Greece crisis reaches boiling point as Athens asks if it can stay in the euro
• Finance minister says Greece must decide by Sunday• Street violence returns as ministers call bailout terms 'extortion'• Merkel warns of default's 'uncontrollable consequences'Greece is facing an...
View ArticleGreece and the euro: the crisis continues | Editorial
The cuts strategy is not working in Greece: not economically, not socially and certainly not politicallyWhat's Greek for constructive dismissal? Because that's an apt term to describe how Greece is...
View ArticleGreece on shaky ground as coalition party rejects troika loan deal
Populist Laos party warns $130bn deal would 'cause more poverty' and attacks Germany's influence over EuropeThe Greek government appeared increasingly shaky on Friday night as its junior partner, the...
View ArticleThis Falklands sortie is just petty British William-waving | Marina Hyde
Britain's military is depleted by cuts – so childish insults and occasional royal dispatches will have to suffice as foreign policyThe technical military term for the decision to deploy the second in...
View ArticleVernalis shares rise 28% after US cold medicine deal
UK biotech firm's licensing deal on slow-release drugs with Tris Pharma sees £69m pledged in oversubscribed fundraisinguShares in Vernalis have surged after the biotechnology firm sealed a key deal...
View ArticleChurch and state: the waning power of prayer | Editorial
High court ruling has set in motion a process which could increase the pressure for disestablishment of Church of EnglandDavid Hockney may disagree, given the place's importance as a pioneering New...
View ArticleSyria: bombs hit Aleppo as tanks pound Homs - live updates
• State media reports many casualties in Aleppo bomb attacks• Confusion over Free Syrian Army claim of responsibility• Residents trapped in Homs as the week-long siege goes on• Obama condemns...
View ArticleLetters: English hope over foreign experience
The inflated piety which has lost England's second-class team a first-class manager (Redknapp next? Capello quits England, 9 February) exemplifies preoccupation with purity in word and deed about race....
View ArticleCountry diary: Sandy, Bedfordshire: Horsing around in the morning
Sandy, Bedfordshire: The stallion was free, roguishly handsome and stopped close enough for me to sniff sweet eau de cheval and look into black eyes in a jet black headAt foggy first light, a fresh...
View ArticleLetters: Commonwealth must act on Maldives
Following the violent coup d'etat in the Maldives and the arrest of former President Mohamed Nasheed (Report, 9 February), the Commonwealth must threaten to expel the Maldives unless full democracy is...
View ArticleLetters: Protest over EU-India free trade deal
As David Cameron calls for a speedy resolution to the EU-India free trade negotiations, small traders and farmers – alongside people living with HIV – marched on the EU-India summit as it kicked off in...
View ArticleCapello quizzed on a platform over leaving England - video
The former England football manager Fabio Capello was chased down a train platform by a presenter from the Italian TV show Striscia la Notizia, who gave him a statue of a golden tapir in honour of his...
View ArticleThe conversation: Does Big Fat Gypsy Weddings tell the truth about Travellers?
As this TV hit returns to our screens, Gypsy-born journalist Roxy Freeman claims it harms the communities it portrays, while producer Jes Wilkins insists it helps themBig Fat Gypsy Weddings is back on...
View ArticleMadonna: MIA's Super Bowl gesture was 'teenage' and 'negative'
The pop superstar slams MIA's middle finger stunt, saying she didn't know about it and was 'not happy' when she found outMadonna has slammed British rapper MIA's offensive middle finger gesture during...
View ArticleMartin Rowson on Greece and Eurozone crisis – cartoon
Eurozone members defer bailout asking Greek ministers to commit to even deeper cuts to public spendingMartin Rowson
View ArticleWe are living in a digital goldfish bowl and I can't quite bury my qualms |...
I'd like to see a national, collective endeavour to protect individual privacy, because privacy confers a kind of freedomImagine that you were required, every day, to keep an old-fashioned diary...
View ArticleJulius Malema: the man who scarred South Africa
Julius Malema has just been booted out of the ANC, but his incendiary politics has permanently changed the face of the country – and not for the betterFor as long as anyone can remember, white South...
View ArticleRepublican presidential candidates at CPAC - as it happened
Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich all appeared at CPAC in Washington to make their case to conservatives4.50pm: "We need to teach the Republican establishment a lesson," says Newt Gingrich,...
View ArticleWashington braced for windfall after passing gay marriage bill
Economy could see $57m in first year alone from wedding arrangements made by gay couples already living in the stateWashington state could be in line for a windfall of up to $88m as a direct result of...
View ArticleCairo: My City, Our Revolution by Ahdaf Soueif – review
Soueif celebrates Egypt's capital cityIt was on the 15th day of the Egyptian revolution that I first encountered Ahdaf Soueif in Tahrir Square. She wore big round sunglasses that swallowed her face,...
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