Libya: Nato to control no-fly zone after France gives way to Turkey
• Climbdown by Sarkozy ends infighting among western allies• Nato secretary-general contradicts western officialsWestern allies and Turkey have secured a deal to put the entire military campaign...
View ArticleEU economy: Cuts, growth, debt and democracy | Editorial
Never before has the EU's political elite been so far apart from its citizens, or so fragmentedThey thought it was all over. It isn't now. Europe's debt crisis remains toxic and unresolved, even as EU...
View ArticleSex crimes: The cost of failure | Editorial
The percentage of successful rape convictions as a proportion of complaints remains, campaigners say, in single figuresDelroy Grant, the so-called night stalker, was convicted yesterday of 29 offences,...
View ArticleHugh Muir's diary
PR? That stands for Peston relations• As boss of one of the world's largest PR firms it was hardly surprising that pugnacious Martin Sorrell got some good PR for his well-trailed decision to relocate...
View ArticleLibya rebels arrest man suspected of Yvonne Fletcher murder 27 years ago
Campaigners hope Omar Ahmed Sodani – who worked in London embassy at time of shooting – will face trial in UKThe man suspected of murdering PC Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan embassy in London in...
View ArticleJapan nuclear plant workers in hospital after radiation exposure
Three cable-layers at Fukushima power plant exposed to high levels of radiation after stepping into contaminated waterThe dangers facing workers battling to avert disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi...
View ArticleElizabeth Taylor's funeral takes place in LA's celebrity cemetery
Service attended by friends and family comes day after death, in keeping with Jewish faithElizabeth Taylor has been buried at a cemetery in Los Angeles favoured by film stars and other celebrities,...
View ArticleChris Huhne faces legal challenge over nuclear link to cancer in children
Community worker who lives near proposed nuclear power stations in Lancashire launches unprecedented caseThe government has ordered an expansion of the UK's nuclear programme without properly factoring...
View ArticleFrench stereotypes: failure to wash
The great Gallic unwashed myth stubbornly sticks despite a deluge of shower gels sold on the domestic marketThis is a stubborn one, especially in the US, where some people truly believe deodorant is...
View ArticleWe students have built an alternative | Jack Ferguson and Natalia Bain
Our occupation at Glasgow University began as an anti-cuts protest. Now it is a living example of what could beIt has been an eventful week at Glasgow University, with a massive police operation...
View ArticleBurma earthquake death toll mounts
At least 65 people reported dead after magnitude 6.8 quake hits Burma near border with ThailandA strong earthquake that toppled homes in north-east Burma has killed at least 65 people, and there are...
View ArticleResponse: Kidney transplants are not always worth the risk
I was offered organs for my patients from donors with leukaemia and Hodgkin's diseaseYou report how "two transplant patients were given kidneys from a donor with a rare and aggressive form of cancer"...
View ArticlePublic sector cuts – the truth
Thousands of publicly funded services across Britain are about to be lost, with devastating consequencesA week today the cuts will start to bite. As the financial year ends, grants will run out,...
View ArticleNew Europe: Why France's gender code makes life hard for women
Zoe Williams looks at the challenges for feminism amid growing pressure over how females should look and behave The twin stereotypes about gender in France are wholly contradictory: on the one hand,...
View ArticleLibya remembers, we forget: these bombs are not the first | Mark Mazower
To understand Gaddafi's power, we need to delve deeper into the cultural memory of a once colonised countryIt's not on most people's list of anniversaries to remember but it should be. Almost exactly...
View ArticleChinese dissident jailed for 10 years
Democracy activist Liu Xianbin has already served 10 years in prison for subversionA Chinese democracy activist has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for advocating government change in online...
View ArticlePublic sector cuts: funding for Hull children's centres slashed
While the Lib Dem council isn't closing any of its 21 centres, staffing and provision look set to be decimatedSure Start children's centres Hull Cut 50% (£9m to £4.4m) At his party's conference earlier...
View ArticleJapanese nuclear officials fear crack in reactor core
Possible damage at Fukushima nuclear power plant could cause leak of high levels of radiationNuclear safety officials in Japan fear the core of a reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant...
View ArticlePublic sector cuts: Music for the community put at risk
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group will have to think smaller when creating new worksBirmingham Contemporary Music GroupCut: £36,000 (9%) In a rehearsal room, percussionist Julian Warburton is...
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