National & World News Archive August 2009
No 10 to Publish 'all Relevant' Lockerbie Correspondence With Macaskill
Secret Files Reveal Mi5's Obsession With Martin Bormann Manhunt
The Sermilik Fjord in Greenland: a Chilling View of a Warming World
Healthy Lifestyle Could Prevent 40% of Breast Cancer Cases, Charity Says
Communism: Chocolates Were a Smuggler's Best Friend
Shadow of Megrahi Hangs Over Libya's Mass Celebration of Gaddafi's 40 Years
Libya Demands Details From Uk of Alleged Plot to Kill Gaddafi
US Commander in Afghanistan Proposes Revamped Strategy
France's Animal Rights Activists Free Songbirds in Protest Over Illicit Delicacy
Death of Indian Princess Triggers Rancorous Row Over £200m Estate
The Grapes of Wrath Revisited: Migrants Past & Present
Trumpeting the New Consensus
Lord's Resistance Army Spreads Fear and Threat of Famine in Congo
Texas Fishermen Survive Eight Days on Capsized Boat in Gulf of Mexico
Mexico and Argentina Move Towards Decriminalising Drugs
Dalai Lama Visits Typhoon-hit Taiwan
Diplomatic Disasters for Uk Ambassadors
Knickers and Other Unmentionables: (un)diplomatic Us View of Royal Tours
Compassion, Conviction and Lingering Doubt
Israel's Former Pm Olmert Charged With Corruption
Jack Straw Denies Allegations He Gave Green Light to Release Megrahi
'Her Bonding With the Kidnapping Duo Probably Saved Her Life'
Police in Jaycee Dugard Case Focus on Spate of Unsolved Killings
Angela Merkel's Party Knocked Back in German State Elections
Immigration and Detention - Codes of Practice
'I'm Scared, Daddy - What Are Those Policemen Doing?'
British Matador Makes Comeback - Aged 67
The War? Nothing to Do With Stalin, Says Russia's President, Dmitry Medvedev
Calls Grow to Scrap 'potentially Racist' Form 696 As Music Industry Suffers
DPJ Ends 54 Years of Almost Unbroken Conservative Rule in Japan
The Grapes of Wrath Revisited: The Changing Face of Valle Vista, Arizona
Japan's Ruling Liberal Democratic Party Concedes Election Defeat
Burmese Militia Fighters Seek Refuge in China From Government Offensive
El Inglés, Salford's Bullfighting Star, Returns to the Ring
Germany in Talks to Help Secure Release of Israeli Soldier Shalit
Profile: Yukio Hatoyama
Japan Opposition Heading for Historic Election Victory
Animal Welfare Crisis Unfolds in Germany As Refuges Deluged
Japanese Election Set to End Liberal Democrats' Long Grip on Power
1939: Countdown to War By Richard Overy
Tokyo Hostess By Clare Campbell
Obama's People: Portraits By Photographer Nadav Kander
Proposed Reprieve for Shuttle Could Help Relaunch Us Space Programme
The Grapes of Wrath Revisited: The Plight of Native Americans
India's Generation of Children Crippled By Uranium Waste
My Family's Debt to the Kennedys' America
Families Flee Burma As New Wave of Fighting Breaks Out
TV Documentary Reveals How Dublin 'planned Invasion of Northern Ireland'
Focus in Jaycee Lee Dugard Kidnapping Turns to Wife of Garrido
A World of Nightmare: Jaycee Lee Dugard's Story
Oh for Goodness Sake, Fay, Do Put a Sock in It
France's Socialists Put on Show of Unity at Annual Conference
An Unsung Heroine of the Home Front
President Obama Leads Us Political Elite at Senator Ted Kennedy's Funeral
Police Missed Two Chances to Rescue Jaycee Lee Dugard
Gallagher Brothers Look Back in Anger As Noel Storms Out of Oasis
Here to Stay
Games News
Iran is Continuing Nuclear Activity, Says United Nations Watchdog
The Grapes of Wrath Revisited: Dust to Dust for the Ghosts of Route 66
Antioch: Scene of Chaos in a Place Where Few Questions Are Asked
Lord Ashcroft 'subjugated a Nation', Claims Belize Prime Minister
Iceland Votes to Repay Britons' Lost Bank Savings
Thousands of Mourners Gather to Pay Respects to Kennedy
Materialism a Threat to Planet and Human Identity, Says Tony Blair
Kidnap Suspect Allegedly Hoped to Start His Own Ministry
Berlusconi Declares War on European Media Over Sex Scandal Reports
France's Champagne Houses Threaten Crop Cuts As Financial Crisis Hits Exports
Zuma Says Zimbabwe's Coalition Government is Working
Jaycee Lee Dugard Lived in Backyard Compound for 18 Years
Richards Takes Over As Army Chief With Promise to Focus on Soldiers' Welfare
L'Oreal Shares Jump 10% After Firm Beats Profit Forecast
Kansas Congresswoman Backpedals from "Great White Hope" Remark
John Lewis to Sell Updated Version of Wartime Home Tips Pamphlet
Same Road, Same Grim Story, Same Sense of Optimism
'Where There's No Chemotherapy, There's God!'
