Barack Obama's mission to reform US healthcare vaulted another legislative hurdle over the weekend, but the scramble to

From takeaway pizza outlets to purveyors of deep-fried chickens, the recession has proved a boon for fast-food operators as

From Mr Allen Stack.Sir, Alan Beattie's call for a "middle way" between privatisation and government-led agricultural policy

...councils" and turned on their former allies, al-Qaeda in Iraq.Iraqi officials did not...said the murders bore the signature of al-Qaeda in Iraq, which lost the ability...paramilitary groups, known as Sons of Iraq.Ihab al-Sobai, a spokesman for the local Sons...

...soloists from the wonderful world of opera: Renée Fleming, Anne Sofie von Otter, Matthew Polenzani and René Pape. The musical menu spanned 32 entries, and the house, capacity 2,804, was packed to the rafters. Never mind that Schubert's fragile miniatures...

...Pakistani government did not know where al-Qaeda leaders were hiding and could not...Pakistan, reflect Washington's belief that al-Qaeda leaders, including Osama bin Laden...against extremists but do not know where the al-Qaeda leaders are.But discussing al-Qaeda...

Sir Howard Stringer was not short of advice about what should go into the strategy announcement which he unveiled yesterday.

...government did not know the hiding places of al-Qaeda leaders and could not "get at them...which reflect Washington's belief that al-Qaeda leaders, including Osama bin Laden...Several intelligence reports suggested al-Qaeda's central command was scattered...

From takeaway pizza outlets to purveyors of deep-fried chickens, the recession has proven to be a boon for fast-food

Israeli police stormed the compound of Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque yesterday, firing stun grenades to disperse Palestinian protesters who had pelted them with rocks in the latest eruption...