‘Canoe couple’ jailed for six years
Anne Darwin, and her back-from-the-dead canoeist husband John Darwin, were both jailed today at Teesside Crown Court, bringing to a close an audacious attempt to swindle life insurance and pension
companies by faking his death in the North Sea in 2002 and start a new life together in Panama.... [continued]
John and Anne Darwin: the story so far 
Barack Obama’s London schedule revealed
Barack Obama will meet Gordon Brown, his opposite numnber in the Tories, David Cameron, and Brown's predecessor Tony Blair when he visits London this weekend. Obama will discuss the Middle East and
climate change with Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, areas that the former PM remains active in, before... [continued]
The Mole: British politicians line up to shake hands with Obama
American Election 2008: full coverage
Serbia to gain EU rewards
Serbia will reap the benefits of its decision to arrest Radovan Karadzic and him over to the war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague by having their bid to join the European Union
fast-tracked. As more details emerged of the capture of Karadzic, who had... [continued]
Captured: one of the world’s most wanted men
Justice at last for the mothers of Srebrenica
In pictures: Karadzic found
No more antibiotics, doctors told
Doctors are to be told by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) that they muist stop prescribing antibiotics to patients suffering from minor ailments in a bid to halt the development of drug-resistant infections. Under new NICE guidance, doctors must recommend other forms of recovery from... [continued]
UK websites infected with virus
UK Government and consumer websites have been targetted by Eastern European hackers who have been harvesting the details of those using them using a new computer virus. The Asprox virus has been found on sites including those run by the NHS and local councils, and can lay dormant and... [continued]
New digger rampage in Israel
A second rampage through the streets of Jerusalem by a Palestinian behind the wheel of a mechanical digger has occurred, the second in the space of a month. The incident took place yesterday when a
Palestinian man who had been working on a construction site in East Jerusalem rammed... [continued]
In pictures: first digger rampage
Abu Dhabi buy into GE
Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund has bought a significant share in American conglomerate General Electric. The two companies are to set up a joint venture working in the Middle East and Africa that
will cost $8bn to set up. Mubadala Development will become one of GE's largest shareholders after... [continued]
Briefing: Sovereign wealth funds
BP pulls staff out of Russia
The endgame of the battle between Russian oil firm TNK and BP appeared to have been joined last night when the British company announced plans to pull its last 60 specialists out of their joint venture, TNK-BP. BP have reluctantly removed their employees from a business that provides the... [continued]
