Editorial
Disregard for human life
Nothing will bring back the hundreds of British soldiers killed fighting in Iraq at Tony Blair's behest.
Features
Cameron's G8 house of cards
Under a modicum of scrutiny the PM's international 'achievements' quickly unravel
A strategy for our victory
The Con-Dems have had it their way too long. We have to turn this country around
World
Amnesty raps China on executions
Thursday 10 February 2005
CHINA executed 200 people in the two weeks before the Lunar New Year holiday, Amnesty International claimed yesterday, urging Beijing to cut back on its use of the death penalty.
African leaders hold Togo crisis summit
Thursday 10 February 2005
AS a partial strike to protest against Togo's military-installed, parliament-endorsed new president entered a second day in the capital, West African leaders held an emergency summit yesterday in Niger to discuss the country's fate.
Stalingrad remembered
Thursday 10 February 2005
MORE than 60 years after the epic Battle of Stalingrad, Hollywood is building a memorial to honour the sacrifices of former Red Army soldier Naum Sapozhnikov and his fallen comrades.
Russian MPs take on Putin
Thursday 10 February 2005
PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin's cabinet faced a vote of no-confidence in the lower house of parliament yesterday over social welfare changes that triggered massive street protests, but leaders of the pro-Kremlin parliament majority said that the motion would not be carried.
Nepalese opposition plans protests
Thursday 10 February 2005
NEPAL'S government said yesterday that it has arrested 43 people to ensure law and order since the king suspended civil liberties and imposed emergency rule last week, but opposition leaders who escaped arrest are regrouping underground and are planning a series of street protests.
Israel agrees to remove roadblocks
Thursday 10 February 2005
PALESTINIAN leader Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday that Israel has agreed to remove major roadblocks as part of its withdrawal from five West Bank towns in coming weeks - the most tangible improvement in the lives of ordinary Palestinians as a result of a fledgling truce.
French MPs approve Bill dismantling 35-hour week
Thursday 10 February 2005
MAGISTRATES approved a Bill yesterday that would let workers stay on the job longer each week, dismantling France's legally mandated 35-hour workweek.
Buenos Aires tube strike
Thursday 10 February 2005
BUENOS Aires underground workers began a 24-hour strike yesterday to demand higher wages, gridlocking rush-hour traffic.
Iran warns US attack would fail
Wednesday 09 February 2005
IRAN'S top nuclear negotiator Hasan Rowhani said yesterday that Tehran wanted to resolve decades of differences with the United States and also warned that a US military strike would not be able to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities.
Sharon and Abbas call formal truce
Wednesday 09 February 2005
ISRAELI Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared yesterday that their people would stop all violence against each other.