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Motorsport: Whincup in the driving seat

Goldstone says he won't seek Gaza report nullification

South African judge Richard Goldstone said yesterday that he did not plan to seek nullification of his highly critical United Nations report.

Catherine Field: Troubles a test for land of religious diversity

Tyrants' crude tools of power fail as era of classic security state ends

Oil states are, by their nature, undemocratic.The despots who have ruled the Arab world for half a century are not giving up without a fight.

Dame Kiri asked to abandon Israel singing plans

Linchpin Arab state at crossroads

Through the cobbled alleys of Damascus' old city and beyond into the drab jungle of Soviet-style apartment blocks, nothing, it seems, misses the Syrian President's gaze.

<i>Gwynne Dyer :</i>Western allies driven by guilt

<i>Gwynne Dyer</i> examines the western coalition's motives for taking action against Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Libya.

Rockets strike near Tel Aviv

US knows it can do little to rein in Saudi repression

Saga of many families

Simon Sebag Montefiore tells Stephen Jewell about writing ‘the greatest story ever told’ and why the history of Jerusalem is the story of the world.

Oil shock

Higher fuel prices are likely to mean lower profit margins and lower real wages.

Crowds fired on to crush 'Day of Rage'

Mark Lister: How to cut the risks from higher oil prices

Middle East tension poses a threat to the delicate global recovery.

British mission to help rebels ends in embarrassment

Instability prompts focus on weakening of oil habit

Damned for madness and murder