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Force needed to hold summer�s gains

07.10.09

The question of whether to send an extra 2,000 British troops to Helmand has been a constant problem for Gordon Brown... more

Beware smart men and the pinkish dawn

01.09.09

Why was nothing was learned from the Enron morality tale?... more

Whitechapel Gallery is reinvented

03.04.09

What makes the new Whitechapel interesting is the art it is showing and the concept behind the gallery�s expansion.... more

Washington goes into lockdown for security nightmare

19.01.09

The biggest security operation in history is being mobilised for Barack Obama's inauguration tomorrow... more

Obama talked the talk: now he owns problem of two wars

06.11.08

Barack Obama's election has been greeted with an outpouring of relief outside America as well as within it... more

Why millions won't be voting for Barack today

04.11.08

The Democratic candidate may be on the doorstep of the White House but one Right-wing commentator says many still worry that they don�t know what Obama stands for... more

Republicans jump ship as McCain's hopes sink

30.10.08

John McCain suffered a further blow to his presidential hopes when another senior Republican defected to Barack Obama... more

I could live with defeat, says embattled McCain

20.10.08

John McCain has tried to shrug off the disappointment that his "friend" Colin Powell has backed his rival for the White House... more

The stats just do not lie . . . Spurs' plight is all down to you Mr Levy

20.10.08

Matthew Norman gives his views on Tottenham's terrible start to the season, Scolari's impact at Chelsea, and both Lewis Hamilton and Andy Murray's success... more

Move over Xtina, Colin is the daddy

15.10.08

Christina Aguilera was meant to be the star attraction of Africa Rising, but it was Colin Powell who stole the show. ... more

Colin Powell joins hip-hop band at Africa Rising

15.10.08

It started too early and finished too late, but Africa Rising was a four-hour spectacular worthy of any continent.... more

Well hello, Mr President: Pammy wears 'white trash' dress to White House dinner

28.04.08

Since 1914, the White House Correspondents' Dinner has been the highlight of political journalism's social calendar, an evening where the president of the day can poke fun at his public image. But it's a fair bet that no Commander in Chief has ever faced an audience quite like the one George W. Bush addressed last night - Pamela Anderson, Jenny McCarthy, Ashlee Simpson and Heidi and Lauren from reality TV show The Hills ... more

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