Darling sweats over the bill as the party ends in UK | IT WAS fun while it lasted and everybody drank too much, but the UK plc party is over and nobody can remember who promised to pay the bill. | The expat staff fled after coffee and liqueurs, feigning... (photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth) The Australian
Isolating Burma doesn't help | THE devastating natural disasters in Burma and China illustrate the difference between having a competent government and an incompetent one. | The Burmese military, unlike the Chinese, has done litt... (photo: AP) The Australian
Water project could help wildlife | Otters and stoats could benefit from a £1m programme to improve water quality in North Lanarkshire. | Scottish Water claims the six month project, to install a pumping station at Carfin, Motherwell,... (photo: WN)BBC News EnvironmentPhotosScottishWaterWildlife
Steinmeier's bad example | Last September, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel courageously broke ranks with her predecessors and met with the Dalai Lama. China predictably threw a tantrum, soon joined by Merkel's own vice cha... (photo: Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung)International Herald Tribune ChinaGermanyHuman RightsPhotosPoliticsTibet
Sexual Terrorism | The "New York Times'" recently revealed the existence of a little-known executive order issued by President Bush in the summer of '07 that permitted U.S. intelligence o... (photo: Defense Dept. / U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess )Infowars Human RightsInterrogationPhotosTerrorismUSWorld
