Libel threat to force US papers out of Britain

US newspapers may stop selling copies in Britain and block access to their websites because of our draconian libel laws

Fiat heir and mother wrestle over billions

The mother of the car giant’s youthful boss claims Gianni Agnelli's will cheated her out of a fortune hidden overseas

Visitors see dinosaurs and Versace at Escobar home

Crowds of tourists are descending on the drug lord's luxurious ranch to celebrate his tacky taste and violent lifestyle

Secret files show Thatcher's role in coup plot

Intelligence reports, phone records and the release of Simon Mann may make life awkward for Mark Thatcher

Few former leaders have such influence

Despite the impression of irrelevance and idleness, Thaksin Shinawatra remains a powerful political force in Thailand

Scientists in awe at sight of giant iceberg

Researchers who live on Macquarie Island, halfway between Australia and Antarctica, watched a 500m-long iceberg float by

Briton plunges to death in climbing accident

Matthew Allison, 26, was killed when he fell 155m (500ft) down a cliff while rock climbing in New Zealand on Friday

Anti-Taleban mayor killed in Pakistan attack

A suicide bomber killed an anti-Taleban village mayor and seven others on the outskirts of the volatile city of Peshawar

Dark motives of Fort Hood army base killer

Investigators suspect Nidal Hasan had been planning for months the brutal attack that left 13 dead and at least 30 injured

Washington sniper intended to kill ex-wife

Book claims John Allen Muhammad's 23-day shooting spree in 2002 was a smokescreen to cover the murder of his ex-wife

Fort Hood gunman linked to 9/11 mosque

Authorities investigate reports Nidal Hasan attended a mosque also frequented by terrorists involved in the 2001 bombings

‘Honey child’ Chirac tells of secret US love

The former French president has broken a long silence about his private life, describing a fling with a "southern belle"

Berlusconi plots trips ‘to stall his trials’

Italy’s prime minister is accused of planning more than a dozen foreign trips to scupper his bribery and fraud trials

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Reaction from UK mosques

Worshippers at one of the UK's biggest mosques said Muslims who serve are complicit in killing their ‘brothers and sisters’

Bloody events in Texas will reinforce suspicion

Prejudice does violent historical disservice to the thousands of Muslims who have served in British uniform in the past

Obama running out of time on Afghanistan

The President’s delayed responses are a the consequences of past mistakes and the paralysing catastrophe of the elections