National & World News Archive September 2009



Ken Lewis, Chief Executive of Bank of America, to Step Down

Beleaguered Boss of Bank of America to Retire at the End of the Year

Rome's Lost World of Luxury Goods

Three-year Project Reveals Amphitheatre and Palatial Rooms at Harbour Site

Attorney General May Have the Last Word on Whether to Bring Charges Against Bae Over Bribery Allegations

Region Called the Ring of Fire, Which Stretches From Indonesia to the Coast of Chile

Leader of Opposition Labour Party Voices Fears of a 'two-speed Europe'

Devastating Earthquake Strikes Indonesian Island, Leaving Hundreds Feared Dead and Possibly Thousands Buried

British Red Cross Has Makes Joint Asia-pacific Disaster Appeal for Help As Double Disasters Put Extra Strain on Aid Agencies

Former French Pm Accused of Slander in a Trial That Centres on a Fake List of Crooked Bank Accounts

Child Had Been on a Beach on Main Island of Upolui When the 20ft Wave Struck

Lance Corporal David Fearon the First Witness in Case of Basra Receptionist Whoi Died While in Custody in September 2003

The Two Countries May Be Eligible to Receive Financial Assistance From a Special Un Fund

Top 10 Most Challenged Books in Us

Author of His Dark Materials Trilogy Included on American Library Association's 2008 List

Yes Camp Fights British Opinion As Ireland Votes on Lisbon Treaty

Obituary: Panamanian President Who Helped Secure the Grip of Democracy on His Turbulent Nation

My Sister Staged Circus Around Birth of Child, Says Rachida Dati's Brother

Sub-Saharan Africa, the Worst-hit Region in the World, Has Seen the Biggest Improvement

Head of Kenya's Anti-corruption Commission Aaron Ringera Resigns

Peter Galbraith Removed From Un Post After Pressing for Inquiry Into Results Heavily Favouring Karzai

• Tonga and American Samoa Expecting Death Toll to Rise Amid Coastal Devastation• British Toddler Among Victims Thought Swept Away By 4-metre High Waves

International Conman Captured at Us-canada Border

Georgian Attack Ahead of War With Russia Unjustifiable in Law, Says Eu

Officials Say Peter Galbraith Removed From Un Post After Pressing for Inquiry Into Results Heavily Favouring Karzai

Budget Airline Risks Wrath of Watchdog As Passengers Face Mandatory £5 Online Check-in Fee

Harman Has Called on the Actor-turned-politician to Close Down the California-based Website Punternet, Which Has 'pages and Pages of Women for Sale in London'

Explainer: Samoa Tsunami

• Eu Inquiry Likely to Show Both Sides Breached Rules of War• Leaked Findings Reveal Acute Split Among Investigators

China's National Day Parade: Public Barred From Celebrations

At Least 39 Killed As Tsunami Sweeps Samoa

Report Says Food Shortages Will Hit Developing World and Global Warming Set to Bring Back Malnutrition

At Least 34 Dead After Magnitude 8.3 Earthquake Strikes Between Islands of Samoa and American Samoa

Women Refugees in Chad Face Rape in Camps, Says Amnesty International

Arms Giant Set to Defy an Ultimatum From the Serious Fraud Office to Accept a Plea Deal Over Corruption Allegations, or Face Prosecution

Expert Says Likely Loss of Small Island States Raises Profound Questions Over Nationality and Territory

France's Condemnation of Events in Guinea Reflects Its Awkward Relationship With the African State That Declared Independence in 1958

Lawyers Representing 16 Palestinians Asked a London Court to Issue an Arrest Warrant

Remains Thought to Be Revolving Dining Room Built By Emperor Nero to Impress His Guests

With the Virtual Bulldozers Closing in on Its Online Home, the Former Yugoslavia is About to Become Even More Former

Barbarossa, Her Latest Film, Being Used As Propaganda Tool By Northern League Party

Letting Your Mobile Ring During a Theatre Performance Starring James Bond and Wolverine Isn't Wise

Couple Feel Chill Wind of Sleaze Allegations After Amassing Personal Fortunes

Michael Tomasky:i Know Brown Made Some Mistakes But Some of His Difficulties Aren't His Fault

Troops Kill Many Protesters in Guinea Stadium

Lawyers for Palestinian Families Apply for International Arrest Warrant in London Over Military Offensive in Gaza

Although There Will Be a Uk General Election Next Year, There is Little or No Appetite for a Parallel Contest to Elect a New Northern Ireland Assembly, Says Henry Mcdonald

Government Calls for Humanitarian Assistance After Hundreds of Thousands Left Homeless and Country Prepares for More Storms

How Did the Law Catch Up With Roman Polanski?

From the Archive, 29 September 1994: An International Commission of Inquiry Was Launched Last Night Into Europe's Worst Ferry Disaster

Britain Only Has Scope for a 'relatively Small' Increase, Says Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth

Public Broadcaster Rai Censured for Airing Interview With Escort While Prime Minister Once Again Causes Controversy Over Remarks About Obamas

Statement Lashes Out at Criticism, Saying the Catholic Church Was 'busy Cleaning Its Own House'

Leader of the Free Democratic Party is the First Openly Gay Leader of a Mainstream Party

Farmers and Captains of Industry Support Yes Vote in a Country Torn Between Anger and Fear

Robert Zoellick Said the Greenback's Status Could Now Be Under Threat From the Growing Strength of the Chinese Renminbi and the Euro

Our Date

Free Roman Polanski Now, Demand France and Poland

Barack Obama to Become First Us President to Lobby International Olympic Committee in Person

75 Prisoners Freed from Guantanamo

Film Director 'very Anxious to Get This Resolved and Go Home' After Being Detained on 1978 Us Warrant, Agent Says

Iran Test-fires Long-range Missiles

Merkel to Head Centre-right Coalition in Germany As Social Democrats Sink

Chancellor Sweeps Back Into Power As Head of Centre-right Government With Pro-business Free Democrats

Study Says 4c Rise in Temperature Could Happen By 2060 Without Strong Action on Emissions

Communist Heritage is Good Business As China Prepares for 60th Anniversary

Ian Traynor Reflects on Angela Merkel's Victory, and What It Means for the German People

A Tehran-based Company is Marketing Replica Vehicles Based on the Design of the Earliest Rolls-royces Models

Film Director Detained at Immigration in Zurich While Travelling to Accept Festival's Lifetime Achievement Award

HMS Iron Duke Makes Haul of More Than Five and a Half Tonnes of Drug Off Coast of South America

Ministry of Defence Figures Show a 25% Rise in the Number of Recruits, With More Signing Up Than at Any Time Since 2005

Angela Merkel Claims German Election Victory

Some of Britain's Most Prominent Atheists Have Come Together to Publish a Book for the Festive Season

Straw to Join Bnp's Nick Griffin in Question Time Debate

Justice Secretary's Appearance Will Reverse Labour's Stance of Not Sharing Platform With Far-right Party

Film Director Held Over Outstanding 1978 Us Arrest Warrant After Travelling to Collect Award at Zurich Film Festival

Angela Merkel Expected to Remain Chancellor As German Polls Open

Organisers of Zurich Film Festival Say Director Detained But Police Yet to Confirm Claim

Meredith Kercher Murder Trial Hears Final Witness

Speeding Tickets to Follow Britons Home From Holiday

Can China Help to Defuse the Nuclear Threat From Iran?

