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Benazir Bhutto's widower Asif Ali Zardari is elected Pakistan president
Asif Ali Zardari the widower of Benazir Bhutto has been elected president by the country's parliament and regional assemblies.
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The 2008 Paralympics have opened with another spectacular ceremony.
More detailsStorm death toll rises to four as heavy rain sweeps over Britain
Wind and rain sweep northwards.
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The mother of Christopher Foster the millionaire who killed his family before taking his own life has spoken of her grief.
More detailsAsif Ali Zardari widower of Benazir Bhutto elected president in Pakistan
Asif Ali Zardari the widower of the assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has been elected president by the country's parliament and regional assemblies.
More detailsWeather Storms sweep north leaving trail of death and destruction
Death toll rises to four amid warnings the fierce winds and heavy rain will cause more damage and flooding.
More detailsHarriet Harman concedes economic gloom spells trouble for Gordon Brown
Labour's deputy leader admits her party has failed to address the gloom over the economy .
More detailsPakistan MPs vote for new president
MPs in Pakistan have begun to casting their votes to elect a head of state to succeed Pervez Musharraf.
More detailsWeather Storms cause another death and more flooding
Fierce winds and flooding have caused widespread damage to large swathes of Britain.
More detailsHanna death toll rises to 500 as storm nears hurricane status
The deadly tropical storm is closing in on North and South Carolina after causing devastation in Haiti.
More detailsChildren aged eight enlisted as council snoopers
Children as young as eight have been recruited by councils to "snoop" on neighbours and report petty offences such as littering.
More detailsGordon Brown rules out energy bill payments
PM won't give handouts to families struggling to pay rising bills.
More detailsFrench fury at Paris Match photos of Taliban fighters with trophies from dead soldiers
Magazine condemned after Taliban wear dead soldiers' uniforms.
More detailsDavid Blunkett says people should work until they are 'incapacitated'
Britons should work until they're physically unable Blunkett says.
More detailsUS election How Sarah Palin hooked the nation
As Sarah Palin gives a barnstorming speech Philip Sherwell charts the incredible rise of a smalltown mum from Alaska.
More detailsBritish Airways ice in fuel report triggers urgent review of air safety
Urgent review ordered after investigators found ice blocking fuel supply caused a British Airways jet to crash land at Heathrow.
More detailsRobert Mugabe issues opposition with deadline in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's leader Robert Mugabe has tried to force the opposition Movement for Democratic Change to sign a powersharing agreement it has rejected saying that if they did not do so he would form a government alone.
More detailsDick Cheney US vicepresident attacks Russia for 'illegitimate' invasion of Georgia
Dick Cheney the US vicepresident broke from his European colleagues by launching a withering attack against Russia.
More detailsBritain braced for galeforce winds and one month's rain in a day
Risk of widespread flooding as storm to bring month's rainfall in hours.
More detailsBritish Airways jet crash at Heathrow may have been caused by ice
The crash landing at Heathrow of a British Airways Boeing 777 was probably due to ice crystals blocking its fuel intake causing it to lose power investigators have found.
More detailsEU moves to loosen Russia's 'energy stranglehold'
British consumers could end up paying higher prices as a result of European Union measures to reduce Russia's "energy stranglehold" as Europe steps up efforts to prevent Moscow using critical gas supplies to blackmail the West.
More detailsBritish Airways jet crash 'caused by ice in fuel'
Heathrow crash probably caused by ice restricting fuel to the engines.
More detailsGordon Brown should shape up or 'go with honour' Charles Clarke says
Charles Clarke has stepped up his attack on the PM suggesting it may be best interests for the PM to go.
More detailsUS forces 'violate' Pakistan territory with attack on Taliban
American forces have conducted a raid inside Pakistan - the first known foreign ground assault in the country against the Taliban.
More detailsIan Blair denies he is being forced out as Met chief
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner insisted he was staying put despite mounting pressure over a number of issues.
