National & World News Archive March 2008



Chad President Pardons French Charity Workers

MoD Wants Evidence Heard in Secret at Hercules Deaths Inquest

30,000 Sacked Every Year for Having Babies

Tax Anything But Our Beer

World's Oldest Audio Recording Gives Edison's Rival His Moment of Glory

British Forces Join Basra Fighting

Forty Years After the Shot Rang Out, Race Fears Still Haunt the Us

Hard Graft Pays Off As America Falls for Latest British Pop Diva

30,000 Sacked Every Year for Having Babies

What Happened to ... Diego Garcia

Swedes' Tolerance Tested As Refugee Crisis Bites

Hitting Eu's Energy Targets Will Cost Brits at Least £2,000

Crippled Marine is Refused Full Payout

N Korea Fires Test Missiles As Relations With Seoul Sour

Tintinophiles Will Demand Fidelity to Herg?'s Art

More Anglo-french Teamwork Makes Entente Formidable

Fox Business News followed by Live Prayer?

FBI to Analyse Parachute in Hijack Mystery

Profile: Ratan Tata

Tata Has Persevered - and Largely Succeeded

Tata to Land Rover and Jaguar

Moscow to Host Big Turner Show

Suspicions Over Death of Walker on Inca Trail

Scotland Yard Seizes £10m Old Masters

From Vukovar to Corby: the Locksmith Accused of Role in Balkans Massacre

African Union Troops Invade Rebel Island

Bacon Triptych Could Fetch Record £35m

Scientists Say Catholic Clergy Inflaming Embryo Debate

UN Food Agency Issues Emergency Plea for $500m

FirstGroup and Stagecoach Rev Up for the $1 Us Inter-city Bus Ticket

Island Made Famous By Dumas to Open for 3,000 Visitors

Scarlett 'was Killed By Drowning'

UN Says Road Deaths Kill As Many As Aids

Soaring Cost of Euros Hits Holidays Abroad

Krill Fishing Threatens the Antarctic

Echoes of 1968 Return to Haunt the Divided Democrats

Moral Failure Bars Dandy From Us

The Man Who Captured the Human Cost of Conflict

G4S Targets Troubled Security Rival With £43m Bid

The Path to Happiness: It is Better to Give Than Receive

Manson Family's Gruesome History Resurfaces in the Desert

AFP Journalist Barred From Chad

US Books Chain Faces Funding Crisis

City Am Founder Disappears in Latvia

M&S Cranks Up International Expansion

Credit Suisse Warns on Profits

'When the Foreigners Come, We Know to Tell Them We Only Do Two Hours a Day Overtime'

Charity Planning Banana Republic Protest Over Employees' Plight

Up to 54 Years in Jail for Tissue Harvest Ringleader Who Stole Alistair Cooke's Corpse

When Mikhail Joined the God Squad

Season's Greetings

The Last Charge

Shattered Illusions

Dutch Vintner Insures His Nose for £3.9m

Olé! Salford's Matador Back in Action at 65

Vatican in Saudi Talks on Building Churches

Thatcher's Pr Man to Rework Image of Europe's Pariah

How the 'great' Was Put Back Into Gatsby's Hotel

Belarus Bruiser Employs British Spin for Softer Image

Foreign Films Make It Big at the Box Office

Witch's Hat and Jack Ruby's Gun Under the Hammer

Ministers to Tell Eu That Rescue Was Fair

Shielding Flag Carriers 'is Killing Airlines'

St Patrick's Day Arrives Early

Rules Toggled As Scouts Shun Life of Virtue

Stravinsky Experts in Plagiarism Row

Glaciers Melt 'at Fastest Rate in Past 5,000 Years'

Hardline Critics Scoop Up Votes As Rivals Are Barred

Broker Claims Tesco's Us Chain is in Deep Trouble

Deal on Wheels

Spot of Bother

Tesco Denies Analyst's Claim That It is in Double Trouble

Reformists Fight Off Irrelevance in an Election They Cannot Win

US City Plans Moat to Keep Out Migrants

US Succeeds in Splitting Eu Over Visa Rules

London Nightlife Cleans Up But Visitors Say Pick Up the Litter

Mountain Residents Bulldozed Out of Government's World Heritage Vision

Rail, Roads and Homes Battered By Latest Bout of Wild Weather

US Retailer Faces Row Over Donation Deal

From Inside Black Beach Jail, a Chained and Shackled Simon Mann Names Names

Pressure Grows on Governor to Quit

Pygmy Human Remains Found on Rock Islands

Boeing Makes Formal Protest Over Eads Deal

Boeing Fights Us Tanker Deal

Profiles: Ely Calil, Mark Thatcher, Jeffrey Archer and Simon Mann

Ex-Islamists Start Moderate Thinktank

'There is Peace. We Have a New Airport. People Are Satisfied'

