Editorial
Free care at point of need
There's a clear message from the Labour Party's research into care of the disabled and the elderly and it's don't move to Brighton and Hove.
Features
Running out of political steam
The rise and ultimate demise of the formidable Ken Livingstone
Delusions of grandeur
Not enough is done by British government to alleviate poverty around the world
World
Rights group steps up fight for Iranian teacher
Monday 30 April 2012
British-based campaign group Committee for the Defence of Iranian People's Rights (Codir) demanded on Monday Tehran lift the death sentence on a teacher trade unionist and free workers' reps imprisoned for their union activities.
Centre-left ruling party commits to austerity drive in Romania
Monday 30 April 2012
Romania's prime minister-designate vowed on Monday to press on with the country's austerity drive.
Qatar pumps £153m into Barclays bank
Monday 30 April 2012
A government-backed Qatari firm laid out plans on Monday to invest $250 million (£153m) in a Barclays PLC natural resource investment business.
Syria rocked by double bombing
Monday 30 April 2012
Two suicide bombers blew up cars rigged with explosives near a military compound and a Syrian hotel on Monday, killing at least nine people and wounding over a hundred.
Bahraini civil rights activists win civilan retrial
Monday 30 April 2012
A Bahrain court ordered retrials on Monday for a prominent hunger striker and 20 others convicted by a military tribunal in crackdowns against the civil rights movement in the Gulf kingdom.
Attempted suicide sets youth on rampage in Algeria
Monday 30 April 2012
Algerian police fired tear gas on Sunday to disperse rampaging youths who torched tyres and hurled stones after a young unemployed man set himself on fire.
World In Brief
Monday 30 April 2012
News stories from around the world
Crisis-hit Spaniards march for change
Sunday 29 April 2012
Tens of thousands marched across rain-drenched Spain on Sunday against fresh cuts and tax rises days after official figures showed nearly one in four Spaniards are now jobless.
Red Cross doctor found with throat slashed in Pakistan
Sunday 29 April 2012
Kidnapped Red Cross doctor Khalil Rasjed Dale was found with his throat slit in south-west Pakistan on Sunday.