It is inconceivable that Osama bin Laden lived in a specially fortified villa, possibly for many years, in the Pakistani equivalent of Sandhurst without the authorities knowing about it... more
Even paedophiles have rights. The Supreme Court has ruled that it is a breach of offenders' human rights to be on the Sex Offenders Register for life with no chance of a review... more
Nobody wants to be friends with an ex-dictator. Unconcerned, while he was in power, with the possibility that all his financial dealings may not have been on the up-and-up, the Serious Fraud Office is now said to be launching a hunt for Hosni Mubarak's ill-gotten millions... more
Lucy Walker braved disease, dogs and drug gangs to make Waste Land; her Oscar-nominated film of the extraordinary characters who live off the largest landfill in the world... more
Unmarried couples should enjoy the same legal rights as those who have tied the knot, says the country's most senior family judge, Sir Nicholas Wall (married with four children)... more
Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf accuses Britain and the US of a “failure of leadership” over pressure to bring troops back from Afghanistan
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Met ran up a £113,598,687 bill in 2009/10 for armed bodyguards who shadow high-profile individuals and patrol at-risk properties such as embassies and royal residences... more
Security for VIPs and the royal family is set to be scaled back in a review of protection arrangements amid increasing concerns over spiralling costs... more
Bhutto, who addresses the Hay Festival on Monday, says corruption and assassination have stalked her family and dominate her country's politics. Her crime was to write about it... more
A new UN report blames Pakistan’s security establishment, under then president Pervez Musharraf, for failing to stop the assassination in 2007 of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto... more
Imran Khan is more than just a cricketing ladykiller who was married to Goldsmith heiress Jemima Khan. He now dedicates his life to politics and is passionate about Pakistan and the war on terror — so isn’t it time people took him seriously?... more
If you are lucky enough to be invited to the GQ Men of the Year Awards - I was - then a word of advice. Make sure your arrival on the red carpet doesn't coincide with that of the beautiful people... more
President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan has resigned - thereby saving his country's government the trouble of impeaching him while he was in office for offences against the constitution... more
The warm hospitality doesn't make up for the fact that Ukrainian restaurant Divo does for partying what President Musharraf does for freedom of speech - makes a mockery of it.... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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