Art World Casts Doubt on Authenticity of Picasso Painting Stolen From Kuwait and Found in Iraq
Abdul Aziz Al-hakim
Boston Mourns for Ted Kennedy
Five-hour Wait for Passengers Stranded in Channel Tunnel
Japan's Long-ruling Government Braced for Election Defeat
Brazilian Zoo Investigated Over Dying Animals
Beautiful Game-watching in the World Cup City of Polokwane
Kidnapped Girl Surfaces after 18 Years
Shaun Bush Named As 207th British Military Death in Afghanistan
Taiwan Risks Chinese Anger By Allowing Dalai Lama to Visit
US Prisoners Get Spending Money to Boost Economy
Top Authors Donate Stories for Human Rights Anthology
Climate Camp 2009 Voices: 'it's About Taking Responsibility for the Future'
Police Adopt Low Profile As 1,000 Climate Camp Activists Set Up Base
Muslim Man Claims He Was Kidnapped and Threatened at Knifepoint Over Prayer Sessions
Tributes Paid to the Kennedy Who Left the Broadest Legacy
Israeli and Palestinian Officials Predict Peace Talks May Resume Within Weeks
Jack Straw Questions Release of Man Convicted of Lockerbie Bombing
Tory Mep Names Enoch Powell As His Political Hero
Deserter Caught After Luxury Yacht Stealing Spree in Mediterranean
British Businessmen 'broke Iraq Sanctions'
Afghan Election Fraud Allegations Mount As Hamid Karzai Extends Lead
Executed Prisoners Are Main Source of Chinese Organ Donations
Water Shortage Threatens Two Million People in Southern Iraq
British Soldier Dies From Wounds Sustained in Afghanistan
Obama Announces that Bernanke will Remain Fed Chief
MacAskill Accused of Misleading Public Over Lockerbie Bomber
Zimbabwe Officials Deny Report of Mugabe Health Scare
French Agent Escapes Somali Militia After 'killing Kidnappers'
History of the Kennedy Curse
Senator Ted Kennedy Dies Aged 77
US Senator Ted Kennedy Dies, Aged 77
British Steam-powered Car Boils 100-year-old Record
The Rise of the New Obamas
A Site for Sore Eyes
Oil Find Sparks New Hope for Uganda's People
Gordon Brown 'repulsed' By Lockerbie Bomber's Libya Reception
US Takes on Israeli-palestinian Conflict and Iran's Nuclear Programme in One Massive Gamble
Sir Allen Stanford Loses Plea and Stays in 'intolerable' Jail
Barack Obama on Brink of Deal for Middle East Peace Talks
West Bank: A Settler's Story
Tank Tracks to Trafford: How Ussr Planned to Invade Manchester
Council Says Sorry for Racist Term in Official Document
Early Afghanistan Election Results Give Karzai Narrow Lead
Ben Bernanke: Fed Chief Who Stole the Maestro's Baton
Lockerbie Bomber's Libya Reception 'repulsed' Brown
New Version of Methamphetamine Skirts Anti-Drug Laws
The Quest for a Greater Israel
Michael Jackson's Body Contained Lethal Dose of Sedative, Says Coroner
US Attorney General Poised for Criminal Investigation Into Reported Cia Abuses
Black Candidates Stir Up Local Elections in Russia
Run on New Cars As Us Clunker Offer Ends
Error in 1984 Halts Prosecutions for Sale of Unclassified Videos
Shellsuits Are Back!
Reader Participation Post: Define 'hardball'
Gordon Brown Warned Over 'deafening Silence' on Libyan Deal
CIA Threats to Detainees' Families Exposed
Libya Pours Millions Into City Investments
Anger at Government Over Greek Wildfires
Lockerbie Bomber Decision Leaves Snp Facing Censure From Furious Opposition
How Settlements in the West Bank Are Creating a New Reality, Brick By Brick
Families Evicted From Their East Jerusalem Homes After 50 Years
One in Seven Britons Arrested Abroad Held Over Drug Allegations, Says Foreign Office
Speculation Grows Over Tuscan Winner of €148m Jackpot
Sebastian Faulks Moves to Head Off Islam Row
Afghan Poll Officials Play Down Vote-rigging Fears
World Trade Centre's 'final Column' Returned to Ground Zero in New York
New Cholera Outbreak in Zimbabwe
CIA Likely to Be Investigated Over Prisoner Abuse
Hundreds Face Trial Over Deadly Xinjiang Riots
Greek Firefighters Battle Forest Blaze for Third Day
PR Groups Cash in on Russian Conflict
Malawi's Child Tobacco Pickers 'being Poisoned By Nicotine'
All the President's Emails: Robert Gibbs; Michelle Obama; Rahm Emanuel
West Bank: Who Are the Settlers?
