National & World News Archive September 2008



'I Blame Bush ... All They Cared About Was the Fat Cats'

Sry 4 Yr Loss: Condolences By Text

Fraud Investigators Raid Bae Agent's Austria Home

Religious Belief Can Help Relieve Pain, Say Researchers

'I Gambled on My Talent'

Markets Rebound As Bid to Salvage Bail-out Package Continues

Freed Sahara Hostages Tell of Ordeal in Desert

Sniper Kills Prisoner in Exercise Yard

Super Times for Superyachts As Billionaires Buy Into Maritime Bling

Catholic Priest Who Sexually Abused Girls 30 Years Ago Jailed

Cadbury Withdraws 11 Products in Milk Scare

Nobel Laureates Demand Justice for Miami Five

UK and Us Ask West to Keep Aid Promises to Africa

Celebrities Plan Protest Against Detention of Miami Five

Belarussian Elections Badly Flawed, Observers Warn

X Factor Fills Vacuum Left By God in Schools, Says Head

Belarus Elections Labelled Corrupt As Lukashenko Backers Win All Seats

Pedal-power Channel Pioneer is Beaten By a Breeze

Why 2 to the Power of 43,112,609 - 1 = $100,000 for Prime Number Hunters

Lukashenko Waits for Recognition As Belarus Goes to the Polls

Soldiers Who Hand Prisoners to Us Could Face Legal Action, Mps Warned

Dangerously Funny

Three Arrested After Fire at Publisher of Muhammad Novel

Firebomb Attack on Book Publisher

Don't Be Soft on Islam, Says Eu Terror Chief

Case Studies: The Families of Those Who Have Died in Childbirth

Why Are Mothers Still Dying in Childbirth?

FO Warns Lloyd's Over Burma

Religious Stew – PC Poison in the Pot

Wall St to Main St: 7 Miles and World Apart

First Executive Convicted of Foreign Bribery Escapes Jail Term

I'm a Fascist, Says Ac Milan Star Christian Abbiati

Across the Channel With a Wing, Four Jet Turbines, and a Yes From the Bees

'Greed is the Problem'

'If You Steal Education From the Youth, I Don't Know What Future There Is'

Terror Suspects Arrested at Cologne Airport

Mafia Bosses Got Free Tickets to Football

Explainer: The Millennium Development Goals

Supporters Urge Halt to Hacker's Extradition to Us

Church is Accused of Short-selling Sterling

Jet Birdman Has to Delay Hop Across Channel

Bowing Out at Pucci

Lloyd's of London Braced for Tide of Claims As Storms Rip Into Profit

Finland to Look at Gun Laws After Massacre

Little Mermaid Hightails to China

Archbishop Offers Praise for St Bernadette - and Marx

Pilots Who Fell Asleep During Flight Suspended

Californian Firm Says 'bring It On' to Short-sellers

'Wave Snakes' Switch on to Harness Ocean's Power

Explainer: Money Mayhem

Surge in Support for Far Right Ahead of Poll Reflects Centre-left Crisis Across Eu

Airline Fires Pilots Asleep at the Controls

French Firm's £12bn Deal Starts Nuclear Revolution

Towering Ambition

British Energy: Background

Scandals Worsen Britain's Image in Corruption League Table

Gunman Kills Nine at Finnish College Before Shooting Himself in Head

Finnish Gunman Dies in Hospital After Killing 10 at School

Children Abducted From Democratic Republic of Congo By Ugandan Rebels

Plea for Cash to Cut Deaths in Childbirth

Student Opens Fire at School in Finland

Gunman Opens Fire at School in Finland

Telecoms: Ofcom and Whitehall Jointly Attack Eu Move to Cut Mobile Charges

Neanderthals Had a Taste for Seafood

Nomura Buys Lehman's Asian Operations

Odd Couple's Book of Letters Gets French Literary World Buzzing

Catholic Group Dogged By Controversy Seeks Salvation Through Science

New Blow to 'lost Souls' of Kalahari As Bush Fires Rage

Hunger Strike Hero Celebrates Victory Over Shell Pipeline

Bo, the Teenage Satirist, Storms Into West End

Critics Round on the Queen of French Shock Fiction

EDF Ready to Seal £12bn Deal for British Energy

Style Statement

California Legislators to Vote on State Budget Compromise

Met Commander Dizaei Suspended As Race Row Escalates

Equal Pay for Women Managers Not Until 2195, Survey Suggests

€500,000 Scam of a Spanish Robin Hood

Confessions of a Sub-prime Mortgage Baron

'Roman' Amulet Adopted By Archbishop is a Fake

Paracetamol Linked to Childhood Asthma

Jean Sarkozy sues for "invasion of privacy"

Terror on the High Seas: the Brutal Return of Piracy

Eurotunnel 'did Not Act on Fire Warnings'

