Economy falling at ‘alarming’ rate
The UK economy saw a "frightening deterioration" towards the end of 2008, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has reported in its quarterly economic survey. "It is clear that the UK economy is facing a very serious recession, and the downturn is deepening at an alarming pace," said the BCC... [continued]
The Business Pages: all the latest news on the financial crisis 
Defiant Bush gives final press conference
A defiant yet ill-at-ease President George W Bush gave his final press conference yesterday, defending his "good, strong record". In an often emotional 48-minute appearance Bush declared that there were plenty of "lighthearted" moments during his eight years in office - despite being in power during two wars, 9/11, Hurricane... [continued]
American Transition: news, comment and analysis in the days before Obama takes office
Matthew Carr on the 'grubby and disreputable double act' that is Blair and Bush
Obama ‘to order Gitmo closure’
Barack Obama is expected to issue an executive order to close Guantanamo Bay prison within his first week in the White House, according to an adviser to the President-elect. "There is going to be an executive order on closing down Guantanamo," the adviser told Reuters. The... [continued]
Americans: is Obama's nominee for Surgeon General another nail in the coffin of 'change'?
Alexander Cockburn: Team Obama is a slap in the face to Obama's grassroots supporters
Obama's inner circle: a guide to the new President's cabinet
American Transition: latest news, comment and analysis in the days before Obama takes office
Israel faces war crimes call
Senior UN officials and human rights groups have called for an international war crimes investigation into Israel's offensive into Gaza. Pressure is growing for an independent inquiry into specific incidents such as the shelling of a UN school housing refugees, which saw 40 people die, as well as the... [continued]
The Gaza File: latest news, comment and analysis on the crisis
In pictures: Gaza school attack
In pictures: Gaza invasion
German protestors dare to compare Israelis to Nazis over Gaza attacks
Big Book: Can Obama change the Middle East? No, he can’t
Israelis will not tolerate casualties
Alexander Cockburn: Team Obama is a slap in the face to his own supporters
Russia orders gas supply to restart
Russian energy giant Gazprom has ordered the resumption of gas supplies this morning, ending a six-day dispute which left millions of people across Europe without heating in the middle of winter. However it is likely to take between 36 and 48 hours for normal gas supplies to resume. A... [continued]
Shaun Walker: the gas row is simply business, not a new Cold War
Europe must deal carefully with resource-rich Russia
Baby born days after mother dies
A baby girl has been born two days after her mother collapsed and died from a brain haemorrage. Jayne Soliman, a former British champion ice skater, was declared brain-dead but doctors at Oxford's John Radcliffe hospital managed to keep her heart beating long enough to deliver her baby Aya Jayne... [continued]
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