On-pitch football protests: a brief history – in pictures
Following the post-handcuffing at Goodison Park, here are some other protests which encroached on to the field of play
View ArticleFrench business daily gives up on print
La Tribune, the troubled French financial newspaper founded in 1985, has ceased daily newsprint publication.Its new owners, France Economie Régions and Hi-Média, say it will print a weekly issue from 6...
View ArticleHey, I said it first - the Press Complaints Commission is NOT a regulator
I don't wish to be unduly critical of those responsible for running the Press Complaints Commission, especially in its dying throes, but I'm exercised by the repetition of one particularly irritating...
View ArticleSierra Leone launches online mining database to increase transparency
By collecting, recording and publishing data on the country's extractive industry, the government hopes to combat corruption and malpracticeThe launch of Sierra Leone's first online mining database in...
View ArticlePlan for two-yearly MOTs scrapped
Minister pledges to do more to ensure annual tests are carried out properly after research shows many defects are missedThe government has dropped proposals to make vehicles pass MOT tests only every...
View ArticleNato prediction of Taliban victory in Afghanistan is immensely damaging |...
The Nato report on the Taliban and the timing of the leak have serious negative implications on a range of frontsThe leaked Nato report predicting eventual Taliban victory in Afghanistan is immensely...
View ArticleBNP links to US extremists revealed by Anonymous
'Hactivists' target websites of far-right American Third Position and publish emails praising BNP leader Nick GriffinHacked emails from a far-right group appear to reveal links with the BNP, after the...
View ArticleWashington's wishful thinking about Taliban talks | Michael Boyle
A negotiated peace in Afghanistan with the Taliban is becoming conventional wisdom in DC. But the plan is fraught with difficultyWhenever a policy position becomes conventional wisdom in Washington,...
View ArticleSyria resolution has no chance, says Russia
• Russia says resolution does not rule out military intervention• Clinton insists west does not want Libya-style assault• Syria continues to crush pockets of resistance• Read the latest summary1.47pm:...
View ArticleThe Business podcast: Fred Goodwin's knighthood shredded
The former chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland will now be known as plain old Fred Goodwin after being stripped of his knighthood by the Queen after advice from the forfeiture committee. Fred...
View ArticlePresidential primary votes 2012: download the data so far
Now Mitt Romney has won Florida, we have four primary results to play with. See the data for yourself for each state and county• Get the data• Live updated resultsFour elections down, over 40 to go in...
View ArticleThe French Socialists need to do more than win the election | Pierre Haski
Sarkozy's unpopularity is likely to land the left in power. Their struggle will be in formulating a credible alternative programmeIt's been 17 years since France last had a leftwing president, in...
View ArticleCameron looks to persuade India to rethink Eurofighter Typhoon deal
Prime minister will contact Delhi to understand the reasons behind favouring French Rafale fighters over British onesDowning Street is to try and persuade the Indian government to rethink its plans to...
View ArticleJulian Assange extradition appeal at supreme court - live blog
WikiLeaks founder enters final stage of battle to avoid extradition to Sweden to face sex crime allegations• Click here to watch the proceedings live• Click here for a summary of today's events so...
View ArticleSyria's President Bashar al-Assad visits wounded troops in hospital - video
Syrian state television footage of President Bashar al-Assad visiting soldiers in a military hospital in Damascus
View ArticleFirst land plants may have plunged the Earth into a series of ice ages
The spread of early terrestrial plants would have reduced atmospheric carbon and cooled the planet, say scientistsThe first plants to take root on dry land may have cooled the Earth enough to bring on...
View ArticleCampaign finance – disclosure day live
Details are revealed today of the FEC filings of presidential campaigns and super pacs – join us for live coverage plus the fallout from the Florida primary results9.30am: US politics may be corrupted...
View ArticleUS politics live: Nevada GOP caucus, unemployment surprise
Mitt Romney has a big lead ahead of the Nevada caucuses while sharp fall in joblessness is good news for Obama5pm: So as the Obama administration continues to harm the recovery (according to Mitt...
View Article'In Mexico, reporters are hunted like rabbits'
It's tied for first place with Pakistan as the world's deadliest country for journalistsAt the end of January I was at the Royal Courts of Justice to hear Jonathan Heawood, of English PEN, speak to the...
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