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Ronaldo must sit and watch as Portugal fight to qualify

12.10.09
Injured winger misses Malta clash as his dreams of reaching World Cup still hang in the balance... more

Big guns Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo still in danger of missing the final shoot-out

07.10.09
A-list stars could be absent from next summer’s tournament as powerhouses Argentina and Portugal need a helping hand to qualify... more

Explore the water world of Lake Titicaca

02.10.09
Floating reed islands, llamas and ancient ruins entice Ella Windsor to the shores of Lake Titicaca... more

Paraguay qualify for World Cup with impressive win

10.09.09
Paraguay became the 11th nation to make it into the World Cup finals thanks to a convincing 1-0 win over Argentina, whose qualification hopes took a further blow... more

Best world food in London

08.07.09
Street food from Mexico to India and Taiwan has just landed the capital.... more

Garden and Cosmos is in need of perspective

11.06.09
British Imperialism in the 19th century is a subtext of the Garden and Cosmos exhibition at the British Museum.... more

Further lessons from the Baby P case

12.05.09
The catalogue of public service failures which led to the death of Haringey toddler Baby P is not over yet... more

World Health Organisation raises level 5 alert

30.04.09
The World Health Organisation has raised its flu level warning to five, one short of a full pandemic... more

£1.4m five-star trips for globetrotting MPs

07.04.09
Backbench MPs racked up almost £1.4 million of free trips last year with a further £1million of excursions already booked this year... more

Baroque and roll at the V&A

01.04.09
The French invented the Baroque style in the 17th century as an exercise in economic stimulus - and it went on to rule the world... more

Kelman and Naipaul are among nominees for Man Booker prize

18.03.09
James Kelman and VS Naipaul are in the running for this year's £60,000 Man Booker International Prize, it was announced... more

CDs of the week

13.03.09
Peter Doherty releases his first solo album and Marianne Faithfull is probably best listened to under the influence.... more

Solano's on his way back home to Peru

06.01.09
Nolberto Solano is returning home to Peru to finish his playing career with Universitario... more

Poor Ben Fogle still fighting deadly flesh eating jungle bug

24.11.08
Ben Fogle is now a shadow of his former self after being struck down by a flesh-eating bug... more

'Steelgate' ambassador guilty over insider deal

13.11.08
Scandal: A former British ambassador at the centre of the Blair Government's "Steelgate" scandal has been found guilty of insider dealing... more

V&A leads celebration of 'dazzling' age

20.10.08
London is set to go Baroque next year when the Victoria and Albert Museum heads a cavalcade of events celebrating the style epitomised by Louis XIV's palace at Versailles... more

Fifty and fabulous

23.09.08
Madonna has just passed a milestone most women dread — but here writer Kathy Lette reveals why she’s not afraid to leave her forties behind ... more

50-year-old bear from darkest Peru in running for funniest book prize

08.09.08
The funniest books for children have been named in a new prize in memory of Roald Dahl... more

When will they allow Mummy to rest in peace?

07.08.08
The Mummy's action is relocated to China - but that can't disguise the fact that the adventure series has run out of steam.... more

Rio Tinto plugs the nickel gap

29.05.08
Mining giant Rio Tinto unveils a project that will see it enter the nickel market for the first time and close a gap in output with arch-rival BHP Billiton... more

The choc of the new

02.04.08
White chocolate and chilli bread spread with pesto may sound like a culinary nightmare — but the chef at Cruse 9 makes it work.... more

TV crew accused of killing lost-tribe children with flu

27.03.08
A British TV director was accused of causing the deaths of four members of an isolated Amazonian tribe by unwittingly introducing the flu virus into their remote village... more

Banker 'killed by blow to head' on the Inca Trail

25.03.08
A City banker who was thought to have drowned while on holiday in Peru may have been murdered... more

London's hottest dishes

14.11.07
London is home to some of the world's most fabulous restaurants - and here are the signature dishes from the chefs at 12 of them.... more

Coco's sentimentality is a drag

16.08.07
Despite occasional flashes of ballsy bitterness, too many diversions into fluffy-brained sentimentality prove Miss Coco Peru's undoing.... more

Sushi with a Latin American twist

15.08.07
Hi Sushi Salsa promises a fusion of Latin American and Japanese cuisine, but the food is generic rather than ambitious.... more

Oh, what a drag

13.08.07
As every gag-merchant in town has hot-footed it to Edinburgh, it falls to the talents of drag queen Miss Coco Peru to put bums on seats at the Soho Theatre.... more

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