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Mr and Mrs Nobody reflect the EU's new order

20.11.09
Angela Merkel smiled and nodded. Nicolas Sarkozy, his interpreter's headphones still on, gave an imperial thumbs-up. Silvio Berlusconi simply said: "Je suis d'accord". ... more

Karzai begins second term with pledge on corruption

19.11.09
Video: Hamid Karzai was inaugurated as Afghan president for a second term as America and Britain gambled on him tackling government corruption to defeat the Taliban insurgency... more

Brown gives up on Blair and seeks EU consolation prize

19.11.09
Video: Gordon Brown all but gives up on Tony Blair’s hopes of becoming EU President and embarks on 'Plan B' to clinch top economic post for Britain... more

Oh, the glamour and gaiety of diplomatic life

18.11.09
For some reason, diplomats get agitated when you suggest to them that there may be something about their status and way of life that makes them prone to adultery... more

China’s growing economic might is good for UK

17.11.09
Analysis: As Barack Obama visits Beijing, Goldman Sachs' expert on emerging markets argues London - rather than New York - is uniquely poised to benefit from China's boom... more

MI6 chiefs to give evidence at Iraq enquiry

16.11.09
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I'm A Celebrity stars set up camp in the jungle

16.11.09
I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! may be the call from the Australian rainforest after the latest bunch of famous names set up camp.... more

9/11 mastermind to go on trial in New York

13.11.09
Self-proclaimed ringleader of the 9/11 terror attacks is to face public trial in New York, President has announces... more

Commanders of Taliban ‘will be given role in Afghan government’

13.11.09
Latest: British strategy to divide the Taliban by giving moderate commanders new roles in the Afghan government has been revealed in a leaked memo... more

London film-maker arrested for carrying bomb props

12.11.09
First-time London film-maker was arrested by Italian police who mistook mocked-up prop documents on bomb-making for the real thing... more

Thompson's £600 night in Ocean's Eleven hotel

12.11.09
BBC director-general Mark Thompson claims £647.50 of public money on one night's stay at a five-star Las Vegas hotel featured in the George Clooney film Ocean's Eleven... more

Victims' families see Beltway Sniper die by lethal injection

11.11.09
The Washington sniper was executed as relatives of his victims watched the man who brought terror to the city in a three-week shooting campaign take his final breath... more

Obama wants Nato to send troops for 'surge'

11.11.09
Barack Obama is on a collision course with many of the Nato allies over their refusal so far to deploy more troops to Afghanistan... more

Beltway Sniper to be executed

10.11.09
The sniper who terrorised Washington for three weeks in 2002 will be executed... more

Europe needs Blair’s style of leadership says Mandelson

06.11.09
Lord Mandelson launches last-ditch push for Tony Blair to become EU President as he warns that Brussels needs strong 'leadership' to compete on the global stage... 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

America offers Burma a deal on sanctions

05.11.09
A senior US diplomat said today Washington will not lift its sanctions on Burma unless its ruling generals make concrete progress toward democratic reform... more

Lovells ready to merge with top US law firm

29.10.09
City law firm Lovells is reportedly on the verge of merging with top US law firm Hogan & Hartson ... more

Tribuna is grand as the grand tour

29.10.09
Buckingham Palace visitors won't be able to tear themselves away from Johan Zoffany’s Tribuna of the Uffizi.... more

The Blairites are back - and they want to run Europe

28.10.09
Will he, won't he? Rarely has there been such a fuss over a job without the main candidate having even said he wants it... more

The scariest thing about Halloween

27.10.09
If there's one thing more baffling than seeing the customs of your youth dying before your eyes, it's seeing them resurrected, Night of the Living Dead style, in an unrecognisable form... more

Foreign recovery could be a tonic for UK’s sick economy

27.10.09
Economics analysis: The Government has long boasted that Britain is better placed to deal with the global recession than other major nations... more

UK 'must help forge strong European foreign policy'

26.10.09
Britain must take a lead in developing a strong European foreign policy if it is to retain its influence around the world, Foreign Secretary David Miliband warned... more

Merrill still tells its bosses to use private jets

21.10.09
Bailed out companies and banks in the US are adopting very different rules on how they should behave having taken taxpayers’ money, Neil Barofsky, the overseer of recipients of $700 billion (£426.1 billion) of government money reported ... more

Mayor’s vision for building has its emphasis on quality

16.10.09
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All the fun without the fair

15.10.09
If being crushed inside the Frieze tent makes you hyperventilate, don't despair - some of the best one-off shows are in other parts of town... more

Larry Coryell's dream team plays brilliantly

10.06.08
A journalism graduate, Larry Coryell is one of the few jazz stars who could write his own reviews and possibly sell them.... more

CDs of the week

30.05.08
Paul Weller has started taking chances again, The Zutons are in it for the long haul and Buika makes an impression.... more

Raucous night of hobo blues

25.01.08
Heavily bearded and with a tractor driver's cap, Seasick Steve looks like no other star around, yet a star is exactly what he is.... more

Off the record

25.01.08
David Smyth discusses Juno, the Oscar-nominated comedy that has a soundtrack that deserves an award itself.... more

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