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Asif Ali Zardari’s $60 million returned as court case is closed$
A money-laundering case against Asif Ali Zardari, the man poised to take over
as Pakistan’s next president, has been dropped by a Swiss court, leading to
the release of millions of pounds — and renewed questions about where Mr
Zardari acquired such wealth.
Comment: choosing Sarah Palin is bold, energising....and risky
Throughout their long primary campaign this year Democrats made much of the
fact that their progressive party was presenting a historic choice to the
nation; the first black man or woman in the Oval Office.
British hacker Gary McKinnon in final appeal to Home Secretary over extradition
A UFO enthusiast who hacked into top-secret US military computers appealed to
the Home Secretary yesterday to stop his extradition after losing a legal
appeal.
Twelve headless corpses found as Mexican drug war spreads to tourist area
Twelve decapitated bodies bearing signs of torture have been discovered in
eastern Mexico in an apparent gangland execution that has shocked the
Yucatan Peninsula, a popular tourist destination.
Gaddafi son says Lockerbie families were 'greedy'
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's son has accused relatives of the Lockerbie bombing
victims of "trading with the blood of their sons and daughters” in
their demands for compensation.
Quotes of the Democratic convention
Barack
Obama
Barack Obama: 'the change we need is coming'
Gerard
Baker: comment | Across
the Pond: blog | Democrat
Convention: pictures | Convention
in quotes | Excerpts
from Obama's speech
So, is Jeff Koons grand enough for the hallowed halls of Versailles?
The heritage and identity of the French nation will be sullied if the American
pop artist Jeff Koons is allowed to go ahead with an exhibition in the
hallowed halls of Versailles, according to traditionalists.
The divided and broken city of Kirkuk faces up to the curse of oil
It should be Iraq's biggest success story. Beneath the soil of Kirkuk lies oil
worth billions of dollars - the world's sixth-biggest reserve.
The divided and broken city of Kirkuk faces up to the curse of oil
It should be Iraq's biggest success story. Beneath the soil of Kirkuk lies oil
worth billions of dollars - the world's sixth-biggest reserve.
Fear keeps the Georgian port of Poti in Russian hands
Blink and you could miss the Russian occupation of Poti, a Georgian port on
the Black Sea.
Vitali Kaloyev, the revenge killer hailed as a hero, joins Ossetian war
If Vitali Kaloyev killed anyone in Georgia he is not telling. One thing is for
sure, though — the “Ossetian of the Year 2007” can wield a knife to deadly
effect. The 52-year-old engineer, who is Deputy Building Minister of North
Ossetia, has a bloody track record.
Analysis: Kremlin sees a threat, Nato an exercise
A provocative build-up of Nato warships in the Black Sea or a routine naval
presence engaged in nothing out of the ordinary?
Chilly weather can stop the deadly cane toad cold
Australia’s most notorious and resilient pest, the cane toad, has been known
to poison snakes, birds and even kangaroos — but a chilly day will stop it
in its tracks, a new study by the University of Melbourne suggests.
Chilly weather can stop the deadly cane toad cold
Australia’s most notorious and resilient pest, the cane toad, has been known
to poison snakes, birds and even kangaroos — but a chilly day will stop it
in its tracks, a new study by the University of Melbourne suggests.
World in brief
Taleban lose 100 fighters, says US
Obama prepares for the speech of his life after show of unity at convention
Gerard
Baker: comment | Across
the Pond: blog | Democrat
Convention: pictures | Andrew
Sullivan: analysis
Russian-backed paramilitaries 'ethnically cleansing villages'
Russian-backed paramilitaries are “ethnically cleansing” villages on Georgian
soil, refugees and officials told The Times yesterday.
Vladimir Putin accuses Bush of provoking Georgia conflict to help John McCain
Vladimir Putin accused President Bush tonight of orchestrating the war in
Georgia in a plot to get John McCain elected to the White House.
Rumours of Steve Jobs' demise greatly exaggerated by Bloomberg obituary
When Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, said three years ago "remembering
that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered",
he may not have realised that he was set to receive a very big reminder of
his mortality, courtesy of the Bloomberg news service.
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