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The truth of how we let Iraq and our troops down

2009-11-23T09:52:57Z

It is much to Sir John Chilcot's credit that the hearings of his Iraq inquiry will largely be held in public - starting tomorrow in Westminster

Mr and Mrs Nobody reflect the EU's new order

2009-11-20T10:07:41Z

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".

Karzai begins second term with pledge on corruption

2009-11-19T09:27:37Z

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

Brown gives up on Blair and seeks EU consolation prize

2009-11-19T06:45:29Z

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

Oh, the glamour and gaiety of diplomatic life

2009-11-18T08:32:19Z

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

China�s growing economic might is good for UK

2009-11-17T08:30:07Z

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

MI6 chiefs to give evidence at Iraq enquiry

2009-11-16T16:41:01Z

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

2009-11-16T09:37:24Z

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.

9/11 mastermind to go on trial in New York

2009-11-13T11:58:33Z

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

Commanders of Taliban �will be given role in Afghan government�

2009-11-13T07:22:12Z

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

London film-maker arrested for carrying bomb props

2009-11-12T10:50:46Z

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

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

2009-11-12T13:45:04Z

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

Victims' families see Beltway Sniper die by lethal injection

2009-11-11T10:37:35Z

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

Obama wants Nato to send troops for 'surge'

2009-11-11T11:55:18Z

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

Beltway Sniper to be executed

2009-11-10T11:24:32Z

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

Europe needs Blair�s style of leadership says Mandelson

2009-11-06T08:44:33Z

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

British military tells Obama not to dither as UN evacuates 600 workers

2009-11-05T06:48:47Z

Latest: British military chiefs urged President Obama not to dither over Afghanistan as the allied death toll continues to rise

America offers Burma a deal on sanctions

2009-11-05T13:20:23Z

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

Lovells ready to merge with top US law firm

2009-10-29T08:12:53Z

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

Tribuna is grand as the grand tour

2009-10-29T11:26:27Z

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

The Blairites are back - and they want to run Europe

2009-10-28T08:47:33Z

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

The scariest thing about Halloween

2009-10-27T08:34:53Z

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

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

2009-10-27T08:13:45Z

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

UK 'must help forge strong European foreign policy'

2009-10-26T12:05:29Z

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

Merrill still tells its bosses to use private jets

2009-10-21T07:40:23Z

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

Mayor�s vision for building has its emphasis on quality

2009-10-16T06:39:43Z

Larry Coryell's dream team plays brilliantly

2008-06-09T23:00:00Z

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

CDs of the week

2008-05-30T10:44:41Z

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

Raucous night of hobo blues

2008-01-25T00:00:00Z

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.

Off the record

2008-01-25T11:25:50Z

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