Labour accused of ‘VAT bombshell’
The Chancellor, Alistair Darling, has denied Conservative claims that the Government is planning a 'secret VAT bombshell'. The Treasury says a document which explains that VAT will increase to 18.5 per cent in 2011 was published in error on a website, and relates to a proposal which was considered but... [continued]
The Mole: Labour MPs ask nervously 'What is plan B?' 
The head of Thailand's powerful army has called for new elections after hundreds of anti-government demonstrators stormed Bangkok's international airport in the climax to months of protests. In a news conference, Gen Anupong Paochinda asked the Thai government to dissolve parliament to resolve the current political crisis. Fresh... [continued]
The Thai airport occupation is part of a wider struggle
Obama to keep Gates in Defense
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates will stay in his job when president-elect Barack Obama takes charge of the country according to American media reports. Gates has received widespread praise for his handling of the Iraq 'surge', credited with reducing violence in the country. Obama has said previously that he... [continued]
Alexander Cockburn: Barack Obama rounds up the usual suspects
American Transition: all the latest from Washington
‘British Fritzl’ jailed for 19 years
A man dubbed the 'British Josef Fritzl' after he fathered nine children by his two daughters has been jailed for a minimum of 19 years, serving 25 life sentences concurrently. In a statement read by police, his daughters said the sentence would not end their suffering. None of the... [continued]
UN: Mugabe must share power
UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has said that Zimbabwe must achieve a power-sharing deal between Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF and the opposition MDC if the country is to improve it's humanitarian situation. Ban said he was concerned about a cholera outbreak in the country which caused 53 deaths on Monday... [continued]
Zimbabwe Today: Why Slyvia had to die
Zimbabwe Today: Cholera strikes Zimbabwe
In pictures: Cholera crisis in Congo and Zimbabwe
Fake urine men plead guilty
The makers of a heated prosthetic penis designed to help people cheat drugs tests have pleaded guilty to two charges of conspiracy in an American court. George Wills and Robert Catalano had been selling the 'Whizzinator' device over the internet. The device included a heating element and 'fake urine',... [continued]
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