Flights Over Oktoberfest Banned After Taliban Video Terror Threat

Big Spenders: How Slump Has Hit World's Top Shopping Streets

British Firm Attacked Over Burma Dams

Dust Storms Spread Deadly Diseases Worldwide

Michael Ignatieff: From The Late Show to Prime Minister in Waiting?

Christian Modelling Agency Preaches Spiritual Fulfilment to the Fashion World

Lorrie Moore's First Novel in 15 Years Takes Us Literary World By Storm

The Bankroller Who is Blighting British Political Life

Victims of the Troubles May Sue Over Ira Arms

Greece Struggles to Cope As Immigration Tensions Soar

US Study Says Divorce is Linked to Age and Education

Coup Leader Defies Ex-premier's Demands in Honduras Standoff

US Braced for Surge of Protest Over War in Afghanistan

One for the Road? Film Forces France to Admit Its Drinking Problem

Born in 68 Lacks a Radical Edge, Says Philip French

Alicia De Larrocha Obituary

UK Foreign Secretary Insists Diplomacy is Way Forward As Tehran Aide Says Nuclear Plant is Nearly Operational

Iran's Nuclear Plant Admission Brings Sanctions Showdown Nearer

G20 Leaders Map Out New Economic Order at Pittsburgh Summit

Why Iran Confessed to Secret Nuclear Site Built Inside Mountain

RAF Unveils Brimstone Precision Strike Missile

Ian Sample Explains the Process Iran May Used to Enrich Uranium at Its Qom Nuclear Plant

Tories Isolated As Britain Leads the Way, Says Gordon Brown

Local Organisations Sell Guided Trips Through Kibera, One of the World's Largest Slums

Leaders of Most Powerful Nations Have Done Little to Stop Banks Paying Out Millions to Star Traders

Electorate Set to Choose Between Merkel's Centre-right Cdu or Frank-walter Steinmeier's Social Democrats in Upcoming Vote

Bankers' Bonuses and Excessive National Deficits Targeted in Package of Global Reforms

Asian Predatory Hornets Sighted in Paris for First Time As Pesticides and Traps Fail to Halt Relentless Colonisation

It Remains to Be Seen Whether German Chancellor Will Be Able to Form New Centre-right Government

Forensic Gathering of Intelligence By the West Forced Regime to Come Clean About Uranium Enrichment Plant

Barack Obama Plays Down the Need to Finalise a Deal on Climate Change

US, Uk and France Threaten Tough New Measures But Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is Defiant

News of Qom Site Will Encourage Those Across Middle East Who Want to See Tough Sanctions Imposed

Sentencing of Gang for Involvement in One of Europe's Largest Dog-fighting Syndicates Delayed Due to Scuffle

Conservative and Ukip Eurosceptics Seize on 'flawed' Data Supplied By Militant Irish Nationalists

Obama Condemns Iran Over Secret Nuclear Plant

UK Vaccination Programme Expected to Begin Imminently Following Approval of Two Vaccines By European Regulator

Following the Licensing Approval of Two Swine Flu Vaccines for Use in the Uk, Sarah Boseley Looks at the Safety Implications and What It Means for the Uk's Vaccine Programme

Mabey & Johnson Becomes the First Major Company to Be Convicted of Foreign Bribery, and Will Pay Penalties of £6.5m

Iran Nuclear Plant: the Expert View

Study Shows Spanked Children with Lower IQ Scores

Iran Reveals It Has a Clandestine Uranium Enrichment Plant South of Tehran

Iran Has a Secret Underground Uranium Enrichment Plant South of Tehran, According to Reports

First of New Swine Flu Vaccines Approved for Uk

The G20 Has Now Eclipsed the G8 in Economic Decision-making Power, Explains Patrick Wintour

Bank Insists It is Not Turning Its Back on London and Would Now Focus Itself Around the Two Centres in Europe and Asia

Iran Admits Secret Uranium Enrichment Plant

Former Israeli Prime Minister Faces Charges of Secret Campaign Funding, Fraud Over Travel Costs and Personal Favours

Security Experts Are Calling for Greater Efforts to Prevent Online Adverts From Being Hijacked By Criminals, Following Attacks on the New York Times and Other Popular Websites

From Dinosaur to Bird: How Anchiornis Huxleyi Adds to the Story

Gabriel García Márquez Masterpiece Tops Poll of World Literature

Chinese Discovery Predates Archaeopteryx By 10m Years

One Hundred Years of Solitude Has Most Shaped World Literature Over the Past 25 Years, Says Survey

Geri Halliwell's United Nations Mission to Nepal

From the Archive: China Recalls Mao's Simple Way of Life

Julia Roberts Turns a Temple in India Into a Closed Set

24 Held on Suspicion of Enlisting Suicide Bombers

Swine Flu on the Rise, As 66 Schools Report Fresh Outbreaks of the Virus

• President Steers Vote Through Security Council• 'a Day to Celebrate,' Say Pro-disarmament Groups

Students and Faculty Members Demonstrate Against Plans to Raise Tuition Fees and Cut Workers

Metropolitan Black Police Association Says Interim Findings of Panel on Race and Faith Issues Facing the Police Are Too Weak

Teargas Used on Protesters at G20 Summit in Pittsburgh

New Find Unearthed in Rock Formations in North-eastern China Confirms Birds Evolved From Dinosaurs, Scientists Claim

What the First Outpost on Moon Might Look Like

China Maintains Opposition to Iran Sanctions Ahead of Crucial Meeting

Man Charged With Conspiracy in Us Terrorism Investigation

Senegal's Pride and Joy, or a Towering Waste of Money?

Election Campaigns Tailored to the Interests of Older Voters, With Pensions, Retirement Age and Health Dominating Agenda

New Strategy Will Involve High-level Engagement With Burmese Leaders While Keeping Sanctions in Place

US Census Worker Found Hanged

Scientists Kicked Out of Contest Because They Are Based in the West Bank, Spain's Government Says

US Woman Pregnant With Another Couple's Child After Clinic Error

US Signals Major Policy Shift Towards Burma

China Tries to Stop Hong Kong Publishing Chinese History Revisited

White House and Gordon Brown Deny Special Relationship is in Trouble

Charge Increased to Ensure 'sufficient Deterrent' to Shoppers Who Arrive at Checkout Counters With No Bags of Their Own

Prime Minister Also Rules Out Claim That Britain is Being Excluded From High Level Strategy Meetings on Afghan War

Gordon Brown Says Vadera's Move Will Be 'to the Benefit of Britain'

Security Council Resolution Passes As Obama Seeks to Build Support for Long Term Goal of Abolishing All Nuclear Weapons

New Aids Vaccine Gives Modest Protection But Trial is Important Because It is the First to Come Up With a Positive Result

Senior Us Official Denies There Has Been Any Snub to the British Pm After Barack Obama Turned Down Five Requests From Downing Street to Hold a Bilateral Meeting

Mafia Boss's Pet Caiman Seized By Italian Police

The Success of a Thai Trial Vaccine in Reducing Hiv Infection By Up to a Third is a Genuine Breakthrough That Needs to Be Built on

G20 Meeting: Why Pittsburgh?

