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From the archive, 17 May 1968: Flat victims may refuse to return
Originally published in the Guardian on 17 May 1968A team of specialists has been appointed by the Home Secretary in preparation for the official inquiry to discover why the 22 floors at the south-east...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger had child with employee
Former California governor confirms in a statement that he fathered a child with a member of his household staffArnold Schwarzenegger, the former actor and recently retired governor of California, has...
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Letters: A research institute for national benefit
Your correspondent (Letters, 16 May) argues on the one hand for more investment in scientific research, while criticising a new charitable and public partnership which will do just that. The Centre for...
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Don't let Dominique Strauss-Kahn become the victim | Isabelle Germain
The French media's response to Strauss-Kahn's arrest says much about the country's tolerance for sexual misconductThe events leading to the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn in New York are not yet...
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Exploding watermelons put spotlight on Chinese farming practices
New food scandal as fields of watermelons are destroyed after farmers mistakenly apply growth acceleratorThe flying pips, shattered shells and wet shrapnel still haunt farmer Liu Mingsuo after an...
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Aviva raises insurance premiums – but gains customers
Paul Whitehouse TV ads credited with boosting Aviva despite 24% increase in personal car insurance premiumsAviva has enjoyed a strong start to 2011 after raising car and home insurance premiums, and...
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UK steps up bombing of Gaddafi targets
Libyan's secret police compounds among sites hit in Nato strikes hours after ICC prosecutor calls for arrest, says UK militaryHours after the international criminal court chief prosecutor called for...
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Syrian mass grave found near Deraa, residents say
Human rights groups report 13 bodies unearthed from field in southern city at centre of protest movementThirteen bodies have been retrieved from a mass grave in Deraa, the hub of Syria's protest...
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Fukushima reactors will be stable by January, operator insists
Tepco sticks to timetable for 'cold shutdown', despite revelations plant suffered greater damaged than previously thoughtThe firm at the centre of Japan's worst nuclear accident insisted on Tuesday it...
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Big Issue to be sold by unemployed as well as the homeless
Magazine's co-founder John Bird says he wants to extend franchise to anyone who finds themselves out of work as public sector cuts take holdPeople who are unemployed are to be allowed to sell the Big...
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Ministry of Defence ditches vending machines to save cash
Staff stoic in face of deficit-busting 'caffeine cuts' at Whitehall headquarters to save £0.5m a yearIt has lost warships and aircraft over recent months, and is poised to axe thousands of soldiers,...
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Weatherwatch: global weekly round-up
After causing more than 30 fatalities in the Philippines, tropical storm Aere, the first tropical storm of the 2011 Pacific typhoon season, drifted north towards Taiwan on Monday last week. Wind speeds...
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BAE Systems to pay $79m fine for breach of US military export rules
BAE Systems has already admitted making false statementsBAE Systems has agreed to pay fines of up to $79m (£48.7m) to the US government for breaking military export rules, drawing a line under...
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Facebook tool inspires name for Israeli couple's third child
Daughter named Like Adler adds to modern trend of inflicting unusual names on childrenThe poor child got off lightly: she could just as well have been called Status, or even Poke. Instead an Israeli...
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Mel Gibson looks to Cannes to restore his damaged reputation
Much-maligned actor stays silent, but director Jodie Foster believes her film The Beaver will improve his public imageRarely has the Cannes film festival been the scene of so daring a plan: the...
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Rosneft ready to ditch BP and do deal with rival
Rosneft, the state-owned Russian oil group, seeks Arctic alliance with BP rival after collapse of deal with British companyThe Russian oil and gas group Rosneft is ready to ditch BP and look elsewhere...
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Chris Huhne pledges to halve UK carbon emissions by 2025
The UK announces the most ambitious targets on greenhouse gases of any developed country, after a week of cabinet riftsThe UK is to put in place the most ambitious targets on greenhouse gases of any...
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Pakistan homes in on Bin Laden network with arrest of senior al-Qaida man
Yemeni Muhammad Ali Qasim Yaqub, alias Abu Suhaib al-Makki, said to have worked directly under al-Qaida leadershipPakistani security forces arrested a senior al-Qaida operative in Karachi on Tuesday,...
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HSBC executive pay plan vote divides shareholders
A controversial HSBC pay plan that would give chief executive Stuart Gulliver £13.3m a year faces a difficult vote from investorsA new pay plan for top executives at HSBC faces an important vote next...
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The billionaire oligarchs behind Alfa-Access-Renova (AAR)
AAR is a consortium of four Russian oligarchsMikhail FridmanThe oligarchs behind Alfa-Access-Renova (AAR) include Fridman.At 47, he has an estimated wealth of $15.1bn, making him Russia's seventh...
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