The rise and ultimate demise of the formidable Ken Livingstone
THE latest mistargeting of a US precision-guided 500lb bomb to the wrong address in Mosul and its consequent slaughter of 14 civilians, including nine children, should serve to remind people of the reality behind Washington's supposed democratisation mission in Iraq.
ARE there no depths to which Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern will not sink to ingratiate himself with Northern Ireland's intransigent unionist politicians and the British security forces?
"I THINK the Palestinians have had enough sympathy," Tony Blair told his monthly press conference.
NEITHER the British Foreign Office nor the media officer for the Iraqi puppet provisional government knows anything about the current suspension of phone communications in Iraq or so they say.
MICHAEL Howard, the spirit of poll tax past, must believe the old maxim that a week in politics is a long time and that nearly eight years since the Tories were in office constitutes very nearly a lifetime.
THE scale of the loss of life and material damage caused by the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami continues to inspire a generous response across the globe.
TOMORROW brings two important landmarks - the 75th anniversary of the Morning Star and the first day of the new year.
GENDER equality was one of the government's major battle cries when it was first elected in 1997.
CHANCELLOR Gordon Brown has the grace to acknowledge that the British government's response to global poverty is "not enough."