nicaragua Votes to Outlaw Abortion

Tackle Climate Change or Face Deep Recession, World's Leaders Warned

Australian Muslim Leader Compares Uncovered Women to Exposed Meat

France Gets Fiery Reminder of Civil Unrest

Eta Suspected of Stealing Guns From French Arms Depot

Mandela Backs $5m Award for African Rulers

Merkel Furious Over Afghan Skull Pictures

Iraqi Pm Condemns Us Raid on Shia Stronghold

Police Sent in to Quell China College Unrest

US Soldier to Voice Iraq Conflict Opposition

Iraqi Pm Dismisses Talk of Us Timeline

Separation of Detained Mothers From Breastfed Babies to Stop

CIA Tried to Silence Eu on Torture Flights

High-flying Lifestyle of the Cia's Rendition Men

Conman Foster Jumps From Bridge in Fiji

Confessions on a Tv Show: Oprah Hears Madonna's Side of the Story

Bush Concedes Depth of Domestic Unease Over War But Vows New Tactics Will Earn Victory

Greek Children Occupy Schools As Teachers' Pay Row Worsens

Karadzic Captured ... at Least in the Hollywood Version

Goodies Galore As Venezuelan Presidential Rivals Vie for Votes

Chinese Students Riot After Diplomas Branded Useless

Chile Investigates Reports of Pinochet Gold

G6 Leaders to Discuss Anti-terror Measures

Venezuela Battles for Security Council Seat

Month of Corporate Hospitality Kills Chinese Official

US Ambassador Denies Cause is Lost in Iraq

Anger Over Early Release of Bali Bomb Prisoners

US Poll Shows 58% Believe Iraq Was a Mistake

China Denies Reports of North Korean Apology

Chinese Dismiss Rumours of Kim Jong-il Apology

US Embarrassed By Terror Suspect

Brazilian Suspected of 42 Killings Confesses to Murdering Teenager

Nuclear Talks Hope Fades As China Says Kim Did Not Apologise

Paris Syndrome Hits Japanese

Spanish Photographer Abducted at Gunpoint in Gaza City

Conductor on Trial Over Cult Killings in France, Switzerland and Canada

Sudan Would Allow Doubling of Darfur Force

Bush Drops 'stay the Course' Slogan As Political Mood Sours

Croatian Fights Extradition After Arrest on War Crimes Warrant

Britain Will Hold Nerve on Iraq, Says Blair

Hungarian Police Clamp Down on Anti-government Protests

Bush Tells Maliki Government to Tackle Militias or Face Penalties

UK Scientists Attack Lancet Study Over Iraq Death Toll

Panamanians Back Canal Expansion Project

Gardaí­ Break Up Shell Protest in County Mayo

Support Un Arms Treaty, Say Nobel Laureates

Literature Classes Help Maligned Mexican Police to Go By the Book

Democratic Hero Obama May Run for White House

Ortega Could Win Nicaragua Presidency Outright, Polls Show

Roll Up for Cuba's Finest - Only £233 a Smoke

Outspoken Rightwinger to Join Israeli Coalition

Iranian Leader Calls for a Baby Boom to Help Defeat West

Masked Youths Torch Bus As Paris Riots Anniversary Looms

Largest Animal Rescue in Tennessee County History Saves 250 Dogs

Ahmadinejad Urges Iranian Baby Boom to Challenge West

Spin Doctor Alberto Fernandez Apologises for Talking of Us Arrogance and Stupidity in Iraq

Blair Gives Iraq 12 Months to Be Ready for Handover

Chávez's Revolutionary Intent Stalls Amid Bumbling Bureaucracy

US Tells Iraqi Pm to Disarm the Militias and Take Control

UK Warned Against Invasion

Ireland's British Embassy Hosts Same-sex Couples

Spain Launches Crackdown on Municipal Graft After Putin Cuts Up Rough at Dinnertime

Israel Admits It Used Phosphorus Weapons

Sudan Expels Un Official for Blog Revealing Darfur Military Defeats

Disarm the Militias and Take Control - White House Issues Demands to Embattled Pm

Vietnam Cracks Down on Net 'subversives'

'Blood Money' Could Save Death Row Briton

How Iraq Came Home to Haunt America

Nigeria Hostage Feared Dead is Freed

Iraq Mayhem Triggers Hunt for Exit Strategy in Us and Uk

North Korea Backs Down After Chinese Pressure

Shia Fighters Seize Iraqi City

Reporters Sans Frontieres Say Putin Should Be Stripped of Legion of Honour

Russia: Putin Praises Sexual Prowess of Israeli President

Iran: Ahmadinejad Warns Europe It Will Pay for Backing Israel

The Genteel Revolt That is Remaking Us Policy on Iraq

Hungarian Revolution - 50 Years On: How Soviet Tanks Crushed Dreams of British Communists

