Nato gives cyber-war warning
Nato is treating the current and future threat of cyber-warfare as seriously as the risk of a missile strike, a conference in London heard yesterday. Suleyman Anil, the security organisation's senior
official in charge of strategy against computer attacks, told the E-Crime congress that attacks on government systems were increasing... [continued]
Repressive regimes are prepared for cyberwar 
Cyber assaults cripple Estonia's e-topia
President Bush endorses McCain
George W Bush formally endorsed John McCain as the Republican candidate for this November's presidential election yesterday. The two men met at the White House, where Bush praised McCain's
"incredible courage, strength of character and perseverance" that he had used "in order to get to this moment and that's exactly... [continued]
US Election latest
A great day for John McCain
Brown survives EU vote
Gordon Brown survived a scare last night when the House of Commons voted to ratify the EU Treaty without a referendum by 311 votes to 248. 43 Labour MPs either backed Tory calls for a referendum or
abstained, while the Lib Dems suffered major convulsions as 13 MPs defied a... [continued]
The Mole: Come back Vince Cable, all is forgiven...
Daniel Hannan: why are we so deaf to truth about Europe?
Iran ‘still developing weapons’
Britain yesterday claimed that Iran could still be developing nuclear weapons, despite the assessment of a US intelligence agency last year that work on the process had stopped in 2003. A senior
diplomat said that the confidence which the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) showed in declaring the halt to Iranian... [continued]
The buzz from Tehran
Paedophile ring broken up
Eight British children between the ages of six and 14 have been rescued after police working across three continents smashed what they believe to be one of the most sophisticated paedophiles ring ever found. More than 20 people have been arrested in the UK, Australia and the US over the... [continued]
Germany paralysed by strikes
German public sector unions flexed their muscles yesterday when 100,000 members of Verdi, the service sector union, walked out of their jobs. Train and bus services were halted in the capital Berlin, with the national train network threatened by further strikes next week, and Lufthansa was forced to cancel 300... [continued]
Now buy-to-let market stagnates
The buy-to-let property market is the latest sector of the economy to feel the force of the credit crunch, as lending to landlords begins to dry up. A quarterly survey by the Royal Institute of
Chartered Surveyors (RICS) reported the first fall in new landlord instructions since it was set... [continued]
And now, the great American car crash
Buffett is world’s richest man
The super-investor Warren Buffett, head of the Berkshire Hathaway financial conglomerate, has been named in Forbes magazine's annual survey as the richest man in the world with a personal
fortune of $62bn. He displaces his friend and co-philanthropist Bill Gates, whose $58bn fortune only ranks him in third place, behind... [continued]
People: Buffett becomes world's richest man
Lunch at the diner with Warren
The rise of Slim Helu
Ten great philanthropists