Love By Clockwork

£15,000 for Asylum Seeker Illegally Detained in Uk

Fresh Questions on Torture Flights Spark Demands for Inquiry

UN Looks East for Unused Land in Face of Rising Food Prices

Race Row Students Are Unrepentant

How a Tiny West African Country Became the World's First Narco State

You Brits Just Love Being Miserable

Brits Love to Be Miserable: Us Bestseller

Zuma Stakes His Claim As a President for the Poor

Saudis Offer Pioneering Therapy for Ex-jihadists

How a Tiny African Outpost Became the World's First Narco State

Woman Starts 60-day Solo Trek to North Pole

Patriotism Has Worked Its Old Magic

Gunman Hailed on Hizbullah Tv

'Lord of War' Could Face Trial in Us

'There's Racism, But Not in Public'

Phone Row Edges Finland Off the Shelf

Schoolgirls Worldwide Suffer Abuse, Says Amnesty

Streets Ahead

Eight Dead As Gunman Hits Jerusalem Religious School

Uranium Sell-off to Help Pay for £72bn Clean-up

Not Content With Their Place in the Sun, Les Anglais Go in Search of Council Seats

Action on Poverty Leaving Women and Girls Behind - Report

US Military Claims New Rations Would Impress a Gourmet

Ship Sunk in Battle of Narvik Found After 68 Years

Eight Killed in Jerusalem Shootings

Reuters-Thomson Tie-up Cheers Glocer

Archbishop Orders Catholic Hospital Board to Resign in Ethics Dispute

US Presses for More Peacekeepers in Darfur

Berlin Gridlock As Strike Brings Nation to a Halt

For Paris's Jewish Quarter, a Fight to Save Its Soul

Muslim Leaders to Meet the Pope in Rome

Of Mice, Men and Cojones

After 13 Years of Gates, Enter the New Richest Man in the World: The Sage

Trinity Broadcasting Network Honored by Parents Television Council

Trading Places

Heated Hobbit Debate Takes New Turn With Thyroid Theory

US Research Backs Britain's 'say on Pay'

Two Britons Are Killed in Separate Skiing Holiday Accidents

Drug Cartels Running Rampant, Says Un

'Say on Pay' Could Help Relationships With Us Shareholders

Bogged Down in Well-rehearsed Arguments

Conrad Black: Timeline

UK Firm Plans Vast Resort on Fragile Coast

Conrad Black Jailed

Kelly to Unveil Scheme for Pay As You Drive Motorway Lanes

Oil Money is Coming - and There is Little the West Can Do About It

US Prisons Hit New High: 1 in 100 Adults Jailed

Ayia Napa Bans British Soldiers Over Bar Brawls

Kremlin Accused of Fixing Presidential Poll

Kremlin Planning to Rig Election

New Warning to Faith Charities

Jamaica Slums Locked in Violence, Report Says

Gore to Recruit 10m-strong Green Army

Nomadic Bedouin Fight to Survive in the Village Which Does Not Exist

Captured Corporal is Still Alive, Says Hamas Leader

China Welcomes Olympic Torch Amid Tight Security

Supreme Court Threatens Islamic Party's Government in Turkey

Secret Mugabe Meeting Ponders Military Move or Fixed Result - But Not an Admission of Defeat

