Murder law changes proposed
The Government will today reveal details of proposed changes to the UK's murder laws which would allow people who kill their partners to use a new defence. People in England and Wales who kill after
years of domestic abuse would be able to argue that they were "seriously wronged" by... [continued]
Law changes: the witness anonymity bill is ill-conceived and dangerous 
Honeymoon killing: six held on Antigua
Six people are being held for questioning by police in Antigua over the murder of a bride on her honeymoon, and the wounding of her husband. Doctor Catherine Mullany died when she was shot in the head by a gunman who entered the couple's cabin at a luxury hotel. Her... [continued]
3,000 blank passports stolen
Three thousand blank passports and visas have been stolen, the Foreign Office has admitted. However, the passport service said the passports could not be used by thieves as they have an embedded security chip. The documents were taken from a van yesterday as they were being transported from Manchester to... [continued]
Olympics: human rights concerns
Human rights abuses have got worse in China in the run-up to the Olympic games, the campaign group Amnesty International says. The respected organisation's new report claims that as China prepares
for the games, activists have been imprisoned, people made homeless, journalists locked up, websites blocked and there has been... [continued]
Beijing 2008: speedy analysis, strong comment, enduring photographs
Iraq suicide attacks: 53 dead
A wave of suicide bombings across Iraq yesterday left at least 53 people dead and as many as 240 injured. Three suicide bombers targeted Baghdad as tens of thousands of Shia pilgrims streamed into
the city for an annual event commemorating the death of an eighth-century saint.... [continued]
Robert Fox: suicide bombers' message from al-Qaeda
Winehouse hospitalised again
The troubled singer Amy Winehouse has spend the night in hospital after suffering a "reaction to medication". An ambulance was called to the 24-year-old's north London home yesterday evening and she was taken to University College Hospital. She is due to be released later today. The singer's father Mitch,... [continued]
BP profits soar to record $13.4bn
Oil giant BP today unveils a massive 23 per cent rise in its profits. The soaring price of crude oil has given the company a record $13.44bn (£6.7bn) replacement cost profit during the first half of this year. In the same period last year, the figure was $10.93bn. The... [continued]
‘Nationalise’ mortgage lending
The taxpayer may be asked to guarantee billions of pounds of UK mortgage bonds, in a plan which some would see as tantamount to the partial nationalisation of mortgage finance. An influential new
report commissioned by the Treasury suggests the measure as the only way to mitigate the downward economic... [continued]
Freddie and Fannie: an American racket