US Commander to Draw Back Troops From Remotes Areas and Focus on Major Population Centres to Bolster Regime in Kabul

Leaders Will Descend on Pittsburgh Today to Kick Off Two Days of Talks on Economic Stability, Financial Regulation, Climate Change and Bankers' Bonuses

India's First Space Mission Finds Water on Moon

Many Un Members Make Noisy Exit As Iran's President Uses Speech to Criticise Israel

Local Authorities Remove Libyan Leader's Camp in Bedford Saying It Violated Building Laws

Benedict Xvi to Make the First Papal Visit to Uk Since John Paul Ii's Six-day Tour in 1982

Barack Obama Snubs Gordon Brown Over Private Talks

In July a Russian-crewed Cargo Ship Vanished Off the Coast of Finland. Moscow Claims It Was Hijacked. Now One of the Accused Exclusively Reveals a Very Different Version of Events . . .

Biker Jackets and Anoraks on Final Day of London Fashion Week

PM Suffers Intense Embarrassment After It Emerges White House Has Spurned Five Requests for Bilateral Meeting

Grandson Mao Follows in Chairman's Footsteps

Prime Minister's Announcement at Un on Future of Trident Triggers Fury in Ministry of Defence

Former Alaskan Governor Criticises Obama Administration and Calls for Tax Cuts

Police Foiled As Thieves Haul Up Bags of Cash in Rooftop Break-in at British Security Firm in Stockholm

Bedford Residents Object to Libyan Leader's Bedouin Tent Pitched in Their Pretty Town

Top Nato Commander Works to Gain Support for Karzai's Government

Only 1 in 10 Countries Have Special Police Units to Investigate Trafficking, Campaign Will Report

Roman Catholic Church Releases Sex Abuse Complaints Tally

Eccentric Libyan Leader Lives Up to His Reputation During His First Visit to America

Colonel in Iraqi Police Force Says British Military Singled Out His Son After He Reported Soldiers for Looting Hotel

City Chokes and Many Experience Breathing Difficulties As Millions of Tonnes of Red Dust Settles on Sydney

'A New Era of Engagement'

US President to Propose Elimination of Tax Breaks and Cheap Loans As 'downpayment to End Global Warming'

Honduran Forces Establish Perimeter Around Brazilian Embassy

Parents to Sue Tour Operator First Choice Over Fatal Plane Crash

Helicopter Gang Raid Cash Depot in Sweden ... From Above

Pope Accepts Gordon Brown's Invitation to Visit Britain Next Year

US President Receives Warm Reception As He Tells Delegates in New York That America Cannot Tackle World's Problems Alone

Irina Bokova Becomes First Woman to Lead Unesco

Obama to Usher in New Age of Co-operation With Un

President to List Objectives for Whole World to Tackle Together, Including Poverty, Terrorism and Global Warming

First Address By New Us President Will Aim to Soothe Many of the Wounds Left By Animosity of the Bush Years

Sydney Swathed By Dust Storm

Security Forces Clash With Protestors in Honduras As Tensions Rise After Zelaya's Return

Setback for Barack Obama's Peace Initiative As Israel Rejects Call for Settlement Freeze

Prime Minister Hailed As Hero for 'stabilising' World Economy and Showing 'compassionate Leadership'

Al-Qaida Release Video Message Likening Barack Obama to George Bush

Chris Packham Says We Should Let Nature Take Its Course

Simon Tisdall: An Elusive Deal to End the Stalemate in Cyprus May Be Overwhelmed By Adverse External Factors Just When It Seems Within Reach

Ousted President Outwits Foes With Secret Journey to Brazilian Embassy in the Capital

Theft and Sex Offences on the Rise As Organisers Promise 41,000 Security Staff for Fans' Safety

Rivals Who Played Out Epic Battle in Moscow in 1984 Get Together in Valencia for Rematch

Alan Travis: Europe's Asylum Policy is Flawed and Ignores Practical Failings

China Announces Detailed Pledge to Curb Carbon Emissions

Outpouring of New Pledges of Action Was Precisely What Un Chief Ban Ki-moon Intended When He Called the Summit

Michael Lockett Mc Died While Investigating Roadside Bomb

Burberry Print Makes Triumphant Return at London Fashion Week

Ian Black: The Only Question That Matters is What, If Anything, Happens After Today's Middle East Talks

Move Aimed to Stop Country's Universities Turning Into Breeding Grounds of Protest Against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Middle East Talks Fail to Produce Hope for New Negotiations

'Corrective Rape' Thought to Be Motive Behind Gang Rape and Murder of Eudy Simelane

Malta, Cyprus, Spain, Italy, France, and Portugal Block Ban at Brussels Meeting Despite Support From 21 Eu Governments

Afghans Who Fled the Migrant Camps in Calais Before Police Raids Are Waiting Until It is Safe to Go Back and Try Again

As Lib Dems Enjoy Sweeping Sea Views From the Highcliff Hotel, How Many Are Aware of the Building's Key Role in the Politics of the Past? Martin Kettle Explains

Former Liberal Democrat Leader Says Conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan Set to Be Last Operations of Their Kind to Be Run Solely By Western Powers

Michael Tomasky Opponents of the War in Afghanistan Rarely Address the Risks Inherent in Leaving

Hu Jintao Vague About Time-scale and Target for Reducing Rate of Emissions While Still Growing China's Economy

• South African Jailed for Part in Murder of Eudy Simelane• Gay Rights Activists Hail Judgment

Former Liberal Democrat Leader Says 'young Men Are Losing Their Lives Because Our Politicians Won't Get Their Act Together'

Police Drag Away 278 Camp Dwellers, Nearly Half of Them Minors, Who Had Been Sleeping Rough Hoping to Stow Away on Lorries to Britain

President Expected to Deliver on Promises About Climate Change and Discuss World Economy and Middle East Peace

The 'bang-bang Club' Were Photographers Who Risked Their Lives Recording the Violence of the Townships. But a New Film About Them Has Left Some of Them Worried

The Interim Government Was Caught Off Guard As Deposed Leader Snuck Back Into the Country Reportedly Travelling in a Car Boot and a Tractor

Child Mortality Rates Are One of the Highest in the World and One in Eight Women Risk Dying During Pregnancy or Childbirth

Newsmen Do Not Decide What is Good and Evil

Legends Prepare for Historic Rematch 25 Years After Encounter That Was Called to a Halt Without a Winner

Gordon Brown's Plan for Chinese to Put World Economy Back in Balance

Ousted President Says He Will Challenge the Coup Leaders Who Bundled Him Into Exile Three Months Ago

Reverends Push Message That Church is Not Just for the Middle Class Ahead of 'back to Church Sunday' Drive

Leaked Report From Nato Commander to Pentagon Warns War May Become Unwinnable Using Current Strategy

Soldiers Involved in Killing of Baha Mousa Were Implementing Official Government Policy, Inquiry Hears

Baghdad Matchmaker is Slowly Helping to Change Attitudes to Remarriage and Rebuild Families Crippled By Violence

Leaked Report From General Stanley Mcchrystal Paints Grim View of Chances for Success in Afghanistan

China and India Expected to Seize Initiative at New York Climate Talks

Dickens Adaptation Beats Advertising Drama Mad Men and Sitcom 30 Rock to Win Awards for Writing and Cinematography

Congress Cuts Funding to Embattled Anti-poverty Group Acorn

Angela Merkel Presses Free-market Fdp for Coalition Commitment

Former French President Hints at Romance With Princess Diana

John Gotti Jr Faces Fourth Racketeering Trial in Five Years

Baha Mousa Inquiry: Soldiers 'did Not Believe Humiliating Abuse Was Unlawful'

FCC Chairman Calls for Open Internet among Wireless Carriers

Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov Will Play 12 Games in Valencia to Mark 25th Anniversary of 1984 World Title Fight

Up to 2,000 More Soldiers Are Needed to Hold Ground Recently Captured From the Taliban, Military Sources Say

Text Messaging Initiative Helps Young Palestinians Find Work

The Dickensian Adaptation Pick Up Seven Emmy Awards, Beating the Advertising Drama Mad Men and the Sitcom 30 Rock

Report Says That Number of People Worldwide Suffering From the Disease Will Have Risen to 65.7 Million

Why Did So Many Artists Attend Mikhail Khodorkovsky's Trial?

