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Yard launches probe into MI5 torture claims

10.07.09
A police investigation has begun into claims that MI5 officers were complicit in the torture of former Guantanamo Bay inmate Binyam Mohamed... more

Europe must not stand by while Pakistan unravels

11.06.09
The West has to aid the 2.6 million refugees who have fled the Taliban, says a leading Pakistani commentator ... more

Six worth reading: the Orange prize nominees

21.04.09
Six authors are in the race for this year’s £30,000 Orange Prize for Fiction... more

Pakistan allows Taliban rule of Islamic law

14.04.09
The president of Pakistan has signed an agreement to put an area under Islamic Sharia law as part of a peace deal with the Taliban... more

Doctor turned writer makes Orange longlist

18.03.09
A London writer who was a junior doctor before quitting for comedy has made the longlist for the £30,000 Orange Prize for Fiction... more

Future bleak for Pakistan cricket after terror attack

03.03.09
Cricket: Pakistan's cricketers face the prospect of having to play all their games overseas for years to come after thes devastating terrorist attack in Lahore... more

Swann says: I'll pull through for England

25.02.09
Cricket: England are about to discover the true impact of their deeply frustrating draw in Antigua... more

Younis closes in on Lara's Test record

24.02.09
Cricket: Younis Khan is on course to break Brian Lara's world record Test score after cruising past 300 against Sri Lanka... more

Ex-MI5 chief: Ministers scare public to pass terrorism laws

17.02.09
A former MI5 chief has accused the Government of exploiting fears of terrorism to pass draconian laws... more

Miliband faces cover-up claims over torture case

05.02.09
Foreign secretary David Miliband faces claims of a cover-up over allegations that British security services colluded in the torture of a terror suspect... more

Pakistan tries to regain control of Khyber Pass

31.12.08
Pakistan has suspended the flow of trucks carrying Nato and US military supplies through the key Khyber Pass after launching an offensive against Taliban militants... more

Owais Shah ready to step out of the shadows as Ian Bell faces the axe

15.12.08
Owais Shah's long wait for another Test chance should end later this week... more

We warned India of terror attack from the sea, says US

02.12.08
The United States warned India before last week's attacks in Mumbai that terrorists were believed to be plotting a mostly seaborne assault on the city, a White House official said... more

India demand to Pakistan: hand over the 20 terrorists

02.12.08
India cranked up the tension with Pakistan today by demanding that it hand over suspected terrorists living in the country... more

Society

08.10.08
Poverty, health, homelessness and racial tensions abound in a city awash with money. These are the people who are trying to do something about it. ... more

Stocks slide as Pakistan gets jitters

26.08.08
Shares drop sharply in Pakistan on worries about political instability after the collapse of the ruling coalition.... more

South Africa pull out of Champions Trophy

22.08.08
Tournament almost certain to be cancelled as safety fears lead to first withdrawal... more

ICC trophy is hit by Aussie withdrawal

20.08.08
With England and others set to follow the champions' lead, the ICC will have to rethink the Champions Trophy... more

Pakistan get go-ahead for Trophy

19.08.08
Security arrangements for the Champions Trophy in Pakistan are satisfactory, according to International Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat... more

ICC Trophy still set for Pakistan

13.08.08
ICC president David Morgan says tournament - now cut to just two venues - will be "safe and secure"... more

World cricket in crisis as Trophy row grows

25.07.08
Pakistan trip faces boycott as Pietersen reveals fears... more

Terror fears don't put ICC off Pakistan

24.07.08
England players could be among those to boycott September's Champions Trophy after the ICC decides against moving the two-week event from Pakistan despite security concerns... more

Jailed rapist named as terrorist associate

31.03.08
Convicted London rapist Abdul Makim Khalisadar has been named as a key associate of two of al Qaeda's top leaders... more

Do you want to become a martyr, the al Qaeda chief asked...

31.03.08
Dramatic details of how the al Qaeda commander behind some of the world's worst terror plots asked a Londoner to target the capital in a suicide attack have been revealed... more

Angelina's finest hour

20.09.07
Michael Winterbottom's A Mighty Heart sees Angelina Jolie in a performance that allows few concessions to her star persona.... more

Jolie heart-warming

22.05.07
Angelina Jolie is remarkably unstarry in A Mighty Heart as the brave wife of journalist Daniel Pearl, who was brutally murdered in Pakistan.... more

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