Leaked Papers Show Britain Trying to Weaken Plan for Eu Carbon Cuts

Brussels Ends 15-year Wrangle As Olympic Airlines is Told to Pay Back Illicit State Aid

Passengers Force Airline to Switch Jets

Too Racy for Ramadan

Chemicals: Jobs in Firing Line As Basf Makes £3bn Ciba Move

Eurovision Juries Return

No Drugs, Just Take Vitamins: the Dangerous Advice to Cure Hiv

Brussels Seeks to Update 12-year-old Trading Pact to Catch Up With Hi-tech Innovation

Maiden Heaven - Singer to Rescue

New Focus Shows Spaniard, Not Dutchman, Invented Telescope

US Starts to Count Cost in Billions As Storm Lashes Gulf Coast

Europe's First State-funded Hindu School Opens Its Doors

Beach Threat to Bay Joyce Made Famous

Suspect in O'hagan Murder Flees South

Pure Irish Gold

How a Satirist Became America's Most Influential Tv Personality

Shadow of Guantanamo Follows Freed Inmates Back to Their Homes

Death Toll in La Train Crash Rises

Three Killed in La Train Crash

Eurostar Resumes Limited Services

North Line to Be Closed for Months

Humanists Sue As Exam Agency Blocks Gcse

Zackie Achmat: Profile

Group Warns Minorities Against Joining Force

Met Risks Race War With Own Officers

A Global Business Built on Vitamins - and the Claim to Kill All Disease

Channel Tunnel Fire Worst in Service's History

Burma's Junta Allows Suu Kyi to Receive Mail

Thousands of Travellers Stranded After Channel Tunnel Fire

Thousands Stranded After Channel Tunnel Fire

ElBaradei to Step Down As Chief of Un Nuclear Watchdog Body

Comedian Who Satirised Pope Could Face Prosecution

Darfur Peacekeepers Struggling to Cope

Muslim Woman to Lodge Race Case Against the Met

BA 2008: Steroids Could Prevent Up to 3,000 Miscarriages in the Uk Each Year

Large Hadron Collider: Scientists' Wish List for the Lhc

Court Ruling Throws Into Doubt Fbi's Hunt for Elderly Racist Killers

E-squire? Us Men's Magazine Woos Readers With Electronic Ink

French Tour Company Offers Winter Getaway to Iraq

Met Chief Suspends Race Row Asian Officer

What Sumo Can Teach Us About Going Gracefully

Angolan Opposition Concedes Election Defeat

Restrictions Should Safeguard the Interest of 15 Million Savers

Orange Sets Up Connection With Uk's Immigrants

Conoco Comes to Origin's Aid to Fight Hostile Bg Bid

Here Comes the Hammer: Banker Behind Bailout Faces Former Allies

How Has The Joy of Sex Changed Since 1972?

Blue-tinted Lenses - the Fashion Trend for the Ageing Male Star

Art: King of Kitsch Invades Sun King's Palace

Woodward Book Puts Boot Into Bush

The Gulf's New Bling Kings

The Mother of All Intrigues

Legal Chemicals Sold to Fuel Heroin Profits

Swaziland: King Faces Backlash After Birthday Party

Cairo Tycoon 'paid $2m for Hitman to Kill Pop Star Lover'

BE Ready to Agree Edf Buyout After Investors Are Offered Better Returns

Constructor Says Payments May Be Corrupt

Dancer, 16, Gets a Chance at Pavlova's Academy

The God Machine Countdown

Angolans Go to Polls in First Election Since 1992

Is Oil Going Back Under $100 a Barrel? Not If Opec Can Help It

Student Rescued After 3,700-mile Sos Alert

UK Markets Feel Fallout From Leap in Us Jobless

Legendary Global Cyclist Dies in Greek Road Crash

Education: Black Caribbean Children Held Back By Institutional Racism in Schools, Says Study

Judge Writes Off Fat Man's £2m Gambling Debts at Casino

Gunman Who Killed Six in Us Was 'mentally Ill'

Time Runs Out for Casey Anthony

Environment: Solar Plant Yields Water and Crops From the Desert

Oil Slips to $105 a Barrel After Gustav Blows Over

Property Slump Spreads Around the World

Bishop Post to Go to Gay Cleric

Gaps Remain Despite Efforts to Upgrade

There is One Problem With Living Until You Are 125. Who Wants to Be Married for a Hundred Years?