Rules on Eu Doctors Leave Patients at Risk, Says Gmc Chief
US Piles Pressure on Britain Over Release of Lockerbie Bomber
German Gp Who Accidentally Killed Patient Was Advised to 'go Home'
Blocked Rivers Threaten Livelihood of Brazilian Tribes
The Links Between Britain and Libya
Relief Amid the Joy As England Break Australia's Ashes Resistance
Greece Declares State of Emergency As Forest Fires Reach Athens
Police May Be Issued With New High-power Taser
West Bank: Slowly, Determinedly, Settlers Bid to Build New Town
Parisians Castigate 'ignorant' Plans for Hôtel Lambert
An Insurmountable Obstacle on the Road to Peace in Palestine
BBC to Launch New Tv Drama for Bangladesh
CIA Mock Executions Alleged in Secret Report
Cloud Hangs Over Legitimacy of Afghanistan Election Result
Kibaki Son Enters Kenyan Politics
China Frees Human Rights Lawyer Arrested for Tax Evasion
Jewish Groups Accuse Obama of Promoting 'ethnic Cleansing'
Afghanistan Election Challenger Accuses Karzai of Stealing Vote
UK Eco-business Suffers As Eu States Bend Rules, Experts Warn
Investors Demand Return of Madoff Fees
Dividend Flows to River Island Owners Despite Profit Slump
Fury at Plan to Power Eu Homes From Congo Dam
Ah, Alyce Faye, What a Shining Inspiration You Are. To Wags
The Second World War: Six Years That Changed This Country for Ever
Kenny Macaskill's Decision to Free Megrahi is a Tribute to Our Decency
Italian Lottery Winner Scoops £128m Jackpot
Why Israeli Jew Uri Davis Joined Fatah to Save Palestine
Italian Pm's Wife Speaks Out Over Divorce From 'ridiculous' Berlusconi
It is Insulting to Afghans to Declare Their Election a Success
'Cash for Clunkers' Deal Boosts Us Car Sales By 450,000 in Three Weeks
Natascha Kampusch: 'i May Be Free But I'm Still a Prisoner'
Siena's Palio Sums Up Civic Pride
Nearly Half of Irish Are Overweight, Says Survey
US Now Trains More Drone Operators Than Pilots
Children Crippled By India's Uranium Waste
Renegade: The Making of a President By Richard Wolffe
Gaddafi Plans Party With Abdelbaset Al-megrahi As His Trophy
Bermuda Hit By Floods As Hurricane Bill Passes By
Venice Lido Launches €430m Bid to Rediscover Its Glory Days
Gordon Brown in New Storm Over Freed Lockerbie Bomber
Taliban Chop Off Afghan Voters' Fingers
Government Forced to Deny Lockerbie Bomber Trade Deal
No Trade Deal Over Lockerbie Bomber, Insists Mandelson
Taliban 'cut Off Fingers of Two Afghan Voters'
Lockerbie Fury Grows As Gaddafi Meets Bomber Megrahi
Ahmadinejad Choses Wanted Man for Cabinet
This Week: Nassim Taleb, Shanti Andrews, Rebecca Turner and Stefan Gatward
Lockerbie Bomber's Welcome Sparks Warning From Uk and Us
Confusion As Old and New Libya Collide
British Firms Hope Lockerbie Release Will Boost Business Ties With Libya
Two Soldiers Killed on Foot Patrol, Taking Afghan Death Toll to 206
Miliband Rejects Claims of Commercial Interest in Lockerbie Bomber's Release
US Fury Grows Over Release of Lockerbie Bomber
Russia Declassifies Secret Documents on Nazi-soviet Pact
India Gripped As Supermodel's Showbiz Marriage Dissolves in Legal Fracas
Rightwing March Ban Over Fear of Violence
Upbeat Ben Bernanke Sends Markets Soaring
Gender Row Athlete Caster Semenya Wanted to Boycott Medal Ceremony
Twitter's Bid to Trademark 'tweet' Fails
'Things Went Really Bad' Says British Ex-soldier Facing Iraq Death Penalty
Western Diplomats Laud Afghan Election
Assistant to Pioneering Chinese Rights Lawyer 'disappears'
Two British Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
Karzai and Abdullah Both Claim Victory in Afghan Elections
Lockerbie Bomber Returns to Hero's Welcome in Libya
British Troops Escape After Taliban Strike on Helicopter in Afghanistan
Barack Obama Attacks Decision to Free Lockerbie Bomber
Afghanistan Poll Legitimacy Fears As Taliban Violence Keeps Voters Away
Gordon Brown Accused of Double Standards on Libya
Iran Lets in Un Inspectors Ahead of Nuclear Report
Hedge Funds Face Long Eu Regulation Battle
Italians Balk at Chinese Habit of Deep-frying Jellyfish
Lieutenant-general Lamb to Play Key Role in Combatting Afghan Insurgency
Spain's Magicians Say Television Show That Gives Away Secrets is a Dirty Trick
Afghan Elections: Bombs on One Hand, Empty Ballot Boxes on the Other
Hot Weather Brings Record Crowds to Paris Plages
Crew Rescued From Downed Chinook in Afghanistan
Lockerbie Bomber Freed From Prison
Ecologist's Epic Quest for a Ring Has Happy Ending
Fading Israeli Tv Star Dudu Topaz Commits Suicide
Libya Prepares to Fly Lockerbie Bomber Home
So You Don’t Think Religion and Politics Make a Good Mix?
