Dow Jones breaks through 13,000 for first time since banking crisis
Wall Street driven by more upbeat economic news in the US – despite uncertainty surrounding Greece and a long-term solution to the eurozone crisis The Dow Jones industrial average – an important...
View ArticleTheresa May plays a familiar part in the farce of border control | Simon Jenkins
Whitehall reorganisation is ministers' favourite blood sport. But frontline staff must be allowed to make their own decisionsHalf a million foreigners have apparently entered the UK since 2007 without...
View ArticleFear of Wales height persuades England to bring in Geoff Parling
• Second-rower set for first start after Tom Palmer dropped • Ben Youngs and Phil Dowson likely to start on benchEngland have sprung a surprise by omitting the experienced Tom Palmer from their...
View ArticleCountry diary: Wenlock Edge: In the darkness of the woods
Wenlock Edge: Shaken by the suddenness of snow, small birds cluster in the lattice of hedge trees like dark fruit, staring across fields of crackling whiteInside looking out: small birds cluster in the...
View ArticleLetters: The UKBA and child asylum seekers
The compensation payment to child asylum seekers who were unlawfully detained (Report, 18 February) is a symptom of a deeper problem affecting, at any one time, thousands of young asylum seekers...
View ArticleLetters: Crumbling credibility on the NHS
Jackie Ashley's grudging comments about Liberal Democrats' work on the health and social care bill overlook two significant points (Only fear of losing face keeps this mad NHS gamble going, 20...
View ArticleLetters: The search for the true meanings of love
Simon Jenkins (Comment, 17 February) enters a debate with Jeanette Winterson on love. He lists the Greek words for love but omits one – charis – usually translated as charity, a debased word which now...
View ArticleLetters: Rioting in Tibet
I am writing with regard to a letter (Remember Tibet, 7 February), which gave a groundless and distorted account of the recent incidents in some Tibetan areas of China, and even agitated for anti-China...
View ArticleLetter: Hungary's positive role in helping Roma
Your report (Roma living in fear as armed militias terrify village with message of hate, 27 January) gave a vivid impression of degrading poverty – and sometimes fear. Last spring the village of...
View ArticleSomalia: UK weighs up air strikes against rebels
Fears over piracy and al-Shabaab insurgents lead Britain and other EU countries to consider air strikes on logistical hubsMounting concern about the twin threats posed by pirates and Islamic insurgents...
View ArticleLetters: Frinton overseas
I have to disagree with your correspondent's assertion that Ofsted needs to reduce its emphasis on the evaluation of teaching in its school inspections (Letters, 15 February). Teaching quality is...
View ArticleLetter: Picasso and women
Your article on the new exhibition at Tate Britain entitled Picasso and Modern British Art (How Picasso helped British art go modern, 14 February) began with Vanessa Bell's enthusiastic response to...
View ArticleAl-Shabaab: the Somali militant group recruiting young Britons to its ranks
Intelligence agencies say young extremists are travelling to training camps in Somalia as they once did in AfghanistanAt a court hearing on Monday in the port city of Mombasa, a young British man in a...
View ArticleGreece bailout: six key elements of the deal
The main points of the second rescue package for Greece agreed by eurozone finance ministersThe Eurogroup of finance ministers declared that "ensuring debt sustainability and restoring competitiveness"...
View ArticleFacebook's nudity and violence guidelines are laid bare
Nipples are rude but crushed limbs are OK – a document leak has revealed the social network's attitudes to sex and violenceFacebook bans images of breastfeeding if nipples are exposed – but allows...
View ArticleCarlos Tevez issues unreserved apology to everybody at Manchester City
• 'My wish is to concentrate on playing for Manchester City'• Fine still possible for comments about Roberto ManciniCarlos Tevez has issued an unreserved apology "to everybody I have let down" at...
View ArticleChampions League Napoli v Chelsea: five things we learned | Dominic Fifield
André Villas-Boas does not sit on the fence while Napoli's attacking threat is slick but the Italians are not unbeatable1 Villas-Boas is really not one to sit on the fenceGut instinct suggested André...
View ArticleReading confident Brian McDermott will turn down Wolves' approach
• Brian McDermott holds talks with tycoon Anton Zingarevich• Wolves have seen managerial candidates fall by waysideBrian McDermott's future is set to be resolved on Wednesday morning, with Reading...
View ArticleAn attack on Iran would be an act of criminal stupidity | Seumas Milne
US and Israeli leaders are talking themselves into a disastrous conflict that will make Iranian nuclear weapons a certaintyAfter a decade of calamitous western wars in the wider Middle East, the signs...
View ArticleAndrew Lansley: worse communication skills than our cat | Simon Hoggart
It was the junior minister, Simon Burns, who handled most questions about the unloved health and social care billPoor Andrew Lansley had to answer health questions on Tuesday. Or at least was supposed...
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