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Jaycee Dugard case: US kidnap couple handed long jail terms
Phillip Garrido sentenced to 431 years to life for kidnapping and raping Dugard and holding her captive for 18 yearsA convicted sex offender and his wife have been jailed for life for kidnapping and...
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US food aid is like modern-day Marshall Plan with strings attached
Global food system is currently skewed too much towards American business interestsAs food prices rise and climate change affects crops in developing countries, the need for emergency food aid is...
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Google: a tiger we musn't feed | John Harris
As Google's claws bite ever deeper, its dominance of the web should be challengedIt's the season of cyber-panic. On iPlayer, you can watch Adam Curtis tying together Ayn Rand, the crash of 2008 and...
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Max Mosley pursues call for press to warn subjects of exposé stories
Former Formula One boss is pushing for his case to be heard in the upper chamber of the European court of human rightsBritain's national press is uniquely obsessed with "intimate sexual details" and...
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Greece agrees to more cuts and tax rises as price of next bailout
• Fury on streets at IMF and EU plans for supervision• Debt downgraded again as default risk put at 50-50After weeks of intense negotiations with its international creditors, Greece will announce fresh...
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Syrian uprising leaves 13 more dead as protesters dismiss amnesty offer
Rastan shelled by Syrian government forces as continuing offensive belies offer of amnesty for regime opponentsSyria's bloody uprising has claimed 13 more victims when government forces shelled the...
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New York Times editor feels though she's arrived at Valhalla
Jill Abramson's appointment as the first female editor of the newspaper might encourage other girls that they can make it tooDescribing her feelings on being appointed the first female editor of the...
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Ministry of Defence accelerates redundancies
Demand from staff to leave will take cuts to 8,000 this year, but unions accuse ministry of 'short-termism gone mad' The Ministry of Defence is to double the number of civilian staff it makes redundant...
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Making peace with the Taliban? UN pressed to lift Afghan sanctions
Britain and US accept insurgents' demand to end sanctions on ex-Taliban leaders including notorious Mohammed QalamuddinBritain and the United States are pressing for United Nations sanctions against 18...
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E coli outbreak: three UK cases have rare strain
Sufferers develop HUS, kidney complication that destroys red blood cells and can affect nervous systemThe Health Protection Agency (HPA) has said that three of the seven people in Britain who have been...
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Four people killed in Wales oil refinery explosion
Firefighters extinguish blaze after explosion at the Chevron plant in Pembroke Dock, south-west WalesFour people were killed in a major explosion at an oil refinery in south-west Wales yesterday. It is...
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The New York Times appoints woman editor – after 160 years
Jill Abramson to take over as first female editor as the Gray Lady finally redresses gender equality• Jane Martinson: A subway token New YorkerFor 160 years the New York Times has been setting the...
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In village politics, as elsewhere, what matters is not agreement but conflict...
The debate is raw, people participate and outcomes matter. Even if localism fans a fierce rural social protectionism, I like itSometimes I need a philosopher. I recently attended a community meeting...
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Taliban zealot who banned TV points to his set. 'We've changed,' he insists
Mohammed Qalamuddin's religious police beat women who wore high heels and makeup. Now UN sanctions against him may be lifted – with the backing of the US and Britain The house is at the top of a...
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E coli strain previously unseen and 'resistant to antibiotics'
Bacterial outbreak had spread beyond Germany to 10 countries with people infected through eating contaminated vegetablesA strain of E coli spreading across Europe is a previously unseen and more...
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Oxfordshire cuts test 'big society' as librarians are replaced with volunteers
Professional staff also to be removed from libraries in David Cameron and culture minister Ed Vaizey's constituenciesDavid Cameron's faith in the "big society'' is to be put to the test after...
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Nick Clegg's House of Lords reform is folly. Abolition would be a better...
The Lib Dem leader's plan is noble yet naive; against his party's interests and destined to fail. But do we need a second chamber anyway?Next week, when parliament returns, ministers in the Lords will...
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Music videos face crackdown over sexualised content
Government report into sexualisation of childhood set to propose tougher regulations on retail, advertising and video industryTighter regulations on sexualised music videos and a single portal for...
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Watford: The bank siege, the bomb threat and the Twitter hashtag #fail
Hertfordshire police refuse to comment on bank siege – before posting updates on Twitter under the hashtag #watfordbombPolice efforts to harness the technology of Twitter to keep the public informed...
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New James Bond movie to be released next year
Daniel Craig will return as 007 in new film to be directed by Oscar winner Sam MendesFilm bosses have revealed that 007 will return to cinemas next year. The 23rd James Bond film will be released in...
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