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Leading article: The Conservatives have learned their lesson

David Cameron has laid down a serious challenge on education

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A formidable Afghan adversary

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Leading article: The West has no option but to support Karzai.

Leading article: Computer says no

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

When historians come to compile their tomes on this present government's domestic record, one achievement will stand out: services to the IT sector. As we report today, departments across Whitehall have run up a bill of £26bn on computer systems over the past 12 years.

Leading article: America must fulfil its responsibilities to Haiti

Monday, 18 January 2010

The US can help set the Caribbean nation on a more prosperous road

Leading article: A tale of two types of city

Monday, 18 January 2010

All cities are suffering in the present recession. But some are suffering more than others. A new report by the Centre for Cities think tank points to a widening economic gap between different urban conurbations around the country.

Leading article: Apple turnover

Monday, 18 January 2010

Did Sir Isaac Newton really once see an apple fall from the tree in his Lincolnshire garden and suddenly conceptualise the physics of gravity?

Leading article: Still playing the class card

Sunday, 17 January 2010

There is more than one middle class in this country. Which is why the Prime Minister's mission yesterday to present Labour as the champion of the middle classes was always going to be a tricky assignment.

Leading article: America takes a step towards banking reform

Saturday, 16 January 2010

Barack Obama's new levy is imperfect, but a decent place to start

Leading article: Less war, more peace

Saturday, 16 January 2010

It is hard to escape the impression that Britain's major political parties are coming over all pacifist – or at least are going into the election rather less enthusiastic about military intervention than they once were.

Leading article: A princely mission

Saturday, 16 January 2010

On his coming visit to Australia, Prince William is to face a plea from aboriginal elders for help in repatriating the head of a celebrated warrior.

We should be better prepared for disasters

Friday, 15 January 2010

Leading article: Haiti is no stranger to natural disasters. But even this benighted land has never experienced a catastrophe on the scale of this week's massive earthquake.