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Sainsbury’s tops Footsie leaders on deal rumours as Barclays is dumped

20.10.09
Another burst of speculative buying carried J Sainsbury 18p higher to 348p, making it the best performer among the top 100 companies ... more

Labour let 40,000 migrants stay ‘to clear backlog target’

09.10.09
Home Office accused of 'bending the rules' on asylum so it can meet a promise to clear a backlog of 450,000 cases by 2011... more

Hopes rising for property sector as Land Securities pays off debts early

22.09.09
There were hopes the long-suffering property sector could be on the path to recovery when Land Securities paid back its debts ahead of plan... more

Harry Redknapp eyes Portsmouth pair

01.09.09
Tottenham's interest in Portsmouth pair Niko Kranjcar and David James was at the centre of a hectic day of negotiations ahead of the transfer window closing... more

Hijackers made threat to blow up Russian ship

20.08.09
Hijackers who seized the Arctic Sea cargo ship threatened to blow it up if their ransom demand was not met, Russian defence officials said... more

Missing ship 'was hijacked for secret cargo'

13.08.09
Ship reported to have been hijacked in the Baltic Sea may have been targeted for its secret cargo, it was claimed... more

Hull looking to add to double signing

13.08.09
Hull manager Phil Brown today unveiled new signings Stephen Hunt and Kamel Ghilas and revealed he was still hopeful of adding Real Madrid's Alvaro Negredo to his squad... more

Pirate fears after ship goes missing in the English Channel

12.08.09
Whereabouts of cargo ship is unknown amid fears that it travelled through the English Channel under the control of pirates... more

Tackling the scourge of London’s gangs

10.08.09
Gang warfare in London has taken an even uglier turn: our report shows that increasing numbers of children are being caught up in turf wars... more

Brokers’ bad connection to Vodafone

14.07.09
Mobile phones giant Vodafone appears to be ringing all the wrong numbers as far as City analysts are concerned these days ... more

Killing ordered by leader who admires eighth century warlord

03.06.09
The killing of a British hostage in North Africa dramatically underlines the continuing threat of al Qaeda to Britons around the world... more

Design hotels around the world

29.05.09
You might not want designer black board walls, doily staircases and gigantic fish tanks at home, but they're fun for a night... more

Al Qaeda: Free Qatada or we will kill Briton

27.04.09
Al Qaeda terrorists in North Africa threatened to kill a British hostage unless the UK authorities release radical cleric Abu Qatada... more

Serial bag thief is hunted again after being deported twice

06.04.09
A prolific bag thief who has been deported twice is being hunted by police in London after slipping bak into the country... more

Innocent teenager set for law degree is shot dead ‘by mistake’

16.03.09
An innocent teenager who was planning to be a lawyer was shot dead outside a crowded pub at the weekend... more

Where the export crisis has hit hardest

06.01.09
A look at how Europe has been affected by the energy crisis... more

Cartel move sparks fears of a surge in natural gas prices

24.12.08
Energy: Fears were growing that the price of natural gas could rise sharply after the world's biggest suppliers agreed a charter which could see them form a cartel as powerful as the oil exporters' Opec... more

Oil slides after Opec fails to agree cuts

01.12.08
Energy: Oil prices fell by more than a dollar today after exporter countries within Opec failed to agree on production cuts at their weekend meeting in Cairo... more

Italy’s Eni wins First Calgary with bid of £490million

08.09.08
The fall of major London-listed independent explorers continued after First Calgary Petroleums agreed to a £490million takeover... more

Blair's reforms of 2005 to protect UK are yet to take effect

07.07.08
A raft of legal and practical reforms were promised or called for in the wake of the 7/7 attacks - but their implementation has been mixed... more

Qatada's legal aid to fight for picture ban

19.06.08
The man known as Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe has instructed lawyers to seek a court order keeping new pictures of him secret... more

Lost in the East at Tate Britain

30.05.08
What a pity the British Orientalists — on show at Tate Britain from next week — shied away from the sex and sadism that other European painters revelled in.... 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

BP, Shell, RWE in Egypt tie-up

20.03.08
BP, Shell and RWE agree to spend £475m on oil and gas exploration off the coast of Egypt... more

Covert war

25.01.08
Intimate Enemies is yet another war movie that glamorises the very carnage it sets out to condemn.... more

Algeria's shy superstar blossoms

04.12.07
Playing an intimate and pared down acoustic set, Souad Massi is world music's most fragrant performer and has come into her own.... more

Arab and Jew united by Algerian orchestra

11.10.07
It's not often you get a rabbi and an imam trading verses but Algeria's El Gusto ensemble is no ordinary orchestra.... more

North Africa in the Square Mile

19.09.07
A patch of Africa in central London, Kenza comes up with some top notch dishes, but unfortunately, the prices border on the absurd.... more

World culture celebrated at London festival

11.05.07
The ninth Mosaiques festival of world culture offers a vibrant selection of films, talks and music from around the globe.... more
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