May 2 2008
Gordon Brown has admitted a “bad and disappointing” election for Labour, as the party suffered its worst council results in at least 40 years.
May 2 2008
Detectives have been granted extra time to quiz three men arrested as part of an investigation into the Tamil Tigers. Officers can now hold the men until next Tuesday. They are being held as part of a long-term investigation into the Sri Lankan-based...
May 1 2008
A woman’s voice becomes more attractive to both men and women at the point in her monthly cycle when she is at her most fertile, according to a study of vocal changes during ovulation. If the findings can be replicated, they will add further...
Apr 28 2008
73% cut themselves, 48% punched themselves, 14% burnt themselves and 10% poisoned themselves. 43% said they were motivated by depression, 17% said anger caused their self-harming and 10% blamed a relationship or stress.
Apr 26 2008
Nicolas Sarkozy said the French people need to work harder during a live TV interview in which he admitted making mistakes during his first year in office. Mr Sarkozy, who is dubbed France’s “Bling Bling” president, over his glitzy,...
Apr 22 2008
An American expert in torture techniques has denounced his government for allowing “waterboarding” to be practised against terror suspects, just as a graphic advertisement showing the brutal reality of the technique is unveiled to British...
Apr 22 2008
HE WAS the youngest summiteer and for the most part silent, but he embodied what was at stake: Australia’s creative future. “[He] will be starting high school in 2020,” said Cate Blanchett of her week-old son, Ignatius. For a...
Apr 12 2008
Does the West have a new secret weapon in dealing with China in the person of Kevin Rudd, the new prime minister of Australia? Rudd is the only Western leader who speaks Chinese, and his Chinese is pretty good at that. But deeper still is Rudd’s...
Apr 10 2008
Tuesday, I spoke at a program sponsored by the Hudson Institute’s Latin America center on the growing ties among Iran, Venezuela, and non-state armed actors such as the FARC, and the strategic challenges these alliances pose for the United...
Apr 10 2008
Bulgaria’s Government was accused of high-level involvement with organised crime gangs yesterday, in a hard-hitting report that highlighted the failure of the ruling coalition to stamp out corruption or convict anyone for 150 gangland...