National & World News Archive December 2007



Sozzled and a Bit Soggy - 2008 Arrives Before Icy Weather From the East

Concern Grows Over Election Process and Violent Aftermath

MPs Challenge 'doctrinaire' Bishops

Unlikely Lad Thrust Into the Limelight By Fate

Veteran Who Has Struggled to Live Up to Expectations

An African Exception and Role Model

Britain Rated Worst in Europe for Protecting Privacy

Festive Lights Dig Not Aimed at Queen, Bishop Says

Moscow Loses Sweet Slice of History

A Stolen Election

Civil Rights Fears Over Dna 'census'

Vow to Get Tough on 'right to Know'

Sex Crime Teacher Faces Jail - for Talking to Teen

ANC Crisis Deepens As Zuma Faces Corruption Trial

Charity Workers Jailed in Chad Sent Home

A Leader's Legacy to Her Followers: the Movement's Fight for Survival

Charity Workers Jailed in Chad to Be Sent Home

How 1977 Plot to Kill President of Togo Was Foiled

Underground Testing of Nuclear Warheads Was Kept Secret From Cabinet

A Volatile Career - Peaks of Promise Ultimately Blighted By Family and Fate

List of Suspects, But Killers May Never Be Found

Eight Years' Hard Labour for Charity Group in Bogus Orphans Scam

11 Dead in Us Snowstorms

Travel Chaos As Fog Grounds Planes

Why I Am Happy to Wait

Plan to Open Up Hard Shoulder on M25 to Ease Traffic Shelved

FBI Chief Hoover Planned to Jail 12,000 and Suspend Habeas Corpus

Call for Miss France to Quit Over Photos

Uzbek President Returned in Election 'farce'

Meat's on the Menu - Just for Christmas

'With Religion I Began to Make Sense of the World'

New Puritans, Please Stop Being Priggish About Sex

Spy Who Came in From the Cold

'Dinnertime Bandit' Faces Life in Jail for Robbing Rich

Barbie 'boasted of Hunting Down Che'

Victorian Intolerance

The Art of Diplomacy

BAA's Foreign Owner Under Fire As £10.3bn Buy Leads to Bumpy Ride

Cramped, Filthy and Featherless - the 'battery' Game Birds Sold As Delicacy

Exhibition Back on As Law Tightened

Forecast America 2008 – The Church and the Nation

Briton Jailed for Us Visa Scam

Academy Seeks Clarification on Fate of £1bn Art Show

Richey Hospitalised a Day After Death Row Reprieve

Roads Relief As Christmas Getaway Goes Long-haul

Delays Loom for Uk Passengers As Airport Staff Get Tough

Teenage Kicks

End of Passport Control As East Meets West in Eu Without Borders

Zuma's Allies Cry Foul As Prosecutors Upstage Anc Leader's Victory Speech

Harman Calls for Prostitution Ban to Tackle Trafficking

Sorry to Disappoint, But It's Nonsense to Suggest We Want to Ban Christmas

Zuma Set to Be Charged Over Alleged Corruption

Carmakers Angry Over European Emissions Curbs

Scotsman on Death Row in Us Will Be Home for Christmas

'Fatal Gaps' in Rescue Services Training Blamed for Death

Burmese Outraged at Lavish Junta Wedding

Thanks for the Tools! Jailbreakers Taunt Guards

Mumbai Plans Prestige Maglev Train to Combat Overcrowding

'It's Quite Depressing, a Lot of Us Think We Have Been Forgotten'

UK Summer Flood Report: 15 Main Points

Zuma Gains Upper Hand in Bitter Anc Leadership Battle

How Estate Agent Became a Sexy Priest

US Couple Guilty of Treating Maids As Slaves

Still Looking for Liberation

ANC's Rival Camps Ratchet Up Struggle

'It's Quite Depressing ... a Lot of Us Think We Have Been Forgotten'

Overexcited Parking Valet Destroys Footballer's Porsche

UK Flood Defence Plan Needed, Warns Report

America Still Asks - What Child is This?