Eurostar Gets French Chief As Richard Brown Steps Down
British Students Get Community Service in Rio
Six Bombs, 95 Dead – Carnage and Despair Return to Iraq
Forbes' List Puts Angela Merkel Ahead of Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton
Bombers Test Iraq's Resolve to Handle Festering Conflicts and Resist Goading From Militants
Graves Tell Story of the Forgotten Battle of Fromelles
Don Hewitt
Afghanistan Election: Possible Poll Scenarios
Obama Administration to Continue Push for Chief Executive in Afghanistan
Greyhound Buses Hit the Road in Uk With a £1 Ticket to South Coast
Google's Book Project Faces Growing Opposition
Italian Banks May Take Ham and Wine As Collateral
Crusading Chinese Police Chief Takes Fight to Chongqing Mafia
Afghan Authorities 'attempt Cover-up' of Kabul Attacks
Scores Killed As Series of Blasts Hits Baghdad
Arctic Sea 'hijackers' Demanded £1.5m Ransom
South Korea Aborts Rocket Launch Minutes Before Lift-off
Timeline: Bombings in Iraq Since Us Withdrawal From Cities
Taiwan Cabinet Members Offer to Resign Over Typhoon Morakot Response
Many Killed As Series of Blasts Hits Baghdad
Many Feared Dead As Series of Blasts Hits Baghdad
North Korea Wants to Send Delegation to Kim Dae-jung Funeral
Afghanistan Calls for Media Blackout Ahead of Election As Further Violence Rocks Kabul
Arms Trade: Uk Dealers Accused of Selling Soviet Weapons to Blacklisted Countries
The Politician Who Could Transform Afghan Politics
The World's First Cocaine Bar
Butterfly Lovers Hail Duke of Burgundy's Second Coming
Neville Chamberlain's Pocket Diary Goes on Display in New Exhibition
Victims' Families Say Lockerbie Bomber's Decision to Drop Appeal is Worst Possible Outcome
Ministers Pushed Lockerbie Treaty 'to Protect Oil Interests'
Eight Held But Mystery Grows Over Hijacked Ship Arctic Sea
Pioneering Human Rights Lawyer Xu Zhiyong Faces Jail Term in China
Afghanistan Suicide Attack Kills Eight As Taliban Target Kabul
French Government Moves to Curb Number of Jail Suicides
Scientists in South Africa Discover 18 New Spider, Snail and Worm Species
Interview: Morgan Tsvangirai on Sharing Power With Robert Mugabe
Trade in Guns and Drugs That Fuels War in Afghanistan
September 8 Deadline for Repayment of $24m in Loans Looms for Leibovitz
Safety Queries Over Balcony After Child's Fatal Fall in Sardinia
Vestas Expands Wind Turbine Manufacturing in China and Us As British Demand Collapses
Cocaine Found on 90% of Paper Currency in Large U.S. Cities
Russian Power Plant Disaster Death Toll Could Reach 70
Kim Dae-jung
Scottish Judges Allow Lockerbie Bomber to Drop Appeal
Letter From Africa: Funeral of Joseph Msika
Kim Dae-jung, Former South Korean President, Dies Aged 85
US Senators Oppose Lockerbie Release
Men With Guns Swell Protest Crowds Outside Obama Meetings
US Hacker Charged With Stealing 130m Credit Card Ids
Face to Face With the Taliban: 'the People Are Fed Up With the Government'
Israel Pays Lip-service to the Two-state Solution, While Making It Impossible
I Name This Rat-eating Plant 'sir David Attenborough'
Muddied Waters: Russia Finds 'piracy' Cargo Ship But What Really Happened?
Bloodiest Month for British Troops As Ministers Defend Afghanistan Campaign
RAF Puma Helicopter Was Not Safe, Inquest Into Iraq Crash Told
Reader's Digest in Us to File for Bankruptcy
Iraq Plans Poll on Early Withdrawal of Us Troops
SNP Accused of Creating Media Circus Over Lockerbie Decision
Former Zambian President Cleared of Corruption Charges
Texas Judge on Trial for Mishandling Execution
Charity Sues Government for Details of Afghanistan Rendition Case
Traces of Cocaine Found on Up to 90% of Dollar Bills in American Cities
Taliban Hardliners Spread Out to Undermine Afghanistan Election
A Tribute to Sarah Palin, Set to the Music of R Kelly
Fatah Congress Elects First Jewish-born Member
Rio Nightclub Closure Leaves Prostitutes Helpless
Eight Dead, 54 Missing, As Turbine Hall Caves in at Russian Hydropower Station
Earthquake Works Banned From Beijing Art Show
Briton Dies in French Car Crash
Toddler Who Died in Fall From Balcony May Have Wriggled Under Railings
Suicide Truck Bomb in Russia's Ingushetia Republic
Hamid Karzai on Ropes in Televised Election Debate
Former Zambian President Frederick Chiluba Facing Prison
Iran Releases French Teaching Assistant on Bail
MoD's Latest Ufo Files Reveal Saucerful of Secrets
Young Offenders Are Being Held in 'dungeons', Says Child Jail Report
Will a New Boss Give Bbc Religion a Boost?
