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IN A DUSTY VILLAGE NEAR KABUL, BRIAN READE MEETS THE HUMAN SIDE OF THE CONFLICT Life is tough here - it shows in people's faces. In the village of Danishmand, 10 miles outside Kabul, the Afghanis speak of their hopes. In this...
Gordon Brown rejected advice from Lord Mandelson to seek one of the big economic posts in the European Commission for Britain once it was clear that Tony Blair could not succeed in becoming Europe’s first president, The Times...
"Never write about any matter that you do not well understand" – advice to us journalists once given by one of the very greatest, William Cobbett. In my many years as a newspaper columnist I have tried (perhaps not always...
Dramatic images from the deluged towns of Cumbria make most front pages. The most widely used picture shows emergency crews carrying an elderly woman over a wall and into an inflatable dinghy. Alongside it, the Times has the...
Listening to Justin Webb stuttering himself into silence on Today yesterday morning was a reminder of how poorly trained London-based journalists are on how Europe works. Webb was a master of Capitol Hill in Washington and...
LONDON (Reuters) - The Afghan government would quickly be overthrown if NATO troops pulled out of the country now, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Friday. "If international forces leave, you can choose a time --...
NECN UN panel condemns Iran for post-election crackdown Reuters UNITED NATIONS, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The UN General Assembly's human rights committee condemned Iran on Friday for a violent crackdown on protesters after...
This week saw the start of a great political romance. It began when Hillary Clinton, 62, told Vogue magazine about a 'big crush' on David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary. 'He's vibrant, vital, attractive, smart,' she gushed. '...
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and his British counterpart David Miliband held a meeting with Afghani President Hamed Karzai at the Presidential castle in the Capital Kabul a day after Karzai was sworn in for a second...
Mario Borghezio, an Italian member of European Parliament, dropped a bomb shell at the EU this week. In the video below, during a session of the parliament in Brussels Borghezio questioned the nominations of Bilderberg and...
