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Sacked ambassador stokes Russian tension over Libya
Returning diplomat revives clash between Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medevedev over likening UN intervention to the CrusadesRussia's former ambassador to Libya has stoked new tension between President...
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Shots fired as Syrians defy crackdown to march at funerals of slain protesters
Crowds chant 'Syria, freedom!' as they take to streets in defiance of orders following reported killing of 34 citizens by armed forcesThousands of Syrians have defied a crackdown by their government to...
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Turkey and France clash over Libya air campaign
Tension mounts over military action as Ankara accuses Sarkozy of pursuing French interests over liberation of Libyan peopleTurkey has launched a bitter attack on French president Nicolas Sarkozy's and...
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Cannabis-smoking Irish MP gives up drug to keep his Dáil seat
Independent politician TD Luke "Ming" Flanagan said he will kick weed habit after gardaí pressure for prosecutionOne of Ireland's newest and most flamboyant parliamentarians is giving up smoking...
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Japan disaster: reconstruction effort puts town on road to recovery
Rapid response to earthquake in Ibaraki prefecture sees long stretch of road rebuilt and an expressway reopenedIt is a modest, but symbolic, sign that almost two weeks after a powerful earthquake and...
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Vivien Duffield admits future of arts philanthropy in UK is in doubt
Cultural philanthropist and daughter of Charles Clore says UK's new rich from Russia and India must continue to donateThe future of philanthropic giving – one of the keystones of the Conservatives'...
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Germans voice disquiet over absence from Libya military action
Commentators warn Germany 'lost credibility' by abstaining from UN security council resolution but opinion poll backs decisionGermany's decision to join Russia and China in abstaining from the UN...
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Portugal crisis plunges European bailout summit into confusion
• Government's fall puts EU bailout fund pact in jeopardy• Lame-duck leader Sócrates will see bankruptcy within weeksEuropean leaders have begun a two-day summit in Brussels in what is being billed as...
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EU bank tests are tough enough, French finance minister tells UK watchdog
Christine Lagarde accuses Financial Services Authority boss of undermining confidence in EU stress testsFrench finance minister Christine Lagarde has launched a scathing attack on Britain's financial...
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Humans arrived in North America 2,500 years earlier than thought
Stone tools have been found in sediments 15,500 years old, before the Clovis people are thought to have arrived in AmericaHumans first arrived in North America more than 2,500 years earlier than...
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US 'kill team' soldier who murdered unarmed Afghans escapes life sentence
Jeremy Morlock receives 24 years in prison following plea deal to give evidence against fellow soldiersA US soldier who pleaded guilty to the murders of three Afghan civilians has been sentenced to 24...
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Edward Grace obituary
With the advent of the second world war, my father, Edward Grace, who has died aged 96, immediately enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, and fought with the 6th Battalion...
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Ray Challinor obituary
My friend Ray Challinor, who has died aged 81, was a social activist and highly regarded historian. While working as a history lecturer at Wigan College in the 1960s, he discovered the archives of a...
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Louise Cattell obituary
Our daughter, Louise Cattell, who has died suddenly, achieved more in her 21 years than many of us do in a lifetime. Born in Oxford, she grew up in London where, as a teenager, she immersed herself in...
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Loleatta Holloway obituary
Her voice made Ride on Time a smash hit in 1989The biggest-selling pop record in Britain in 1989 was Ride On Time by Black Box. The highlight of the track was the piercing vocal sound, sampled by its...
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Richard Leacock obituary
Fine film-maker whose subjects ranged from Kennedy to HendrixIf you remember the 1960s, you may well remember the documentary films shot by Richard Leacock, notably Monterey Pop (1968). This concert...
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Family held after trying to smuggle surrogate babies out of Ukraine
French couple say they hid twin girls in chest under bed out of despair at not being able to obtain passportsA French family has been detained for trying to hide their two surrogate infants under a...
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BAA taken to task for chaotic response to severe weather
Airports will spend £50m to avoid repeat of December's snow chaos at HeathrowBAA's chaotic response to the Heathrow snow crisis is exposed in a report that portrays a fiasco exacerbated by equipment...
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Invensys tight-lipped after ditching chief executive
Engineering electronics company announces departure of Ulf Henriksson with immediate effectBritish engineering electronics group Invensys has stunned the City by ditching its chief executive, Ulf...
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Amanda Knox asks Italian court to block murder film downloads
Made-for-television drama is a 'violation by the media', argues US student jailed for the death of Meredith KercherAmanda Knox, the US student jailed for murdering Meredith Kercher, has appealed to a...
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