All the President's Emails: White House Senior Staff, Joe Biden, Stephen Hawking, Sasha and Malia Obama
Four Charged As Far-right Festival Brings Chaos to Derbyshire Village
Mir Hossein Mousavi's Wife Led the Way on Women's Rights in Iran
Rambling Bob Dylan Raises Police Suspicions
Death Toll of Troops in Afghanistan Reaches 204
Switch to the Left Leaves Samoan Drivers Fighting for Their Rights
Children Risk Cancer By Eating Salami and Ham, Warns Charity
US Government Faces Pay Challenge With One of Citigroup's Biggest Earners
Motorcycle Sales See Dramatic Fall As Credit Crunch Bites
Religion and Politics Don’t Mix – A Modern Fairy Tale
Karzai Counts on Tribal Vote to Win Kandahar
Keeping Up Appearances for Russia's Oligarchs
Rising Wave of Piracy Sends Shipowners' Costs Soaring
Trooper's Death Brings Afghanistan Fallen to 200
Trooper's Death Brings British Afghanistan Toll to 200
Nato Base Hit As Taliban Strike Kabul in Run-up to Afghan Poll
It's All Over for Fat Lady Singers As Slimline Divas Triumph
Russian Website Picks Up Signal From Missing Freighter Arctic Sea
Barack Obama Must Beware the Rise of the Angry White Man
Gwyneth Paltrow's a Hit on Net As Goop Style Tips Go Viral
Islanders Split As Whitehall Takes Over Turks and Caicos
Why Taliban Leaders Prefer Dead Diplomats
Britain's Ice Man Ready for a Second Space Shot With Rebuilt Cryosat Probe
Breakthrough in Fashion for Asia's New Supermodels
Rome Battles Teenage Binge-drinking Culture With Street Ban
'Ransom Demand' Sent to Owners of Missing Cargo Ship
Conservatives Really Are the Barbarians at the Gate
I Saw Lockerbie's Victims. Tell Their Families the Truth
Hamas Destroys Al-qaida Group in Violent Gaza Battle
Burma Releases Us Man Who Swam to Aung San Suu Kyi
From Fetes and Flower Festivals to Police Scuffles and Ugly Political Extremes
Hamas Destroys Al-qaida Group in Bloody Gaza Battle
Deadly Taliban Suicide Bombing at Nato's Kabul Base
Censoring an Iranian Love Story By Shahriar Mandanipour
A Culture of Fear
US Dredger Hits Colonial Outpost
Why the American Right Make Me Sick
Inside the Taliban: 'the More Troops They Send, the More Targets We Have'
Familiar Names Among Raised Voices in Coalition Against Us Health Reform
Ministers and Medics Rush to Defend Nhs
By the Time We Got to Woodstock … It Had Become a Museum Piece
UK Seizes Control of Turks and Caicos Over Sleaze Allegations
French Shoppers Sceptical of Recovery
Schoolboy Interviews Obama About School Lunches and Basketball
More Than 500 Dead in Typhoon Morakot
Dying Lockerbie Bomber Drops Appeal Against Conviction
Lockerbie Bomber Abandons Appeal Against Conviction
Ponyo: Can a Japanese Fantasy Finally Animate Us Audiences?
Houston, We Have a Cashflow Problem: Return to the Moon in Doubt
Typhoon Morakot Death Toll Expected to Pass 500
Hudson River Air Traffic Controller was on Phone When Crash Occurred
Fifth of Britons Unknowingly Aid Child Trafficking, According to Survey
Is This the Official Start of the Silly Season?
Twitter Campaign to Defend Nhs Finds Friend in Gordon Brown
Transatlantic Split Over Plans to Free Libyan Jailed for Lockerbie Bombing
Secret Cargo Theory As Hunt for Missing Vessel Arctic Sea Goes on
US and British Relatives Split Over Release of Lockerbie Bomber
Three British Soldiers Killed By Explosion in Afghanistan
Taliban Chiefs Agree Ceasefire Deals for Afghan Presidential Election
Kenyan Mothers Too Poor to Pay for Treatment Locked Up in Hospital
Mobile-phone Group Seals Deal to Be Bank for Millions in Africa
Holiday Like a Media Mogul on Rupert Murdoch's Superyacht
CIA Allegedly Built Identical Prisons to Confuse Terror Suspects
Brazilian Evangelical Leader Charged With Fraud
Former Zambian President Faces Jail in Unprecedented Corruption Trial
Gem Expert Campbell Bridges Killed in Mob Attack in Kenya
What would the Great Physician say to the One about the elderly and ailing?