Key Points of Bush Administration's Financial Plan

Federal Reserve's Authority Would Expand Under Proposal

Zimbabwe Opposition Fears Vote-rigging

Nato Should Get in Vogue Like Madonna, Defence Analyst Says

Delays Fuel Fears of Electoral Fraud in Zimbabwe

The Ticking Timebomb: Un Tribunal Gears Up to Try Lebanon Pm's Killers

McCain Admits He Was Caught Off Guard By Basra Offensive

McCain Surprised By Attacks in Basra

Sharpshooter, Paratrooper, Hero: the Woman Who Set France Ablaze

Demands for Crackdown on Biofuels Scam

Two Marines Killed By Roadside Bomb

Tapas Seven in New Mccann Interviews

Mugabe Stops Election Results Going Public

Gore Unveils $300m Climate Ads

Mugabe Clings on Despite Election Defeat

Opposition Voters Defy Odds to Make Their Voices Heard

Holding Their Breath, for the Beginning of the End

Olympic Flame Handed to China Amid Protests

Killing Fields Photographer Dith Pran Dies

Farc's Prize Hostage is 'ill and Losing Will to Live'

'We Have Been Delivered From Darkness'

Israeli Play Makes Link With Palestinians

Putin Critic Disappears in Berlin

Desperate Zimbabweans Find Their Voice

Architect of Israel's Birth Faces Extinction

Clinton Rejects Calls to Quit

Zimbabwe Opposition Claims Huge Poll Win

World Plea to Brown Over Detention Bill

Anger As 50 Iraqi Refugees Are Sent Back

Sick and Suicidal: Plight of Women in Uk Jails

Dreams of Life After Mugabe As Zimbabwe Goes to Polls

No Sex, Thank You ... We're Japanese

French Hunters Go on Warpath to Stem Invasion of Wild Boars

A Charm Offensive Aimed at Europe

It's War, Mugabe Says, As Opposition Prepares for Battle

American Warplanes Join Iraqi Troops in Taking the Fight to Shia Militia

Equatorial Guinea Seeks Arrest Warrant for Mark Thatcher

PC and Nearly Gaffe-free: the New Berlusconi

Merkel Says She Will Not Attend Opening of Beijing Olympics

Democrats Urged to Bring Forward Decision on Candidate

Cubans to Be Allowed to Buy Mobile Phones

Dean Urges Superdelegates to Choose Between Clinton and Obama By July 1

Jilted Germans Sceptical About Anglo-french Love-in

Romancing the Old Rival With the Promise of a Lasting Relationship

Hitler Owned Painting Now in National Gallery

'It's Harvest Season for Me'

CPS to Consider Possibility of Murder Charge Against Father of Crete Death-plunge Boy

BBC Calls in Police After Beijing Staff Files Disappear

Je Thames: Mme Sarkozy on Nicolas, the Queen and That Royal Bedroom

Justice at Last for Mrs Sarko Thanks to Carlamania

Romancing the Old Rival to an Entente Formidable

US Gave $300m Arms Contract to 22-year-old With Criminal Record

Bush Likely to Delay Planned Withdrawal of Troops From Iraq

Arab Leaders Boycott Damascus Summit Over Lebanon Crisis

Ultimatum for Italy in Cheese Dioxin Scare

Tibetan Monks Disrupt Chinese Show of Stability

Mugabe Warned of Kenya-style Revolt

22-year Old Awarded $300m Pentagon Contract, According to Report

Inside Zimbabwe: Opposition Threatens Post-election Uprising

Maliki Vows There Will Be 'no Retreat' Against Shia Militias in Basra

Bombers Attack Basra Oil Pipeline

Monks' Protest Disrupts Media Visit to Tibet

British Reality Tv Crew Accused As Flu Kills Four in Isolated Peruvian Tribe

President Pays Tribute to Britain and Calls for 'brotherhood'

China Brings Foreign Press on Day Trip to Riot-hit Tibetan City

Maliki Gives Basra Gunmen 72 Hours to Disarm

The Ticking Timebomb: Un Tribunal Gears Up to Try Lebanon Pm's Killers

German Supermarket Chain Lidl Accused of Snooping on Staff

Pakistan's New Leaders Tell Us: We Are No Longer Your Killing Field

Making a Difference: the Philanthropic Industrial Powerhouse Rising in the East

Land Rover and Jaguar Become Firm's Latest British Brands

Sarkozy Signals More French Troops for Afghanistan

British Soldier Killed in Iraq Firefight

Mugabe's Opponents 'forced to Eat Election Posters'

