Brown faces grilling over economy
Gordon Brown is to face serious questions from senior MPs about his handling of the recession and the banking crisis after a day of bleak news for the British economy. The Prime Minister's appearance before the Commons Liaison Committee is the first since the taxpayer-funded bank bail-outs,... [continued]
Protectionism is certain to engulf the global economy 
Green shoots are nothing but a mirage - for now
Ecstasy to remain Class A drug
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has again vetoed a key recommendation from her own expert drug advisers - this time to downgrade the dance drug ecstasy from its class A status. The Home Office junior minister Alan Campbell, explaining the rejection of the 12-month study by the Advisory... [continued]
A rave about the good old days
Trains order creates 12,500 jobs
More than 12,500 jobs are to be created or safeguarded through a multi-billion pound order for new trains, the Government has announced. Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon said passengers on some of the country's busiest rail routes would benefit from the single biggest investment in intercity trains for... [continued]
Renationalisation can cure other British failures
Two quizzed in wildfires probe
Australian police are questioning two suspects after they were reported acting suspiciously in an area burned out by last weekend's fires, some of which authorities suspect were set by arsonists. But it was unclear if authorities suspected them of setting fires, or of some other wrongdoing... [continued]
In pictures: Australia burns
Peres to decide on Israeli PM
Israeli President Shimon Peres will wait until election results are official next week to decide if Tzipi Livni or Benjamin Netanyahu will get a shot at forming the next government, his senior policy adviser said. Peres, 85, a former prime minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, will... [continued]
In Pictures: the PMs who shaped Israel
Waltz with Bashir out of step with Lebanese
In Pictures: After the Israelis left the Gaza ghetto
Obama congratulates Tsvangirai
The Obama administration has extended its congratulations to Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai for becoming the country's prime minister. But the White House says it is waiting to see evidence of true power sharing and effective governance before offering additional development assistance or easing its targeted sanctions... [continued]
News in Pictures: The Zimbabwe exodus
Opinion: Privatise the business of deposing dictators
Satellites crash above Siberia
Two satellites - one American, one Russian - have collided in space hundreds of miles above Earth in what is believed to be the first major crash of two spacecraft in orbit. The collision – which occurred nearly 500 miles over Siberia on Tuesday - caused massive... [continued]
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