Nato begins crisis summit on Russia
Nato members have gathered in Brussels for crisis talks on Georgia, as a defiant Russian Army showed no sign of withdrawing its troops. Nato foreign ministers will today try to work out the best way
for the alliance to respond to Moscow's military action. Analysts say that major... [continued]
Divided Nato must rethink its purpose 
Cyber attack casts new light on Georgia invasion
In pictures: the Russian-Georgian war
Voters prefer Cameron over PM’s rival
A new poll has found that voters would overwhelmingly vote in favour of David Cameron regardless of who leads Labour into the next general election. A new Guardian/ICM poll suggests that David
Miliband is no more appealing as leader than Gordon Brown. Miliband would be no more popular,... [continued]
The Mole: latest news from Downing Street
Musharraf foes hold talks
Pakistan's coalition leaders Asif Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif are to meet in Islamabad to discuss who will succeed their long-time common enemy, former President Pervez Musharraf who stepped
down yesterday after nine years in power to avoid impeachment. Musharraf bowed to intense pressure to quit after the government... [continued]
Musharraf's resignation leaves West a bleak option
Pakistan: blood on America's hands
UK’s ‘youngest terrorist’ faces jail
A Yorkshire schoolboy has become Britain's youngest terror convict after he was found guilty, along with two other men, of possessing or making documents promoting terrorism. Hammaad Munshi was 16 when guides to making napalm and grenades were found in his bedroom. The 18-year-old now faces jail for... [continued]
Man dies on Alton Towers trip
A man has died and up to 70 people are thought to be injured after a coach trip to the Alton Towers theme park ended in tragedy. A double-decker vehicle believed to be carrying foreign farm workers on an excursion plunged down a steep embankment on a narrow country road... [continued]
Gary Glitter freed early
Gary Glitter, the former glam rock star and convicted paedophile, has been released early from his Vietnam jail after his three-year sentence was cut for good behaviour. Glitter, real name Paul Gadd, was released today from Thu Duc prison and driven to Tan Son Nhat airport for deportation. The... [continued]
‘Worse to come’ says US expert
A former International Monetary Fund chief has warned that there is worse to come from the global financial crisis – and that it could claim a major American bank. Professor Kenneth Rogoff told a conference in Singapore that the US, particularly, "is not out of the woods". "We’re not... [continued]
Watchdog may order BAA break-up
BAA's chairman Sir Nigel Rudd says a break up of the airport group would not be a "disaster" as it already has had "huge expressions of interest" from potential buyers for Gatwick and Stansted. The Competition Commission is this week expected to order the break-up of Britain's dominant... [continued]
