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To cut and run would be betrayal of those who died

06.11.09
After the murder of five soldiers by the renegade policeman Gulbuddin, Gordon Brown is today making another speech to explain why Britain is in Afghanistan for the long haul... more

Afghan tragedy must not shake our resolve

05.11.09
The situation in Afghanistan was brought into sharp perspective yesterday when we learned of the death of five British servicemen at the hands of one of the Afghan policemen they were helping to train... more

British military tells Obama not to dither as UN evacuates 600 workers

05.11.09
Latest: British military chiefs urged President Obama not to dither over Afghanistan as the allied death toll continues to rise... more

Don’t give up on the people. We must tackle the police who let them down

04.11.09
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Taliban 'policemen' slaughter six UN staff in their beds

28.10.09
Taliban suicide squad disguised as police massacred six United Nations staff as they slept in a guest house ... more

‘Broadband to exceed fixed line by year’s end’

06.10.09
The number of mobile broadband users in the world will exceed fixed-line users by the end of this year, the United Nations said ... more

N Korea: We have found a new way to make nuclear weapons

04.09.09
North Korea said it was closer to a second way of making nuclear weapons - a move analysts saw as a new tactic to put pressure on the international community... more

UN pays first tribute to aid workers slain saving lives

19.08.09
Aid workers who were killed on the frontlines of conflicts around the world are being honoured for the first time... more

Caught on video: the high life of war criminal Ratko Mladic

12.06.09
One of the most notorious Serbian war criminals, Ratko Mladic, appears to be living freely, after video footage emerged showed him attending parties and family get-togethers... more

Sporting Miscellanies

02.06.09
Football: Mystery enshrouds the boos that serenaded Kofi Annan at the FA Cup final... more

WORLD: 'The massacre of 20,000 Tamils'

29.05.09
New UN reports claim that more than 20,000 Tamil civilians may have been killed by the Sri Lankan army - more than three times the official figure... more

WORLD: N Korea fires two missiles in show of defiance

26.05.09
North Korea has fired two more shortrange missiles off its east coast, in definace of international condemnation... more

UK urges Sri Lanka ceasefire

13.05.09
Britain and America have urged both sides in the Sri Lanka conflict to lay down their weapons immediately and allow civilians to be evacuated... more

Sri Lankan troops close to crushing last Tamil rebels

22.04.09
Sri Lankan soldiers pushed deep into the final remaining Tamil rebel enclave, killing 35 guerrillas as they fought to bring a bloody 25-year conflict to an end... more

Sri Lanka army ‘kills 1,000’ as Tamils defy surrender deadline

21.04.09
A thousand people were killed when government troops launched a raid on the last sliver of land controlled by Tamil Tiger rebels in northern Sri Lanka... more

Whitechapel Gallery is reinvented

03.04.09
What makes the new Whitechapel interesting is the art it is showing and the concept behind the gallery’s expansion.... more

Stop this town hall gravy train

24.03.09
AT A time when many who work for private-sector businesses have no pension scheme at all, the details we disclose today of local authority executives' retirement packages highlight a widening gulf in provision for old age... more

Suu Kyi detention violates Burma's own law, says UN

24.03.09
The continued imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi violates Burma's own laws as well as those of the international community, the UN warned... more

Picasso painting Guernica back in Whitechapel

23.03.09
A copy of Picasso's anti-war painting Guernica which is normally on show at the United Nations in New York is being installed at the Whitechapel Gallery... more

London Tamil burns himself to death at UN

19.02.09
A Tamil man from London burned himself to death outside the United Nations building in Geneva in protest at his people's treatment in Sri Lanka ... more

UN chief 'outraged' as Israeli shells hit Gaza headquarters

15.01.09
The United Nations has expressed "outrage" after its headquarters in Gaza City was hit by Israeli shells... more

Israel rejects UN vote for ceasefire as 'unworkable'

09.01.09
Israel and Hamas have rejected a United Nations call for an immediate ceasefire as the Gaza conflict continued with heavy fire from both sides... more

Israeli forces shoot dead UN aid driver during ceasefire

08.01.09
Israel has been accused by the United Nations of shooting dead the driver of one of its aid trucks during a temporary ceasefire to allow humanitarian supplies into Gaza... more

Pakistan charity is a front for militant group, says UN

11.12.08
Pakistan was under growing pressure to clamp down on an Islamic charity which the UN has declared a front for the group blamed for the Mumbai terror attacks... more

UN probes claims of massacre

07.11.08
UN officials are investigating reports that rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo are slaughtering civilians as the region descends into chaos... more

UN chief visits Congo to help end the misery of war

04.11.08
The UN secretary-general will visit East Africa to add his weight to efforts to end the crisis gripping the DR Congo... more

UN aid convoy rolls in to relieve Congo's refugees

03.11.08
A United Nations aid convoy escorted by UN peacekeepers crossed into the rebel-held zone of eastern Congo today as supplies for more than 250,000 refugees finally started getting through... more

Ceasefire in Congo holds as UN tries to set up talks

31.10.08
UN and American envoys are attempting to set up peace talks between rebel leaders and the government in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a shaky ceasefire continued to hold... more

Starkey: Riding events will destroy Greenwich

20.10.08
The royal park at Greenwich will be ruined if Olympics organisers stage the 2012 equestrian competitions there, the historian David Starkey claims... more

Record numbers killed by 'dinner party' cocaine

28.08.08
The number of people killed by cocaine overdoses is at a record high, figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal... more

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