Helen Mirren: Why I Stopped Taking Cocaine

Power-sharing Deal in Trouble After Mugabe Demands All Ministries

Ireland Puts Up €400bn to Protect Six Big Lenders

The 'bad Bank' That Came Good

Six Months After Riots, Tension High As Armed Police Clamp Down in Lhasa

168 Hindu Pilgrims Die in Stampede at Temple

Bollywood Falls for the Power of Merchandising

Tension Grows Between Syria and Lebanon After Bombings

Mugabe Demands Right to Appoint All Key Ministers

Brazilian Officials Face Charges Over Amazon Destruction Caused By Logging

Bush: Banks Rescue Push Helps Reassure Financial Markets

Birds of Prey Slaughter Provokes Ugly Standoff in Malta

Brand India And Its Future

France - a miscarriage of justice?

Japanese Dolphins Go on a Diet

Ebay Camera Contains 'secret' Mi6 Terrorist Images

Worshippers Killed in Indian Temple Stampede

Catholics Must Mobilise Against Abortion Reforms, Says Archbishop

Olmert: Israel Has to Return Occupied Lands to Achieve Peace

New Nuclear Watchdog Aims to Guard Against Terrorist Thefts

Unions Clear Way for Alitalia Relaunch

Cadbury's Latest to Recall Products in Chinese Milk Scare

'They're Throwing Billions Around But Things Seem to Be Getting Worse'

Taxpayers Landed With Initial Bill for B&b Rescue

Explainer: Santander Grew Under Strict Reserves Regime

Merkel Hit By Bavarian Ally's Poor Poll Result

Austria in Crisis As Far Right Win 29% of Vote

Palin Critics Swallowing Camels?

A French village meets the woman who killed her father 19 years later

Corruption is a Way of Indian Life

Troops in Afghanistan to Get 600 New Armoured Vehicles

Extreme Right Emerges As Strong Force in Austria

Israel Supplied With Long-range Radar, But Us to Get Missile Warning First

China Takes Space Leap

Damascus Car Bomb Kills 17

Austria Braced for Right-wing Surge

Revealed: Secret Taliban Peace Bid

Why the West Thinks It is Time to Talk to the Taliban

Russia Challenges West With Nuclear Overhaul

Wall Street: Us Financial Regulator Failed to Provide Oversight, Reports Say

Judge Opens Inquiry Into Spain's 'red Terror' Victims

New Un Move on Iran Nuclear Plans

Chávez and Putin Bolster Military Ties

Chinese Astronaut Prepares to Make Country's First Spacewalk

Desperate for Higher Education, Students Remain Trapped in Gaza

When Wall Street Met Main Street

Gordon Brown Calls for End to 'age of Irresponsibility' in Un Speech

Gordon Brown Appeals to Un for Financial Regulation Body

China Launches Manned Spacecraft

South Africa Picks Union Stalwart As New President

Bitter Rival of Chechnya's Leader is Shot Dead in Russian Capital

'My Voice is Clear As a Bell in Every Scene!' How Big Tobacco Bought the Big Screen

One of the Great Contemporary Fashion Talents ... He Can Pin Down Cool Again and Again Without Being Alienating

Homes Go for £800 As Tide of Foreclosures Ends American Dream for Millions

New Report Lifts Smokescreen Off Hollywood's Golden Era

Israel Asked Us for Green Light to Bomb Nuclear Sites in Iran

Gordon Brown Urges Un Against Indifference Towards Africa

Bellwether of Us Economy Ge Forecasts 12% Fall in Profits

World Leaders Announce $3bn Plan to End Malaria Deaths By 2015

More Women Should Be in Top China Posts, Says Senior Official

Gordon Brown Plans Financial Crisis Talks With George Bush

BlackBerry Maker in Profits Shock

We Must Act, Pm Urges

Robert Mugabe Hits Out at Uk and Us Over Sanctions

Solar Panels Are New Hot Property for Thieves

PM Meets Bush for Financial Crisis Talks

$3bn Ploughed Into Fight Against Malaria

Israeli Peace Advocate Attacked

Turkish Court Acquits British Artist Over Portraying Pm As Us Poodle

'Neglect and Disrepair' Leads Corfu Dissidents to Seek Split From Greece

Berlusconi Plan to Save Alitalia Gains Momentum

God Tells Witness to Testify in Oj Simpson Case, Court Hears

Russia to Investigate Assassination of Ruslan Yamadayev

We Need International Regulation to Protect Global Economy, Brown Tells World Leaders

Japan's New Pm Prepares for Poll

Milk-based Products Pulled From Sale As China Scare Spreads

New Crisis Over North Korea's Nuclear Plans

Bail for Man Accused of Killing Teenager in India

Gun That Brought About First World War Goes on Show

Doctors Call for Warnings on Energy Drinks to Prevent Caffeine Overdose

US Government to Limit Pay Packets for Wall Street Bankers in Bailout Package

Lynn Kohlman

US Financial Chiefs Struggle to Sell $700bn Bail-out Plan

Making Waves: Uk Firm Harnesses Power of the Sea ... in Portugal

McCartney Israel Gig Sparks Controversy

McCain Aide Was on Freddie Mac's Payroll

Child of War Has Grown Into Empire-building Emblem of France's Energy Security Concerns