Friends of the Russian Oligarch Painted Him in Court

Over the Top on Abdelbaset Al-megrahi's Dossier

US Military Chiefs Argue That Cuts in America's Arsenal Would Spur Proliferation

The G20: Bankers and the Global Economy

Speech is Chance to Offer Assurances to World Leaders That President Can Deliver on His Gas Emissions Promise

Practitioner in North Berlin Served Patients Experimental Cocktail of Psychedelic Substances, Police Say

Daniel Ubani Withdrew Application to Join Nhs 'performers List' After Failing to Score Sufficient Marks in English Test

PM Says Extra Effort Needed to End Climate Talks Deadlock After Slow Negotiations

US President Will Attempt to Make Progress in Resolving Conflict at Talks With Binyamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas

Barack Obama Hopes for Results As Un General Assembly Comes to Washington

Pentagon Hawks Swoop to Kill Obama's Dream of Nuclear-free World

Ban on Liquids at Large Airports Lifted From 2012, But Discrepancies Expected to Cause Confusion

Environmental Campaigners Call for Oil Trader's Prosecution for Manslaughter

Sarkozy and De Villepin Begin Court Battle Over Alleged Smear Campaign

New Line Should Cut Journey Times From Nairobi to Mombasa From 13 to Three Hours

Wife of Irish Man Finds His Body Three Days After He Went Missing During Backpacking Holiday

Social Changes Fuel Boom in Professional Stand-ins - With Best Men, Relatives or Even Spouses Available at a Price

Lib Dem Foreign Affairs Spokesman Ed Davey Calls for a New Diplomacy Focusing on 'people, Not Just Governments', Which Would Include 'tea With the Taliban' in Afghanistan

Obama Cannot Escape the Sound and Fury Over the Colour of His Skin

Chevolution

Philippines Ponders Text Levy

The Last Days of Dash Snow

Swine Flu 'could Kill Millions Unless Rich Nations Give £900m'

When It Comes to Life, Love and True Happiness, Sarkozy is Leading the Way

'Sexist' Berlusconi Faces the Backlash of Italian Women's Anger

Opposition Protest Cut Out of Iran Tv's Football Coverage

Whitney Houston: Return of the Troubled Diva

Amish Love Stories Are Bestsellers in America

Moving Testimony to the British Army's Loss of Life in Afghanistan

Russian Killings and Kidnaps Extend Dirty War in Ingushetia

True Compass: A Memoir By Edward M Kennedy

By Calling Barack Obama a Liar on the Floor of Congress, Joe Wilson Highlighted a Resentment Among Some Americans That a Black Man Could Enter Become Presidewnt

Pared-down Summit Will Ban Entourages and Force Heads of Rich States to Listen to Those of Third World in Hope of Kickstarting Radical Action

IMF Gold Sell-off 'will Be Done in Responsible Manner' Says Fund Chief

Allegation May Scupper $2bn Deal

Is It Reasonable to Describe Eid Al-fitr As the Muslim Christmas? Well, Yes and No, Says Musab Bora

Doctors Agreeing to Be Named As Ghost-authors on Pharmaceutical Research, New Evidence Suggests

Cocky Was Once Interpol's Most Wanted Man, a Jury at the Royal Court in St Helier Heard

Republicans Steal Barack Obama's Internet Campaigning Tricks

President Karzai Told a News Conference: 'i Believe Firmly, Firmly in the Integrity of the Election'

In the Past 18 Months, 23 Employees Across the Country at France Télécom Have Killed Themselves While 13 Have Made Attempts

Meeting Between Obama and Israeli and Palestinian Leaders Uncertain As Us Envoy Fails to Win Agreement on Halt to Construction

Search for Missing Chef Claudia Lawrence Extended to Cyprus

Megrahi's 298-page Rejoinder Attempts to Show Judges Were Wrong to Dismiss Doubts Over Evidence

Another Blow for Embattled Italian Pm As Giampaolo Tarantini Detained on Suspicion of Drug Trafficking

Ivory Coast Claimants Would Share £30m Payout Equally, With No Extra for Worst Affected and Nothing for Relatives of the Dead

Holiday Inn Set to Sharpen Its Image With $1bn Facelift

Daniel Jones Says He Was Humiliated and Victimised for His Beliefs Following Incident at Store in Wales

Israel's Gaza Blockade Crippling Reconstruction

Move Comes Within 24 Hours of White House Saying It Was Scrapping Proposed Missile Shield Facilities in Poland and Czech Republic

Almost 20% of Men Take 'bento' Box to Work to Save Money, According to a Survey

U.S. Rep Joe Wilson and Quantum Physics – Why Doesn’t the President See This?

Pledge Comes After Un Official Lynn Pascoe Denounces 'cramped' Welfare Camps

Iran's Opposition Mobilises Mass Protest in Tehran Ahead of Un Speech By Defiant Hardliner

Republicans Condemn Barack Obama's Missile Decision

Sceptics Warn Apparent Conciliatory Strategy Could Be Feint to Win Relaxation of Un Sanctions

Profile: General Sir David Richards

'Secret Annexe' to Un Nuclear Inspection Agency Report Reveals Iran Has 'sufficient Information' to Make a Nuclear Weapon

Major General Nick Carter, Set to Take Charge of Uk and Other Nato Forces, Says Troops Need to Show 'positive Trends'

Bill for Big-ticket Government Defence Projects May Reach £130bn, Greenpeace Study Says

'British Forces May Have to Retreat to Cities to Beat Taliban in Afghanistan'

Form a War Cabinet, Appoint a Minister for Afghanistan and Send More Aid Money, Nick Clegg and Paddy Ashdown to Tell Pm

City of Dreams: How the Wealthiest Men on Earth Created the Wealthiest Football Club in the World

Pictures of Hundreds of Cow Carcasses Being Tipped Into a Mass Grave Near Nairobi Highlight the Scale of the Natural Disaster

New Head of Army Uses First Major Speech to Describe How Character of Warfare is Fundamentally Changing

Move Linked to Us Ambitions for a World Without Nuclear Weapons, Which Required Russia's Cooperation

US Missile System's Track Record: Test Delays, Failed Launches, Missed Targets

Obama Says New System Will Protect Against Possible Iranian Threat As Medvedev Calls U-turn a 'responsible Move'

Far Left Party Made Huge Gains in Regional Elections and May Transform Political Landscape With Its Populist Agenda

Germany: Nation's Mother Helps Keep Own Party Afloat

Japanese Police Launch Crackdown on Commuter Gropers

Iranians Urge Imf to Investigate Turkey's £11bn 'windfall'

American Troops Have Shot and Wounded an Iraqi Man Who Hurled a Slipper at a Military Convoy in Falluja

Attack Signals Escalation of Offensive Against Shia Rebels Challenging Government of Arab World's Poorest Country

US President Shelves Scheme in Poland and Czech Republic, Citing New Intelligence on Threat From Iran

Michael Tomasky: What Will Glenn Beck Think of the Obama Team's Plans to Share 10% of the Country's Swine Flu Vaccine With Other Nations?

