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Brown's adviser has swine flu symptoms

13.07.09
Swine flu has reached Downing Street after it emerged that Gordon Brown's adviser on climate change has been infected... more

GPs call for calm as thousands seek swine flu advice

13.07.09
GP surgeries were today told to prepare for a "swine flu panic" as thousands seek advice after the death of the first otherwise healthy patient... more

G8’s £12bn in food aid for the poor is ‘scraps at table’

10.07.09
Gordon Brown hails a £12 billion aid deal agreed at the G8 to boost food security in poor nations... more

More troops die in Afghanistan in blackest week yet

10.07.09
Criticism of the war in Afghanistan increased as it was announced that two more British soldiers have been killed, meaning nine serviceman have died in the last nine days... more

Shame on the no-shows for Silvio Berlusconi's big day

09.07.09
In real life, when someone’s having a bad year, families tend to rally round. But the top table of world leaders isn’t like that, it seems ... more

G8 and climate change: targets are not enough

09.07.09
The world leaders gathered at the G8 summit in L'Aquila cannot, at least, be faulted for a want of optimism... more

Britain wins backing from G8 over detained embassy employee

09.07.09
Britain has won strong support from G8 nations in its row with Iran over a detained embassy employee... more

Ed Miliband urges 'more ambition' in climate change battle

09.07.09
Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband calls for for "more ambition" in the fight against global warming... more

Chaotic start to Berlusconi's G8 summit

08.07.09
G8 summit got off to a chaotic start with its host Silvio Berlusconi being accused of failing to fulfil his pledges on overseas aid... more

As ex-topless model meets G8 wives, France’s first lady stays away

08.07.09
A former topless model was today joining Sarah Brown for tea with the Pope as the G8 summit of the world’s leading nations began... more

Tougher regulation is all to the good

08.07.09
The Chancellor, Alistair Darling, sets out the Government's proposals for reforming the banking system in a White Paper today... more

Zilli creates ‘pay what you like’ menu for quake aid

21.05.09
Chef Aldo Zilli is allowing diners in his Soho restaurant to pay as much as they want for their food to raise money for victims of last month’s Italian earthquake... more

Pope visits scene of devastating quake

28.04.09
The Pope was visiting the central Italian area devastated by the earthquake which killed 297... more

Shocks hinder rescue work in quake zone

09.04.09
Aftershocks hampered rescuers in central Italy as they picked through rubble for a third night in their search for survivors of the earthquake that killed 272 people... more

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