'Fashion Should Be Funny'

Taro Aso Confirmed As Japan's New Prime Minister

Texan to Boldly Go Where Dad Has Gone Before

No Regrets: Bush Accentuates the Positive in Last Speech to World Body

The Tragic Tale of a Celebrity Polar Bear and His Keeper

EC Wants Price Caps to Prevent Mobile Phone 'bill-shock'

17 Hurt in Jerusalem Car Attack

Almost Half of Mbeki's Cabinet Quits in Challenge to Anc

Google Aims to Take a Bite Out of Apple With New G1 Phone

US Election: Obama Pounces on Mccain's Ownership of Four Foreign Cars

Q&A: China's Contaminated Milk Scandal

Arctic 'methane Chimneys' Raise Fears of Runaway Climate Change

US State of Georgia Urged to Halt Troy Davis Execution

Paulson Under Pressure to Toughen Bail-out Plan

French Set to Seal Deal for British Energy

Au Revoir to Long Lunch As French Tighten Belts

More Than Half of Us Drug Safety Data Never Sees the Light of Day

Palestinian Driver Injures 17 Israeli Troops

A French actress who "no longer knows who she is"

Foreign Tourists Released After Abduction in Egypt

How Did It All Go So Wrong?

Hospital in Turkey Under Investigation As 13 Babies Die

ANC Deputy Leader Expected to Be Interim President of South Africa

Livni Meets Early Hurdles in Bid to Form New Israeli Government

'Bandits' Want $6m to Free Tourists, Says Egypt

Soldiering on at 110: Belgium Honours Veteran of Western Front

Head of Watchdog Resigns As Number of Babies in Hospital From Tainted Milk Rises to 13,000

Japanese Ruling Party Names Taro Aso As New Leader

Zuma Ally Picked to Replace Mbeki

Foreign Tourists Among 15 Abducted in Egypt

Burberry's Hand-me-downs

Carbon Capture Viable By 2030 But Needs £8bn to Begin Now

Not quite a French "Cold Case" - but almost

Eta Kills Spanish Soldier in Upsurge of Violence

Keeping Its Man Out of Prison Will Mean Party Using Political Clout

'I Have Been a Loyal Member of the Anc for 52 Years' - Mbeki Resigns in Tv Address

Pakistan: Dropped Corruption Case May Free Up Mansion Cash for Zardari

Armani's New Release

Alitalia Unions Return for Talks in Last-gasp Effort to Save Airline

Turkey Scared to Admit Armenian Genocide, Says Historian

Anger at Plan to Cull 100 Wolves in Spanish Mountains

More Than 50 Dead After Blast Rips Through Pakistan Hotel

Olmert Officially Resigns As Israel Pm

Prophetic Implications of the 2008 Election

Strike at 'den of Western Decadence'

Dublin Acts to Protect Savers From Credit Crunch Pressures

Hundreds Feared Dead in Blast at Pakistan Hotel

Suitcase Full of Cash Adds to Chavez Corruption Claims

Spain Braced for Opening of Civil War's Mass Graves

A Leader of Machiavellian Tendencies Who Impressed Abroad, Not at Home

Mbeki is Forced Out After Split in Anc

Tempers Flare As Us Players Whip Up the Ryder Patriots

Tragic Star to Play a Legend of Medicine

Islamabad Blast is a Victory for No One

Deadly Bomb Hits Hotel in Pakistan Capital

Berlusconi Battles to Save Alitalia As Cai Rescue Bid Fails

Politics: A Touch of Nerves As Blair Tackles Yale and Us Tv

Moscow Trade Halted Again As Stocks Soar

Spanish Nuns Present Cookery Show

The Beaten Dare to Hope for Change As Cautious Optimism Returns to Zimbabwe

Airlines: Train Takes the Strain As Stricken Alitalia Cancels Flights in Wake of Aborted Rescue

New York Yankees Say Goodbye to Cathedral of Baseball

South Africa: Anc in Talks on Ousting Mbeki

Thabo Mbeki: Profile

ANC Meets to Decide Mbeki's Future

French Admit English Deficit Needs Attention

Australia Rethinks Migrant Support

UK Will Not Send Substantial Extra Troops to Afghanistan, Browne Says

Militants Die After Gun Battle With Police in Delhi

Japan's Pm Hopeful Fails to Acknowledge Firm's Use of Slave Labour

Banking Crisis: Russian Markets Stage Dramatic Comeback

Wall Street: Us Government Taking Steps to Clean Up Mortgage-related Debt

Olympic Staff Vow to Fight Sell-off

Workers' Cheers Greet Collapse of Alitalia Rescue Plan

Crash Diplomacy Course for Mccain Running Mate

Chinese Reject Newest Tv Star As Too Pretty for Ugly Role

Missing Link: Creationist Campaigner Has Richard Dawkins' Official Website Banned in Turkey

