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Editorial

No excuse for drone killings

Foreign Minister Alistair Burt's admission that the Cameron government has "supported" a survey of attitudes to US drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal areas amounts to a tacit admission of British involvement.

Features

The Nigel buildings rent strike

by Richard Maunders

As Britain faces a new housing crisis we can learn from an occasion when tenants banded together to beat their landlord - and won new council housing

The truth about universal credit

by Michael Meacher

Iain Duncan Smith's brainchild came into force at the end of last month. It's bad news for almost everyone

World

Congress rethinks anti-terrorism laws

Friday 17 May 2013

The US Congress is rethinking the broad authority it gave presidents to wage the war on terror after the September 11 2001 attacks.

LGBT people still live in fear

Friday 17 May 2013

Almost two-thirds of Europe's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people are still afraid to show their sexuality publicly and most feel discriminated against, the EU said today.

Israeli ministers accused of legalising settlements

Friday 17 May 2013

Israeli watchdog group Peace Now accused the government on Thursday of taking steps to legalise four unauthorised settlement outposts in the West Bank, just days before US Secretary of State John Kerry (right) arrives on a peace mission.

Apple manufacturer Foxconn making progress, says monitor

Friday 17 May 2013

The Fair Labour Association claimed today that efforts to improve working conditions at Apple's main Chinese manufacturer Foxconn have made progress.

South Africa hero hits out at police brutality

Friday 17 May 2013

Leading anti-apartheid fighter Ronnie Kasrils hit out at South Africa's police force today.

World news in brief

Friday 17 May 2013

Strike suspended at Peugeot factory

US retailers refuse to back worker treaty

Thursday 16 May 2013

Retail bosses in the US closed ranks today to back companies that refuse to sign an international pact to improve the conditions of Bangladesh's grossly exploited garment workers.

Disputed Syria motion passes at UN

Thursday 16 May 2013

The UN general assembly called on Wednesday for a political transition in Syria.

Obama sacks tax chief for vetting Tea Party groups

Thursday 16 May 2013

US President Barack Obama sacked acting tax chief Steven Miller on Wednesday following revelations that conservative political groups had been targeted when they claimed tax-exempt status.

2,000 protest at planned refinery

Thursday 16 May 2013

More than 2,000 people in southern China protested today against plans for a petroleum refinery.