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Thursday, 25 June 2009
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News
UK
- Strikers to take protest to Paris
- Ex-wife 'can't claim more because of rising shares'
- Soldiers fined after 'prank' injures naked officer
- Search for swimmers called off
- Woman with prosthetic arm forced to work 'out of sight' in storeroom
- Search for armed banker
- Energy bills: the £1.7bn annual rip-off
- Tory MPs paying back £250,000 expenses
- Flowers fear over MPs' interests rules
- 'Mr and Mrs Expenses' face having house repossessed
- Public won't have to pay more for MPs pensions
- Cameron attacks PM's public spending 'lies'
- Iraq inquiry can play the blame game, says Miliband
- Biggs lawyer laughs off concerns over 're-offending risk'
- Call for publication of 'police killing' report
- Morocco refuses to extradite £53m robbery suspect
- Top judge demands severe sentences for traitors
- Law firm boss 'at centre of immigration scam'
- Pledge to ban 'liquid ecstasy'
- Britain is UN's 'cocaine capital of Europe'
- The football fan, his fight for freedom, and a dilemma for Jack Straw
- Oliver Wright: How would Gandhi destroy your luggage?
- The Big Question: What would have happened if Henry VIII had obtained his divorce?
World
- Family of gas death children face wait for justice
- Gay referee gets red card in Turkey
- Why Barclays is new name on NY subway
- Stanford pleads not guilty in fraud case
- Air France says pilot's body identified after crash
- Nixon: The unexpurgated words of a President close to the edge
- Songwriter used Craigslist to lure women to his apartment, court told
- 'Missing' Governor cries over Argentine affair
- Don't interfere, Ahmadinejad tells Obama
- Now Mousavi's family feels force of crackdown
- Bomb blast at Baghdad bird market kills 72 people
- Andrew Buncombe: The incomparable images of India
- More US troops to end Afghan stalemate
- Taliban chief escapes US attack
- Prosecutor quits Killing Fields war crimes trial
- Lebanese pop star Suzanne Tamim's killers to be executed
- Exclusive: The return of blood diamonds
- Latest news from Al Jazeera - 25 June 2009
Business
- BBC executive board expenses - full details
- Would you work without pay? 800 say they will at BA
- 2,000 jobs go in 'devastating' blow to steel industry
- Virtual Woolworths proves early online hit
- Currys and PC World owner racks up £140m losses
- BP appoints new chairman - at last
- Business Diary: Ryanair boss doesn't always get it wrong
- King reveals depth of rift with the Treasury
- Fed keeps rates on hold as deflation fears recede
- Ford blames the plunge in sterling for 4% price rises
- Russian bank claims 50 per cent stake in Timan oil group
- Bernanke fights for a second term at the Fed
- Official: RBS is the world's worst bank
- MPs attack Treasury's Northern Rock failings over Rock
- Fewer millionaires in Britain than in China, says survey of super-rich
- King warns of the 'long hard slog' to clear Britain's debt
- Econoblog: Who does what and when?
- David Prosser: The world's rich just got a little bit poorer
- David Prosser: Tough luck for the Beeb
- David Prosser: No need for a regulatory turf war
- Market Report: Bullish broker helps British Land stand firm
- Investment Column: Too much bad news from uncertain Kesa
People
- Michael Jackson dies in hospital, claim reports
- Police quiz Robbie Williams after paparazzi robbed at gunpoint
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers handcuffed after fracas at airport
- Keith Ludeman: Getting Britain moving
- Passed/Failed: An education in the life of the Olympic gold medallist Christine Ohuruogu
- Pandora: Thirsty hacks seeking solace by the Thames
- Hit & Run: Keep it in the family
Science
Media
- BBC 'talent' pay kept secret but executives' costs revealed
- TV world-beaters? These Britons say they've got talent
- BBC1 to curb prime-time swear words
- How the BBC gave heart to the uprising
Education
- Shirley Dent: Seeking cultural identity can divide, not unite
- Conor Ryan: In a crisis, you still can't reach a social worker
- Model students: Why GCSE pupils are head over heels about sculpture
- Education Quandary: 'What's so great about schools in Sweden? Are they really so good we should copy them?'
- Arthurian legend: Can Michael Arthur work his magic as chairman of the Russell Group?
- Leading Article: Clever George
Obituaries
- Edward Teague: Blogger known as 'Postman Patel'
- Ustad Ali Akbar Khan: Sarod maestro who played with Ravi Shankar and appeared at the Concert for Bangladesh
- Obits in Brief: Kenneth Kahn
- Lives Remembered: Robert Thompson
Opinion
Leading Articles
- Leading article: The new Commons order
- Leading article: What price deregulated energy?
- Leading article: Realism makes a welcome return to US foreign policy
Commentators
- Adam Gilchrist: Cricket's future lies in bringing it into the Olympic fold
- Guy Adams: Movies without a sporting chance
- Patrick Cockburn: Disunity will damage but not destroy Iran
- Amy Barry: We are waiting for governments to act
- David King: There's no avoiding it. Tackling climate change costs money
- The Sketch: There's capital to be made out of Brown's financial confusion
- Rupert Cornwell: A raw portrait, but why did he tape himself?