Islamist Group Claims Responsibility, Citing Revenge for Us-backed Attack on Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan

Stabbings in Beijing Ahead of National Day

Romell Broom's Case Raises Questions About Charles Hood's Case in Texas and Legitimacy of Death Penalty

Dan Gillerman Says Us President's Recent Actions Reveal His 'inexperience in Foreign Policy'

Tuberculosis Sufferers in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, Are Selling Their Saliva to Healthy Individuals Looking to Gain Medical Grants

Cautious Welcome in Russia, Which Vehemently Opposed the Scheme, But Dismay From Poland and Czech Republic

Suspect Arrested in Death of Yale Lab Student

Corrupt Non-profit Group ACORN Orders Independent Investigation

Warsaw and Prague React With Disappointment to Obama's Decision Not to Station Missile Shield in Poland and the Czech Republic

Decision Likely to Delight Moscow, Which Saw Itself As the Target, But is Met With Dismay By Poland and Czech Republic

Hamid Karzai Defends Integrity of Afghan Vote

Obama's Missile Rethink: the Ball is Now in Moscow's Court

'Australian Fritzl' Accused of Raping Daughter and Fathering Four Children

Girl, 3, Among Three Britons Killed in New Zealand Crash

A Brief History of the Aztec Empire

The Rise and Fall of the Ancient Mexican Civilisation

Afghans Prepare for Run-off As Fraud Investigation Grows

Imminent Closure of Camp Bucca Part of Us Military's Winding Down of Highly Contentious Detention Programme

For Years Uk Oil Firm Denied It Dumped Waste That Poisoned Thousands

A Wealthy Group of London Oil Traders With High-level Connections in the Conservative Party

Universal Jurisidiction Rules Mean That Baltasar Garzón Could Play Part in Prosecution Team, According to Lawyers in Madrid

'It Smelled Like Rubber Burning. I Began to Shiver, and Then Throw Up'

How Uk Oil Company Trafigura Tried to Cover Up African Pollution Disaster

Failure to Conduct Investigations Into Gaza Conflict Should Result in Referral to Icc, Goldstone Report Recommends

• El Niño Contributed Largely to Rise in Temperatures• Average Temperatures Rose to 16.9c

Scheme Intended to Improve Delivery of Inefficient Public Services - But Civil Liberties Activists Condemn Move

International Oil Trader Put Out an Agreed Statement With Its Legal Opponents, Revealing What Had Until Then Been a Secret

Court Acquits Clare Irby, Descendant of Guinness Brewing Family, Over Drunkenness Charges

Scientists in Us Cure Two Squirrel Monkeys Born Without Ability to See Colour Red

Nato Forces Rely on Illegal Afghan Militias, Report Says

Casket of the Carmelite Nun, Known As the Little Flower, Has Been Touring the World for 12 Years

Race Debate Heats Up After Jimmy Carter Says Most of the Opposition to Obama is Because the President is Black

Jobs for the Boys - and Girls - at Kidzania Replica Town in Tokyo

Investigator Said Up to 41 Others Vessels May Have Been Used to Dump Toxic and Nuclear Material on the Seabed

Plan Prompts Accusations of Return to Apartheid-era Justice

Dispute Over Festival's City to City Partnership With Tel Aviv Causes Rift Among Major Hollywood Names

Trafigura Case: Toxic Slop Left Behind By Caustic Washing

Police Release Lab Technician in Yale Murder Investigation

Sweeping Majority of Meps' Votes Includes Backing From British Conservatives and Their East European Eurosceptic Allies

Vladimir Putin Hands Over Swiss Watch to Astonished Factory Worker

Police Arrest Man Over Yale Campus Murder

Former Us President Says Interjection Has Exposed 'a Feeling in This Country That an African-american Should Not Be President'

Barclays Accused of Securing 'secret' Windfall in Lehman Deal

Driver's Trial for Uk Couple's Death

News of Partial Recount Comes As Split Emerges Inside International Community Over How to Deal With Election Debacle

Timeline of Political Unrest By Tamil Militant Groups Against Government Forces

The Best-selling Novelist in Modern History Remains the Worst-writing, Says Mark Lawson

New Standards That Would Raise the Average Gas Mileage for New Cars and Trucks to an Average 35.5mpg By 2016

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Gaza Inquiry Puts Israel Under Spot for Its Policies Towards Palestinians and Violation of Laws of War

US Forced to Seek Regional Alliances As Its Power Wanes, Says Thinktank

José Manuel Barroso Pledges to Create Three New European Commissioner Roles If Granted Second Term

Organisation Removes Marc Garlasco From Research Work Pending an Inquiry

Al-Shabaab Insurgents Say They Will Attack Western Targets in Response to Kenyan Death

'We Are Facing a Resilient Enemy Which We Are Far From Succeeding Against Yet,' Says Defence Secretary

Top Us Commander Signals Troop Increase in Afghanistan

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Mothers Who Lost Sons in Afghanistan Launch Charity

Human Rights Watch Investigator Suspended Over Nazi Memorabilia

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From Coast to Coast, Us Anti-smoking Programmes Grow Ever More Agressive

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Chinese Jeans Bearing Name of God Anger Iranians

Somali Insurgents Vow Revenge for Us Killing of Leader

Rail Companies Accused of Parking Charges Hike

Somali Official Confirms Al-qaida Target Killed in Us Assault

Boris Johnson Ups Carbon Footprint By Courtesy Flight to New York

France Télécom Bosses to Hold Crisis Talks Over Staff Suicides

Somalia Raid: Warning That Us Can Strike at Will

US Kills Al-qaida Target in Somalia Helicopter Assault

Should Parents Be Worried About So-called 'shag Bands'?

My Brother, the Unabomber

Elton John's Wish to Adopt Faces Rejection

British Soldiers Accused of Raping Iraqi Man

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Leader of Airline Bomb Plot Told He Will Spend 40 Years in Jail

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NHS Specialists Join Crackdown on Drug Mules

Kim Clijsters Made It Look Easy, But for Most It's a Different Story

Granny Told Me Not to Marry a Catholic, Tony Blair Tells Paper

Stalin Grandson in Court Fight to Clear Dictator's Name

Inquiry Begins Into Restoration at Bolshoi and Missing Millions

Obama Urges Banks to Accept New Sense of Responsibility

Europeans Unlikely to Heed Us Calls for More Troops in Afghanistan

US Puts Europeans on Alert to Provide More Troops for Afghan Campaign

Sonia Gandhi Abandons Private Plane in Austerity Drive

Body Found is Believed to be Missing Yale Student

Eurozone to Return to Growth This Quarter, European Commission Predicts

Iran Agrees to October Nuclear Talks

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Ireland: Declan Ganley Rejoins Campaign for Lisbon Treaty 'no' Vote

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Stephen Farrell Rescue Again Exposed First Casualty of War

Coalition Partners Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister in German Tv 'duel'

Barack Obama Denounced By Rightwing Marchers in Washington

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Women at War: on the Campaigning Frontlines

Europe Fears Winter Energy Crisis As Russia Tightens Grip on Oil Supplies

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Washington Dc and Its Freemasons Braced for New Dan Brown Book

Body Shop Ethics Under Fire After Colombian Peasant Evictions

How Islamist Gangs Use Internet to Track, Torture and Kill Iraqi Gays

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Pressure Grows in Afghanistan for Hamid Karzai to Strike a Deal

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Fears for Caster Semenya Over Trauma of Test Results

National Newspapers: the New Local Newspapers?

