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UK 'misled' on Iraq, dead soldier's father tells inquiry

13.10.09

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Rush into democracy and you rue the results

01.09.09

Once the election results in Afghanistan are finally in, Western governments need to draw up new and detailed initiatives on how to deal with failed states... more

Miniature masterpieces hit the Fringe

20.08.09

Edinburgh theatre: The Traverse hosts some big hits this Fringe but in Little Gem and Palace of the End, it has two understated but richly rewarding treasures... more

Oil leaps by $1 a barrel

13.08.09

Oil prices jumped by more than dollar a barrel as the International Energy Authority bumped up its forecast of worldwide demand ... more

Ed Balls rattles No.10 by backing ‘open’ inquiry into Iraq war

17.06.09

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UK forces leave Basra in control of Americans

31.03.09

British forces handed over control of Basra to an American general as they officially began their withdrawal from Iraq... more

Britons 'will never know full extent of Iraq war blunders'

19.03.09

The public have not been told a fraction of the blunders and misjudgments that led Britain to go to war with Iraq, senior former government experts said... more

Memo that told Blair aides Saddam Hussein posed no imminent threat

12.03.09

Intelligence experts explicitly warned Tony Blair's aides that Britain was not in "imminent danger of attack" from Saddam Hussein, a confidential memo reveals... more

Chemical Ali and Saddam deputy jailed for 42 deaths

11.03.09

Saddam Hussein's former henchmen have been jailed for 15 years for crimes against humanity... more

Come off it, Gordon, take over the big banks now

21.01.09

Vince Cable, the LibDems' Treasury spokesman, describes the latest raft of measures aimed at freeing up the supply of credit as being like "giving the kiss of life to a corpse" ... more

Saddam's top men face new Iraqi charges

29.12.08

Two members of Saddam Hussein's regime have gone on trial in Baghdad on charges of persecuting political opponents while in power... more

Brown set to delay decision over inquiry into Iraq war

18.12.08

Gordon Brown is expected to reject calls for an immediate independent inquiry into the Iraq war... more

Six-year war that has cost 178 british lives

17.12.08

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Tragedy of King George in W.

06.11.08

As Barack Obama sweeps into power, Oliver Stone portrays the outgoing US President in Shakespearean terms in W.... more

Blair: 'I was shocked by Iraq chaos'

19.09.08

Tony Blair admitted on American television being "shocked" at the scale of bloodshed and chaos that engulfed Iraq after he authorised military intervention... more

Headbangers of Iraq in Heavy Metal

11.09.08

Heavy Metal in Baghdad, a documentary, which follows the fortunes of a monumentally rubbish Iraqi band called Acrassicauda, is for real.... more

TV boss had 'managerial skills of Saddam'

10.09.08

An executive at the Al Jazeera TV channel had the management skills of Saddam Hussein, an employment tribunal heard... more

No. 10 plea to keep Iraq dossier secret is overruled

04.09.08

Ministers face having to release more details over the "sexed up" dossier which made the case for the invasion of Iraq... more

Lawyer to figures of hate

22.08.08

The lawyer representing Gary Glitter as he returns to Britain is a business crime expert who often represents controversial figures... more

Mosley's trial by tabloid is the price of free speech

09.07.08

When Saddam Hussein's Iraq invaded the Ayatollah Khomeini's Iran in 1980, Henry Kissinger looked at the two ghoulish combatants and said: "It's a pity they can't both lose."... more

Defending the indefensible

15.05.08

Terror's Advocate is an astonishing portrait of a man who somehow convinced himself that he forged a unique path in law and politics.... more

Torched... and you still can't see Saddam's wife

04.04.08

A sculpture named after Saddam Hussein's first wife and built of oil drums, cardboard boxes and sticky tape has been destroyed in a fire... more

Magical alternative to panto

07.01.08

If panto's not your thing, but you're looking for a post-Christmas show for the kids, Liz Hoggard recommends the hit musical Wicked.... more

Notes on Kurdistan

03.01.08

The third feature from Kurdish Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi, Half Moon, is set against the backdrop of the fall of Saddam Hussein.... more

Coming of age in Iran

01.11.07

Animated film Persepolis is a coming-of-age story about growing up before and after the Iranian Revolution.... more

The man bringing Baghdad to Soho

10.07.07

Every now and again a play comes out of nowhere and hijacks the public imagination. Nick Curtis talks to Hassan Abdulrazzak whose debut work Baghdad Wedding is such a play.... more

Listing ex-lovers, proposing Kylie For Pope and singing about Dick Cheney's wife locking eyes with Saddam, Taylor Mac has the gay, cross-dressing, ukelele-strumming satirist's market cornered.... more

Inside a broken nation

18.01.07

In its three strands, Iraq in Fragments shows a country in terminal decline, says Derek Malcolm. So how exactly will 20,000 extra US troops help?... more

Truly, madly, brutally

11.01.07

The Last King of Scotland, a riveting fiction about African dictator Idi Amin, boasts a terrifying performance from Forest Whitaker, says Derek Malcolm.... more

Protest that states the obvious

21.12.06

Tate Modern's modestly sized Media Burn brings together eight artists and works all of which use the manipulation of media images or conventions to make political points. ... more