The Rising Threat

Plan to Put 16m African Children Into School

SAS Soldier Killed in Iraq Gunfight

'A Hundred Times Better' Than the Rest of Africa

Simba Makoni

Brown, Windsor and Soccer for Sarkozy Visit

Cuba Censors Cyber Critic With Block on Island's Popular Blog

British Hopes Rest on Crucial Showdown

Iraq Still in the Balance, Says Foreign Secretary

Wenger Pitches in for Brown and Sarkozy

Three Sought in £9m Viagra Scam

BP Faces Kremlin Tax Investigation

Supreme Court Rules Us Courts Are Independent of Hague

Senior Al-jazeera Staff Quit English Service

Reformed Sarkozy Set for Uk Visit

Q&A: The Battle for Basra

PM to Allow Free Vote on 'ethical' Aspects of Embryo Bill

Medvedev Warns Against Nato Admission for Russian Neighbours

British Exit Strategy Rests on Basra Battle

Remote Control

Sadr Urges 'civil Revolt' As Battles Erupt in Basra

US Courts Given Leave to Bypass International Legal Rulings

Brown Gives Mps Free Vote on Key Clauses in Embryos Bill

The Battle for Basra: Iraqis Fight Mahdi Army As British Troops Remain at Base

Miliband Attacks China's Rights Record and Calls for Tibet Talks

China Lifts Block on Bbc Site

Indian Firm Buys Jaguar and Land Rover

Gun Battles Erupt in Basra

Four Killed As Clashes Erupt in Basra

Not Yet Time for Iraq Inquiry, Says Straw

40% of Afghan Aid Returns to Donor Countries, Says Report

Two Killed at Pro-tibet Rally in China

Old Habits Die Hard

Family Calls for Help to Find Teacher's Killer in Japan

Union Calls for End to Single-faith Schools

Cherchez La Femme

Looking for Owners: Looted Masterpieces Go on Show

Top Scientists Warn Against Rush to Biofuel

Airlift Will Bring 2,000 Hand-picked Iraqis to New Life in Britain

Sarkozy Under Scrutiny in Key Away Game

Doctor's Career on Line After Big Brother Tryst

Serbia Asks Un for Partitioning of Kosovo

Japan Acts to Avert Growing Crisis in Manners

Pro-Tibet Protesters Strike As the Olympic Flame is Lit

Chinese Dissident Jailed for Five Years After Human Rights Petition

Cheney Says Syria and Iran Are Sabotaging Talks

Family Appeals for Help to Find Killer in Japan

Peace Hopes in Afghanistan Hit By Aid Shortfall

New Pakistani Prime Minister Frees Judges

Voters Flock to Gross National Happiness

Bhutan - A Noble Experiment

California Officer Honored By MADD

Economy Poised on Knife Edge

Taiwan Plots Conciliatory Path on China After Ma's Election Victory

Tibetan Protests Quashed, Claims China

After Five Days of Freedom, 1970s Terrorist is Sent Back to Prison

Peruvian Leaders Cry Foul As Chávez Exports Healthcare

Bhutto Loyalist is Named Pakistan Prime Minister

Murdered Teenager's Mother in Hiding

Gay Bishop's Mission to Unite

Hollywood Snubbed Us, Says Angry Comedy Star

Britons Fly East for Discount Dentistry

Taiwan Ballot Boosts Links With Mainland

Pakistan to Meet Militants

Inside the Court of the Tibetan God-king

Western Stance Infuriates Young Chinese Fed on Government Propaganda

One Million Face Famine After Rats Feast on Crops

Face to Face With a Lonely Tyrant Bent on Vengeance

How Mugabe's Faithful Became the Opposition

The Baker Who Joined Elysée Elite

Architect of Israel's Birth Faces Extinction

Afghans Unite to Cheer Their Brave New Stars As The X-factor Comes to Kabul

Pro-China Candidate Wins Taiwan Election

Pelosi Urges World to Condemn China Over Crackdown

Differences between Imus and Rev. Wright

Dalai Lama Fears Village Massacres As Chinese Troops Retaliate for Protests

State Admits Police Shot Protesters 'in Self-defence'

