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The right choices for a humbled EU

20.11.09
As with so many decisions in a body composed of 25 member states, the choice of Herman van Rompuy as EU President and Catherine Ashton as EU foreign minister is a messy and inoffensive compromise... more

Latvia's Iron Lady enters EU race with attack on male chauvinism

18.11.09
A new face emerged in the race to become the EU's first president as the former president of Latvia launched an attack on the selection process and challenged her male rivals to an open contest... more

Sir Alex Ferguson writes to injured Steven Defour

15.10.09
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has stepped up his interest in Steven Defour, sending the injured Standard Liege captain a letter reassuring him that he continues to monitor his progress... more

Wembley is world class

25.09.09
Wembley is the only stadium among the European bids for the 2018 World Cup to meet the required standard... more

Paul Gross writes, directs and stars in Passchendaele

04.09.09
Passchendaele starts out as an ambitious, if gauche, attempt to tackle jingoism and the anti-German feeling of the era but soon nosedives into bathetic farce.... more

Thomas Vermaelen ready for medical ahead of £10m Arsenal move

18.06.09
Football: Ajax defender Thomas Vermaelen claims he is set to undergo a medical at Arsenal ahead of a £10million move... more

Offence that is punishable by up to 14 years in prison

15.06.09
Under English law assisting suicide is an offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison... more

Traffickers smuggled four people at a time in car boot

10.06.09
Two Britons took part in one of this country's biggest people-smuggling operations, sneaking Chinese immigrants across the Channel in car boots... more

Morpurgo: War Horse is a story I had to write

31.03.09
As the award-winning adaptation of his Great War novel transfers to the West End, Michael Morpurgo pays tribute to the eight million noble beasts that perished in the trenches.... more

Uncovered: Oldest watermill in London

16.02.09
The earliest watermill ever found in London is being studied by archaeologists... more

Hutchins has a ball despite defeat in his singles debut

04.02.09
Tennis: Ross Hutchins'S first singles outing on the ATP tour ended in defeat but the Davis Cup doubles player still enjoyed it... more

Crazed knifeman kills two children and nursery teacher

23.01.09
A psychiatric patient stabbed to death a woman and two children under the age of three in a horrifying attack at a creche in Belgium... more

Brown summit scare: suicide bomber seized

11.12.08
Fourteen suspected al Qaeda terrorists were detained by Belgian police amid fears they were plotting a suicide mission against Gordon Brown and other EU leaders in Brussels... more

Torres sets sights on West Brom

06.11.08
Fernando Torres is set to make his comeback from a hamstring injury against West Brom at Anfield... more

Fixing this crisis is too big for one government

07.10.08
The best bet for saving our ailing banks is for governments to buy into them. But it will also require action at a truly international level... more

When this is over, what kind of world will be left?

30.09.08
Following the failure yesterday of the US rescue plan, Wall Street plunged, dragging everyone else with it. When the dust settles, we may find life has changed for good... more

Banking is still in a fog but the weaklings are now plain to see

29.09.08
There was a predictability about the demise of Bradford & Bingley, but the problems that surfaced at ­Fortis, Belgium's largest bank, are of an altogether different scale... more

The worldwide domino effect

29.09.08
Credit Crunch: The international banking crisis has swept across the continent claiming its first major victims in the Eurozone... more

City braced for meltdown

29.09.08
The City is bracing itself for further pain after watching Asian markets plunge to record lows overnight... more

Stewart: Spa will spur on Hamilton

24.09.08
Formula One: Lewis Hamilton will use the controversial loss of his victory in the Belgian Grand Prix as an inspiration to win Formula One's first night race in Singapore... more

Brits suffer from dropping standards again in the relay

22.08.08
Britain's sprinters were struck down by another relay disaster in Beijing which almost certainly cost them a medal in the women's 4x100metres... more

Impressive start in regatta sees Clark taking aim at laser target

12.08.08
The 33-year-old Royal Navy officer came back strongly to finish runner-up, 33 seconds behind leader... more

New hope for saviour sibling cures

09.07.08
Scientists have developed lifesaving stem cells from a two-day-old human embryo for the first time, bringing new hope of the creation of "saviour siblings"... more

New hope for saviour sibling cures

09.07.08
Scientists have developed lifesaving stem cells from a two-day-old human embryo for the first time, bringing new hope of the creation of "saviour siblings"... more

New hope for saviour sibling cures

09.07.08
Scientists have developed lifesaving stem cells from a two-day-old human embryo for the first time, bringing new hope of the creation of "saviour siblings"... more

J-Lo and Marc Anthony touch down with a precious cargo - their baby twins

18.06.08
Marc Anthony had three very special new additions to his usual tour entourage as he arrived for a performance in Belgium today - his wife Jennifer Lopez and baby twins Emme and Max.... more

Bud brewer reluctant to quench Belgians' thirst for expansion

02.06.08
ANALYSIS James Doran considers the implications of InBev's plans to make a £23bn bid for Anheuser Busch... more

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