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

2009-10-13T11:18:44Z

Rush into democracy and you rue the results

2009-09-01T07:18:38Z

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

Miniature masterpieces hit the Fringe

2009-08-19T23:00:00Z

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

Oil leaps by $1 a barrel

2009-08-13T12:32:25Z

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

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

2009-06-17T08:28:31Z

UK forces leave Basra in control of Americans

2009-03-31T08:20:13Z

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

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

2009-03-19T14:30:35Z

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

Memo that told Blair aides Saddam Hussein posed no imminent threat

2009-03-12T14:56:22Z

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

Chemical Ali and Saddam deputy jailed for 42 deaths

2009-03-11T15:01:30Z

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

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

2009-01-21T08:57:43Z

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"

Saddam's top men face new Iraqi charges

2008-12-29T09:16:35Z

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

Brown set to delay decision over inquiry into Iraq war

2008-12-18T09:33:01Z

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

Six-year war that has cost 178 british lives

2008-12-17T14:37:28Z

Tragedy of King George in W.

2008-11-06T00:00:00Z

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

Blair: 'I was shocked by Iraq chaos'

2008-09-19T07:50:01Z

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

Headbangers of Iraq in Heavy Metal

2008-09-10T23:00:00Z

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

TV boss had 'managerial skills of Saddam'

2008-09-10T14:56:46Z

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

No. 10 plea to keep Iraq dossier secret is overruled

2008-09-04T08:52:04Z

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

Lawyer to figures of hate

2008-08-22T08:24:17Z

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

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

2008-07-09T08:14:12Z

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."

Defending the indefensible

2008-05-14T23:00:00Z

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

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

2008-04-04T07:43:48Z

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

Magical alternative to panto

2008-01-07T00:00:00Z

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.

Notes on Kurdistan

2008-01-03T00:00:00Z

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

Coming of age in Iran

2007-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

The man bringing Baghdad to Soho

2007-07-10T09:20:01Z

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.

Dressed to thrill

2007-03-27T23:00:00Z

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.

Inside a broken nation

2007-01-18T00:00:00Z

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?

Truly, madly, brutally

2007-01-11T00:00:00Z

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

Protest that states the obvious

2006-12-21T00:00:00Z

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.