Russian Head of British Council Group Arrested

Unrest in Tibet Threatens Bid to Become Oldest Everest Climber

Sunni Militia Strike Could Derail Us Strategy Against Al-qaida

Paedophile Who Lived in Australia for 56 Years Sent to Uk

Storm Clouds Gather As Pakistan Prepares for a New Dawn

McCain Aide Suspended in Video Row

Building Peace in Iraq Harder Than Expected, Says Miliband

Russia Arrests Two Men in British Council Spying Row

Japan Enlists Cartoon Cat As Ambassador

Dalai Lama Willing to Meet Chinese Regime

China Admits Shooting Tibet Protesters

Anglo-Russian Relations

New Bin Laden Message Attacks Eu Over Cartoons

China Acknowledges Spread of Tibet Protests

Deaths and Disruption As Price Rise Sees Copper Thefts Soar

In Ever-widening Security Cordon, a Palpable Fear

Authorities in Lhasa Parade 'repentant Rioters' on Tv

Middle East Peace Talks Stalled, Say Negotiators

Israel-Palestine Dispute Moves on to Facebook

Brown Tells China He Will Meet Dalai Lama During London Visit

President's Wife Attacks Press ... in the Press

Can the Dalai Lama Resign?

Sarkozy Hopes Talks With Brown Will Cement Anglo-french Alliance to Steer Eu Policy

Five Years on

Russia's Priests Told to Carry Guns to Foil Armed Icon-raiders

Far Right Closes Yasukuni Screening in Tokyo

PM's Pledge to Meet Dalai Lama Draws Beijing's Ire

China Releases Wanted List of Lhasa Rioters

FSA Investigates 'market Manipulation' As Bank Shares Plunge

Trade in Stolen Iraqi Treasures 'fuels Al-qaida'

Love In A Time Of War

China Claims Rioters Surrender As Lhasa 'returns to Normal'

Spiritual Leader Threatens to Resign Over Conflict

China's Pm Accuses Protesters of Trying to Sabotage Games

What is the Real Death Toll in Iraq?

First Coca Crop Found in Brazilian Rainforest

Japanese Firms Face Penalties for Overweight Staff

Merkel Tells Knesset of Shame Over Nazis

Murder Trial Recalls Tale of Arsenic and Old Lace

British Captain Held for 46 Days By Somali Pirates Freed With His Crew

US Court Appears Unlikely to Challenge Individual Gun Ownership

US Banking Giants Soothe Investors' Nerves

'He is Completely Committed to Non-violence'

Dalai Lama Threatens to Quit Amid Chinese Accusations

Italian Law to Allow Puccini for Pooches

'Helicopter Ben' and His 0% Remedy for Depression

UN Police Officer Dies After Kosovo Clashes

Dalai Lama Threatens to Resign Over Tibet Violence

Arrests After Governor's Threat to Deal Harshly With Resistance

Turkish Court to Consider Call to Ban Ruling Party

Opposition Mps Put on New Pressure for Iraq War Inquiry

Israeli Security Staff Write Blogs to Attract Recruits

Merkel to Address Knesset As Historic Visit Strengthens Israeli Ties With Germany

