Fortress Britain: Brown unveils tough new laws
COMMUTERS in Britain face routine airline-style bag checks and
bodysearches at railway stations as part of a counter-terrorism
crackdown announced by the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.
Doctor tells court of final moments of Diana's life
LONDON: A doctor described the moment medical staff realised they had lost the battle to save Diana, Princess of Wales, at the inquest into her death.
Video shows Taser victim's death
VANCOUVER: The dramatic final moments of a Polish immigrant who died after police shocked him with a Taser stun-gun and restrained him at Vancouver Airport were shown in a video released yesterday.
Always more to Khan than playboy image revealed
An inspired cricketer became an inspirational politician, writes
Simon Briggs in London.
O.J. Simpson to face trial on robbery, kidnap charges
LAS VEGAS: O.J. Simpson will be tried in connection with the alleged robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers in a case that could send the former American football star to prison for life if convicted of multiple charges.
Knives out for Musharraf as US loosens ties
THE White House is trying to distance itself from President Pervez Musharraf and build connections to other Pakistanis, fearing he could soon fall from power.
Palestinians baulk at new Israeli demand
STILL without a date, an agenda or a guest list, the planned Middle
East summit at Annapolis has run into yet another snag, with new
Israeli demands that the Palestinians recognise Israel as a Jewish
state as a precondition for peace talks.
Banana producer faces $8b lawsuit over terrorism
VICTIMS of Colombia's bloody civil conflict have filed the largest US lawsuit to date against a top banana producer, Chiquita Brands International, saying the company funded and armed a paramilitary organisation accused of killing banana growers.
Transport chaos as French railway workers take to streets
FRANCE was hit by transport misery as thousands of striking railway
workers took to the streets to oppose the pension reforms of the
President, Nicolas Sarkozy - seen as a crucial test of his ability
to overhaul the economy.
PA charged over punk-rock pioneer's murder
WILD scenes erupted in court after a grand jury indicted the personal assistant of a punk-rock pioneer Linda Stein, 62, with Stein's murder.
The label slapped on top women
Stereotypes play an essential and often hidden role in our
perceptions of female leaders, writes Shankar Vedantam.