- Adrian Hamilton: Give me excess of it? No thanks
- Matthew Norman: A Prince and his indulgent public
- Deborah Orr: Exclusion just delivers children back to the source of their woes
- Christina Patterson: I'm giving up hope for our postal service
- John Rentoul: Foreign Secretary slips up
- John Rentoul: General Sir Hokey-Cokey
- John Rentoul: Did Tony Blair decline a peerage?
Columnists
- David Lister: There's no need to make a song and dance about arts in the North
- Brian Viner: 'My O-levels, acquired 31 years ago, have had no bearing at all on my life'
Letters
Environment
Nature
Sport
Cricket
- England attack can win Ashes says Jones
- Ashes Countdown: The XI Greatest Ashes Captains
- Australia struggle against Sandri's pace
- Warne tells England to play Rashid
Football
- Villa rules out Premier League move
- Birmingham sign defender Johnson
- Fabregas reaffirms Arsenal commitment
- Stoke wary of Owen expense
- Manchester United refused Costa trial
- Adebayor to Milan rumours persist
- Stoke open Ashton talks with West Ham
- Manchester City, Chelsea and one other club left in Tevez race
- Fabregas 'angry' at lack of Arsenal titles
- Brown fined £2,500 for post-match Riley rant
- Dempsey condemns Spain to first defeat in three years
- Under-21s: Angry Walcott determined to let his feet do the talking
- Lyon reveal Madrid Benzema interest
- Pirlo will stay in Milan says agent
- Transfer talk (Thursday, 25 June)
- Rovers to seal season-long loan deal for Blues' Di Santo
Golf
Motor Racing
- Closely fought championship switches to Snetterton
- Di Montezemolo revels in toppling 'dictator' Mosley
- Mosley stands down after reaching end of the road
Racing
More Sports
- Dave Hadfield: Hock proves you don't need a lot of A levels to have a rugby brain
- Maroons extend purple patch over Blues
Tennis
- Murray beats Gulbis in straight sets
- Baltacha heavily beaten by Flipkens
- Hewitt stuns Del Potro
- Murray hits back at second round opponent
- Murray 'feigned injury' says rival
- Federer on fast track in pursuit of history
- Wimbledon women's round-up: Hantuchova calls the tune to destroy Zheng rhythm
- SW19 diary: Stirling effort to stay alive boosted by Murray's £40
- Wimbledon men's round-up: Djokovic stays on track despite service interruption
- James Lawton: Dulko charms – but can she lift the crown?
- You have to look at bigger picture, says Baltacha
- Judgement day for fallen Brit pack
- Doubles: Robson and Stoop conquer in battle to save face
- Wimbledon: there's more to it than just Centre Court
- Nick Bollettieri's Wimbledon Dossier: Del Potro has the weapons to floor Hewitt
- Parry vows to get tough on corruption with new task-force
More Sports
Life & Style
Fashion
Food & Drink
- Shop salads have more fat than a Big Mac
- Fatter duck: Heston to open new restaurant in London
- The Ten Best Espresso Machines
- Screen savours: Food bloggers are bringing their virtual fare into the real world
- Stuffed baby aubergines
- Will we soon be tucking into mitten crabs fresh from the Thames?
Health & Families
- Diocese stops communion wine over swine flu
- University students test positive for swine flu
- Elderly cancer patients 'dying too soon'
- Drug stops spread of cancer in trial patients
Gadgets & Tech
- iPhone 3GS raises YouTube mobile uploads 400 per cent
- China says Google spreading illegal vulgar content
- Opportunists find there's money to be made from Twitter
- Websites to change the world
- Micah L. Sifry: Lessons on social media from America
Motoring
Love & Sex
Arts & Entertainment
Music
- Ornette Coleman, Meltdown Festival, Southbank Centre, London
- The Willkommen Collective, Union Chapel, London
Classical
- A fight at the Opera
- Michael Church: The beauty of Jeptha sung straight
- Weill/ Anderson Lost in the Stars, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
- DiDonato/ Calleja/ Hampson/ Vassilev/ Pappano, Royal Opera House, London
Films
- Guy Adams: Weinstein denies cutting Tarantino’s 'Basterds'
- The ten worst: Rock star actors
- The Girlfriend Experience, Edinburgh Film Festival, Edinburgh
TV & Radio
- Farrah Fawcett fact file
- Farah Fawcett, the original Charlie's Angel, dies at 62
- Last Night's Television: Famous, Rich and Homeless, BBC1
Ugly Betty, Channel 4
Theatre & Dance
Books
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Emailed
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Columnist Comments
• Howard Jacobson: Seven inch high heels are not erotic
I spent my first term’s student grant on stilettos for the girl I loved.
• Andrew Grice: It's your choice: Dodgy Gordon or Honest David
One test for any party leader is whether he can turn setbacks into opportunities.
• Deborah Orr: Can we for once forget the rules?
Rules seem to trump all, including common sense, sympathy, and logic.