Crosby quits FSA over whistleblower as bankers apologise
Sie James Crosby, the deputy chairman of the Financial Services Authority, has quit over reports that he fired an HBOS employee who had warned that the bank was overstretching itself. The bank's former head of risk, Paul Moore, said he was personally fired by Crosby, the then chief executive... [continued]
The Mole: Brown refuses to 'do an Obama' and cap bonuses 
Pros and Cons: bonuses for bankers
Boots Del Biaggio joins the bankster hall of shame
Livni and Netanyahu claim victory
The leaders of Israel's two main political parties have both claimed victory in the snap general election held yesterday. With most results in, the Kadima party led by Tzipi Livni, the centrist foreign minister, led Binyamin Netanyahu's Likud party by just one seat. With 99 per cent of... [continued]
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Waltz with Bashir out of step with Lebanese
Tsvangirai sworn in as PM
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has been sworn in as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, and has pledged to fight his corner in a coalition government with President Robert Mugabe. Thokozani Khupe, the deputy leader of Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), and Arthur Mutambara, the leader of a break-away... [continued]
Zimbabwe Today: the latest on the new government from our man in Harare
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Suicide bombers strike in Kabul
A series of co-ordinated suicide attacks on Wednesday morning have left around 20 people dead in Kabul. The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the blasts. Two bombers detonated explosives at an office in northern Kabul responsible for prisons, and the justice and education ministries in the city centre were... [continued]
Bagram: the granddaddy of US terror camps
The Taliban commander who likes girls and shopping
Protests as jobless total nears 2m
Protests against foreign workers are set to restart today as official figures revealed that the jobless total had risen to 1.97m - below the 2m mark predicted by many. Workers will picket power stations in Nottinghamshire and Kent in a bid to pressure French company Alstom to give British... [continued]
Pros and Cons: bonuses for bankers
Boot is on the other foot for 'bankster' Del Biaggio
Police close in on wildfire arsonists
Police in Australia have prevented residents of some areas ravaged by wildfires from returning to their homes, telling them that the scenes that await them are too gruesome. Police said that in Marysville, north of Melbourne, charred bodies still had to be removed from the scene. it is reported... [continued]
In pictures: Australia burns
Senate approves Obama bail out
The US senate has narrowly passed President Barack Obama's $838bn economic stimulus plan. The bill just scraped over the 60 mark needed in the 100-member Senate. It was voted through 61-37, with support from 58 Democrats and three moderate Republicans, with 37 Republicans voting against. Obama now hopes... [continued]
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