Car firms ‘must go green’
The ailing car industry must go green if it wants help from the Government, the Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has insisted. Mandelson announced a rescue package of £2.4bn to car firms that he stressed was not a "bailout" for the motoring industry but the chance for "reinvention". Mandelson... [continued]
The Mole: will Brown benefit fron Obama's American bail out? 
The Mole: Brown's £10bn loans scheme
Stephenson appointed Met commissioner
Sir Paul Stephenson will succeed Sir Ian Blair as Metropolitan Police commissioner, despite being damaged by the fall-out from the raid on Conservative MP Damian Green's House of Commons office, which he sanctioned. The 55-year-old Lancastrian had been acting commissioner since Blair was forced to resign last year.... [continued]
Sir Ian Blair: no shame at the top
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The Mole: whiff of deniability at Number 10 over Damian Green's arrest
Israel strikes Gaza tunnels
Israeli jets have targeted the tunnels which lie beneath the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. It is not known whether there were any casualties from the strikes. The air strikes followed an attack on one of Israel's frontier patrols on Tuesday which killed one soldier and... [continued]
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Tsvingirai ‘agrees to unity deal’
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has agreed to enter a power-sharing government with President Robert Mugabe, according to one of his senior advisers. Tsvangirai, the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), will join a coalition with Mugabe, after months of deadlock over how a unity government... [continued]
Zimbabwe Today: exclusive reports from Moses Moyo in Harare
Leaders gather for Davos summit
World leaders and business people have gathered in the Swiss ski resort of Davos for the start of the annual World Economic Forum to discuss the global financial crisis. This year's summit is themed 'shaping the post-crisis world', although Klaus Schwab, the founder of the World Economic Forum, has... [continued]
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