This Week We Want to Know All About ... Viral Videos

New Life for Girl With Eight Limbs

Now No Longer Silent As a Lamb

Arthur C Clarke's 90th Birthday Wish List

'Madman' Who Asked the Queen to Say Sorry

'Fatal Gaps' in Rescue Services Training Blamed for Drowning

Rage Against the Machine

Travellers Get a Rude Welcome

After the Saffron Revolution: Spies, Suspicion and Empty Monasteries

Report Blames Ferry for Yachtsmen Deaths

Steering Unclear

Brown Flies to Lisbon for Belated Eu Treaty Signing

'I Was Told: Don't Be Silly, Women Don't Become Surgeons'

Nativity Plays Without Jesus and Ipods Instead of Carols - is There Any Point to Christmas Any More?

British to Hand Over Basra in Days Despite New Bomb Blasts

Bawled Out

The Violence Falls But the Sewage Continues to Rise

Former Lord Chancellor Joins Critics of Detention Beyond 28 Days

British Meps in Treaty Uproar at Strasbourg

'He's a Really Good Guy ...'

Yes, Working Mothers Are Happier - Up to a Point

It is Polite to Turn Up on Time

British Council Told to End Operations Outside Moscow

Death in Algiers

Something About Rome's River Smells Fishy

Should We Trade With the Saudis?

Amputation Was Not an Option, Doctor Tells Storm Drain Inquest

Canoeist's Wife Charged With Deception

The War in Microcosm

Swimming With Sharks: 'new Fish' Black Faces Tough Stretch in Us Federal Prison

Black Gets Six-and-half Years for Embezzlement

'No Hope' of Saving Man Trapped in Drain

Abbey Tribute to Fallen Mercians

The Policing of the Artist

Career of Tube Voiceover Woman Hits Buffers After Online Jokes Misfire

Where Death By Water is Part of Daily Life

Conrad Black: Timeline

Gadafy Makes Paris Stop on Road to Redemption

Flirty Computer Program Raises Id Theft Fears

Family Justice Policy Does Not Work for Children, Report Says

Berlin Plans Wheel to Take Crown From London Eye

Africans Reject Eu Trade Pacts As Deadline Looms

Today's Girls Prefer to Look Sexy Rather Than Be Clever

Floods and Storms to Hit Uk

Billionaire Peace Broker Fears Son is Kidnapped

Flatley Gets $11m Settlement Over Sexual Assault Claims

Lisbon Leaders Accused of Ignoring Darfur Crisis

Victoria's Bizarre, But the Punters Love Her

Giant Who Led Stylistic Revolution

Woman Curate on Temporary Leave After Hate Campaign

Surrogate Family Win £10m Widow's Inheritance

42-day Detention Plan Attacked As Constitutionally Illiterate

Teenager Killed Eight After Losing Job

Green Boss Can See Which Way the Wind is Blowing

BBC Probes Attacks on Its Moscow Staff

One Dead in Paris Blast

BBC Fears Its Staff Are Being Targeted After Moscow Attacks

Ministers Struggle As Plan to Increase Detention Limit to 42 Days Attracts New Round of Criticism

Directors Quit Catholic Hospital in Ethics Code Row

Father Heard of Son's Flood Death on Tv

Floods Review Criticises Warning Measures

His Old Friends, Loyal to the End

How He Slipped Into Hiding

The Nebraska Gunman: Robert Hawkins

Eight Killed and Five Wounded in Us Mall Massacre

Huckabee, the Bumblebee, Rises to the Top on a Wing and a Prayer

Couple Charged With Living High Life on Neighbours' Accounts

Kremlin Activists Dog British Ambassador

'This is My Mark ... This is Man'

In This Age of the Political 'man-beast', What Has Become of Our Dreams of More Women in Power?