Livni Prepares to Form Israeli Government After Narrow Win

US Wants $20bn to Fund Afghanistan Effort

Toxic Rice Scandal Prompts Food and Drink Alarm in Japan

Aggressor Russia Facing Pariah Status, Us Warns

Give Prisoners Right to Vote, Says Un

Human Rights Watch Condemns Chávez's Decade in Power

ANC Meets to Decide South African President's Fate

US Election: Candidates Take the Campaign Battle to Florida

Report Accuses Ch?vez of Undermining Democracy in Venezuela

China's Ugly Betty 'not Ugly Enough'

ANC to Vote on Ousting Mbeki As South African President

Hundreds of New Marine Species Discovered in Australia

US Accuses Russia of Attempting to Topple Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili

Zimbabwe Power-sharing Gets Off to False Start

Toxic Rice Prompts Mass Japanese Recall

Russia Puts South Ossetia Off-limits to International Monitors

Arctic Sea Ice at Second Lowest Extent Ever Recorded

Malaria Deaths Halved in Seven African Countries

Israel: Tzipi Livni Seeks Coalition After Narrowly Winning Kadima Leadership

Japan's New Prime Minister to Call Snap Election

Yemeni Police Arrest 19 After Deadly Suicide Bomb Attack on Us Embassy

Tibet Tops Agenda in India-china Talks

Police Make More Arrests in Baby Milk Scandal in China

Israel: Livni Prepares to Form Coalition After Narrow Victory in Leadership Vote

Verona Joins Growing List of Bankrupt Opera Houses

Oil Price Fall and Global Crisis Force Suspension of Russian Stockmarkets

Defence: Nato Must Transform to Beat Taliban - Browne

Tzipi Livni Sets Sights on Coalition to Rule Israel After Winning Party Leadership in Landslide Vote

Haemorrhaging of Western Influence at Un Wrecks Attempts to Push Human Rights Agenda

Three Die in Tainted Baby Milk Scandal in China

Angela Merkel Admits an Unlikely Fantasy: I Wish I Were a Gymnast

Western Influence at Un Wanes As Power Balance Shifts

Polls Suggest Tzipi Livni Could Become First Female Israeli Pm for Over 30 Years

Angela Merkel: I Wish I'd Been a Gymnast

Tzipi Livni: From Mossad Agent to Israel's Next Prime Minister

Riot Police Sent in to Contain Parisian Gang War

Suicide Bomb Attack on Us Embassy in Yemen Kills 16

Antisemitism and Islamophobia Rising Across Europe, Survey Finds

President's Painting Fetches $255,000

Arnold Schwarzenegger Plans to Veto California Budget Deal

Royal makes surprising appeal in race to elect new French Socialist leader

Russian Exchanges Halt Trading As Shares Plummet

Israeli Restrictions Leave Palestinians Dependent on Aid, Says World Bank

Israel's Kadima Begins Voting to Elect New Head

French minister throws a party for his "Facebook friends"

France's former first lady - Cécilia - breaks her silence

Professor Steps Down Over Creationism Row

Baby Among 11 Dead After Hamas Raids Criminal Gang's Gaza Base

Zimbabwe: 'there's an Inherent Suspicion of Mugabe. But He Must Understand That the Future is Not in the Hands of Robert Mugabe'

John Matshikiza

Arts: Abramovich's Girlfriend Opens Doors to Garage, Russia's Answer to the Tate

New Ukraine Poll Looms As Coalition Collapses

US and Uk Failing to Monitor Flood of Arms Into Iraq, Amnesty Warns

Progress is Fragile, Says New American Commander in Iraq

Baby Among 11 Dead As Hamas Raids Gang Compound

Medical Emergencies Facing Rural Uganda

Revellers Killed in Grenade Attack on Mexican Independence Celebrations

New Research Links Drinks Cans Chemical to Heart Disease

Banking System Overheats After Essential Lubricant Clogs Up

Airlines: Police Raid Adds New Twist to Alitalia Saga

Sarkozy urges multi-lateral action to stop piracy at sea

Sports Memorabilia Dealer Testifies in Oj Simpson Robbery Trial

Chinese Governor Resigns Over Mudslide

The Day the Ticking Time Bombs Went Off

Fed Chooses Morgan Stanley to Drum Up Aig Rescue Plan

After Three Decades, Robert Mugabe Signs Away His Power - But Not All of It

Crimea: Divided Peninsula Plays Host to Russian Warships and Ukrainian Pride

Ghosts of Double Murders Haunt Court As Oj Simpson Trial Begins

Iraq: Arrests of Sunni Tribal Leaders Risk Giving Al-qaida a Way Back, Says Iraqi Vice-president

