600,000 jobs losses predicted
At least 600,000 people can expect to lose their jobs in 2009 because of the recession in Britain, according to a report published today by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). As many as 300,000 of those job losses could happen almost immediately, in a first-quarter "winter surge"... [continued]
Israel plans Gaza ground invasion Israeli war planes continued to pound Hamas targets in the Gaza strip for the third day running as Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband called today for an immediate ceasefire to halt the "unacceptable" loss of life. As the death toll among Palestinians passed 300,... [continued]
Fatal stabbings hit record level
A crackdown on people who carry knives was announced by the Government yesterday as figures obtained by the Conservatives under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that knife crimes have reached record levels in Britain, with an average of five fatal stabbings reported a week. The figures are not yet... [continued]
Stalin third in Great Russian poll
The former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, responsible for the deaths of 20m Soviet people in death camps, deportations and purges between 1922 and his death in 1953, has nevertheless come third in a Russian TV poll held to find the greatest Russian of all time. More than 50 million people... [continued]
Iraq deaths show two-third fall
Despite the news of another American soldier being killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad on Sunday, the general improvement in security has led to the number of Iraqi civilians killed by violence falling by two-thirds year on year. Official Iraqi data shows that 5,714 civilians died in 2008 as... [continued]
Bangladeshis go to the polls
Amid massive security, with 650,000 police and soldiers deployed across the country, Bangladeshis went to the polls today to vote for the first democratically elected government since emergency rule was imposed by the military in 2007. Fakhruddin Ahmed, Bangladesh's interim leader, has promised the transfer of power to an... [continued]
Steven Gerrard arrested
The England and Liverpool footballer Steven Gerrard was arrested early on Monday morning following an alleged assault at a pub in Southport, Merseyside. Six men, including Gerrard, were detained after Merseyside police were called to the Lounge Inn on Bold Street at 2.30 am. A 34-year-old man from Southport... [continued]
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