Prospect of Lockerbie Bomber's Release Splits Bereaved Relatives
British Teenager Found Dead After Night Out in Greek Holiday Resort
Profile: Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al-megrahi
Timeline: Events Since the 1988 Plane Crash
Lockerbie Bomber Could Be Freed From Prison Next Week
UK Gem Expert Killed in Kenya Mining Row
Obama Presents Presidential Medal of Freedom to 16 Recipients
I Spy Arthur Ransome
Clinton Makes Gaffe on 2000 Us Election During Nigeria Visit
Why the Helicopter Shortage in Afghanistan is Down to Parking
Brazilian Tv Host Accused of Running Deadly Crime Ring
Computer Viruses Slow African Expansion
Edward Wilson's Handwritten Account of the 1911 Antarctic Journey Up for Sale
Chechnya Leaders and Rebels to Meet for Peace Talks
Catholic Officials Condemn Italy's Record Lottery
US-Russia Stand-off Looms As Moscow Announces Expansion of Military Bases
French Woman Threatens Legal Action Over 'burkini' Ban
Protestor at Obama Healthcare Town Hall Carried 9mm Pistol - Legally
Security Guard Accused of Shooting Colleagues in Iraq 'should Have Uk Trial'
Lawyers to Appeal Against Aung San Suu Kyi Sentence
Hundreds Found Alive After Taiwan Mudslide
Chinese Police Detain 11 Who Planned to Attend Activist's Trial
Six Reasons Why Hillary Clinton Should Cheer Up a Bit
Brazil Tv Host Turned Politician 'ordered Killings to Boost Ratings'
Minister Clashes With Presenter Over Tamiflu for Children
Public Backlash Stalls Obama's Attempt to Reform System
MoD Facing Legal Action Over Pair Held Without Charge in Afghan Jail
Afghan Opium Baron Gets 20 Years As Uk Anti-narcotics Strategy Pays Off
Sweden's Pirate Party Turn to British Politics
Pilot Shortage 'not Impacting' Operations, Say Raf
Search Continues As 700 Feared Dead in Taiwan Typhoon Mudslide
Julie & Julia Causes Stir As Fans Grab Chef's Recipe Books
Animal Charities Barking Mad at Helmsely Estate Executors
Woman Hurls Mug at Mona Lisa After Being Refused French Citizenship
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Sister of Jfk, Dies Aged 88
Deadly Air Strike Targets Pakistan Taliban Base
Typhoon Rescue Helicopter Crashes in Taiwan
Letter From Africa: 'there is a God Up There, and He is Watching'
Aung San Suu Kyi Found Guilty of Breaking House Arrest
Typhoon Mudslide Buries Village
Obama - The Gods Must Be Crazy
Altered Cover Images: From the Oval Office to Tintin and Hendrix
Bill Clinton's Shadow Darkens Hillary's Mood in Congo
Chicago's Murdered Children
Why Australians Love Car Crashes
Camaraderie Forged and Broken Through the Love of Adventure
Man Set on Fire in Bar Flees Crete
Militant Commander Resurfaces to Rebut Official Claims of His Death
British Security Guard 'admits Iraq Killings'
Avigdor Lieberman Calls for Israeli Diplomat to Quit Over Us Ties Warning
British Soldier Killed Trying to Retrieve Afghan's Body
Karzai Election Rally Shows Reliance on Tribal Alliances
Dictionary of Castro's Thoughts Published in Cuba
Hundreds Missing As Typhoon Morakot Mudslide Buries Taiwan Village
Pentagon Puts Afghan Drug-traffickers on Hitlist
Grave Find of Man Who Bankrolled Confederates During American Civil War
British Contractor Arrested After Two Shot Dead in Baghdad Green Zone
Deadly Typhoon Morakot and Tropical Storm Etau Pummel South-east Asia
Two Aircraft Collide Over Hudson River, Nine Dead
Serious Injuries After Us Prison Riot
Diverse Opinions
Soldier Killed in Afghanistan As Mod Criticised Over Idle Armoured Vehicles
Flying Frogs and the World's Oldest Mushroom: a Decade of Himalayan Discovery
He Has Been Kidnapped and Taken Tea With Princesses: a British Major's Life Teaching in the Hindu Kush
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'Patriot' League Plots More Clashes With Anti-fascist Activists
500 Children a Year Abducted From Uk
Obama Administration Close to Investigating Alleged Abuses By Cia
Gay Rights Campaigners in Zimbabwe See Chance to Push for Equality
Room Service: Berlin Hotel Tells Artists to Pay for Stay With Artwork, Not Cash
Taliban Succession Summit Turns Violent
Bomb Threat on Plane Bound for Chinese Province Rocked By Ethnic Riots
Contractor Held for Murder of Fellow Briton and Australian in Baghdad
Iran Admits Election Demonstrators Were Tortured
Million Chinese Flee Typhoon Morakot
Pakistan Taliban Leader's Fate Shrouded in Claim and Counter-claim
Can China Cure the West's Ills?
Vulture Fund Swoops on Congo Over $100m Debt
Grief and Hope on the Home Front
A Place Where Peace and Joy Are Just Distant Memories
'I Still Feel My Feet. I Still Think I've Got My Legs'
Cuba Libre!
Troops Say They Lack the Right Kit to Fight in Helmand
Ruptured Oil Pipe Floods Acres of French Nature Reserve
Cameron's Eu Alliance Hit By Split Over Lisbon Treaty
20 Years On, Life is Still Tough for Romania's Street Children
Iran Puts British Embassy 'spy' on Trial
Victims of Overseas Terrorism to Get Payout
Taliban Commander Denies the Death of Baitullah Mehsud
Sonia Sotomayor Sworn in As First Hispanic Supreme Court Judge
Ballet and Film Bring New Life to Alice in Wonderland
'Miss Uncontrollable' Arrested As Chávez Turns on Radical Ally
Ministers Must Explain Destruction of 'torture Flight' Papers, Says Panel of Mps
Fringe Play Tells Story of Briton Freed After 18 Years on Death Row in Pakistan
Irish Village Goes Gay for a Day
Hillary Clinton Ends Successful South Africa Visit at Housing Project
The Canaries, 1 August 2009
Spider-Man the Musical Hangs By a Thread
Nine Killed in Mid-air Crash Over New York
Bali Bomber Believed Dead After Bloody 17-hour Siege
Iran Trial Hears 'apology' From Uk Embassy Worker
The Culture of Death – A phrase, a phase or the End of Days?
Who Will Be the Last to Die for This Mistake?