Desmond Tutu: Israeli Shelling in Gaza May Be War Crime

Palestinian Soap in Hot Water Over Plo Plot

Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai Sign Zimbabwe Power-sharing Deal

Sarkozy's women in government - MAM, a rough ride for even the toughest

Last-ditch Talks to Rescue Alitalia Leave Thousands More Travellers in Limbo

Family: Custody Battle in Japan Highlights Loophole in Child Abduction Cases

Dozens Arrested in Raids As Police in Delhi Hunt Bombers

£1bn Aid in the Balance As West Waits to Gauge Change in Zimbabwe

Mbeki Fights for Survival After Zuma Showdown

Israel's Livni Poised for Top Job As Party Votes for New Leader

Iraq: Al-qaida Intensifies Its Stranglehold in the World's Most Dangerous City

Hurricane-hit Houston Imposes Week-long Curfew

Man, 24, Shot Dead in Dublin Bookmakers

Many Killed in Bomb Blasts Across Delhi

Hurricane Ike Smashes Its Way Across Texan Coast and Towns

Mugabe is Now Poised to Sign His Own Political Death Warrant

Hidden Airport Scanner Will Pinpoint Terrorists

Last Stand of Berlin's Bohemians

Britain Blocks Prosecution of Sudan's Ruler

Fuel Supply Problems Could Ground Alitalia Flights

Hurricane Ike Batters Texan Coast

Palin's Husband Receives Summons in State Trooper Investigation

Washington Accuses Chávez Aides of Drugs Link to Farc Rebels

Medvedev Describes Georgia Attack As Russia's 9/11

Sarkozys Greet Pontiff in Paris

Texas Braces for Hurricane Ike

Fall of the Doctor Who Said His Vitamins Would Cure Aids

Matthias Rath: Denouncer of Modern Medicines

A Wishlist for Afghanistan

Palin Under Fire After Grudging U-turn on Global Warming

Airlines: Alitalia on Verge of Collapse After Investors End Talks With Unions

Zuma Court Victory Clears Pathway to Presidency

Mugabe Casts Doubt on Unity Deal As Mdc Factions Wrangle Over Portfolios

Japan Faces Pension Crisis As Number of People Over 100 Passes 36,000

Hurricane Ike Threatens 'massive Flooding' on Texan Coast

Robert Mugabe Profile

Morgan Tsvangirai Profile

Venezuela: Hugo Chávez Expels Us Ambassador Amid Claims of Coup Plot

France awaits arrival of Benedict XVI

Bush Failed to Halt Georgia War, Says Putin

Economic Realities That Forced Mugabe to Retreat

Putin Hits Out at West Over Georgia

Israeli Police Find Remains of Child in River

Conservation: Rise in Illegal Logging Threatens Butterflies

General David Petraeus Warns of Long Struggle Ahead for Us in Iraq

More Than 1m People at Risk As Hurricane Ike Heads Towards Texas

'If It Gets Worse Then We Will Have to Leave'

Zimbabwe Deal Gives Power to Tsvangirai

IRS Investigation of Internet Evangelist Now Includes Statements about Sen. Obama

China Landslide Death Toll Continues to Rise

Lebanese Politician Sheik Saleh Aridi Killed in Car Blast

Even (especially) journalists can get it very wrong

Victims or Villains?

Death Toll From Chinese Mudslide Rises

Russia Sends Warplanes on Venezuela Training Mission

Sarkozy Orders Review After Outcry Over Police Database

Environment: Huge Increase in Spending on Water Urged to Avert Global Catastrophe

The Question

Global Warming Threatens Asia-pacific Security, Warns Australian Pm

Row Over Lingering French Antisemitism Fuelled By Marriage of President's Son

Psychological Vetting of Would-be Priests Exacerbates Decline

'I Would Never Swap My Country for All the World'

Failed Afghan Drug Policy Harming Us, Says Iran

Sarko Sparks Ire With Spa Summit Switch

'Negligence, Not Rain' Caused Deadly China Mudslide

North Korea Denies Rumours of Kim Jong-il's Illness

End in sight for French student accused of drugs trafficking

Absent Kim Fuels Illness Rumour

Wary Eu Balks at Pledge of Integration for Ukraine

9/11 Survivors Put Off Evacuation to Shut Down Computers, Study Finds

No-show at Anniversary Parade Raises Questions Over Kim Jong-il's Health

Faith Schools 'help Foster Terrorists'

