Editorial
Stop lecturing the Greeks
Prime Minister David Cameron has never been short of bare-faced cheek.
Features
Meeting the Tory challenge
Wales is ready to fight the austerity imposed by Westminster
Attack of the drones
The immoral and irresponsible use of unmanned aerial assault vehicles
World
Top peace negotiator gunned down
Sunday 13 May 2012
A former Taliban official who had been working to draw resistance forces into talks with the Nato-backed Karzai government was shot dead today.
Activists call for Netanyahu to resign
Sunday 13 May 2012
Six thousand Israeli citizens marched through Tel Aviv yesterday to demonstrate against the high cost of living and social inequality.
Centre-left tipped to top poll in German state
Sunday 13 May 2012
Citizens in Germany’s most populous state went to the polls today, with surveys showing good chances of victory for the Social Democrat-Green regional government that Chancellor Angela Merkel has labelled irresponsibly spendthrift.
President in last-gasp bid to form new government
Sunday 13 May 2012
Greek President Karolos Papoulias met party leaders today in a last-ditch effort to resolve a deadlock over forming a governing coalition and avoid new elections.
Los Indignados back on streets
Sunday 13 May 2012
Rapper jailed for criticism of policing
Sunday 13 May 2012
A Moroccan court convicted a rapper of using a song about police corruption to undermine the security services on Friday and sentenced him to a year in prison.
Pressure rises against plans to flog man over satire
Sunday 13 May 2012
Amnesty called on Iranian authorities to strike flogging from the criminal code at the weekend amid reports that a cartoonist has been sentenced to 25 lashes for caricaturing an MP.
Islamists are bounced out as NLF takes 220 seats
Sunday 13 May 2012
Algeria's incumbent National Liberation Front trounced a three party Islamist “Green Alliance” in parliamentary elections, according to partial results released over the weekend.