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Q&A: Zimbabwe's disputed election

Allegra Stratton rounds up recent developments in the country's political crisis Link to this video What happened in the presidential run-off? Tsvangirai was Mugabe's main opponent but withdrew the Sunday before Zimbabwe went...

Expenses reform rebel minister made £200,000 from flat

The former Labour minister who led the rebellion against reforming MPs' expenses made a windfall of almost £200,000 last year from selling a flat which could have been funded by his taxpayer-funded expenses, the Telegraph can...

SNP to put up local council leader

The Scottish National Party has selected their longest serving Glasgow councillor, John Mason, to try to overturn Labour's 13,507 majority in the forthcoming byelection in the east of the city. Mason, 51, is an accountant who...

Bush to attend Olympic opening ceremony

China's Olympic organisers received a political filip today as George Bush accepted an invitation to attend the opening ceremony, despite boycott calls by human rights groups. The French head of state Nicolas Sarkozy - who had...

Alex Allan, Britain's leading spymaster, gravely ill in hospital

By Duncan Gardham, Security Correspondent Doctors are running a series of tests on Britain's top spymaster to try and identify the mystery illness which has put him in a coma. Alex Allan has been described as "very, very...

Cricket: England benefits from Zimbabwe's World Twenty20 withdrawal

'We have undoubtedly reached the right conclusion for world cricket' England has successfully asserted its right to block Zimbabwe's involvement in World Twenty20 next summer, thereby ensuring it will stage the tournament – but...

Detention plans repulsive - Geldof

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Friday, July 4, 2008 Bob Geldof has called the Government's plans for holding terror suspects for up to 42 days without charge as "constitutionally repulsive". The former Boomtown Rats singer hit out as he joined David Davis on...

What is the most serious threat facing Britain?

Russia is now the third most serious threat to Britain with only al-Qa’eda and Iran posing a bigger risk, according to security sources. How much of a threat does Russia pose to Britain? MI5 fears that Britain has been swamped...

Watchdog set to probe MP expenses

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Sir Christopher Kelly had questioned whether the new rules went far enough The committee on standards in public life is considering its own inquiry into MPs' expenses, the BBC understands. Sources have indicated that its...

Noel Gallagher blames Margaret Thatcher for knife crime

By Anita Singh, Showbiz Editor Oasis star Noel Gallagher has blamed former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for the epidemic of knife crime and warned: "the scumbags are taking over the streets." The singer said he worries for...

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