China Officials Tighten Restrictions on Muslim Practices

Russian Troops to Stay in Abkhazia and South Ossetia

Extreme Measures

Top Us Lawyer Hired to Prepare Google-yahoo Anti-cartel Case

Fearless Jacobs Gets Rapturous Reception

Investment: Norway Offloads £500m of Rio Tinto Shares Over 'unethical' Mine Stake

Russia: Wary Eu Balks at Pledge of Integration for Ukraine

Italy: Mafia Linked to Mystery of Doctor's Death

French Firm Offers Trip to Kurdistan, 'the Other Iraq'

Bush Limits Iraq Troop Withdrawal to 8,000 and Orders 'quiet Surge' in Afghanistan

Love thy neighbor - but not in rural France

Sri Lanka Shoots Down Tamil Plane After Bloody Raid

Hurricane Ike Forces Massive Evacuation As It Heads Towards Havana

At Least 34 Dead in China Mudslide

Rowling's Legal Wizardry Gets Potter Guide Banned

Failure of Financial Heavyweights Could Have Caused Markets to Implode

Nationalisation May Shore Up Us Housing Market

Markets Surge, But Shares in Loan Giants Slide As Doubts Set in

Tobacco: Russian Regulator Launches Legal Action Against Bat

Russia to Leave Georgia After Eu Deal

Nato Tightens Rules of Engagement to Limit Further Civilian Casualties in Aghanistan

Church of Scientology Faces Fraud Trial in France

JK Rowling Wins Copyright Claim Over Harry Potter Lexicon

Russia Agrees Deadline to Withdraw Forces From Georgia

Don't Blame Me, I Have Many Lovers, Says Corrupt Chinese Official

The Omnipotent Indian Male

Hurricane Ike Weakens to Category 2 Storm As It Moves Over Cuba

Democrats Lose Seats But Retain Veto Power in Hong Kong Elections

Hurricane Ike: British Islands Await Navy Relief Effort

The French government wants Le Big Brother to be watching almost everyone

US Air Power Triples Deaths of Afghan Civilians, Says Report

Thubten Jigme Norbu

US Housing Crisis: Freddie and Fannie Are Nationalised

World's Cheapest Car Comes at a High Price for West Bengal's Farming Classes

Fashion Week: Battle for the Heart of New York

Worst Storm in 48 Years Batters Caribbean Islands

UK Gives £50m to Bangladesh Climate Change Fund

Inmates Tell of Sexual Abuse and Beatings in Iraq's Overcrowded Juvenile Prison System

Hunger in Africa Blamed on Western Rejection of Gm Food

Hurricane Ike Hampers Relief Effort in Haiti

The future is Orange - or so they would have us believe

Zimbabwe: Mugabe Aides Hold Secret Talks to Gain Immunity

UN Says Eat Less Meat to Curb Global Warming

Pakistan: Bhutto's Shadow Lingers As Zardari Takes Reins of Power

Specs Appeal Sweeps Palin Nation

Haiti Braces for Fresh Hurricane

Outcry As Asif Ali Zardari is Elected President of Pakistan

Artists Accuse Sandinistas of Vendetta Against Revered Poet

Gadafy Gets His Reward As Rice Visits Libya

Detroit's Hip-hop Mayor Guilty of Perjury Over Affair

Russia: Kremlin Wins War But Faces New Battle As Investors Scramble for Exit

Australia Swears in First Female Governor General

Moore to Offer Election Film Free Online

Pakistan Reinstates Judges Sacked By Musharraf

Storm Watch Along East Coast of Us

China's Stockmarket Tumbles Lower

World's First Carbon Capture Pilot Fires Up Clean-coal Advocates

Thousands Stranded As Floods Cut Off Aid in Haiti

Wanted: an Antarctic Plumber to Protect Pipes at -20c

Marlboro Maker to Buy Chewing Tobacco Firm

Beijing Talks Aim to Break North Korea Nuclear Deadlock

US Forces Continue Strikes on Pakistan 'militants'

Condoleeza Rice Meets Gadafy in Libya

France - another hateful act

Storm-hit Haitians Starve on Rooftops

Afghanistan: Paris Match Pictures 'promoting Taliban'

Energy: Bp Makes Peace With Oligarchs By Axing Joint Venture Chief

Energy: Brussels Told to Pursue Azerbaijan Pipe Dream

No Place for Runners-up in Land of Oil and Beauty

British Soldier Killed in Afghanistan

Bird's Nest Designer Takes Up Cause of Man on China's Death Row

Deadly Tropical Storm Hits Haiti and Heads for Us Coast

Fallout in France following Taliban interview

Taliban issues fresh threat against French in Afghanistan

US Braced for More Hurricanes As Hanna and Ike Approach

Seven Killed in Dubai Helicopter Crash

Is This the Most Tasteless Fashion Shoot Ever?