Three Supersize Prisons Housing 2,500 Each Will Be Built to Tackle Overcrowding Crisis

Cry Despair

Call to Give Black Tougher Sentence for Lack of Remorse

Teenager Agrees Plea Deal in Notorious Us Race Case

Trouble, the £12m Dog, Lies Low to Evade Kidnappers

Price of Crude Falls on Hopes of Cuts By Opec

Teddy Row Teacher on Her Way Home

Chirac Leads Calls to Outlaw Single-hull Tankers After Spate of Accidents

Spill Will Test Nature's Ability to Recover

Hopes of Averting Catastrophe Slip Beneath Waves As Salvage Team Runs Out of Options

Tory Peer's Triumph Delights Cameron

Why the Search Failed to Find Him

Truffle of the Century Sets Record Price at Auction

Only Here for the Bier As Smoking Ban Takes Effect

From Freshers' Week to the Political Front Line

Death Toll in Arab-israeli Conflict Fell in 2007

Setback for Chávez in Mission to Free Hostages

PPP Leader Had Been Set to Reveal 'poll Rig Plot'

Polls Delayed Despite Parties' Opposition

Zardari Rejects Claim of Al-qaida Link to Bhutto's Murder

Impact of Bhutto Assassination on US Presidential Race

My Mother Said Democracy is Best Revenge - Bhutto Son

Leading Parties Declare Intent to Keep Poll Date

'His Elevation Will Turn Off Floating Voters. It Will Hurt the Party'

'This Regime is Unpopular ... Its Credibility is Rock Bottom'

Brown Offers British Help to Pakistani Authorities

Go to Ba If You Want More Pay, Branson Tells Staff

UK Drug Firms Told to Hand Over Files in Iraq Investigation

Zoo Faces Lawsuit for Tiger Attack

New Bin Laden Tape Warns Sunnis Against Working With Us

Police Disarmed in Drug Inquiry

Halfhearted Finger Wags

Gadaffi Visit Leaves Sarkozy at Bay

Pakistan's Flawed and Feudal Princess

Our Challenge is to Restore Faith in the Power of Global Liberty

Ulster Peace Process Inspired Aid Workers

Left Bank Fumes in a Smoke-free Zone

My Long Journey With a Vulnerable But Brave Charmer

After Benazir

Bhutto Challenged Us to Stand for Democracy

Who Killed Benazir Bhutto?

An Obe for Kylie - and Arise, Sir Parky

US Scrambles to Find New Friends in Pakistan

UN Honours Humble Spud With Year of the Potato

Pakistani Police Begin Long Inquiry Into Bhutto Murder

Instability in Pakistan

From Amis to Zeppelin, What Your Web Searches Reveal

Zuma Charged With Corruption

Wrong-footed Bush Forced to Rethink Policy on Pakistan

Loyal for Now, Musharraf Protege Might Yet Turn on His Benefactor

Duty, Destiny and Death: the Final Preoccupations

'She Has Not Laid on Her Children the Expectations Laid on Her'

Disbelief and Despair Among Supporters

Authorities Point the Finger at Militant Pro-taliban Leader

'Please, for the Sake of Your Loved Ones, Stay at Home'

Troops Deployed As Al-qaida is Blamed for Attack

A Nation Convulsed

Bhutto Buried Beside Her Father As Mourners Promise Revenge

Indians Welcome Being Bossed Around

Under-18s May Be Prevented From Taking the Wheel Alone

Paris Misses Out As Hilton Head Gives $2bn Away

Benazir Bhutto Assassinated at Rally

What Now for Pakistan?

