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We giggle at his machismo – but Silvio Berlusconi has the last laugh | Simon...
The EU claims to be the guardian of a democratic confederacy, and treats Serbia as beyond the pale. So why appease Italy?As belly dancers go, she was very pretty. I suggested that the dignity of the...
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Chinese hackers targeted energy multinationals, claims McAfee
Computer security firm alleges attackers made co-ordinated intrusions into systems of five major oil and gas firmsA man linked to claims of a China-based intrusion into computer systems of energy...
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Alternative vote yes campaign hitches itself to royal wedding
Campaigners for voting reform argue that the referendum on 5 May will take place during a more optimistic periodThe yes campaign in the referendum on introducing the alternative vote for Westminster...
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Gove loses court battle over cancelled school building projects
Judge rules cancellation of school building programme an 'abuse of power'A high court judge has ordered the education secretary, Michael Gove, to reconsider his decision to cancel scores of...
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Businessman can be extradited to US on Iran arms sales charges, court rules
Christopher Tappin accused of selling batteries to be used in Iranian missiles after sting by US agents posing as exportersA retired British businessman can be extradited to the US to face charges of...
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Iraqis in Egypt offered free flights home
Baghdad government says Iraq nationals can fly home to escape political turmoil or receive food and monetary aidIraq has offered food, financial aid and free flights home to its citizens who had moved...
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Cork plane crash airline denies pilots were under pressure over landing
Manx2 airline insists pilots followed standard procedure in trying to land three times before accident that left six people deadThe chairman of the airline whose plane crashed and caught fire in Cork,...
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Out of Egyptian protests a new Obama doctrine is born | Simon Tisdall
US president's decision to back revolt against Mubarak-led repression has implications for region's autocratsHosni Mubarak has still not grasped how fundamentally the old political order is changing in...
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Nelson Mandela very well after health scare, says daughter
Former South African president, 92, in good humour and looking forward to boxing, says Zindzi Mandela-HlongwaneNelson Mandela is "very well" after his recent health scare and maintaining his sense of...
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Joanna Yeates funeral held in Hampshire village where she grew up
Friends and relatives attend ceremony at Ampfield church, with many floral tributes sent by colleagues and former classmatesFamily and friends of the murdered landscape architect Joanna Yeates have...
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Olympic stadium: the fan's view
West Ham won the bid to take over the ground in east London after the games – what do the fans make of that?Gordon Thrower, co-editor of the West Ham website Knees Up Mother BrownI'll miss the old...
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Sudan clashes leave 105 dead as south readies for secession
South Sudan army and renegade general's militia in firefights after south voted for independence from northDeadly battles between south Sudan's army and a renegade commander have killed 105 fighters...
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Shark fishing in Japan – a messy, blood-spattered business
Kesennuma accounts for 90% of the country's shark fin trade, which some claim amounts to 'the genocide of a species'Sunrise is still a good hour away when the first batch of limp, lifeless sharks are...
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John Denham urges Nick Clegg to keep quiet in AV campaign
Shadow business secretary and electoral reform supporter John Denham talks to Andrew Sparrow about the graduate tax, higher education, and why the Lib Dem leader should avoid the AV campaignOn the wall...
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DNA profiles to be deleted from police database
Profiles of thousands of innocent people on national database will be removed as new freedoms bill scales back state intrusionHundreds of thousands of innocent people are to have their DNA profiles...
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Egypt protesters surround state TV building
Opposition protest blocks streets around pro-Mubarak symbol of power in bid to stop journalists inside 'spreading more deception'Egypt's anti-government protesters have laid siege to the state...
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From the archive, 11 February 1947: The Edison centenary
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 11 February 1947Edison is a name of yesterday, and barely that. One does not readily picture the man who bore it as already the subject today of a...
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Hosni Mubarak: Egyptian 'pharaoh' dethroned amid gunfire and blood
Critics said the president would never leave voluntarily but few political rights and falling prosperity forced an endHosni Mubarak's presidency was born amid gunfire and bloodshed and ended in an...
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Post Office staff to hold strike ballot over pay dispute
Communications Workers Union to ballot 4,000 members, as future of city-centre branches remains uncertainPost Office workers are being balloted for industrial action in a row over pay, which could lead...
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