Nadine Dorries and sex education lessons for girls
The Conservative MP said her 10-minute bill was 'about giving empowerment to young girls'. It is nothing of the sortNadine Dorries wants more sex education for girls, but her own understanding seems a...
View ArticleThe ICC arrest warrants will make Colonel Gaddafi dig in his heels | Philippe...
The international criminal court wants to arrest key Libyans. With Saif al-Islam Gaddafi in the frame, negotiated peace is less likelyThe killing of Osama bin Laden and, only days before, the killing...
View ArticleFrench football official admits blowing whistle in race row
Mohammed Belkacemi made secret tape of meeting in November 2010 where race quotas were discussedThe crisis over French football chiefs' alleged plan to keep non-white players out of the national squad...
View ArticleEU open borders scaled back after influx of migrants
Frontier controls proposed in passport-free Schengen zone for emergencies after demands from France and ItalyFrance and Italy appeared to have won the right to reintroduce border controls in emergency...
View ArticleCouple await supreme court decision over sale of house they shared
Essex bungalow at heart of test case over how unmarried partners who split up should divide their propertyA bungalow in Essex is at the heart of a test case over how unmarried partners who split up...
View ArticleGunmen attack Turkish police at Erdogan election rally
Suspected separatists ambush convoy of Turkish prime minister in northern city of Kastamonu, killing a policemanSuspected separatist gunmen ambushed a Turkish police escort, killing one officer and...
View ArticleTurner prize 2011 shortlist: Humbrol enamels versus bath bombs and lipstick
Painters George Shaw and Karla Black, sculptor Martin Boyce and video artist Hilary Lloyd are finalists at Baltic, GatesheadThere may be two painters on this year's Turner prize shortlist, but...
View ArticleHuhne clashes with MPs over oil tax rise
Select committee presses Huhne over knowledge of Osborne's windfall tax as energy lobby claims move could cost 30,000 jobsGovernment ministers clashed with MPs on the energy select committee and North...
View ArticleAmerican hiker charged with spying by Iran will not return to face trial
Sarah Shourd says she is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and going back to Iran would be too traumaticAn American woman released from prison in Iran has said she will not return there to...
View ArticleGlencore's 'cornerstone' investors anchor huge flotation
State-run Abu Dhabi investment company heads list of major stakeholders that includes US private equity houses, Swiss banks and Singapore's sovereign wealth fundAsian and Middle Eastern investors, as...
View ArticleBin Laden's death: 'Why kill the goose?' | Tariq Ali
Pakistan is in the grip of a fierce debate about who knew what. The military won't come out of it wellBlinded by the thirst for vengeance, the United States targets and kills another enemy. Its...
View ArticleMitchells & Butlers drops auditor
Pub group dogged by controversy makes move that will be scrutinised by small shareholdersMitchells & Butlers, the pub group which lost its chairman and chief executive earlier this year, has...
View ArticlePalestinian joy as rivals Fatah and Hamas sign reconciliation pact
Mahmoud Abbas says deal turns 'black page of division' after signing deal with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in EgyptRival Palestinian groups have hailed the signing of a reconciliation agreement that...
View ArticleEd Miliband is 'prepared for an election'
Labour leader Ed Miliband puts team on election footing as Andy Burnham says odds government will not last have shortenedIn Ed Miliband's headquarters in Norman Shaw South, Westminster, there is...
View ArticleOsama bin Laden's daughter witnessed his death, says Pakistani official
A 12-year-old girl found at the scene of the raid is being held by Pakistan's intelligence services along with other survivorsOsama bin Laden's 12-year-old daughter watched as her father was shot dead...
View ArticleTurner prize shortlist – the expert view
A critical look at the work of the four candidates: two very different types of painter, a video artist and a sculptorAll of the artists here could easily have been included seamlessly in any Turner...
View ArticleGaddafi targets relief ship as it evacuates Misrata wounded in Libya
Muammar Gaddafi's forces bombard port in Misrata as humanitarian ship tries to evacuate foreign migrantsMuammar Gaddafi's forces have bombarded the port of the besieged city of Misrata while a...
View ArticleGlencore float to make boss a £6bn fortune
Listing of commodity trader will make chief executive and four others into paper billionairesGlencore's chief executive, Ivan Glasenberg, will become of Europe's richest men with a paper fortune of...
View ArticleAV referendum: Pre-mortem starts on voting reform
Nick Clegg faces criticism for staging AV referendum at point at which party was likely to plunge to maximum unpopularityA pre-mortem is already starting at Westminster over the reasons the Yes...
View ArticleSir David Walker called in to press FSA for delayed RBS report
Report by banking regulator into the events that led to RBS bailout was due in MarchCity grandee Sir David Walker has been called in to break the deadlock over the publication of a Financial Services...
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