Suspects in the Bhutto Assassination

Moderniser, Moderate, Martyr

Learner Drivers Face Tougher Tests, Report Says

Global Warming Brings Busy Year for Un Disaster Teams

Latin America Hit By Record Number of Disasters, Says Un

Hope of Swift Return As Diplomats in Taliban Row Leave Kabul

Benazir Bhutto

Tentative Steps Towards Democracy May Become Headlong Rush Into Political Chaos

Bhutto Assassinated

Thaksin Faces Arrest If He Returns, Prosecutors Say

Only Third of Mps Back Tougher Anti-terror Law

Christian Leaders Call for Peace and Respect for Environment

Girl Found Alive Two Days After Plane Crash

Quarter of Norway's Firms Face Shutdown As Female Directors Deadline Approaches

Row Over Sarkozy's Borrowed Jet

Egypt to Copyright the Pyramids and Antiquities

Russia Will Supply New Anti-aircraft Missiles for Iran

After 52 Hours Alone in Jungle, Girl Calls to Say: 'hi, Dad, See You Soon'

Caged Behind a Deep Moat and Six-metre Walls But Tiger Escaped to Kill Zoo Visitor

Talking to the Taliban

Meeting the Taliban: Row Over Talks Exposes Divide

UN Push to Stop Afghan Expulsions in Taliban Row

'All I Want for Christmas is a Motorcycle'

Olmert Rules Out Ceasefire As Strikes on Hamas Continue

Two Held After Asian Man Killed in Town's Third Racial Murder

Reactors Could Burn Weapons Plutonium

In the Bleak Midwinter Japanese Regain Appetite for Christmas

Head Wounds Can Stop Stress Disorders, Study Shows

'Bosses Didn't Want to Expose Iraqi Police Corruption'

Village Wins £158m in El Gordo Lottery

Iraq Cover-up Claims: Mps Call for Inquiry

Olmert Rules Out Ceasefire As Strikes on Hamas Continue

Japan Abandons Plans to Kill Humpback Whales

50 Killed in Suicide Bombing at Mosque

Blairite or 'blaireau' - the Choice is Sarkozy's

Blair's Plan to Convert Started in No 10

Lebanon's New Low As Leader Talks Fail

Turkeys and Socks for the Troops Overseas

Divided Belgians Draw Line at Divorce

Run for Your Lives

Camel 'plague' Puzzles Scientists

Orderly Stoning for Satan

'He is Very Much Alive'

Blair Never Considered Position After Menezes' Death

Pakistan Suicide Bomber Kills 55 at Mosque

Insurer's U-turn Too Late to Save Life of Transplant Teenager

Bone-crushing Work, No Guaranteed Pay

Russia Gives Go-ahead for £1bn Art Show Loans

Japan Postpones Humpback Whale Hunt

Dozens Die As Pakistan Suicide Bomber Targets Mosque

Tamil Warlord Entered Uk on Forged Passport

Fatma Moussa Mahmoud

Return of the Dinosaurs - Mexico's Old Guard Go Back to Their One-party Ways

'It's Hard to Be Spiritual When There's So Much Pushing'

Putin, Scourge of the Us, Named Person of the Year By Time

From Preston to Mecca

Family Reunions for Guantã¡namo Three, But Two Could Be Deported to Spain

He Might Be a Drunk and a Bum But He Still Has That Most Precious of Musical Things - a Unique and Special Legacy

Cuban Cricket Team Caught Out By Us Ban

Putin, the Kremlin Power Struggle and the $40bn Fortune

Tancredo Drops Bid for Presidency

Granddaughter of Churchill Dies As Australia Jails Her Son

Jail Risk for Motorists Who Use Mobile Phones While Driving

When Beijing Goes Buying

Two Guantánamo Britons to Appear Before Magistrates

Doubts Raised Over Shark Victim's Story

Mobile Phone Motorists Face Two Years in Jail

Pentagon Reports Drop in Iraq Violence

Colombian Rebels Say They Will Release Three Hostages

Putin, Scourge of the Us, Named Person of the Year By Time

Why Can't We Have Trains at Christmas?

Is Charity Peace Oil Really the Best Way to Help the Middle East?

