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Bin Laden taunts Obama for fighting two ‘hopeless wars’

14.09.09
A tape apparently made by Osama bin Laden said Barack Obama was “powerless” to stop the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan... more

WORLD: Obama poised to bring both sides in Middle East together

26.08.09
Barack Obama was said to be on the brink of sealing a deal between the Israelis and Palestinians that would allow the stalled Middle East peace talks to be revived... more

Iraqi desert reveals truth about missing US pilot

03.08.09
One of the greatest mysteries of the 1991 Gulf War has been solved. ... more

Barack Obama fails to stop 'torture' inquiry

13.07.09
America's most senior law official is considering an investigation into the use of interrogation techniques such as waterboarding... more

Obama U-turn to block Iraq abuse photos

14.05.09
Barack Obama has ordered the first U-turn of his administration as he seeks to prevent the release of photographs that show the abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan... more

Cheney’s girl: President sides with terrorists

13.05.09
Barack Obama was accused of “siding with terrorists” as he came under attack from former vice president Dick Cheney’s daughter... more

Obama leaves Bush aides open to torture charges

22.04.09
Barack Obama has refused to rule out prosecuting Bush administration officials who sanctioned the torture methods used in the interrogation of terror suspects... more

Dick Cheney 'cover-up' over Guantanamo innocents

20.03.09
A former White House official claims many prisoners at Guantanamo Bay are innocent... more

London lawyer fights extradition over £100m Nigeria bribes claim

06.03.09
A London lawyer is fighting extradition to the US after being arrested over claims he channelled £100 million in bribes to Nigerian officials... more

Miliband faces cover-up claims over torture case

05.02.09
Foreign secretary David Miliband faces claims of a cover-up over allegations that British security services colluded in the torture of a terror suspect... more

Generation O hails Obama the hero

21.01.09
More than a million people joined Barack Obama’s inauguration party in scenes that could have come straight out of Hollywood. But behind the razzmatazz America found a profound new hope... more

I'll close down Guantanamo in two years, says Obama

18.12.08
Barack Obama has said he plans to close the Guantanamo Bay detention centre and mark a "clear end" to torture in the US within two years of becoming president... more

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

Robocalls replay Clinton attack

03.11.08
He has the charisma, the momentum and - according to most of the polls - the votes to win too... more

Whitewashed look at the White House

24.10.08
Oliver Stone's George Bush biopic is sly, old-fashioned melodrama. It works as entertainment but as history, W deserves an F, says Charlotte O'Sullivan.... more

Must see movies at London Film Festival

10.10.08
The 52nd BFI London Film Festival opens next week and could turn out to be the best in years. Derek Malcolm makes picks his highlights. ... more

Fuld rejected Koreans’ offer to rescue Lehman

18.09.08
Finance: Staff anger over the failure of Lehman Brothers will be fuelled today by revelations that chief executive Dick Fuld rejected a $5.3 billion fund injection by a Korean bank... more

Russia defies US and keeps up the bombing

11.08.08
New military clashes broke out between Russia and Georgia as Vladimir Putin rejected calls for a ceasefire amid a deepening crisis... more

The war on torture

12.06.08
Alex Gibney's documentary, Taxi to the Darkside, asks the awkward question whether or not it is right to torture a known terrorist.... more

BAE set for rough time in the arms of Justice

20.05.08
You can't have fair trials only for people who are innocent, in the same way that you can't have free speech only for people you agree with... more

Well hello, Mr President: Pammy wears 'white trash' dress to White House dinner

28.04.08
Since 1914, the White House Correspondents' Dinner has been the highlight of political journalism's social calendar, an evening where the president of the day can poke fun at his public image. But it's a fair bet that no Commander in Chief has ever faced an audience quite like the one George W. Bush addressed last night - Pamela Anderson, Jenny McCarthy, Ashlee Simpson and Heidi and Lauren from reality TV show The Hills ... more

Rumble in the prehistoric jungle

13.03.08
A computer-generated trip back to the Stone Age makes for a suitably old-fashioned family adventure in 10,000 BC.... more

Razorlight's showman warms up for Reading

20.08.07
Razorlight frontman Johnny Borrell played a free solo gig in Camden, giving a low-key performance with little in the way of ego on display.... more

Dressed to thrill

28.03.07
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

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