Rubbish Poses Health Threat As Greeks Strike Over Pensions

Kosovo Clashes Force Un to Withdraw

Younger Generation Rejects Non-violent Tradition

State Tv Switches to Non-stop Footage of Chinese Under Attack

Tension Rises As Armed Police Mass in Capital

Chaos in Iraq Sparks Surge in Eu Asylum Applications

Tibet's Young Exiles Sick of Passive Approach

Hong Kong Police Suspect Link in Prostitute Murders

Berlin Strengthens Ties With Israel

Fierce Kosovo Clashes Force Un Pullout

Beijing Seals Off Tibet As Deadline for Protesters Passes

Protests in Tibet

Tibet Demonstrators Ordered to Give Themselves Up

Dumping Pastors to Get Elected – Theology America Does Not Understand

Rule of Terror: Dalai Lama Accuses China As Dozens Are Reported Dead

Alitalia Agrees to Air France-klm Takeover

Four Bbc Journalists Held in Irish Anti-terror Operation

Briton Saw Goa Suspect 'on Top of Teenager' on Night She Died

Conservatives Claim Victory in Iranian Election

Suspected Us Missiles Kill Militants in Pakistan

Beijing Locks Down Lhasa As Crisis Grows

Batons and Tear Gas As Tibetan Unrest Spreads Beyond Borders

Foreigners Target of Fatal Pakistan Blast

Beijing Sends in Tanks As Crisis Grows

Red Baron Recast As a German Hero

Iran's Young Women Find Private Path to Freedom

160 Feared Dead in Albania Explosion

Dozens Killed in Tibetan Protests

Scientists to Speak Out for Animal Tests

Turnout Low in Iranian Election As Reformist Voters Stay Away

Charles Taylor Told Fighters to Eat Their Enemies, Court Hears

Legendary British Investor Takes a Hit

Tibet Gripped By Violent Clashes

New Fabric Sees Wearers Dressed to Kill - Germs

Attacks By Animal Rights Extremists Down By 50%

Cheap Anti-allergy Drug Offers Hope of Cure for Malaria

Middle-aged Britons Healthier Than American Counterparts, Says Study

Something to Chew Over ... the Health Benefits of Gum

Animal Rights Protest Puts £375m Aquatic Centre at Risk

Nasa Tries to Figure Out Real-life Rain Man's Brain

Sarah Boseley

Rachel Corrie Play Debuts in Israel

Top Blair Aide: We Must Talk to Al-qaida

Terror Talks: Would Contacting Al-qaida Be a Step Too Far?

Polish Federation Accuses Daily Mail of Defamation

Olympic Year Gives Nationalists Chance to Intensify Campaign

Gunfire on the Streets of Lhasa As Rallies Turn Violent

Concessions to Merkel Threaten Climate Change Plan

Hamburg's Oldest Brothel to Close

We Will Not Let Mugabe Be Beaten, Police and Army Chiefs Warn

Peruvian Politicians in Coca Protest

Kosovars and other Albanians - Why Great Albania is a Myth

Robot Frozen in Space

'It Has to Be Politically Doable'

Iranians Vote in Parliamentary Election

Blair to Lead Campaign on Climate Change

Alleged Drug Dealer Arrested Over Goa Killing

Deportation Order on Gay Iranian to Be Reviewed

China Plays Down Protests in Tibetan Monasteries

Body of Kidnapped Archbishop Found in Iraq

Cuba Eases Curb on Sale of Tvs and Computers

Chinese Race Past Americans to Top of World Internet League

The Rt Rev John Yates

Germany Pours Cold Water on Sarkozy Union

A Family Holiday Nightmare in Goa

Greek Cruise Ship Runs Aground With 280 on Board

Monks in Tibet Go on Hunger Strike As Protests Spread

Archbishop Kidnapped in Iraq Found Dead

Hong Kong Flu Scare Closes Schools and Kindergartens

Film Sparks Storm Over Irish Poet

'The Treatment is Humiliating'

Afghan Civilians Killed in British-ordered Air Strike

Iraqi Asylum Seekers Given Deadline to Go Home or Face Destitution in Uk

Treasury to Pay Extra £2bn for Surging Cost of War

Can the Us Today Really Compare With Czechoslovakia in 1975?

Museveni Refuses to Hand Over Rebel Leaders to War Crimes Court

Traumatised South African Children Play 'rape Me' Games

Hong Kong Shuts Schools in Flu Outbreak

Uganda Defies War Crimes Court Over Indictments

Tibetan Monks in Biggest Protest Against Chinese Rule in 20 Years

Indians Rock In U.S.A

Egypt Tries to Broker Gaza Ceasefire

Briton to Serve on Hariri Tribunal

Law Chief 'delaying Serbian Corruption Case'

Suicide Bombings in Lahore Kill at Least 31

Sisters Who Hid £29m in Shed Face Tax Charge

British Campaigners Arrested at Sea in Diego Garcia Protest

Croat General on Trial for War Crimes

Trouble in Utopia As the Real Brazil Spills Into Niemeyer's Masterpiece

Large Bank Transfers Raised Alarm

Blackstone Founder to Give $100m to New York Libraries

US Military Chief Quits Amid Claims of Iran Rift

Afghan Death Toll Soars to 8,000 Last Year

Fears of Unrest As Inflation in China Hits 12-year High

Friend of 7/7 Bombers Jailed for Possessing Al-qaida Cd

US Middle East Commander Quits

Coup Plot 'manager' Makes Claim on 'main Man'

Credit Crunch 'could Last Years'

