MI5 rapped over rendition role
The role that Britain's security services have played in the 'War on Terror' came under the spotlight yesterday as the High Court ruled that MI5 had taken part in the unlawful interrogation of a
British resident now held at Guantanamo Bay. Binyam Mohamed was arrested in Pakistan in 2002... [continued]
Let’s be realistic about torture 
60 die in Pakistan bombings
Pakistan, still reeling from the political turmoil occasioned by president Pervez Musharraf's resignation this week, was taken closer to the brink yesterday when a double suicide bombing killed more
than 60 people at a military ordinance factory. Two bombers blew themselves up at the gates to the factory in... [continued]
Musharraf’s going leaves West a bleak option
‘Blair’s children’ get their GCSEs
The first generation of children to be entirely educated under a Labour government received their GCSE results yesterday - and more than a fifth got A and A* grades in their subjects. The rise in top grades was the fastest in almost two decades, but at the same time... [continued]
Whitehall data security blunder
The Government has been hit by another computer data security scandal as it was reported yesterday that confidential files containing sensitive intelligence on thousands of the country's most
prolific criminals had been lost. The data was taken from the Police National Computer, and had been entrusted by the Home... [continued]
Logic (and memory sticks) go out the window
UK has more pensioners than kids
There was a stark illustration of Britain's ageing population when figures released yesterday showed that there are 11.58 million pensioners in the country - more than there are children. The data from the Office of National Statistics showed that there were 11.52 million under-16s, 60,000 less than the number... [continued]
Hillary’s brother meets McCains
In a further blow to Barack Obama's already flagging campaign, Hillary Clinton's brother has met with Republican aides to Senator John McCain, fuelling speculation that the Clinton camp is briefing
against the Illinois senator. Tony Rodham, who held a fundraiser for his sister in Pennsylvania during the Democratic primaries,... [continued]
Alexander Cockburn: Obama loses momentum in awful August
US Election: McCain’s housing gaffe plays into Obama’s hands