EU Clash on Warning to Putin Over Gas Supplies

Russian Leader in Dock Over Sex Case Remarks

Putin Blames Georgia for Caucasus Unrest

Ahmadinejad Warns Europe It Will Pay for Backing Israel

How Your Supermarket Flowers Empty Kenya's Rivers

Chinese Pressure Forces North Korea to Apologise and Promise No More Tests

Iraq Mayhem Launches Hunt for Exit Strategy in Us and Uk

China Raises Hopes of Fresh N Korea Talks

Blair Warns of Climate Change 'tipping Points'

Italian Reporter's Abductors Increase Demands

British Soldier Killed in Helmand Suicide Attack

Bloody Month Saps Us Morale in Iraq

Hizbullah Accused of Using Cluster Bombs

Hungarian Revolution - 50 Years on

Hizbullah 'used Cluster Bombs'

Soldier Killed in Suicide Bombing of Afghanistan Patrol

Poland Fires Warning Shots at German Pleasure Boat

Pakistani Leader Mulls Pardon for Death-row Briton

By Train From Europe to Africa - Undersea Tunnel Project Takes a Leap Forward

Spanish King Accused of Shooting Tame Bear Made Drunk on Vodka

Britain to Defy Us Over Un Resolution on Arms Trade

Iran Embarks on Anti-smoking Drive

We've Lost Battle for Baghdad, Us Admits

China Presses North Korea on Nuclear Tests

Bush Accepts Iraq-vietnam War Comparison

British Soldiers Hurt in Afghan Suicide Attack

Soldiers Hurt in Afghan Suicide Attack

Stolen Bone Transplant Patients May Sue

Germany to Put Debt and Aid for Africa at Top of G8 Agenda

Bush Issues Doctrine for Us Control of Space

Tamil Tigers Use Attacks As Show of Strength

Hizbullah Representatives on the Group's Interest in Parks and Pollution

Irish Town to Vote on Re-adoption of English Name

No Magic Bullets for Iraq, Bush Strategist Warns

US Troops Face Trial Over Abuse and Murder Claims

Tigers Raise Stakes in Tourist Belt Bombing

New Fears for Kidnapped Italian

US Stops Venezuela Planes Deal

Bureaucracy Forces Foreign Aid Groups to Stop Work in Russia

UK Refuses to Back Cluster Bomb Ban As Extent of Use in Lebanon Revealed

Rice Pledge to Protect Japan Cools North Korea Fears

Ethiopian Government Blocks Report of Massacre By Its Forces

Blair: Troops May Quit Iraq in 10-16 Months

Demands Made of Release of Kidnapped Photographer

Bush Confidant Prepares Way for Radical Shift By Us on Iraq

Para Chief Reveals Afghan Supply Woes

Venezuela's Hopes of a Seat on the Security Council Seem to Be Fading.

Cuban Newspaper Uncovers Widespread Corruption

Britain to Look at Boosting Darfur Force

The New-look Chávez: Lover, People's Poet, Electioneer

UN Braces for Long Haul As Security Council Election Goes on

Gaza Doctors Say Patients Suffering Mystery Injuries After Israeli Attacks

Iran Bans Fast Internet to Cut West's Influence

Fears Grow of Second Nuclear Test As Us is Accused of Declaration of War

Iraq War Cost Years of Progress in Afghanistan - Uk Brigadier

North Korea 'preparing Second Nuclear Test'

Japan to Halve Bluefin Tuna Quota

Kenya Pressed on Rwandan Genocide Suspect

US Sweats Over Chávez Decision at Un

Tax Dodge Row Costs Swedish Coalition Second Minister

Billionaire Leads Ecuador Poll, Forcing Chávez Ally Into Run-off

US Policy in Iraq is Not Working

Hopes for Peace Talks Between the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan Government May Be Another Victim of Today's Bombing

US Tests Confirm North Korea Nuclear Blast

Barroso Calls for Eu to Move Beyond Constitution Debacle

Sri Lanka Bomb Attack Kills 92

French Cafe Games Get a Tax Break

Saddam Calls on People to Unite and Oust Invaders

Israeli President Lies Low After Rape Claim

New Swedish Government Hit By Tax Scandal

Don't Mention the President: How Republicans Hope to Stay in Power

Chávez Bid for Security Council Seat Falters

Scores Dead in Sri Lankan Bomb Attack

Barroso Urges Cameron and Brown to Seek More From Eu

Israeli President Misses Parliament Opening After Sex Allegations

Ecuador Faces Election Run-off

'You Want to Hang Him? Go Ahead; India Will Be in Flames'

