US considers resuming food aid to the country it regards as a rogue state amid fear that many North Koreans face starvation after a harsh winter
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Libya was given advice by a British Government minister on how to secure convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi's release, it was reported... more
US Senate committee is ready to send members to the UK to question British witnesses on the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi on compassionate grounds... more
Jack Straw, Kenny MacAskill and BP chief executive Tony Hayward have been invited to appear before a US hearing on the Lockerbie bomber's release from prison... more
Hamid Karzai's chief political rival today agreed to stand in Afghanistan's November run-off, removing one crucial obstacle in the race to get the election in place... more
Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, who has terminal cancer, boards a private jet to fly to Libya after being released on compassionate grounds... more
Barack Obama was praised for opening a “new page” in relations with the Middle East in a “remarkable” keynote speech to the Muslim world in Cairo... more
Not since Monica Lewinsky has America witnessed a political sex scandal as Gothic as that of John Edwards, a raunchy videographer, and his wife Elizabeth who is terminally ill with cancer... more
Police set up road blocks as vast crowds headed for Chicago's Grant Park in the hope of celebrating the election of the first black President of the United States... more
The Standard reveals the extraordinary story of secrets and lies behind the abduction of the daughter of McKinsey high-flyer Sandra Boss by her ex-husband
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Barack Obama arrives in London this weekend, his fight to become President still on. But his moral seriousness puts him in a class apart from our own politicians... more
A provocative new film by Robert de Niro enters the murky world of espionage. He tells how he met the Taliban - and confronted the ethical dilemma of spying.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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