24 Killed in Twin Lahore Suicide Blasts

Federal Reserve Leads World Central Bank Move By Injecting $200bn

Hundreds of Monks Protest in Tibet

Chinese Inflation Alarms Authorities

High-octane Politics

Eight Us Soldiers Killed in Iraq Attacks

Afghan Deaths Soar to 8,000

24 Killed in Double Lahore Suicide Blasts

True Scale of C0₂emissions From Shipping Revealed

At Least 20 Dead in Twin Lahore Blasts

Sting Exposes New York's Mr Clean As Client 9 of the Emperor's Call-girl Club

Migrants Vanish After Police Put Them on Train

US Evangelical Rift on Global Warming Widens

Mere High-definition Tv Could Soon Be Lo-tech

Cost of Iraqi and Afghan Wars Has Doubled

China Proclaims Big Fall in Executions After Court Reforms

Japan to Outlaw Possession of Child Pornography

Goa Police 'may Have Wrong Man'

Five Us Soldiers Killed in Baghdad

China Claims Cut in Execution Rates

The Second Man

Bacterial Meningitis Eliminated From Uganda

Forget the Rolexes, Fake Ferrari Proves $600bn Industry Has Moved Up a Gear

Japan to Outlaw Possession of Child Porn

Musharraf Under Threat From New Coalition

Millions Drinking Drug-tainted Water in Us

We Are Facing Food Crisis, Admits Mugabe

China's Trade Surplus 63% Down

Poles Win Us Pledge on Missiles

Zapatero Seeks Alliances to Wield Power After Divisive Spanish Poll

French Voters Deliver Warning to Sarkozy in Local Elections

New York Governor Accused in Vice Ring

Different Rules for Oprah - New Age Baseball?

China's One-child Policy to Stay ... for Now

Land of 20 Million Pianists

Italy's Young Lovers Mock Racist Agenda

RAF Buys Us Robot Planes to Strike at the Taliban

Climate Change May Spark Conflict With Russia, Eu Told

The True Cost of Living in Zimbabwe - No Food, No Job and No Hope

Arrests in Goa After British Girl's Death

Sarkozy Suffers Backlash in France's Local Elections

Terrorists Tried to Crash Jet, China Claims

Spanish Socialists Pledge New Era After Poll Victory

Israel Expands Settlements in Blow to Peace Process

Flawless Launch for Europe's Automated Space Freighter

EU Told to Prepare for Flood of Climate Change Migrants

MoD Plans Raid on Landmine Removal Fund to Keep Tornados Flying in Iraq

Inquest Confirms Goa Teenager Was Murdered

Look! It's the Brand New Face of China

Mother Wins Murder Battle Over Daughter

British Families Still Happy to Live Hippie Dream As Goa's Lustre Dims

Vote to Foil Eta, Family Pleads

Serbia in Crisis As Pm Quits Over Kosovo

Fury at Bangladesh Mine Scheme

Breaking Point

All Talk, Few Tanks in Border Bravado

Zimbabwe Bans Western Observers From Ballot

All Talk, Few Tanks in South America

Lawyer Missing After Criticising China's Human Rights Record

Bars Use Smoke and Mirrors to Flout Ban

'He Was Very Enthusiastic About Getting Married'

Peace Process in Peril After Seminary Bloodbath

Thousands Attend Service for Eight Young Students Killed As They Gathered to Pray

Thousands Attend Funeral Service for Israeli Students

US Job Numbers Support Recession Fears

Giant European Space Freighter Readied for Blast-off

Chinese Lawyer Missing After Criticising Human Rights Record

Found: the Boy Caught in Kenya's Bloody Hell

Peace Broker, Bank Adviser and Lecturer, Now Blair Plans to Teach Religion at Yale

'I Am a Messenger'

Anxious Moments As Europe's Freighter Makes Maiden Flight to Space Station

New Investigation Into Teenager's Goa Beach Death

German Rail Workers Threaten to Join Strikes As Talks Break Down

Spain Cancels Election Rallies After Murder

Blair to Lecture on Faith and Globalisation at Yale

Blair to Teach at Yale University

Protester 'shot' By Japanese Coastguard

Funeral Processions Begin for Israeli Students Killed By Gunman

Whaling Activist Claims He Was Shot By Japanese Coastguards

'Guys Lay Dead, With Holy Books Around Them'

A Double Act of Revenge: Carefully Planned Atrocity Strikes at Israel's Spiritual Heart

'Lord of War' Arms Trafficker Arrested

Food Crisis Will Take Hold Before Climate Change, Warns Chief Scientist

'Bullets Were Winging Everywhere'

