Ex-Thai PM to remain in UK
Thaksin Shinawatra, former prime minister of Thailand has told Thai media he intends to remain in the UK, and will not return home to face corruption charges. Mr Shinawatra, who owns Manchester City
football club and who spent two years in exile in the UK before, was due to appear... [continued]
Cambodia and Thailand on the brink of war 
2006: the billionaire who lost his country
Russia ignores ceasefire as refugees flee
A tide of refugees is leaving towns and villages ruined by bombing as the US has condemned Russian military intervention in South Ossetia and Georgia. Russia has ignored a ceasefire declared by
Georgia's president Mikhail Saakashvili, and continued air strikes against targets near the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. The city's international... [continued]
Russia knew the West wouldn't dare step in
Spectre of war threatens Putin's Olympics
Georgia: the army that likes to go to Iraq
South Ossetia: The Georgians with a passion for Putin
Banks make £500m extra in UK
British high-street banks have been accused of taking advantage of their customers after it was revealed that five of the biggest had made £500m extra profit in six months in the UK, despite
incurring massive losses with bad investments elsewhere in the world. Figures from five retail banks show that... [continued]
How the West will rise from the financial ashes
The Bank must cut interest rates now
Mugabe: power talks ‘inconclusive’
Zimbabwe's embattled president Robert Mugabe has said that 14 hours of power-sharing talks with the country's opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, which began yesterday morning and are being
mediated by South African president Thabo Mbeki, were "inconclusive". However, he said discussions would continue and he was "confident" a deal could be... [continued]
Exclusive reports from Moses Moyo in Harare
Double murder of Chinese students
A double murder inquiry has been launched in Newcastle-upon-Tyne after the bodies of two Chinese students were found in a flat. The head injuries the students had received were so severe that police have not yet been able to work out what the weapon was. The victims have not... [continued]
Isaac Hayes dies aged 65
Soul singer Isaac Hayes has died at the age of 65. The pioneering musician, whose Theme From Shaft won an Oscar was found dead yesterday by a family member. He had collapsed near a treadmill in his home, but the cause of death has not been announced. Mr Hayes suffered... [continued]
Georgian fighting pushes up crude
The heavy fighting in Georgia has pushed the price of crude oil up by more than a dollar per barrel. Georgia does not produce oil, but the world's second-largest pipeline passes through southern
Georgia as it takes oil from Azerbaijan to Turkey. The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipe can move up to 1.2m... [continued]
Russia knew the West wouldn’t dare step in
2006: Beware Russia, energy superpower
Water firms reveal price plans
UK water firms have announced their pricing intentions for the five-year period starting from 2010. Welsh Water says its average bills will only rise at the rate of inflation, Thames water
anticipates rises of about 3 per cent above the rate of inflation, and Northumbrian water expects rises of 1.3... [continued]
America and Europe will rise from the financial ashes
