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View ArticleUK green energy projects fall by wayside in dash for gas
• Wind turbine construction down by half on last year • Rising energy bills result of higher fuel import costsThe construction of new renewable energy generation capacity has fallen dramatically, as...
View ArticleObama offers Pakistan president his condolences over Nato air strike
US president offered his condolences and said deaths of 24 Pakistani troops were 'regrettable' but accidentalBarack Obama has called Pakistan's president to offer condolences over the Nato air strike...
View ArticleRussian parliamentary elections: rousing from a long slumber | Editorial
If Vladimir Putin's popularity is on the wane, that of the party he created, United Russia, is in a nosediveVladimir Putin made it crystal clear what he expected out of yesterday's parliamentary...
View ArticleGeorge Osborne: time to play fair | Editorial
Analyse the chancellor's initiatives in his autumn statement and you find a package of measures that hits the poorest hardestA funny thing happened on the afternoon of the autumn statement. Barely had...
View ArticleIn praise of … Molly Dineen | Editorial
She hasn't made a documentary for four years but the BFI's release of a collection of her documentaries is still an eventShe hasn't made a documentary for four years but today's BFI release of a...
View ArticleShoppers expected to flock online in spending frenzy on Cyber Monday
Amazon forecasts online spending will hit peak volumes at 9pm with visitor numbers expected to be up 19% against last MondayThe online Christmas shopping frenzy is predicted to peak on Monday, with a...
View ArticleThis treaty means extradition on demand | Helena Kennedy
MPs must vote to change it, and protect British citizens against increasingly audacious court actions from the US'Strengthen protection for British citizens" – that's the rallying call of Monday's...
View ArticleMartin Rowson on the Leveson inquiry's Blairite legacy - cartoon
Tony Blair's former spin doctor was accused of having a 'selective memory' at the inquiry into phone hackingMartin Rowson
View ArticleCorrections and clarifications
• An article on the general strike in Greece unfortunately said that the proposed bond swap would wipe off an estimated €200bn from Greece's debt. That should have been €100bn (General strike brings...
View ArticleCountry diary: Solway and Lake District
Blow The Wind Southerly sang contralto Kathleen Ferrier who must have known the feeling, living in Silloth during her international singing career until she died in 1953. Pine trees massed on the bank...
View ArticleLetters: Lib Dems' divided loyalties
I agree with everything Polly Toynbee said in her article (The injustice is breathtaking. Every blow falls on those with less not more, 30 November), but she omitted one important thing – she said...
View ArticleLetter: Secrets of a dictator's daughter
Svetlana Alliluyeva (Obituary, 30 November) came to the BBC Russian service some time in the 1970s inquiring whether we had a job for her, possibly as a translator. She spoke excellent English. We had...
View ArticleThe fate of Saif Gaddafi | Benjamin Barber
The Libyan may deserve prison for his recent acts, but previously his heart was on the side of reformFair trials rarely emerge from the fog of war. The victors not only tell the tale but render...
View ArticleLetters: PM must stand up to Osborne on planning
Allegra Stratton (Greens get the blues, 1 December) reports the prime minister as saying his hands are tied on planning reform and he cannot control his chancellor. If true, this is deeply worrying....
View ArticleLetters: Ratner moment
In its recent annual survey of violations of trade union rights, the International Trade Union Confederation reported that 90 people were "killed in 2010 due to their involvement in legitimate trade...
View ArticleLetters: What future for Afghanistan?
The appalling case of Gulnaz (Afghan woman jailed for being raped to be freed – if she marries her attacker, 2 December) is a stark reminder of how much is at stake over women's human rights in...
View ArticleLetters: Images of art
Peter Suchin (Response, 30 November) is right to heap scorn on the waste of public money for the undemocratically imposed and commercially motivated London Olympics and also right to point out that the...
View ArticleLetters: HIV prevention
While new treatments for HIV are highly effective (Report, 29 November), it is far better for the individuals affected, and far cheaper for the NHS, to prevent new infections. But government...
View ArticleEurosceptics, beware: the euro crisis is bad for you too | Jackie Ashley
Over the next few years voters will be terrified at the prospect of leaving the EU entirely. Calling for a referendum is daftMayhem. Catastrophe. Apocalypse. Chaos. A hail of brimstone. The end of the...
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