Editorial
Tinkering at the edges
Tory backing for the snarling City response to widespread criticism of boardroom excess could further isolate the coalition government.
Features
All prawn and no brains...
Jacqui Smith's bizarre call to get schmoozing with the City
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The campaign to re-elect Chavez
World
Pilots vow to stop strike Bill
Thursday 09 February 2012
France's leading pilots' union warned today that it may extend a strike in defence of workers' rights that has cost Air France €10 million (£8.3m) a day unless ministers start addressing its concerns.
Parties agree deal on cuts measures
Thursday 09 February 2012
Athens has reached a tentative agreement on new cuts demanded by its creditors to release a €130 billion (£109bn) loan, hours before a crucial meeting of finance ministers in Brussels, Prime Minister Lucas Papademos's office announced today.
Iraqis belatedly cheer US troop withdrawal
Thursday 09 February 2012
Tens of thousands of Iraqi citizens rallied in Baghdad's Sadr City today to celebrate the withdrawal of US occupation forces, shouting: "Yes to unity, yes to peace, yes to resistance."
Adnan's hunger strike: Day 55
Thursday 09 February 2012
A Palestinian man who has been locked up without charge in Israel for the last two months refused food for the 55th day today - making his hunger strike the longest ever waged by a Palestinian detainee.
Miami Five lawyer to make last-ditch effort to get men released
Thursday 09 February 2012
A lawyer for five Cuban intelligence operatives convicted on spurious terrorism charges in 1998 announced on Wednesday he is preparing a last-ditch appeal.
PKK fighters killed as troops storm hideouts
Thursday 09 February 2012
Thirteen Kurdish guerillas and one Turkish soldier were killed in two separate incidents in south-east Turkey today, according to authorities.
Warring sides resume bloodshed in Homs
Thursday 09 February 2012
Syrian security forces and insurgents exchanged mortar and rocket fire in Homs again today, killing scores of people.
Right confirms new government posts
Thursday 09 February 2012
Romanian MPs approved a new government today led by pro-US former spy chief Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, which the ruling right-wing coalition hopes will enable it to survive parliamentary elections this year.