Lehman Brothers bankrupt
One of the world's biggest investment banks, Lehman Brothers, has filed for bankruptcy, sending world stock markets tumbling. The collapse of the US bank is one of the biggest in financial history.
Meanwhile, it was announced that Bank of America will save Merrill Lynch from the same fate by buying... [continued]
Business Pages 
Scandal of the Freddie and Fannie bail-out
Tsvangirai and Mugabe sign deal
Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai have signed a historic power-sharing deal in Harare. The two men smiled and shook hands alongside South Africa's Thabo
Mbeki, who brokered the deal. Both men made speeches stressing the need for national unity, with Mr Mugabe promising to do his... [continued]
Zimbabwe Today: First the signing, then the street fighting
South Africa: the Jacob Zuma cartoon that went too far
Ministers refuse to back Brown
Gordon Brown still faces calls for a challenge to his leadership, after ministers refused to criticise rebel MPs who have called for a contest. Earlier in the day, foreign secretary David
Miliband insisted Brown would lead the part into the next election, but last night business secretary John Hutton said... [continued]
The Mole: Why it pays backbenchers to let Brown continue in office
Police start ‘Sarah’s Law’ trials
Police are to trial a version of 'Sarah's Law', under which parents will be able to ask if someone dealing with their children is a sex offender. Police will examine their records to see if
individuals have been convicted of child sex crimes, or have previously been suspected of abuse.... [continued]
To catch a paedophile
Row over Palin’s foreign trip claims
Sarah Palin's world tour has begun to shrink under investigation. The US Republican vice-presidential candidate had said her visit to Ireland, Germany, Kuwait and Iraq in 2007 was the "trip of a
lifetime". It was the first time the Alaskan governor had left North America, and she was able to... [continued]
People: Palin's hairdresser reveals all
Alexander Cockburn: Democrats panic over Palin
People: Gina Gershon rounds on Palin
Lipstick on a pig: smear or storm in a teacup?
Peregrine Worthorne: McCain's choice of Palin is inexcusable
