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Five great hoaxes in history

16.10.09
Following the supposed hoax that a boy was carried away by a weather balloon, we take a look at five other hoaxes that have fooled people everywhere... more

Real drama or hoax? Balloon goes up on boy in the attic who sparked alert

16.10.09
Dramatic story of the six-year-old American boy who was feared trapped in a runaway homemade helium balloon may all have been a hoax... more

Fox News is wing of Republican party, says White House

13.10.09
Th White House is in a war of words with Rupert Murdoch's Fox News channel over "biased" coverage of the Obama administration... more

'I have lived in fear since he was released'

01.09.09
A woman who was kidnapped and brutally raped by Garrido 33 years ago has spoken of her ordeal... more

Britain facing backlash over Lockerbie release

24.08.09
Scottish Justice Secretary faces fierce criticism over decision to free the Lockerbie bomber amid deepening international backlash and potential boycott over the move... more

Barack Obama condemns Lockerbie Bomber's release

21.08.09
President Barack Obama led the US in voicing condemnation over the release of Lockerbie bomber, calling the decision to free al-Megrahi a 'mistake'... more

Britain's Got Talent Shaheen is hailed by the king of Motown

08.07.09
Britain's Got Talent star Shaheen Jarfargholi is set to become a megastar.... more

Lots of queens - but where's the real history?

02.07.09
The National Portrait Gallery has decided to go gay with an exhibition dedicated to the evolution of gay icons which should be fascinating, but isn't... more

WORLD: Barack Obama warns forces of terror will test US in Iraq

01.07.09
President Obama gives an ominous warning of bloodshed and violence in Iraq as troops begin withdrawal... more

Sporting Miscellanies

29.06.09
President Obama is now lumbered with responsibility for ending Arsenal's long wait for a trophy... more

Myleene Klass is going back in the jungle

20.05.09
Myleene Klass has been revealed as the new host of the US version of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!. ... more

Heavy mob are jostling for position

24.04.09
While the Valley is home to some of the nimblest new businesses on the planet, it has its fair share of lumbering heavyweights. And in the past few weeks, some of the heaviest have been forced into strategic moves that will be reverberating around here for a while... more

The city beats twee shires hands down

20.04.09
I once went to the Cotswolds on holiday. If you're well off, you buy a cottage there. If you're skint, you buy a weekend at the Lygon Arms... more

US sends warship to save captain

09.04.09
A US Navy warship arrived off the coast of Somalia as negotiations began to rescue the captain of an American cargo ship who was seized by Somali pirates... more

A home win for Slumdog spinners

24.02.09
First, India's finance minister told its parliament that the stock-market regulator had begun a formal inquiry into insider trading at Reliance Petroleum, a Mukesh company. ... more

Now City of London Corp gets political

09.02.09
So Labour is to put up candidates for the City of London Corporation elections. Labour says it wants to "highlight what is wrong with the established governance of the City of London, and how its largely unaccountable leaders have brought Britain to recession"... more

Larry King loses $1m in Madoff swindle

23.01.09
US talk show host Larry King has emerged as the latest victim of Bernie Madoff, the Wall Street financier alleged to have carried out a multi-billion-dollar fraud... more

Laura Bush: I was angry about criticism of George

14.01.09
George Bush's wife Laura has revealed for the first time how some of Barack Obama's criticism of her husband had hurt her... more

'The first bomb was like being punched by a ghost ...'

31.12.08
Sami Abdel-Shafi gives an eyewitness report on the fighting in Gaza City... more

Pakistan's president refuses to hand over Mumbai suspects

03.12.08
Pakistan's president refused to hand over suspected terrorists to India despite an official extradition request... more

How Obama’s triumph will inspire us black Britons

06.11.08
A leading London playwright joins the Barack Obama election party in Times Square and amid the hugs and kisses says a black Prime Minister here is now possible... more

Palin: I don't know what will happen to me in 2012

06.11.08
Sarah Palin has refused to dampen speculation that she will run for president in 2012... more

A mad, happy November night in Grant Park

05.11.08
Chicago became the biggest open-air party in the world as people flooded the streets to celebrate... more

$150,000 wardrobe wasn't my doing, protests Palin

27.10.08
Sarah Palin has blamed party grandees for a row over her $150,000 clothes bill... more

Gates shrugs off recession worry

06.10.08
Technology: Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has played down recession fears, saying investment in new technologies will help drive the global economy ahead... more

FBI probe into US mortgage dealers

24.09.08
The FBI is investigating four of the companies at the centre of the US financial meltdown for possible mortgage fraud... more

We invaded Georgia to save lives says Medvedev

27.08.08
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev embarked on a major media offensive as he declared that Russia had only invaded Georgia "to save lives"... more

It's official: guys can wear shorts to work

04.08.08
For women, dressing for summer here is a whole lot easier (and cheaper) than in London. You know that stepping outside will feel like walking into a blast furnace, so you choose pretty light sundresses and then you buy a cardigan to battle the freezing air-conditioning inside... more

Peer's grandson among the new Greens

27.02.08
They are the new pin-ups of the green movement - the young campaigners who today clambered atop the Palace of Westminster to protest at plans to expand Heathrow... more

Full guide to the Diana service

30.08.07
Take a look at our full guide to the memorial service for Diana being held on Friday 31 August.... more

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