New York Club Bows Out

Ecuador Tilts Left As Outsider Leads in Polls

US Says It is Up to China to Pressure Pyongyang

Iraq Cancels Peace Talks After Scores More Die

Israeli Police Say President Should Be Charged With Raping Employee

Afghan Gunmen Kidnap Journalist

The Day the Music Was Reborn

'Mix of Factors' Led to New York Air Crash

Gang Wars Shake Spain's Latin Quarter

Island Faces Nature's Next Blow

Police to Close File on Mystery of 'executed' Britons

Mystery Killer is Wiping Out the Flamingo

Now French Right Finds a Woman to Fight Royal

Human Rights Concerns Fail to Staunch Flow of Uk Arms

Rush for Deal As Tests Point to Genuine Nuclear Test

North Korea's Nuclear Test Claim Highlights How Far Removed It Has Become From China

'Untouchables' Undergo Mass Conversion to Buddhism

Security Council to Vote on North Korea Sanctions

Rush for Deal As Doubts Grow Over Nuclear Test

Banker to the World's Poor Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Aide Says White House Mocked Evangelicals

Pioneering Economist Wins Nobel Prize

Army Chief: British Troops Must Pull Out of Iraq Soon

What You Need To Know About Globalization

North Korea Warns of Retaliation Against Japanese Sanctions Over Nuclear Test

Paper Publishes Murdered Russian Journalist Politkovskaya's Last Article

French Mps Anger Ankara Over Armenian Genocide Vote

Zimbabwe's Hairdressers Join Hiv Fight

Amish Murder School Razed

Murdered Russian Reporter's Critical Last Work Published

Clinton Rival Drops Out of 2008 Race

Three Years in a Cave - and Trying for Six

FO's Human Rights Report Omits Attacks on Lebanon

Nobel Prize for Hero of Liberal Turkey Stokes Fears of Nationalist Backlash

French Mps Pass Armenian Genocide Bill

Journalist Seized in Iraq

Manhattan Plane Crash Reawakens Spectre of 9/11

13 Dead in French Train Crash

Bush Discredits Iraqi Death Toll Report

'655,000 Iraqis Killed Since Invasion'

Up to 12 Killed in French Train Crash

Georgians in Russia Live in Fear After Crackdown, Says Envoy

Woman Wins Payout for Slurs on Blog

All Libyan Pupils to Get Laptop and Web Access

Italian Mps Kill Plan to Bridge Sicily and Mainland

Japan Bans All Trade With North Korea

Manhattan Plane Crash Raises Spectre of Second 9/11

Gaza Sliding Into Civil War

One in 40 Iraqis 'killed Since Invasion'

Tesco Denies Child Labour Claims

North Korea: Us Pressure Would Mean War

North Korea Threatens Second Nuclear Test

Pyongyang Threatens More Nuclear Tests

World News in Brief

North Korea Nuclear Test: China Reluctant to Impose Sanctions

Attempt at Palestinian Unification Fails

BBC to Launch Iranian Tv Channel

China Under Pressure to Impose Sanctions

Water for Millions at Risk As Glaciers Melt Away

Democrats Seize on Crisis As Election Issue

Diplomat Says Test Was Smaller Than Expected

Turkey Warns France Over Armenian Genocide Bill

Pink Prison Makes Texan Inmates Blush

Iran's Clerics Caught Up in Blogging Craze

America's Dirty Secret: India Becomes the Gasoline Gusher

Indian Work Bar on Under-14s

US Free Speech Row Grows As Author Says Jewish Complaints Stopped Launch Party

Reporter's 'disgusting' Killing Damaged Russia, Says Putin

UN Divided Over Severity of Nuclear Sanctions

West's Muted Response Speaks Volumes

Abe Vows Japan Will Not Go Nuclear

US Not to Blame for North Korea Nuclear Test, Says Bolton

North Korea Becomes a Nuclear Player

Bush Urges Un Action on North Korea

World Condemns a Grave Threat to Peace

Mystery Dictator With 22 Million in His Thrall

Punitive Measures on the Agenda

Iraqi Vice-president's Brother Assassinated

Chávez Sends Oil to Boost Ortega's Election Bid in Nicaragua

Putin Promises to Hunt Down Journalist's Killers

UN Official: Khartoum Knew of Darfur Militia Raid

Texas Teacher Sacked in Row Over Gallery Nudes

The Moment North Korea Became a Nuclear Player

Nuclear Test Sparks International Condemnation

Nuclear Trial a Test for Un

North Korean Nuclear Test Unnerves Asian Stockmarkets

North Korea Claims First Nuclear Test

France Sets Date for Public Smoking Ban

Musharraf Faces New Questions Over Taliban

Putin Silent As Fiercest Critic is Murdered

US Officials 'believe Castro Dying of Cancer'

