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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

by Jeremy Corbyn

Under a modicum of scrutiny the PM's international 'achievements' quickly unravel

A strategy for our victory

by Kevan Nelson

The Con-Dems have had it their way too long. We have to turn this country around

World

Japan refuses forced labour compensation

Friday 24 June 2005

THE family of a Chinese man who was forced to work for the Japanese military during World War II was denied compensation yesterday after a high court reversed a landmark lower court ruling.

Israel warns of air strikes

Thursday 23 June 2005

ISRAEL will hit back hard if Palestinian militants open fire during Israel's evacuation of the Gaza Strip, senior Israeli officials threatened yesterday.

Klansman found guilty of manslaughter

Thursday 23 June 2005

FORMER Ku Klux Klansman Edgar Ray Killen was found guilty of manslaughter on Tuesday over the killing of three civil rights workers 41 years ago.

Barroso urges rethink over Turkey

Thursday 23 June 2005

EUROPEAN Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said yesterday that the EU must have a frank discussion of Turkey's candidacy for membership.

Seoul official offers to quit over killings

Thursday 23 June 2005

SOUTH Korean Defence Minister Yoon Kwang Ung offered to resign yesterday, following a deadly rampage by an army conscript that raised concern about the military's discipline and its ability to defend against the socialist North.

EU faces attacks over big cuts in sugar subsidies

Thursday 23 June 2005

THE European Commission announced sweeping changes to its 40-year-old system for protecting sugar growers yesterday, despite criticism from domestic producers and exporters from some of the world's poorest countries.

Mbeki picks woman vice-president

Thursday 23 June 2005

SOUTH African President Thabo Mbeki appointed former minister Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka to be South Africa's first woman deputy president yesterday, filling a post left vacant due to a corruption scandal.

British judge opens probe into murder of loyalist 'King Rat'

Thursday 23 June 2005

A BRITISH judge opened an investigation yesterday into the 1997 assassination inside a Northern Ireland prison of notorious loyalist paramilitary commander Billy "King Rat" Wright, who was responsible for killing scores of Catholics.

Solar sail spacecraft fails

Thursday 23 June 2005

RUSSIA'S space agency said yesterday that a joint project with the United States to launch a solar sail spacecraft had collapsed when the Russian booster rocket suffered engine failure soon after lift-off.

Iraq militants kill Sunni constitution committee candidate

Thursday 23 June 2005

ATTACKERS killed a former judge yesterday whose name previously appeared on a list of Sunni Arabs who are joining a parliamentary committee drafting Iraq's new constitution.