Colombian woman in secret service scandal meets US investigators
Dania Londono Suarez voluntarily spoke to US government investigators at the US embassy in MadridUS government investigators interviewed the Colombian woman at the centre of a secret service...
View ArticleO2 first-quarter profits fall by almost a third
Telefónica-owned mobile network's year-on-year operating profits fall to €334m as it struggles to retain iPhone customersThe mobile network O2 has suffered a dramatic 33% drop in profitability in its...
View ArticleAl-Qaida has presence in Syria, says Leon Panetta - video
US defence secretary Leon Panetta says intelligence indicates an al-Qaida presence in Syria
View ArticleAfrica Progress Panel calls on African governments to drive towards MDGs
African leaders urged to launch 'big push' as inequality, marginalisation and disenfranchisement threaten MDG progressAfrican governments and donor countries should launch a "big push" this year...
View ArticleGiorgio Armani unveils Italian Olympic kit - video
Fashion designer Giorgio Armani, 77, launches Italy's official Olympic kit on Thursday, vowing to bring 'Italian style' to London 2012
View Article'Marine snow' heralds breakthrough in race to save eels
Scientists create a mixture of detritus and waste matter suspended, which is hoped will reproduce larvae's natural dietMarine biologists are racing to solve a unique problem which is crucial to their...
View ArticleAs Obama joins a global trend towards gay marriage, the UK should too | Peter...
Barack Obama's move throws the spotlight back on David Cameron and recent wavering in the Tory ranks on this issuePresident Obama joins prime minister David Cameron and the new French president,...
View ArticleSyria, Egypt and Algeria - live updates
• Regime and rebels blame each other for Damascus bombs• Reaction to Egypt's first presidential TV debate• Results due in Algeria's parliamentary elections10.47am: Egypt: Despite spending 10 years as...
View ArticleEurozone crisis live: Spain to stay in recession until 2014, says EC
• Brussels slashes growth forecasts • Markets down on bank fears • Spanish cabinet meets to discuss banking reforms• Last chance talks in Greece• China slowdown adds to woes • Blogging now: Martin...
View ArticleEyewitness: Spaghetti Junction, Birmingham
Photographs from the Guardian Eyewitness series
View ArticleCar parks and playgrounds to help make Rotterdam 'climate proof'
The Dutch city is pioneering new ways of dealing with water as climate change brings with it heavier rains and rising tidesWindmills that feature in the landscapes painted by the Dutch old masters are...
View ArticlePrince Charles's weather forecast: did you cringe? | Poll
Prince Charles turned his hand to weather forecasting yesterday, while on a visit to BBC Scotland studios. You may think the future king pulled it off. But perhaps his performance had you hiding behind...
View ArticleEU leaders set for euro showdown
Angela Merkel and François Hollande to have first face-to-face talks in Berlin after eurozone finance ministers meet in BrusselsEurope is braced for a crucial 48 hours of high-stakes summitry likely to...
View ArticleKony commander captured in Uganda
Caesar Acellam is a known military strategist for Joseph Kony, whose forces are being increasingly degraded, say UgandansUgandan forces have captured a senior commander in Joseph Kony's Lord's...
View ArticleBreivik survivors give evidence at trial
Some of those who escaped gun massacre on island of Utøya, in which 69 died, were initially unaware they had been shotYoung people who survived Anders Behring Breivik's gun massacre on the island of...
View ArticleEffort to ban Tintin comic book fails in Belgium | Jogchum Vrielink
Offensive as Tintin au Congo may be, recourse to the law is misguided and counterproductiveTintin is experiencing new and exciting adventures these days. Not just in the cinema, but in Belgian courts...
View ArticleBritish soldiers murdered in Afghanistan named by MoD
Two servicemen shot by Afghan police in Helmand named as Corporal Brent John McCarthy and Lance Corporal Lee Thomas DaviesTwo British servicemen who were shot dead by members of the Afghan police force...
View ArticleDick Hatch obituary
When my friend Dick Hatch, eccentric BBC broadcaster, Anglican vicar, lover of John Smith's bitter, Wigan and the Muppet Show, went to meet his maker, his coffin was transported in the back of a VW...
View ArticleBan Ki-moon is Vogue's new cover star
The UN secretary general leads Italian Vogue's May issue dedicated to 'rebranding Africa'It's not often we build a web article and find the need to tag it with the keywords 'Ban Ki-moon' and 'fashion'....
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