Seamus Heaney Launches Fierce Attack on Irish Opponents of Lisbon Treaty

Singers Hit Out at Rise of Auto-tune

Fabio Capello: Ringmaster of the Three Lions

Fabio Capello Has Turned Our Wags to Witches

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Heir to Jewish Refugees Given Us Court Backing to Reclaim Masterpiece

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White House Action Puts on Hold Dozens of Mountaintop Mining Projects

Minister Warns of 1930s-style Fascists on Britain's Streets

MI6 Officer Investigated Over Torture Allegation

Surge of Seawater Drives Iraqis From Their Homes in the South

Coastguard Exercise Prompts Panic in Washington

Dan Brown's Lost Symbol Set for Record Launch

Chinese State Tv Targets 300m Russian Viewers

Americans Grow Cannabis to Beat the Recession

Trophy Hunting in Africa: 'hunt Operators Are Conservationists First, and Hunters Second'

Alleged Shots Fired By Coast Guard Near Pentagon Cause Panic in Washington

Baby P Council Sent Foster Child to Live With Islamist Terrorist

New York Marks Eighth Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks

Vladimir Putin Signals Plan to Reclaim Old Job As Russian President

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Vauxhall Buy-out Raises Fear of 2,000 Job Losses

Afghanistan: Ministers Warn of Possible Hostage Crisis

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Barack Obama Rings Brown to Tell of 'disappointment' With Megrahi Delease

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Jamaican Police Investigate Murder of Uk's Honorary Consul

Al-Qaida: Tales From Bin Laden's Volunteers

Michael Shields' Release Prompts Anger in Bulgaria

Saad Hariri Steps Down As Lebanon's Political Crisis Continues

Prisoners Driven Insane on Japan's Death Row, Says Amnesty

Al-Qaida Faces Recruitment Crisis, Anti-terrorism Experts Say

Berlusconi Admits Suspected Pimp Brought Women to His Home

British Journalist's Rescuers Left Dead Afghan Behind

Sarkozy Launches Carbon Tax to Help 'save the Human Race'

Chávez Pleases Russia By Recognising Georgian Breakaway Republics

Congress Divided Along Party Lines Over Obama's Speech

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Plane Hijacker 'wanted to Warn Mexican President About Earthquake'

Fate of Vauxhall and Opel in the Balance

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Freedom Sweeps Europe - But at What Cost?

GM Set to Retain Vauxhall and Opel

Rescued Journalist: Taliban Were Ready to Move Hostages to Pakistan

India School Stampede Kills Pupils

Iran's Overture Given Short Shrift By Western Powers

British Property Developer Claims Police Protection After Sydney Murder

Italian Businessman Claims He Provided Women for Parties Held By Berlusconi

Wave of Staff Suicides at France Telecom

Letter Tells of Israeli Soldier's 'human Nightmare' in Hands of Militants

Pakistan's Ex-leader in Exile: Pervez Musharraf's Quiet New Life in London

Questions Raised Over Bloody Raid to Free British Journalist in Afghanistan

Apple Boss Steve Jobs Admits to Liver Transplant

British Soldier and Afghan Translator Shot Dead in Rescue Operation

Bob Ainsworth Attends Soldier's Funeral

Foreign Office Failed to Act on Torture Claims By British Nationals

US Considers Adding Pacific Walrus to Endangered Species List

Parents Take Teachers Hostage at French Primary

US and China to Unveil Joint Plan to 'take Over' Cleantech Market

No Further Increase in Flight Taxes, Says Transport Secretary

At Least 20 Killed As Sudden Floods Sweep Istanbul

Seven Battles That Will Decide the Future of the Presidency

Rescued Journalist Stephen Farrell Driven By 'god of News'

Human Bone Found Near Jaycee Dugard's Captor's Home

Hugo Chávez Accuses Israel of Genocide

Home Secretary to Meet Gary Mckinnon Campaigners

Cost of Air Travel 'must Rise to Deter People From Flying'

British Soldier Reporter Killed During Rescue of Journalist in Afghanistan

Iraqi Shoe Thrower Muntazer Al-zaidi Innundated With Offers and Gifts

Great Tits Found Hunting Bats for Food

Does Nicolas Sarkozy Have Short-man Syndrome?

Could You Pass Your Yakuza Gcse?

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Special Branch Unit Works to Counter Terrorists' Influence in Prisons

Rashid Rauf: the Al-qaida Suspect Caught, Tortured and Lost

Eleven Uk Cities Campaign for High-speed Rail Network

Ringleader of Airline Plot Dreamed of Jihad Since His Teens

Evidence of Fraud As Hamid Karzai Passes Threshold in Afghan Poll

Government 'prevent' Strategy Widened to Combat Rightwing Racism

Threat Dims, But Al-qaida Still Plotting

Fossil Find in Georgia Challenges Theories on Early Humans

Schools Boycott Obama Speech As Critics Abruptly Change Tone

Nuclear-free World Ultimate Aim of New Cross-party Pressure Group

Kennedy Family: the Third Generation

Kennedy Nephew Joseph Rules Out Run for Massachusetts Senate Seat

Chinese Trade Barriers Still Costing Europe, Says Mandelson

Tourist Arrested in Brazil for Kissing Eight-year-old Daughter on Beach

Terror Suspect 'was Not Prosecuted Because of Torture in Pakistan'

Rashid Rauf: Missing 'mastermind' of the Airline Bomb Plot

In the Black-and-white Rainbow Nation, Colour and Class Still Count

Barack Obama to Urge Schoolchildren to 'make Us Proud'

Airline Bomb Plotters Case Threatened By Us Fears

Mandelson Says China Must Tackle Human Rights

War, Terror and Compromises

World Job Market Showing Signs of Recovery

Alan Johnson Leads Praise for Uk's Biggest Counter-terrorism Coup

IRA Victims and 1971 Downing of British Plane Put Government Under New Pressure

Three Terrorists Convicted of Plotting to Blow Up Jets Over Atlantic

Kraft's £10bn Bid to Gobble Up Cadbury

David Miliband Sets Out to Shock on Global Warming Tour

Jean-Paul Belmondo in Saga of Love, Death Threats and Lap-dancing Clubs

Kraft's £10bn Bid Proves a Little Too Flakey for Cadbury

Met Police Bow to Pressure to Drop Question on 'racist' Form

Supporters of Venice's Planned New Port Put Their Faith in Flood Barrier

Rift Widens Between Us and Germany Over Botched Afghanistan Air Strike

Japan's Yakuza Gangsters Swot Up on the Law

Jailed Financier Bernie Madoff Gets $13,800 Tax Rebate

Profile: Saif Al-islam Al-gaddafi, Plain Talker With an Eye on the Main Chance

Airline Bomb Plotters Sought 'truly Global Impact'

