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Libya: SAS veterans helping Nato identify Gaddafi targets in Misrata
Ex-SAS soldiers and private security firm employees passing information to Nato attack helicopters, sources tell GuardianFormer SAS soldiers and other western employees of private security companies...
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Breon O'Casey obituary
A versatile artist and craftsman, he was a prominent member of the St Ives schoolBreon O'Casey, who has died aged 83, was one of the last survivors of two great traditions. As an artist, he was an...
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Harry Beckett Tribute – review
Vortex, LondonOn the late, great Barbadian trumpeter Harry Beckett's birthday – 30 May – a score of musicians came to pay their respects. Beckett, who died last year after an almost six-decade career...
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Pakistan's spymaster Hamid Gul: angel of jihad or windbag provocateur?
Osama bin Laden's death presents retired general with new opportunities for intrigueOf the many dramas to grip Pakistan since the death of Osama bin Laden on 2 May, a cameo appearance by the country's...
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The Kills – review
ABC, GlasgowIt's a happy coincidence that the Kills have added more substance to their surfeit of style just as Jamie Hince's imminent marriage to Kate Moss raises the band's celebrity stock to...
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Spaniards outraged over favourable Franco biography
Admirer of the Spanish dictator was commissioned to write entry in dictionary of national biographySpain's royal academy of history has triggered a row after publishing a publicly funded dictionary of...
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London Sinfonietta/Collon – review
Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonIt is sometimes said that there is such a thing as a London Sinfonietta Piece, written to tick boxes with the new music establishment – whatever that is. If this concert...
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Noises Off – review
Theatre-by-the-Lake, KeswickKeswick's Theatre-by-the-Lake was awarded a 22% increase in the Arts Council's spending review, yet the opening of the summer season was one of those evenings in which...
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Peppa Pigs might fly: children's TV sensation heads for US stores
Fisher-Price merchandising deal could tranform popular UK cartoon character into a $1bn brandMove over Miss Piggy, there's a new sow in town. Britain's Peppa Pig is about to take the US by storm after...
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Time's running out for Berlusconi | Anna Masera
After suffering a bloody nose in local elections, even Silvio Berlusconi's closest supporters know that Italians want changeOver the past two weeks, Italy has been transformed by the results of its...
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Marlborough mound mystery solved – after 4,400 years
Hill in Wiltshire school grounds nicknamed Silbury's little sister revealed as important neolithic monumentFor generations, it has been scrambled up with pride by students at Marlborough College. But...
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Mobile phone radiation is a possible cancer risk, warns WHO
A review of published evidence suggests there may be some risk of cancer from using a mobile phoneRadiation from mobile phones has been classified as a possible cancer risk by the World Health...
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Walmart gets first foothold in Africa
Walmart has been approved to buy South Africa's Massmart despite fierce union opposition, clearing the way for it to expand into a fourth continentWalmart, the world's biggest retailer, has gained its...
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Haitian earthquake death and homeless figures questioned in US report
Doubts raised challenge a central premise behind the multibillion-dollar aid and reconstruction effortFar fewer people died or were left homeless by last year's devastating earthquake than claimed by...
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Fifa – and football – in turmoil, but will anyone show Sepp Blatter the red...
Swiss set to be elected unopposed for fourth term despite public outcry at scandals surrounding world football's governing bodySepp Blatter insists that despite the serial corruption scandals wrecking...
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Teenage victim becomes a symbol for Syria's revolution
Mutilated body of Hamza al-Khatib given to family as state TV says injuries were faked by conspiratorsThe new face of the Syrian revolution is chubby, has a winning smile and belongs to a 13-year-old...
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Cucumbers in the UK: safety watchdog reassures consumers
Food Standards Agency says there is no evidence that salad vegetables on sale in Britain are carrying E coli bacteriaThe British food safety watchdog has reassured consumers there is no evidence that...
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Biofuels boom in Africa as British firms lead rush on land for plantations
Controversial fuel crops linked to rising food prices and hunger, as well as increased greenhouse gas emissionsBritish firms have acquired more land in Africa for controversial biofuel plantations than...
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Fifa is no 'world governing body', simply a squalid cartel | Simon Jenkins
Sepp Blatter may run an upmarket Sopranos, but he won't be held to account by our craven authorities any time soonSepp Blatter should not stand as president of Fifa at Wednesday's meeting in Zurich,...
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Fifa's elderly delegates refuse to become Slaves to the Rhythm
Even Grace Jones struggles to make executive committee members get up and dance at their congressBilled by Fifa as "one of the most iconic figures of the 1980s", Grace Jones performed regally at...
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