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16.10.09
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Steve Bruce blind to Peter Crouch's powers

15.10.09
Crouch gives Capello a reminder of his talents but, bizarrely, it’s not enough to stop Becks winning man of the match... more

Loans to help poor become entrepreneurs

24.09.09
Loan system devised to aid some of the world’s poorest people in Bangladesh is helping hard-up Londoners cope with the recession... more

American freed after swimming to see Suu Kyi Burma

19.08.09
An American man imprisoned in Burma holds the hand of a nurse as he is wheeled through Bangkok airport on his way home to the US... more

Stephen Hawking receives US honour

13.08.09
Physicist Stephen Hawking was among a select band of extraordinary 'agents of change' who received America's highest civilian honour... more

Amnesty honours Burma's Suu Kyi as she faces prison

27.07.09
Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded Amnesty International's highest honour, the Ambassador of Conscience Award... more

Shunned by Obama but it’s probably for the best

17.07.09
It’s taken a while, but President Obama has his technology team in place. What’s most striking to us in California is how few of them have any association with the foremost regional generator of tech innovation (which would, ahem, be us) ... more

Gordon Brown makes appeal over Aung San Suu Kyi

19.06.09
Prime Minister threatens tougher sanctions against Burma as he makes impassioned appeal to ruling generals to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi ... more

Suu Kyi detention violates Burma's own law, says UN

24.03.09
The continued imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi violates Burma's own laws as well as those of the international community, the UN warned... more

Obama runs into storm of protest over closure of Guantanamo

23.01.09
President Barack Obama’s honeymoon is drawing to a close, less than 48 hours after he took office... more

Lies, damned lies and the PM’s statistics

14.11.08
Gordon Brown at his monthly press conference: “There can be no argument about where we’ve been over the last few years on debt. Debt was reduced from 44% of national income to 37% at the latest count. And that is a fact.” Not according to the Office for National Statistics... more

Jimmy Carter is Mr Nice Guy

14.08.08
Jimmy Carter is portrayed as a man it is impossible not to like, even if you think he was a weakish one-term commander-in-chief.... more

Glowing Amy Winehouse takes to the stage at Mandela's birthday concert in London

27.06.08
A glowing Amy Winehouse bounced back from her recent health problems tonight to sing at Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday concert in Hyde Park last night.... more

Leona Lewis to sing for Nelson Mandela at 90th birthday party in Hyde Park

06.05.08
Nelson Mandela is to make a rare public appearance in London next month when he attends a massive concert in Hyde Park to celebrate his 90th birthday. The former South African president, who turns 90 on July 18, will join a crowd of precisely 46,664 - his old prison number and now the name of his Aids charity - for the show next month ... more

Hyde Park birthday concert for Nelson Mandela

06.05.08
Nelson Mandela will hold his 90th birthday party at Hyde Park for 46,664 special guests; matching his prison number and the name of his Aids charity.... more

Mandela holds 90th birthday party for 46,664 special guests

06.05.08
Nelson Mandela will appear at a massive concert in Hyde Park to celebrate his 90th birthday. The former South African president will join a crowd of precisely 46,664 - his old prison number... more

Triumph for Suu Kyi

14.11.07
The Lady of Burma, a one-woman show about the world's only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner, makes its mark where many seemingly meatier works fail.... more

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