Police in Ibiza Question 25 Britons Suspected of Drug Dealing

Three Guilty of Transatlantic Bomb Plot

Delta Flies Empty Planes Across Atlantic

Canada Criticises Firstgroup Over Plans to Withdraw Rural Bus Services

Nicolas Sarkozy Stands Accused of Manipulating His Height

Playboy Murdered Tenant Who Was Holding Up Property Deal

Japan's New Prime Minister Promises Ambitious Greenhouse Gas Cuts

Alan Johnson Tightens Restrictions on Foreign Workers

Trouser-wearing Sudanese Woman Escapes the Lash for Indecency

Iran Sanctions Likely As Ahmadinejad Rules Out Nuclear Compromise

Cadbury: History of a 185-year-old Confectionery Giant

Gordon Brown Offers to Help Fight for Libya Payout

Photographer Sues Leibovitz for $300,000 Over Copyright

Lost World of Fanged Frogs and Giant Rats Discovered in Papua New Guinea

All the President's Emails: David Axelrod; Malia Obama; Gordon Brown, Joe Biden

Expedition to Extinct Papua New Guinea Volcano Unearths New Species

Huge Rise in Cash-machine Crime, Watchdog Warns

Caught in the Crossfire: the Forgotten Casualties of War in Afghanistan

Israel Rushes to Approve New Settlement Homes Before Us-brokered Freeze

China's Website Clampdown

Gordon Brown and Angela Merkel Want New Un Plan for Afghanistan

GlaxoSmithKline Urged to Pool Its Patents on Hiv Drugs

Drug Users Accused of Syringe Attacks in China

Deadly Force: Venezuela's Police Have Become a Law Unto Themselves

Recession Brings Shorter Queues on Britain's Busiest Roads

Obama Adviser Forced to Resign Over Remark About Republicans

Clean As a Whistler? Interpol Launches Online Art Database

Your Chance to Win an Intimate Supper With Sarah Palin – and Todd Comes, Too

Sex Crackdown at Barcelona Tourist Spot

IRA Victims Seeking Libya Payouts

Timeline: Ira Attacks Allegedly Linked to Libya

For The Love Of God

Why Parents Don’t Want Obama to Address their Children

Lehman Brothers Collapsed the Day He Arrived, But This Frenchman Still Wants to Work in London

Where's the Compassion for the Old Lags Who Truly Deserve It?

Soyapango, El Salvador

Pictures of Dying Marine Bring War Home to America

Settlement Deal Set to Focus on the West Bank

BBC Forces Labour to Rethink Bnp Ban

Strange Days Indeed By Francis Wheen

Big is Now Beautiful for Models on the Catwalk

Hamas in Talks on Freeing Kidnapped Israeli Soldier

Northern Ireland at Risk of a 'race War', Anti-fascist Campaigner Warns Police

Race Adviser Threatens to Resign

Climate Change: Melting Ice Will Trigger Wave of Natural Disasters

'MI5 Agent Left Me Alone With Gun', Says Guant?namo Terror Detainee

Champagne Glut Prompts Hopes of Cut-price Bargains

Silvio Berlusconi's Media Attack Gianni Agnelli's Image Amid Inheritance Feud

Ukip Accused of 'hijacking' Easter Rising to Help British Eurosceptics

The G20 Has Saved Us, But It's Failing to Rein in Those Who Caused the Crisis

Brown Wins G20 Battle Against Caps on Bank Bonuses

Former President of Brazil Says Hardline War on Drugs 'has Failed'

Is the World Really on the Road to a Full Recovery?

Supermarkets Face Investigation Into Dairy Prices

Children of the Revolution

Tourist Hordes Told to Stay Away From World Heritage Sites By the Locals

Say a Little Prayer – and Then So to Bed

Chechen Forces Kill Moscow-bound Suicide Bomber Suspects

Why Did the Second World War Begin

Global Stimulus Must Not Stop Now, Brown Warns G20

Libya Oil Deals Were Factor in Megrahi Talks, Says Straw

Brown May Send More Troops to Afghanistan

FAQ: Does Fighting in Helmand Make Britain Safer or More Dangerous?

Do Not Adjust Your Set: a Revolution in Television As Content Moves Online

Now You See It, Now You Don't

Ryanair to Increase Cost of Checking in Luggage

'I Survived By a Fluke; There's No Merit to It'

The Afghan Village Devastated By Nato Strike on Taliban

Profile: Abdul Rahman, District Taliban Leader

Equal Opportunities: It Was Hard for Damon Buffini - Now It's Worse

Libya's Jihadis Reject Violence As Leader Bids for Acceptance

Middle Class Are All Smiles As Retail Therapy Entices Gaddafi's People

Support Falls for Eu Treaty As Irish Get Ready for New Vote

IMF Provides $510m Loan for Zimbabwe Amid Worries That Mugabe Party Will Grab Funds

Transsexual Prisoner Wins Move to Women's Jail

Airbus and Eu on Course to Battle Boeing Over State Aid

France Ups Pressure on Bankers' Bonuses

Current Economic Growth Model is 'immoral', Says Prescott

Chinese Police Use Teargas to Break Up Deadly Protests in Urumqi

Directors Fall Out Over Film Remake Showcased at Venice Festival

Michael Jackson Buried 10 Weeks After His Death

Blinded Soldier Will Learn to See With His Tongue

Father of Slumdog Millionaire Star Dies

Modern-day Kgb Accused of Breaching Civil Rights in Huge Snooping Campaign

Security Walls Return to Baghdad After Series of Bombings

Brown Defends Afghan Campaign in Wake of Aide's Resignation

Another Disastrous Air Strike That Nato Could Have Done Without

Los Angeles Wildfire Was Arson, Say Police

Chinese Police Break Up Urumqi Protests With Teargas

North Korea 'in Completion Phase' of Uranium Enrichment

Nato Airstrike in Afghanistan Kills Scores

Michael Jackson Finally Laid to Rest in Los Angeles

Eric Joyce's Letter Reveals Dirty War With Mod

From the Archive: Up to 200 Die As Siege Ends in Mayhem

Russia Seeks Extradition of Telecoms Tycoon Yevgeny Chichvarkin From Uk

Gordon Brown Joins French and Germans in Call for Global Crackdown on Bank Bonuses After Days of Stalling

'Climate Change is Here, It is a Reality'

Qatari Minister Raised Fate of Megrahi in Talks With Alex Salmond

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Cabinet Includes Woman and Man Wanted Over Terror Attack

Blow for Gordon Brown As Defence Aide Quits Over Afghanistan Strategy

David Irving Interview in El Mundo Provokes Israeli Anger

Made in Gwent With £10,000: the Road Safety Video Taking Youtube By Storm

Lawyer 'denied Access to Tortured Guantánamo Detainee'

Lehman Downfall Triggered By Mix-up Between London and Washington

American Jihad or Fbi Blunder? The Riddle of the 'north Carolina Taliban'

Journalist Flees Russia After Arctic Sea Piracy Story

José Manuel Barroso Unveils Manifesto for Second Term

UK Lags Behind As Global Economy Emerges From Recession

US Embassy Bans Alcohol at Guards' Quarters After Claims of 'lewd' Parties

Russian Court Orders New Inquiry Into Anna Politkovskaya Murder

Iran Appoints Bombing Suspect As Defence Minister

Did the English National Opera Inspire Gaddafi's Tasteless Party?