First the Sheep or Goat is Sacrificed, Then It is the Hair

Tortuous Path Out of Prison for Guantánamo 3

In About Turn, Bush Signs Climate Change Bill

Judge Rebukes Home Office Over Iraqi Boy Seeking Asylum

Pledge to Boost Economy After Landslide for Lee in South Korea

Russia Threatens Academy's £1bn Art Show

Patient Shows a Steady Improvement

A Surge of Their Own: Iraqis Take Back the Streets

ANC Holds Breath on Zuma's Policies

Clouds Over Seoul

South Korea Picks Conservative Ex-businessman for President

Russia Calls Off Major Art Loan As Ties With Uk Worsen

Brazilian Faces Second Retrial Over Nun's Killing

Zuma Camp Confident of Win in Bitter Anc Leadership Battle

Speeding Ban for Hamilton

Four Arrested Over Beaujolais Wine Scandal

Customs Official in Secrets Inquiry Over Nuclear Revelations

Japan and Australia on Collision Course Over Whaling

Lazy Mp Brings Shame on the Bismarcks

Stoning the Devil

Japan Successfully Tests Anti-missile System

Israel Kills 12 Militants in Gaza

US Pleads for Calm After Turkish Troops Pursuing Pkk Enter Iraq

Voters Cool Towards Sunshine Policy in South Korean Election

Tymoshenko Returns As Ukraine Prime Minister

Controversial Figure With a Populist Gift

Israeli Air Strikes Kill Militants in Gaza

Ailing Castro Hints at Retirement

Leave Shivaji In Peace

British Suspect in Alleged Bomb Plot Fled After Guards Let Him Pray at Mosque

Red Lights Out Amsterdam Seeks Smarter Image

Eighty Uk Officials Will Join Mission to Kosovo, Says Pm

EU Calls on Turkey to Halt Strikes in Northern Iraq

Paris Donor Nations Pledge Billions for Palestinians

Treat Flood Risk Like Terror Threat, Says Report Author

In the City of 1m Tents

German Communist in Hot Water After Dining Out on Lobster

Surprise As Putin Puts Himself Forward As Pm

Russia Starts Nuclear Fuel Deliveries to Iran

Left Bank Girl and Right Bank Boy: Now Sarkozy Goes Public With New Amour

Flood Threat on a Par With Terrorism, Says Expert

Soldiers Targeted in Pakistan Suicide Bombing

US Pours Cold Water on Bali Optimism

De Burgh to Be First Global Star to Rock Iran Since 1979

Muslim British Resident in Spanish Jail for Two Years Without Charge

Illegal, Polluting and Dangerous: the Gold Rush in French Guiana

Inside the Hajj, With 1m Believers

ANC Conference Jeers Mbeki As Zuma Gains Upper Hand in Leadership Battle

Palestinians Want Help More Than Handouts in Paris

Turkey Launches Biggest Bombing Raid on Kurdish Rebels in Iraq

Pakistan Manhunt for Escaped British Terror Suspect

UK Has Left Behind Murder and Chaos, Says Basra Police Chief

How You Can Light the Way to a Better Life

At Last, Some Wisdom on Global Warming

Fight for 'honour' at 92 Reveals a Nazi's Past

Al-Qaeda 'only One of Many' Major Security Threats to Uk

Gadaffi Visit Leaves Sarkozy at Bay

Pakistan Lifts Emergency Rule But Media Curbs Remain

Handover in Basra As Killings Go on

Creationists Plan British Theme Park

After The Perfect Storm

Deal Agreed in Bali Climate Talks

Top British Terror Suspect Escapes

No Hope of Victory Soon in Afghanistan

Absolutely Fabio

Real Ale Undergoes a Sex Change

Inside Ebola's Zone of Death

