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Blair says: I'm listening (but not to you)
Tuesday 10 May, 2005
Tony Blair, unbowed by a devastating general election
result, has
appointed Mister Poo-Poo, his fluffy bedtime bunny,
as a junior minister responsible for schools and cute things.
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Author who was apparently very good dies
Wednesday 6 April, 2005
Saul Bellow, a writer who was often photographed
in front of shelves full of books,
has died aged 89.
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UK drivers fight Middle-Eastern oil producers
Thursday 3 June, 2004
Disaffected farmers, lorry drivers and Conservative Party leaders
today vowed to
fight vindictive Middle-Eastern oil producers
by driving very slowly through Newcastle, in North-East England.
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Madrid massacre: Nations wonder how much to care
Friday 12 March, 2004
World leaders are
today wondering
if yesterday's terrorist attack
in Madrid was
the work of al-Qaida, or whether it was the
nationally-focused ETA group, in which case they could deliver
a few platitudes and then turn their backs on the Spanish people.
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Syria speaks out against US
Monday 14 April, 2003
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria has
accused the US
of developing weapons of mass destruction and harbouring
known war criminals.
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