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Why a king's ransom is not enough for Saudi Arabia's protesters
King Abdullah's offer of bribes to his country's alienated youth is no substitute for genuine reformNo kingdom is an island, particularly when it sits in a sea of revolution. King Abdullah of Saudi...
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Libyan militias prepare to join forces before assault on Tripoli
Heavily armed youths and former security forces ready for push, but Gaddafi family stronghold of Sirte loomsGroups of revolutionaries are starting to move towards western Libya in an attempt to link up...
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Somalia government ends latest crackdown on militants
Offensive against al-Shabab insurgents, who have links to al-Qaida, results in more than 100 deathsA government offensive against al-Shabab militants linked to al-Qaida has subsided as officials said...
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La Paz landslide wrecks 400 homes
Residents of Bolivian capital's Callapa district flee city's 'worst-ever' mud torrentProlonged heavy rains have caused a hilltop to collapse in a poor neighbourhood of the Bolivian capital, cracking...
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SAS assist in evacuation of British oil workers from Libyan desert
Foreign Office organise chartered flights from Malta to Gatwick for those plucked to safety during special forces operationThree Hercules aircraft with special forces on board have rescued another 150...
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Britain freezes Gaddafi family assets as £900m of Libyan currency impounded
Emergency meeting of Privy Council held at Windsor Castle after Libyan leader reportedly moved £3bn to BritainBritain froze the assets of Muammar Gaddafi and his five children on Sunday evening at an...
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World's message to Libyan leader Gaddafi: time to end your regime
Russia and China join west in UN war crimes ruling as Britain revokes immunity for leader and familyMuammar Gaddafi is running out of options and friends as international action to pressure him into...
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Silvio Berlusconi sex case witness has car torched
Nadia Macri, who claims to have had sex with Italy's prime minister, says she has received menacing messagesThe car belonging to one of the women who gave evidence to investigators about Silvio...
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Zawiyah: 30 miles from Tripoli, the city on the frontline of Libya's revolt
The city of Zawiyah, controlled by rebels but surrounded by Gaddafi loyalists, is a metaphor for the current stalemate"If you go down there you will meet young men with guns," said one of the Libyan...
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Tony Blair asked Gaddafi to stop killing Libyan protesters
Former prime minister, who has faced criticism over relationship with dictator, telephoned him twice to urge him to 'step back'Tony Blair, who has faced criticism over the past week for embracing...
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Libya: neither tribal nor Islamist | Mahmoud Al-Nakou
Libyans want democracy, justice and freedom. This revolution is for all, and won't fall to extremistsThe freedom fighters who have been met with the most brutal, inhumane and criminal antics of Colonel...
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Irish elections: a vote cast in anger | Editorial
Enda Kenny would be wise to invite the Labour party into government rather than cobble together independentsFar, far worse than John Major's trouncing, the punishment voters have meted out on Fianna...
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Civil partnerships: bluster in bad faith | Editorial
The blanket ban on religious institutions hosting partnership ceremonies is an infringement of liberty and must be swept awayThe heart sinks at the prospect of another battle between faith and the...
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In praise of … Moby-Duck | Editorial
A new book about the travels of the moby duck has revealed the terrible extent and near immortality of plastic pollutionNearly 20 years ago in mid-Pacific, a container of "Friendly Floatees" washed off...
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Relaxing DNA rules could reduce rape convictions, Labour warns
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper accuses coalition of going too far in cutting time that suspects' DNA can be retained by policeThe government is running the risk of making it more difficult to...
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Corrections and clarifications
• Radislav Krstic's 2001 conviction for genocide as a commander in the Serb forces at Srebrenica in 1995 was handed down by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, not the...
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Letters: The crisis and cuts are Labour's fault
Amelia Gentleman writes a great story (Report, 25 February), but she sets out only one political point of view, and forgets that politics is about choices and priorities. The "it's all the coalition's...
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Letters: Olympic success and safe cycle routes
Ted Prangnell (Letters, 25 February) bemoans the lack of spending on everyday cycling, as opposed to the £94m new velodrome for the Olympics. He's right that much more could be done to enable people to...
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Letters: Restrict the legal access of the rich not litigants in person
You report (Legal aid cuts will cost more in long run, say judges, 25 February) that Lord Igor Judge, head of the judiciary, is concerned at the slowing down of court process due to a "massive increase...
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Letters: Tax breakdown
Matthew Oakeshott's proposal to make multinational companies disclose the corporation tax they pay in the UK is right on the money (Top Lib Dem: make banks declare corporation tax, 26 February). But...
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