Putin accuses US over Georgia
Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin has suggested that the Caucasus crisis was started by "someone in the US" in order to "create a competitive advantage for one of the candidates fighting for the
post of US president". Meanwhile, Russia is increasingly isolated as even its key allies refuse to... [continued]
A symphony for Tskhinvali 
In pictures: the Russian-Georgian war
Peregrine Worsthorne: real guts are needed to deal with Putin's Russia
Obama accepts Democrat nomination
Barack Obama has accepted the US Democrat presidential nomination with a 47-minute speech in front of 80,000 supporters at the party's national convention in Denver. Ecstatically received, the speech
addressed Obama's perceived weaknesses head-on. Accused of insubstantial rhetoric, he produced long passages detailing how he would deal with the US... [continued]
Obama tells US: we are better than last eight years
Alexander Cockburn: Obama needs all the help he can get
In pictures: scenes from the Democratic convention
‘Arson’ man risked losing home
Christopher Foster, the 50-year-old millionaire missing with his wife and daughter since their home was destroyed by fire on Tuesday morning, may have been at risk of losing his home to liquidators. As police hope to enter the gutted building later today to search for Mr Foster, his wife Jill... [continued]
Met boss under fire for ‘racism’
Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Ian Blair is reeling from an unprecedented attack. He is being sued for racial, religious and age discrimination by Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur, Britain's most senior Asian or Muslim police officer. In a televised press conference, Mr Ghaffur said he was directly suing Sir Ian, and... [continued]
Government urged to help carers
A committee of MPs has said that the Government must give more financial support to carers. The Commons work and pensions committee said the six million people in the UK who looked after friends and relatives last year saved the taxpayer £87bn, and recommended an income replacement scheme for those... [continued]
Hundreds stranded by airline
Hundreds of travellers have been left stranded, trying to find other ways to complete their journeys, after budget transatlantic airline Zoom collapsed. The carrier has suspended all flights after
running into financial difficulties it blames on the "horrendous" price of fuel and the global economic downturn. Two planes were... [continued]
The credit crunch will get worse before it gets better