Highest Number of Military Crosses Awarded Since Second World War

US Repossessions Hit Record High, Sparking Dollar Sell-off

US Army Plans to Revamp Food Rations

Four Us Marines to Face Courts Martial Accused of Gang Rape

Spain's Opposition Party Accused of Xenophobia Ahead of Election

Spain Drops Extradition Attempt Against Guantánamo Torture Pair

Watchdog Quits Over Human Rights Abuses

Jailed Tamil Warlord Has Deadly Influence on Election

Judge Baltasar Garzón

US Marines in Japan Face Court Martial for Rape

Blast Damages Times Square Recruiting Station

Israeli Soldier Killed As Jeep Attacked on Gaza Border

Japan Accused of Vote Buying Ahead of Whaling Meeting

Explosion in New York's Times Square

Kenyan President Urges Mps to Back Power-sharing Deal

Patrolling Al-qaida's Last Baghdad Stronghold

Jeep Blown Up on Israel-gaza Border

Travel Chaos As Germany Hit By Strikes Over Pay

40% of German Soldiers Too Fat

Stalled Economy Centre Stage in Spanish Poll

Blair's Man in Basra Tells How Coalition Failures Provoked Iraqis

Sanctions Causing Gaza to Implode, Say Rights Groups

UK Fears Iran Still Working on Nuclear Weapon

Celebrity Private Eye Goes to Trial in Los Angeles

New Image Technique Could Allow Scanners to Read Minds

Chinese Economy Faces Fight Against Overheating

Abbas Ready to Restart Dialogue With Israel

US to Deploy Training Troops in Pakistan

Lib Dem and Labour Rebellions As Brown Survives Vote on Eu Treaty Referendum

Crédit Agricole Writes Down €3.3bn From Credit Crunch

China Tries to Apply Brakes to Economy

UK Children Rescued From Worldwide Sex Abuse Ring

Abbas Rejects Peace Talks Without Gaza Ceasefire

Israel Hits Gaza Again

Clinton Wins in Ohio and Texas

DNA Results Returned for Puppy Killing Marines

Germany Urges Crackdown on Tax Havens

EU Concerned As Russia Cuts Gas to Ukraine

Egypt Detains Opposition Activists Ahead of Poll

Bamboo Laptop is Star of Computer Show

Bernanke Warnings on Housing Slump Spark Wall Street Sell-off

India Prepares Nano for Drive Into Europe

Hamas Rockets Bring Israeli City in Range

Environmentalists and Park Workers Criticise Grand Canyon Flooding

Death at Us-mexico Border Reflects Immigration Tensions

Eight Killed in Iraq Helicopter Crash

Bjork's Shanghai Surprise: a Cry of 'tibet!'

Funding Boost for China's Military

Bush Upbeat on Peace Despite Gaza Turmoil

Chavez Sends 10 Battalions to Colombian Border After Killing of Farc Commander

Japan Urged to Recall Whaling Fleet

Colombia Claims Computer Coup

Military Spending to Surge By 18%

Threat of War As Venezuela and Ecuador Order Troops to Colombian Border

Rice Says Peace Still Possible Despite Israeli Warning of More Violence

Turkey Strives for 21st Century Form of Islam

Drunk Briton's Terror Rant Forces Flight to Land, Court Hears

Briton 'forced Flight to Land By Claiming He Was a Terrorist'

Passage to India Curtailed in Calais As Language Barrier Trips Campaigner

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Journalism Squeezed As Censors Close in on Satellite Channels

Conrad Black Expects 'bookish' Role Teaching French in Prison - Temporarily

Financial Media Row With China Goes to Wto

BBC Enters a Crowded Marketplace As It Unveils New Arabic Tv Channel

US Plotted to Overthrow Hamas After Election Victory

Colombia Accuses Chávez of Funding Marxist Rebels

Provinces Pay Price for Green Olympics

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Israeli Minister Warns of Holocaust for Gaza If Violence Continues

Malaria Drug Off Market Over Side-effect Fears

India Pledges £7.6bn to Combat Rural Suicides

Suicide Bomber Kills 27 at Funeral in Pakistan

Turkey Withdraws Troops From Northern Iraq, Military Says

Putin Urges Russians to Vote

Israeli Minister Warns of Palestinian 'holocaust'

Conrad Black Fails in Bid to Delay Jail Term

Miliband Rejects Olympic Boycott But Urges Reforms

Days of the One-child Rule Could Be Numbered As Beijing Considers Change

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