Don't Betray Abductees, Tokyo Warned

Brown at Odds With Sarkozy

Williams Condemns Breakaway Bishops in Gay Rights Row

Mbeki Set for Likely Defeat at Anc Conference

Brown: Eu Will Stay As It is

Diana's Letters to Dodi Read to Inquest

Le Pen on Trial for Saying Nazis Not Inhumane

Iraq Can Handle Policing, Army Says Before Handover

Germans Urged to Be More Child-friendly

Fatah Official Held By Hamas While Visiting Gaza for Funeral

EU Summit Gambles on Huge Kosovo Mission

EU Leaders Agree Kosovo Mission

South Africa in Turmoil As Mbeki Heads for Defeat

World on Brink of Deal to Combat Global Warming

Britain's Empty Chair

Offer of Swift Serbian Entry Into Eu If It Lets Kosovo Break Away

Climate Talks Edge Towards Deal

Sears Tower Terror Trial Collapses

No Case for Extending Terror Limit, Mps Say

EU Nations Poised to Go It Alone Over Kosovo

Patrolling Al-qaida's Last Baghdad Stronghold

US Accuses Venezuela of Secret Election Funding

India 'star Wars' Plan Risks New Arms Race

World Bank Urges Israel to Ease Palestinian Blockade

Europe's Big Four Raise Stakes on Kosovo

US Proposal Threatens Climate Change Deal

Miliband Plays Stand-in at Lavish Eu Relaunch

Still Hope for Brown in Brussels

MPs Deliver Fresh Blows Against Detention Plans

MPs Attack Navy Over Debacle in the Gulf

Diana Allen

Move Over, George

Wayward Aiming Japanese Men Take a Seat in Smallest Room

Brown Laughs Off Eu 'snub' As Leaders Gather in Lisbon

Five Killed in Indian Train Bomb

German Museum Admits Terracotta Warriors Are Fakes

Palestinians Demand Halt to Settlements As Peace Talks Begin

Russia Tells British Council to Shut Offices

'I Believe in the War, But Being Here Sucks'

Godfathers of the Nation

Apprehensive? Oh Yes

Inside the Green Zone

Murder Trial Sniper Says Us Used 'bait' for Suspect Iraqis

Iraqi Fighters 'grilled for Evidence on Iran'

Switzerland's Far-right Leader is Kicked Out of Cabinet

Dowry Law Making Us the Victims, Says India's Men's Movement

Spanish Anger Over Ryanair Bikini Calendar

After Seven Years, Dutch Diplomat Puts Adopted Daughter Back Up for Adoption

Serb General Gets 33 Years' Jail for Role in Siege of Sarajevo

Russia Orders British Council Offices to Be Shut Down

Murder of General Deepens Crisis in Lebanon

Blow for Clinton As Obama Takes Lead in Key State

General Who Led Sarajevo Siege Jailed for War Crimes

Japanese Scientists Create Mice With No Fear of Cats

Cholera Crisis Hits Baghdad

US Troops Surge Ends As Violence in Iraq Falls

We Will Not Negotiate With the Taliban, Insists Brown

Up to 40 Killed and 125 Wounded in Iraq Blasts

Unwelcome Guests

Las Vegas Returns to Roots With Mobster Museum

Six Dead As Israeli Tanks Enter Gaza

Medvedev Boosts Putin's Bid to Retain Power

Israel Tanks Enter Gaza on Eve of Peace Talks

The Poppy: Helmand's Biggest Problem

Allies Complete Ousting of Taliban From Musa Qala

45 Killed in Algeria Blasts

Cuba Agrees to Sign Un Civil Rights Agreement

Train Link Reconnects Two Koreas for First Time in 57 Years

Women's Place Should Be in the Workforce

Canoe Man's Wife Charged As Police Seek Public's Help in Piecing Together Lost Years