More detailsSarah Palin affair rumours are false says John McCain's team
Advisers to John McCain have threatened legal action against the American tabloid "National Enquirer" after it claimed that his vicepresidential running mate Sarah Palin had committed adultery with a business associate of her husband.
More detailsSoldier refused room at hotel
A soldier on leave in Britain after being injured in Afghanistan was refused a hotel room because it was "company policy" not to host military personnel.
More detailsGordon Brown has months to save leadership says Charles Clarke
PM has just months show Labour can avoid "utter destruction".
More detailsIraq dossier memos 'must be released'
Information commissioner orders release of memos and emails showing how the Government's Iraq war dossier was "sexed up".
More detailsGeneral Petraeus US could pull out of Baghdad by July
Top US general in Iraq says troops could pull out of capital by July.
More detailsLabour has created 3600 new offences since 1997
The Government has created more than 3600 criminal offences since it came to office in 1997 almost one for every day in power.
More detailsMet chief Ian Blair could be forced out by Government
Sir Ian Blair could be forced out of his job under secret Home Office plans.
More detailsSarah Palin turns attack on to Barack Obama analysis
Phenomenal. Awesome. Fabulous. Sarah Palin's speech galvanised the Republican Convention.
More detailsSarah Palin wins over Republican Convention with attack on Barack Obama
John McCain's running mate has electrified the Republican convention declaring herself an "average hockey mom".
More detailsMillionaire arson New pictures of the blaze that destroyed Christopher Foster's mansion
New photographs as the blaze took hold of millionaire businessman Christopher Foster's mansion have been released.
More detailsIRA Army Council declared 'redundant'
The Provisional IRA's Army Council has been declared redundant raising hopes that full devolution in Northern Ireland is within reach.
More detailsPakistan PM Yousuf Raza Gilani escapes assassination days before key elections
Pakistan's prime minister has survived a possible assassination attempt days ahead of the presidential elections.
More detailsArson millionaire Christopher Foster flooded house with oil before burning it
Christopher Foster used his expertise to create a network of pipes and flooded his house with oil before burning it.
More detailsPakistan prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani escapes assassination
Pakistan's prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani escaped a possible assassination attempt when shots were fired at his convoy.
More detailsValium on the rise in heroin shortage
Drug addicts increasingly use the tranquilliser as alternative to heroin.
More detailsEnd of council tax in Scotland to widen divide with England
Plans would widen the growing difference in the way Scots and people in the rest of the United Kingdom live their lives.
More detailsAlex Salmond plans to abolish council tax in Scotland despite finance worries
Residents north of the border will face a local income tax as Alex Salmond seeks to push through his independence agenda.
More detailsDavid Cameron holding talks in Pakistan
Conservative leader is holding talks with political leaders in Pakistan.
More detailsArson millionaire Christopher Foster built network of pipes to fuel blaze
Christopher Foster used business expertise to flood his house with oil.
More detailsPolice searching for missing Briton's exgirlfriend find body
Police holding a British man over the disappearance of his exgirlfriend in Dubai have found a body in the desert it has been reported.
More detailsJosef Stalin acted rationally in killing millions claims Russian textbook
Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin claims he acted "rationally" in executing millions of people in the Gulags a Russian school book claims.
More detailsWashington shooting rampage leaves six dead
Police officer on emergency call is among six dead in Washington State.
More detailsGeorge W Bush praises John McCain at Republican convention
Brief speech designed to offer some distance between unpopular president and his wouldbe successor at Republican convention.
More detailsJoe Lieberman former Democratic VP candidate backs John McCain over Barack Obama
Senator Joe Lieberman who was the Democratic vicepresidential candidate eight years ago has launched a withering attack on his former party's presidential candidate Barack Obama in a prime time speech at the Republican National Convention.
More detailsGeorge W Bush praises John McCain at Republican convention
Brief speech designed to offer some distance between unpopular president and his wouldbe successor at Republican convention.
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