Politics
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Brown's year zero
The wait will soon be over for Gordon Brown. After dogged resistance, the Blairites have given up trying to stop the transition. And a parallel government is being established
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Patients should be treated and not turned into pre-criminals
Legislating is the easy option. The real scandal in mental health lies in the lack of psychiatrists and hospital beds
Get a life
Every year 100,000 Britons seek the services of a life coach. Do you need one, too? Viv Groskop doubts it
Africa's inferno
In the Darfur region of Sudan, civilians are raped and killed, not for land or goods, but because of who they are. The killing is an end in itself.
The death of a failed adventure
Saddam's execution provides an appropriate image for the war in Iraq
The most despicable character ever written
It seems that any group of activists can get their mates to email the BBC, and the corporation will oblige them with terrified self-censorship
Wanted: a year devoid of sensation
Brown and Cameron should try to make politics as dull as possible
Dubbya in denial
The hanging of Saddam failed to provide the lesson in justice longed for by George W Bush. But even as the US forces' death toll hits 3,000 and a hostile Congress convenes, the president holds out for "victory" in Iraq
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When good intentions turn to dust
Charles Clarke asks whether Gordon Brown has what it takes to pursue a progressive foreign policy
Saudi torture: a Whitehall cover-up
It is not just in arms deals that Britain twists the law to please the Saudis, says Geoffrey Bindman
In Life & Society
Britain's moving story
Names and genes suggest we are unadventurous, family ties are strong and women are exceptionally faithful