Shoppers Scatter As Armed Raiders Ram Ikea Store

The Enemy is Malaria. The Cure is £25

The Afghan War in Microcosm

Putin's Man Gets Putin's Job

Putin Anoints Deputy Prime Minister As Heir to Presidency

Putin Backs Medvedev for Presidency

Musa Qala Wrested From Taliban Control, Army Claims

New Yard Anti-terror Chief Named

Fuel Protesters Threaten Demos at Refineries

Foreign Office Accused of Swap Deal Over Terror Suspects

More Than 50 Drown As Migrant Boat Sinks in Aegean

Spanish Ram Raiders Rob Packed Ikea

Pig Farmer Jailed for Six Murders

Putin Anoints Medvedev As Successor

New York Philharmonic to Play in North Korea

A Sense of Hope

Henry Hyde

Diageo: Solve Kenya's Drink Problem With Cheap Beer

US Resists Setting Target on Cutting Carbon Pollution

Giant Oil Spill Imperils Alaska

US Orchestra to Perform in North Korea

50 Migrants Feared Dead As Boat Capsizes

Day of Firsts As Presidential Baton Passes From Husband to Wife

EU Still Divided As Crisis Looms Over Kosovo Independence

Kosovans Rally to Demand Independence From Serbia

Brown Commits British Troops for the Foreseeable Future

Allies Move Into Town Held By Taliban

Afghan Troops Enter Musa Qala

Afghan Battle is Crucial, Brown Tells Troops

Miliband Calls for Extra Kosovo Troops

Brown Tells Iraq Troops Military Role Nearly Over

Black Faces Lengthy Jail Term

US Balks at Bali Carbon Targets

Archbishop in Mugabe Protest

'To Screw It Up Would Be Offensive'

Iran Remains Potential Threat, Gates Warns

It's Time for Power to Shift

Troops Ready for Final Assault on Musa Qala

Chávez Turns Back Hands of Time By Half an Hour

Canoeist Faces Court on Deception Charge As Armed Police Greet His Wife at Airport

Pig Farmer Dubbed Serial Killer Guilty of Six Murders

New Economic Plan As Brown Flies to Iraq

Four Years After Its Compound Was Bombed, Un Renews Mission to Bring Peace to Iraq

Talking Tough But Sick of Fighting: Serbs Prepare for Kosovo Showdown

Don't Turn Our Law Enforcers Into Thought Police

Why the Himalayas Might Not Look Like This for Much Longer

Model's Death Reveals Depth of Ireland's Cocaine Addiction

Merkel Takes Up Mugabe Issue at Lisbon Summit

Children Are Targets of Nigerian Witch Hunt

Anger As Library Makes Exhibition of Bush

War Games

Stone Biopic a Big Mistake, Critics Warn Ahmadinejad

Unilateral Military Strike Still an Option, Senior Ministers Insist

Four British Residents to Be Released From Guantanamo

Outcast Kasparov Still Squaring Up to Putin

Flood Alerts As Britain Braces for a Stormy Weekend

From Hartlepool to Panama, Via Gibraltar, Police Hunt Pieces of 'canoe Man' Puzzle

Positioning Before Principle

Female Suicide Bomber Kills 16 in Iraq

India's Supreme Court Throws Out Ban on Female Bartenders

Top Serbian Official Issues War Threat Over Kosovo

Bar Jobs Open to Indian Women

Stay of Execution Fails to Save Iranian Man

German Mother Held After Five Boys Found Dead

Bank Vault Plans Found in Bin

Breaking Point

Woman Nicknamed 'lyrical Terrorist' Escapes Jail Sentence

'DNA Find' on Knife in Case of Kercher Killing

American Teen Pregnancies Rise for the First Time in 15 Years

Runway Collisions 'high Risk' for Us Air Passengers

US Says the Flow of Jihadists Into Iraq Has Been Staunched

A Guest Who Will Make the Most of the Conference

EU Jamboree Seeks Fresh Start - But Africa's Leaders Are Looking East

Pakistan Opposition Parties Issue Election Demands

'They're Always Being Told It's Three Months Away'

Supreme Court Ponders Rights of Guantánamo Detainees

British Spy Station Played Role in Us U-turn on Iran

Warships Head to Mediterranean in Russian Show of Strength

Panama: 'a Hell Hole for Dirty Money'

Speed Limits Rise As India Falls in Love With the Car

India's Drivers Feel the Need for Speed

Cracks Show in Rebuilt Mostar Landmark

White House to Reveal Sub-prime Rescue for Struggling Us Homeowners

Suicide Attack Kills at Least 13 on Kabul Bus

Left at War in Wake of Communist Raid on Indian Village

Jitters in Gucci Clan As Ridley Scott Plans Film on Dynasty

Chinese Police Stage Huge Gang Crackdown

Childcare Locks Women Into Lower-paid Jobs

Kercher Murder Not Lone Act, Say Italian Judges

Brown May Miss Eu Treaty Signing

Families Urge Iraq Kidnappers to Free Hostages

Taliban Bomber Kills 13 By Ramming Minibus

Should I Go on Holiday in Sudan?