First Pregnancy for Rightwing French Cabinet

Rival Cypriot Leaders Upbeat As They Start Reunification Talks

Iranian Women's Rights Campaigners Imprisoned

Palestinians to Propose Arab Military Force for Gaza

Iran Jails Four Women's Rights Activists

Russia Sets Conditions for Withdrawal of Remaining Troops From Georgia

Pakistan Condemns Foreign Troops for Killing 20

Pakistan: A History of Political Violence

Yushchenko Says Ukraine Government in State of Collapse

Inflatable Dental Surgery to Tour Britain

'We Can Choose Our Destiny By Ourselves'

India's Supreme Court Orders Report Into Anti-christian Violence

Yousaf Raza Gilani Profile

Police Suspect 'murder-suicide' of British Couple Living in Spain

Kajaki Dam: Contentious, Costly, and a Failure

British Forces Thwart Taliban to Deliver Turbine. But Will It Be Worth the Effort?

Cheney Heads for Tbilisi As Russia Warns Against Rearming Georgia

Ukrainian Coalition Collapses Amid Tensions Over Moscow

North Korea Rebuilding Reactor

Sarkozy Visit to Damascus Signals Thaw in Relations

Hopes Raised in Cyprus As Leaders Launch Fresh Reunification Talks

Yousaf Raza Gilani Profile: Pakistan's Low-profile Pm

Sarkozy takes a chance in Syria

Hurricane Gustav: New Orleans Authorities Work to Get 2m City Residents Home

New Orleans Residents Make the Best of Hurricane Gustav's Aftermath

Hurricane Gustav: No Calm After the Storm for Louisiana's 2m Evacuees

India: Tata to Move Nano Plant After Violent Protests

Hurricane Gustav: Tv's Imperfect Storm

France: Sarkozy's Celebrity Links Under Fire

Italy: Priest Fined €60,000 As Loud Church Bells Take Their Toll

Coalition Troops Brave Minefields and Taliban Attack to Bring Electricity to 1.8m Afghans

India: Untouchables Suffer 'relief Discrimination' After Flood

Iraq: Iraqi Army Readies for Showdown With Kurds

Crime in Afghanistan: The Kabul Police Chief, the Plague of Kidnapping, and the Meaning of Fear

Japanese Murder Investigators Fooled By Blow-up Sex Doll

Controversial Hardliner Set to Replace Japanese Pm

India: Scion of Wealthy Family Convicted in Bmw Hit-and-run Case

A New Taliban?

Deadly Storms Line Up Behind Gustav

Timeline: Political Upheaval in Thailand

Hurricane Gustav: New Orleans Levees Beat Weakening Storm

Q&A: Protests in Thailand

Hurricane Gustav Leaves 1m Without Power, But Levees Hold

Who has been juggling with Carla's figures?

The Collective Failure of Indians

Protester Killed As Thailand Democracy Protest Turns Violent

US Election: Not All the Demonstrators in St Paul Are Anti-war

Gustav Does Its Worst, But New Orleans Survives

EU Leaders Act Against Russia With Freeze on Strategic Pact Talks

US Hands Back Control of Anbar to Iraqi Forces

People of Lafayette Not Caught Off Guard By Gustav

'I've Never Run From a Hurricane, Although This One Might Change My Mind'

From Flat Calm to Perfect Storm

Gustav Does His Worst, But New Orleans Survives

New Orleans Spared a Repeat of Katrina

Relations With Russia at Crossroads, Say Eu Leaders

Tensions Rise Over Indian Flood Relief

Yasuo Fukuda: Japan's Pm Steps Down Amid Policy Deadlock

Sicilian Mayor Offers Historic Houses for €1 Each

Work on New Orleans Levees Still Not Complete As Gustav Strikes

Israeli Troops Shoot Palestinian Man With Learning Difficulties

Japanese Pm Yasuo Fukuda Resigns

Global Warming: Sea Level Rises May Accelerate Due to Melting Ice Sheet

China Earthquake Death Toll Rises

Russia Issues Saakashvili Warning As Eu Leaders Head to Emergency Summit

Hurricane Gustav: the Path of Destruction

Background: the Lessons From Katrina

Sarkozy's women in government - Rachida Dati, a star on the wane?

Hurricane Gustav: New Orleans Empties for Next Storm of the Century

European Finance: More Than 1,000 City Jobs to Be Lost in Commerzbank's €9bn German Unification

New Orleans Battens Down for Gustav With Curfew and Mass Evacuation

Hurricane Gustav: Fuzzy Science Confounds Predictions

Tourists Caught in Dispute After Thai Protesters Occupy Airports

Trade War Looms Between Moscow and Ankara

Georgia: Divided Eu Prepares to Review Stand on Russia at Emergency Summit

Greece: Pagans Call on Athena to Protect the Acropolis