Kitty Porn: Florida Man Blames Cat for Illegal Downloads
Corrupt Firm's Work Found to Be Defective
Teachers Should Be First in Line for Vaccine, Say Unions
Six Journalists Jailed in Gambia
'They Are Talking to Me About Money I Owe to Them As If I Had Robbed a Bank'
Air Strike Kills Taliban Leader Baitullah Mehsud
Three British Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
Profile: Baitullah Mehsud
Greek Woman in Court for Setting Fire to British Tourist
Mehsud Death Could Signal Turning Tide Against Pakistan Militants
Train Robber Ronnie Biggs to Be Freed on Medical Grounds
John Hughes
A Short History of Frog Eating
Why We Shouldn't Eat Frogs' Legs
Carnage at the East African Embassies
Mohammed Hanif on His Homecoming to Pakistan
Northern Ireland's Finance Minister in 'anti-racism Industry' Row
Tensions High As Anniversary of South Ossetia War Approaches
Conservationist Fears High-speed Line Will Scar Chiltern Landscape
US Senate Confirms Sonia Sotomayor As First Latina Supreme Court Justice
Pregnant Woman Jailed in Laos for Heroin Smuggling Flies Back to Uk
Mourners Pay Tribute to First World War Soldier Harry Patch
Nigeria Begins Amnesty for Niger Delta Militants
Zimbabwe Minister Tendai Biti Reveals Assassination Fears
China Suspends Nuclear Power Chief
Roadside Bomb Kills Afghan Wedding Guests
Hiroshima Mayor Backs Obama's Call for an End to Nuclear Weapons
Rupert Murdoch's Move to Charge for Content Opens Doors for Competitors
Bill Clinton and Kim Jong-il: Perfect Golf Buddies
Vladimir Putin's Tough-guy Swimming Technique
High-speed Rail in the United States: Back on Track After 50 Years of Neglect
High-speed Rail in Japan: From Bullets to Magic Leviathan
High-speed Rail in Spain: From Madrid to Barcelona in a Flash
Buildings Watchdog Cabe Calls for Fortress-like Us Embassy Plan in London to Be Rejected
High-speed Rail in China: Key Journey Times Halved in Building Frenzy
High-speed Rail in Germany: Inter-city Planes Are Grounded By Faster Trains
High-speed Rail in France: Way Out in Front – and Pushing Further Ahead
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Begins His Second Term As Iran's President
Patient Travellers Snap Up £10 Tickets to Australia
The Isi, Pakistan's Notorious and Feared Spy Agency, Comes in From the Cold
Rwandan Landowners to Receive Deeds in £20m Uk-funded Programme
Bill Clinton Lands in Us With Journalists Freed By North Korea
Bill Clinton Leaves North Korea With Freed Journalists
Ahmadinejad Sworn in for Second Term As Iran President
Stars Fill Gaps at Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Swearing-in Ceremony
North Korea to Release Us Journalists
British Soldier Killed in Southern Afghanistan
Fatah Holds First Party Conference for 20 Years
Berlusconi Daughter 'amazed' at Father's Links With Teenager
Scientists Suggest Having Fewer Children will Help the Planet
Wisconsin Man Tortured by his Mistresses and His Wife
Bill Clinton 'meets Kim Jong-il' in North Korea
Obama's Green Credentials Tested By Battle Against Mountaintop Mining
Sudan Court to Rule on Trousers Charge Against Un Woman
Bill Clinton Arrives in North Korea
Thailand Plane Crash Kills Pilot
Q&A: Bill Clinton in North Korea
'There Must Be an Architect Somewhere Who Gets Very Rich Furnishing Dictators'
Bill Clinton Arrives in North Korea to Discuss Plight of Held Us Journalists
Australia Detains Terror Suspects in Major Security Operation
Venezuelan Tv Station is Stormed By Supporters of Hugo Chavez
MPs and Peers Call for Inquiry Into Torture
Vestas Protest Mp Opposed Plan for Three New Turbines
Bank of America Pays $33m to Settle Merrill Lynch Bonuses Case
Shoe Brands Get Tough on Leather Suppliers to Save Amazon Rainforest
Scores Killed in South Sudan Clashes
White House Confirms Guantánamo Detainees May Go to Michigan or Kansas
Bad Breath a Bar for Chinese Astronauts
Nato Head Anders Fogh Rasmussen Calls for Partnership With Russia
US Episcopal Church Nominates Gay and Lesbian Priests for Assistant La Bishop
Trial By Jury Returns to Japan
Profile: Avigdor Lieberman
Armed Forces Face Deep Changes, Says Minister
Pakistan Blames Islamists Linked to Al-qaida for Attack on Christians
China Seals Off Pneumonic Plague Town
General Sir Mike Jackson Loses Battle With His Mobile on Live Television
Reluctant Witnesses for the Prosecution
We'll Talk With Us But Cuba Stays Socialist, Insists Raúl Castro
Israeli Police Recommend Corruption Charges Against Avigdor Lieberman
How Afghanistan Poll is Shaping Up
Lost Mozart Works Unveiled in Salzburg
Rivals Hit the Dusty Campaign Trail As Afghanistan Poll Nears
Allegations That Britain Colluded in Torture of Terror Suspects Reach European Court