Glitch Creates Baggage Chaos at Bangkok Airport

Japan and China Unite to Denounce North Korea's Nuclear Ambitions

Nation Unites to Remember Earthquake Victims

Merkel Under Attack As Poll Ratings Plummet

Big Setback for Bush As Aide Goes in Lobby Row

Hidden Victims of a Brutal Conflict: Iraq's Women

Assassin's Bullet Kills Fiery Critic of Putin

EU Strikes Deal With Us Over Passenger Data

UN Officials Concerned About Annan's Successor As Secretary General

Russia: Don't Threaten Iran Over Nuclear Issue

£21m Ransom Demand for Oil Workers Kidnapped in Nigeria

Chirac's Town Hall Wine Collection to Go Under the Hammer

We've Had Abortions, Say 5,000 Americans As Crucial Vote Nears

Jihad Videos Posted on Youtube Website

Forest Fires in Indonesia Cloak Region in Haze

Despair at Un Over Selection of 'faceless' Ban Ki-moon As General Secretary

Kenya: Mau Mau Veterans to Sue Britain Over Torture and Killings

20 Migrants Drown En Route to Spain

Nicaragua Raises a Glass to El Macuã¡

Brothers Ask for Return of Land Used for Park and Playground

Confusion Over Fate of Al-qaida in Iraq Leader After Four Die in Raid

British Soldiers Prepare for Tough Afghan Winter

One Year On, Pakistan's Desperate Refugees Pray for Another Miracle

Hospitals Overwhelmed As Dengue Fever Sweeps India

Mau Mau Veterans to Sue Britain Over Torture and Illegal Killings in Kenya

Travel Warning: Nigeria

Nato Takes Over Afghan Security

India on Alert As Dengue Fever Spreads

US Denies Claims Al-qaida in Iraq Leader is Dead

Chávez in Final Push for Un Security Council Seat

Palestinian Coalition Talks Fail As Rice Arrives for Visit

Iraq's Universities and Schools Near Collapse As Teachers and Pupils Flee

Khatami's Uk Visit to Bring Tirade From Iran

University Bans Dyed Hair in 'decency' Drive

Japan Seeks to Renew Ties With Neighbours

Row Erupts in Spain Over Treatment of Latin Kings

California Court Case Puts Lethal Injection Under Threat

Iraqi Education System on Brink of Collapse

Khatami's Uk Visit Set to Bring Tirade From Iran

Mumbai Bombings 'main Brain' Arrested

Pyongyang Defiant Over Nuclear Test

Rice Calls for Palestinian Cooperation

Japanese Pm to Visit China and South Korea

Putin Accuses Georgia of Provocation

Republican Who Sent Indecent Emails Was Abused

Nine Us Soldiers Killed in Baghdad

Gunman Admitted Child Abuse

North Korea Says It Will Carry Out Nuclear Test

North Korea Announces Plans to Test Nuclear Weapon

Turkish Passenger Plane Hijacked

Irish Pm Says Sorry Over Payments Scandal

Ban is Front Runner to Succeed Annan

New Plan to Curb Iraqi Violence

US Steps Up Sanctions Pressure on Iran

Ahern Apologises for Accepting Cash 'help'

Struggle for Control of Resources is Backdrop to Tension in Russia and Africa

$20bn and 10 Years to Build - a Giant Rival for Panama Canal

300,000 Extra People to Make Way for Dam Project

UK to Seek Incremental Sanctions Against Tehran

Blair Meets Turkish Pm to Save Accession Bid

Plane Hijack Linked to Pope Appeal

North Korea Threatens to Carry Out Nuclear Weapons Test

Tragedy Strikes in Amish Community

Hamas Closes Offices As Violence Spreads

He Let the Boys Go. Then He Tied Up the Girls and Opened Fire

Soldiers Shot After Ambush in Iraq Killed Unlawfully, Coroner Rules

Iraqi Tribes Launch Battle to Drive Al-qaida Out of Troubled Province

UN's Big Five Line Up Behind South Korean for Annan's Job

Pastors Charged Over £4.6m Hole in Church Collection Plate

Spain Dances to Different Tune With a New National Ballet

Republican in Sex Email Scandal

Russia Escalates Georgia Row Despite Release of 'spies'

Georgia Releases Russian Officers

Students Shot Dead at Amish School

Scandal Forces Second Vote on Brazilian President

Eight Palestinians Die As Fatah and Hamas Fight on Streets of Gaza City

Social Democrats Win in Austria

Arrested in Afghanistan: Abdullah, 25, an Iranian Jihadist 'rejected By the Taliban'

Retired Army General is New Thai Pm

EU Chief Tries a Gentler Approach to Get the Un Into Darfur