Gibbons Returns to Merseyside From Sudan Jail

RAF Chiefs Blame Fuel Errors for Fatal Crash

War Postponed

At Last - a Moon Picture That Really is Fake?

Tehran Feels Vindicated in Light of Report

Previous Hostage Cases

UN Promises Aid As Displaced Iraqis Head Home

Doubts Cast Over Soldier's Iraq Accounts

Italian Firm Offers Saintly Mobiles

Germans Go Nuts Over Knut, As Zoo Marks Bear's Birthday

Israel to Build in East Jerusalem

South African Miners Stage Strike Over Safety Standards

Raids Net 38 As Sicily Police Aim to Stamp Out the Mafia

Trial of Publisher Revives Row Over Turkish 'insult' Law

New Findings May Be Due to a Defector, Sources Suggest

Bush's Fight With Iran Has Been Spoilt

Bhutto and Sharif Draw Up Wish List

Israel Contradicts Us Findings on Nuclear Iran

Tories Urge Caution Over Iran Report

22 Injured in Taliban Attack

Sudan Teddy Teacher Lands in Uk After 'ordeal'

Shock and Celebrations As Voters Stall the Chávez Revolution

18 Years On, Exxon Valdez Oil Still Pours Into Alaskan Waters

Sunken Oil Tanker Still Leaking on Sea Bed

Wildlife Suffers As Oil Spreads Along Spanish Coast

Peruvians Sue Oil Giant Over Amazon Pollution

Oil Giant in Dock Over Amazon Waste

Nazi Rocket Scientist's Secret Papers Up for Sale

Kite Runner's Afghan Child Stars Forced Into Hiding

Opposition Leader Sharif Barred From Fighting Pakistan Election

Riots and Hunger Feared As Demand for Grain Sends Food Costs Soaring

Powerful Leader Has Ability to Bounce Back

Australia Signs Up to Kyoto Deal to End 10-year Exile

A Managed Election

Russian Election Unfair and Biased Towards Putin, Observers Say

'Iran Halted Nuclear Weapons Programme in 2003'

Putin Win: It's Not Fair, Say Observers

Sharif Banned From Pakistan Poll

Election Monitors Accuse Putin of Manipulating Victory

Dozens Dead As Sri Lankan Fighting Escalates

Q&A: The Russian Electoral System

Chávez Loses Bid to Rule Until 2050

Sudan to Free Teddy Row Teacher

Putin Cements Power in Russian Election

Romney to Deliver Key Address on Faith

Chávez on to a Winner With Referendum Gamble

The Cruellest Voyage

Iraqi Insurgents Regrouping, Says Sunni Resistance Leader

Woman With Alzheimer's Shot Dead in Hospital By Husband, 77

Hope and Fear in Bali

Putin Heading for Landslide Election Victory

An Idyllic Greek Island Becomes the New Frontier for African Migrants

Chávez's Referendum Gamble Hangs in Balance

Leading Questions After Putin's Huge Victory

Intimidation and Dirty Tricks Help Putin to Massive Landslide

Chinese Secretary Crowned Miss World

The Shadow of Stalin That Hangs Over Mr Putin

A French Lesson We Ignore at Our Peril

Miliband Bids for Jailed Teacher's Release

Young Woman Doctor Who Fell Foul of Iran's 'love Police' Was Strangled

The Pride and Passion of a Manhunter

Bali's Road Map for Planet's Survival

How Africa's Desert Sun Can Bring Europe Power

Belgium's Survival in Question As 'next Pm' Quits the Battle