Scores Dead After Earthquake Strikes Indonesia

New Violence Breaks Out in Urumqi, Witnesses Say

Michael Jackson to Be Buried at Los Angeles Cemetery

British Solider Killed in Afghanistan

Brown's Costly Lack of Courage

Report: Regulator Was Tipped Off About Madoff Fraud As Early As 1992

Body of British Hostage Given to Iraq Authorities

Key Questions: Gordon Brown's Statement on Lockerbie Bomber Release

Gordon Brown Finally Admits Support for Lockerbie Bomber Release

Pfizer Drug Breach Ends in Biggest Us Crime Fine

Britain Has Nothing to Hide Over Lockerbie Bomber Release, Says Tripoli Negotiator

Rise of New Powers Puts Anglo-american Relations in Shade

Carla Bruni Tipped for Role in Woody Allen Film

Nelson Mandela's Grandson Wins Court Battle Over Disputed House

Calls for Afghan Election Run-off As Fraud Concerns Grow

CIA Doctors Face Human Experimentation Claims

Clinton Orders Inquiry Into Alleged Abuse at Us Embassy in Kabul

Giant Oil Find By Bp Reopens Debate About Oil Supplies

Chinese Dissident Jailed for 13 Years

Manchester Duo Deny Plot to Copy Columbine Massacre

Senior Tory Peer Pressed Scotland to Free Megrahi

Powerful Earthquake Hits Indonesia

Pakistan Minister Injured in Shooting

The Lockerbie Paper Trail - Four Key Moments

Pittsburgh Paper Launches Online Charging Scheme

Poppy Farming in Afghan Province Falls By a Third

Profile: Bill Rammell

Bankruptcy Threat Brings New Concept to the Cayman Islands … Taxes

Iran Calls for Nuclear Talks As Further Sanctions Loom

Row As Canada Gives Asylum to White South African

Gordon Brown's Role in Release of Megrahi Revealed

Poland and Russia Row Over Second World War Marks Gdansk Day

Fury As Russia Presents 'evidence' Poland Sided With Nazis Before War

Gordon Brown Hints at Move Towards Imposing Cap on City Bonuses

Britain's Past Relations With Libya: Yvonne Fletcher and Plot to Kill Gaddafi

The Bush White House: Where Are They Now

Taxes on Heavily-sweetened Foods Should Be Raised, Study Suggests

Met Promises to Repeat Low-key Climate Camp Policing at Future Demonstrations

Hundreds Reunite to Commemorate 70th Anniversary of Start of Evacuation

Silvio Berlusconi Calls for Gag on Eu Commissioners

Two British Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan Named By Mod

Muhammad Ali Receives Freedom of Great-grandfather's Irish Home Town

Hunting of Grey Wolves Resumes in Western Us After 30 Years

My Recurring Dream

Iran Offers to Resume Nuclear Talks

Letter From Africa: Johannesburg's Methodist Homeless Mission

Toyota Recalls 3 Million Cars with Dangerous Floor Mats

Senate Panel Shoots Down Public Insurance Option

Wall Street Political Donations Flowing to Democrats’ Coffers

Facebook Poll Asks if Obama Should be Killed

U.S. and Allies Seek "Unfettered Access" to Iran Site

Roman Polanski – a Master of Fear Pursued By His Past

Former Aide to Replace Ted Kennedy in U.S. Senate

World's First Successful Aids Vaccine Developed in Thailand

Ahmadinejad Launches Gambit to Make U.S. a Friend

Minister Urges Delhi Motorists to Get Into Gear Before 2010 Commonwealth Games

Auction Winner Pays $63,500 for Dinner with Sarah Palin

Obama Gets Feisty in Addressing Israeli, Palestinian Leaders

Libyan Leader Pitches His Tent on an Estate Belonging to Donald Trump in Suburban New York, Reports Say

Public Smoking Bans Apparently Reducing Heart Attacks

Obama Lets his Guard Down with Letterman

US President Banters Fluently on Racism, Healthcare and the Economy on Late-night Show – and Accepts Heart-shaped Potato From Admirer

Extra Money is Intended to Fund Vaccines for Children in Developing countries and Improve Healthcare Systems

Taliban Leader Encourages U.S. and NATO Forces to Study History

Series of Appearances to Culminate in Encounter With Late Night Chat Show Host David Letterman

Battle for Ted Kennedy's Senate Seat Could Save Obama's Healthcare Reforms

Flight Returns to Miami after Bomb Note Found Bathroom

Latest Health Care Proposal Popular with Industry Groups

Jimmy Carter Claims Racism Behind Opposition to Obama

Mortar Shells Fired into Baghdad Green Zone During VP’s Visit

Healthcare Reforms Take Precedence Over Climate, Says Harry Reid

George W. Bush Shoe Attacker Released from Iraqi Prison

Judge Nixes Deal Between SEC and Bank of America

Patrick Swayze Dies After Battle With Cancer Aged 57

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GPs to Be Paid £5.25 Per Jab for Swine Flu Vaccine

Taliban Militants Crushed after 3 U.S. Troops Killed in Ambush

Sri Lankan Government Evicted Un Diplomat During Tamil Tiger Endgame

Gordon Brown Leads Push to Bring Free Healthcare to Tens of Millions

Facebook Launches Facebook Lite

Obama Accused of Lying by Congressman During Speech on the Hill

NHS Readies for Return of Swine Flu in Autumn

Sri Lanka's Top Envoy Hits Out at Eu As Cut in £1bn Trade Concession Looms

Walmart Seeks to Destroy Remaining Competitors

Planned Cheney Center at University of Wyoming Causes a Stir

Barack Obama Hits Back at Healthcare Plan Critics

Obama Pledges Movement on Healthcare Reform By End of Year

New Proposal Would Fine Americans Without Health Insurance

Obama Warns Students about Posting on Facebook

Obama Adviser Resigns Over Past Controversial Comments

'Not Enough Nhs Beds' for Second Swine Flu Wave

Michael Moore: 'americans Now Think More Like Me'

Sri Lanka Expels Un Official Who Criticised Camps

Sri Lanka Orders Unicef Official to Leave

A Little (but Not Too Much!) Substance on Healthcare

Biden Cheers Economic Stimulus, But Ignores Facts in the Process

Swine Flu Woman Saved By Relenza Drip

Obama to Deliver Make-or-break Healthcare Speech to Congress

Swine Flu Won't Be As Dangerous As We Thought, Official Says

Pfizer Hit with $2.3 Billion Penalty, Largest Ever

District 9 Labelled Xenophobic By Nigerians

Fashion Designer Anand Jon Alexander Gets 59 Years to Life

Freed Journalists were Forced into North Korea to be Arrested

Iran is Ready to Enter Negotiations on its Nuclear Program

A Dangerous Wildfire is Ripping Through Southern California

Parents and Gps Warned Not to Mistake Meningitis for Swine Flu