Finnish sci-fi Nazi movie is hot ticket at Berlinale
Iron Sky, which imagines Nazi invasion from secret moon base, sells more tickets than Werner Herzog and Angelina Jolie filmsAmong the worthy films being premiered at the Berlin film festival over the...
View ArticleTrafigura linked to oil 'looted' from South Sudan
Commodities trader has bought containers of crude Sudan seized from its southern neighbour, industry insiders sayThe Swiss-based commodities trader Trafigura has bought oil the South Sudanese...
View ArticleLib Dem group launches in protest against Tory-led coalition
Liberal Left group aims to mobilise opposition against 'drift to the right', claiming the mood in the party is radicalisingThe first Liberal Democrat group openly opposed to the coalition is to be...
View ArticleHarry Redknapp profile: so old-school he feels like a breath of fresh air
The Tottenham Hotspur manager, one of football's 'great survivors', has been talked of as the next England coachHarry James Redknapp has grown to find his portrayal at the hands of the press rather...
View ArticleLevi Bellfield loses bid to challenge Milly Dowler conviction
Application for permission to appeal against conviction for teenager's murder is rejected by three judges in LondonThe former bouncer Levi Bellfield has lost a bid to challenge his conviction for the...
View ArticleMilan Mandaric profile: a rags-to-riches story that began in former Yugoslavia
Businessman who fell foul of Marshal Tito made a fortune in the US before buying and selling football clubsMilan Mandaric revealed while giving evidence at Southwark crown court how a rags-to-riches...
View ArticleFoster Friess: the Man Atop the Horse bankrolling Rick Santorum
Christian billionaire funding Santorum's campaign presents himself as a preserver of traditional 'founding father' valuesWhen Rick Santorum gave his victory speech following Tuesday's unexpected...
View ArticleCorrections and clarifications
Bethlehem and Jordan | Twitter case in high court | Basildon council and Dale Farm• Abu Qatada: spiritual leader for deadly Islamist groups? was amended to clarify that in 1960 Bethlehem lay within...
View ArticleNicky Henderson poised to run Oscar Whisky at Kempton on Friday
• World Hurdle candidate ready for all-weather run• Long Run unable to work owing to freezing weatherNicky Henderson headed to Newbury for a lunchtime inspection of the track on Wednesday, admitting...
View ArticleMaldives president says he was forced to resign at gunpoint
Despite claims by replacement that transition was peaceful, Mohamed Nasheed says 'there were guns all around me'Fresh violence broke out in the Maldives after Mohamed Nasheed, the ousted president,...
View ArticleHarry Redknapp trial: police accused of leaking case to News of the World
Redknapp's defence QC suggested that information was leaked from the City of London police to sports journalist Rob BeasleyThe senior detective shouted at by Harry Redknapp for "staring" had faced...
View ArticleHugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's River Cottage farm damaged by fire
Eight fire engines and 80 firefighters called to put out blaze at main barn at celebrity chef's Devon headquartersHugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's River Cottage empire has suffered a blow after fire...
View ArticleTory MPs veto Vince Cable's choice of university access tsar
Conservative MPs reject Lib Dems' choice for university admissions chief Prof Les Ebdon, a critic of higher tuition feesThe Lib Dems have suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of their...
View ArticleMisys chief executive could be in line for £1.7m payoff
Mike Lawrie's bumper departure package comes despite widespread condemnation of last year's £2m bonus payoutMike Lawrie, the chief executive of Misys, whose £2m bonus payout was condemned last year as...
View ArticleDavid Cameron and Ed Miliband clash over NHS reform in PMQs
Miliband tells Cameron to 'stop wasting millions and drop the bill' while Tory leader retorts that Miliband is an opportunistDavid Cameron delivered a passionate defence of the government's health...
View ArticleFrench-style tax breaks are not the way to save the UK's small bookshops |...
Subsidies cannot, and should not, save independent shops. Owners and publishers have to make them unique places to visitBookshop owners in Britain could be forgiven for casting envious glances across...
View ArticleJoan White obituary
My mother Joan White, who has died aged 95, was a Yorkshire railwayman's daughter who, from Cockburn high school, Leeds, won a scholarship to read French at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.She was the...
View ArticleJermaine Gonzales: life at the Racers Track club is tougher than ever
I'm always busy working, plotting to beat my two main rivals – LaShawn Merritt at 400 metres and Usain Bolt at dominoes• Introducing the Guardian's Olympic diaristsLife is split between the track and...
View ArticleAbu Qatada row: Cameron pushes for deportation deal with Jordan
PM to kick-start negotiations over Qatada's deportation with King Abdullah of Jordan following European court's rulingDavid Cameron has personally intervened in the Abu Qatada affair to accelerate...
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