Two Killed in Tel Aviv Gay Bar Shooting
Bail for Uk Graduates in Brazil Fraud Case
Jamaica Backs Barack Obama Over Prince Charles As Head
Mass Trial for Iran Protest Leaders
Robert Mugabe 'in Bid to Wreck Unity'
Fate of Briton Could Be Laos Jail 'black Hole'
The Undying Love of a Man Who Gave Up Everything for Debbie Purdy
Home Office to Unveil Points System for Immigrants Seeking British Citizenship
Meryl Streep Film Starts Debate on Loss of Cooking Skills
Mission to Solve Mystery of How Pioneer Aviator Disappeared
Philippines Mourns Ex-president Corazon Aquino
Boastful Silvio Berlusconi Buys Off His Party Rebels
Russia Fears Embrace of Giant Eastern Neighbour
We're Thriving in Music - But Not in the Mainstream
Women Are Making Inroads in Pop. But Men Still Call the Tune
Rivals Strive to Topple Google in Quest for the 'perfect Search'
Islam and Dress
Lubna Hussein: 'i'm Not Afraid of Being Flogged. It Doesn't Hurt. But It is Insulting'
Charles Manson Follower Ends Her Silence 40 Years After Night of Slaughter
EU Fiddling Fails to Let Freedom Reign on Television
Where Art and Politics Come Face to Face
A Time When Hope Replaced Repression
Chamber of Secrets
This is Philomena and Her Baby Son, Maro. His Mother is 16. Just One of Liberia's Thousands of Child Rape Victims
India Pays Couples to Put Off Having Children
Don't Let the Defeatists and Cynics Talk Down Britain's Need for Speed
No One's Fooled – We Colluded in Torture
You Need Panache to Vote for Sarkozy
Six Christians Burned Alive in Pakistan Riots
Crossroads, Cape Town, 28 July
Three Killed in Tel Aviv Gay Bar Shooting
Iran Begins Trials of Opposition Activists After Election Protests
Most Companies in Britain Unprepared for Possible Second Wave of Swine Flu
In the Wake of Kennedy’s Death, Nixon’s Obsession Re-emerges
Sri Lankan Court Jails Tamil Journalist Who Criticised War
Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Has Swine Flu
Obesity Linked to Swine Flu Deaths
'I've Felt Like a Boy for a Long Time'
Apple Facing Problems over "Exploding Phones" in France
Democratic Leaders Cite Kennedy's Death in Push for Healthcare Reform
Experts: Healthcare Reform Debate Lacks Logic
Sri Lanka Rejects Accuracy of Footage Showing 'execution' of Tamils By Troops
Two Swine Flu Call Centres to Close After Fall in Demand
Consumer Sentiment Rises More than Expected
Swine Flu Helplines to Be Scaled Back
Doctors May Refuse Swine Flu Vaccine
Cash for Refrigerators is Next Stimulus Program Set to Launch
Iraq’s National Security Forces May Have Aided Bombers
Big Day for Andrew Strauss and Freddie Flintoff As England Regain Ashes
Huge Increase in July Home Sales Signals More Optimism for Economy
Obama Administration Set to End Cash for Clunkers on Monday
Swine Flu Deaths Climb to 59 in Britain
Spate of Blasts Kill at Least 95 in Baghdad
CIA Hired Blackwater to Kill al-Qaida Operatives
Democrats Demanding that White House Keep "Public Option"
Pack of Wild Dogs Kills Georgia Couple in Separate Attacks
Armed Protesters Lurking Outside Obama Speech Locations
One in Three Nurses 'do Not Want Swine Flu Vaccine'
Obama Faces Backlash Over Potential Retreat on Public Healthcare Option
Howard Dean Challenges Obama's Flexibility on Health Care Overhaul
Gay Rights Activists Stage "Kiss-in" to Fight Mormons
Obama May Drop Nhs-style Provision From Healthcare Reform Plan
Fears for Barack Obama's Safety As Healthcare Debate Fuels Extremism
I Was Reading a Newspaper Account of Yet Another 'town Meeting' to Protest at the Possibility of National Health Care
Secretary of State Clinton Gets Feisty with Questioner
Recession Fighting Back in July, New Recovery Concerns for Economy
Consumers Buying Gas Guzzlers with the Cash for Clunkers Program
Nationwide Anger Erupts Over Healthcare "Overhaul" Plans
U.S. Marines Launch Offensive Against Taliban
Is Public Healthcare in the Uk As Sick As Rightwing America Claims?
U.S. Forces Targeting Drug Barons in Afghanistan
New GM Electric Car Gets 230 Miles Per Gallon in Early Testing
German Veteran, 90, Jailed for Nazi War Crimes
Study: Dogs are Smarter than 2-Year Old Humans
Obama Fights Back As Bid to Reform Us Healthcare Stalls
Healthy People Are Lying to Get Swine Flu Drug, Warn Gps
Clinton Offers U.S. Support to Somalia
Obama Approval Rating Drops to Fifty Percent
Arkansas Crowd Openly Mocks Politicians over Obama Health Plan
Hillary Clinton Not Hopeful that North Korean Relations will Improve
Popular Cash for Clunkers Program to go Another Month
Leading Indicator Shows Recession May Soon End
Large Swath of the Country Left Untouched by Recession
Gap Year Charity Workers Urged to Stay at Home to Help Restrict Spread of Swine Flu