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Wave of anarchy blamed on Kenya's 'General Coward' As the post-election death toll nears 1,000 and towns go up in flames, more Kenyans are saying the 'holy' President and his elite advisers are to blame Podcast: Everyone has a weapon |
America's moment of truth
Andrew Rawnsley, The Observer's political columnist, spends his time scrutinising Westminister. But last week he travelled America to watch the presidential hopefuls prepare for this week's crucial Super Tuesday primaries. As Republicans and Democrats battle to produce their candidates for the White House, he asks: will the new dawn promised by Barack Obama survive the brutal politics of the two party machines?
Oprah hits stump for Obama
Illegal migrants caught in a fight for the headlines
The campaign is dominated by talk of foreigners taking jobs, yet cheap labour ensures low prices. Paul Harris reports from Ventura, California
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Britney's tragic descent into mania is a journey I know all too well
This weekend Britney Spears is being detained in a psychiatric hospital. Her very public breakdown reminded Emma Forrest of her own slide into mania and suicidal despair - and how her parents helped achieve her ultimate recovery
'The bride wore white; she was ravishing, as usual. The groom wasn't bad either'
President Nicolas Sarkozy and model Carla Bruni married today following a whirlwind romance that has divided France, reports Jason Burke in Paris
'Ogre of the Ardennes' casts shadow over France
A serial killer is facing trial for the deaths of seven women, but may have murdered many more, reports Jason Burke in Charleville-Mézičres
They're back from the front line - so why are these ex-soldiers still fighting their own wars?
They fought and nearly died in Iraq and Afghanistan. Once discharged from the army, these men face huge personal problems - homelessness, unemployment and depression - without adequate support. But after doing their bit for their country, shouldn't their country do its bit for them? Report by Mark Townsend
My fear is for our young soldiers after the battle
Iraq veterans are denied help for combat trauma
Hundreds of veterans, including many who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, are being denied vital help by the government to cope with the psychological fallout of war
Heavy gunfire as rebels enter N'Djamena
Chadian rebels in hundreds of pick-up trucks entered the capital N'Djamena yesterday as UN personnel and other foreign nationals began to be evacuated
Tourist bugs threaten to wipe out the great apes
Eco-holidays raise vital funds for the protection of wildlife, but nature-lovers carry human viruses that have been proved fatal for animals
Hirst heads art sale to fight Aids in Africa
Leading artists create works for an auction to raise £14 million for Bono's Red campaign
Taliban attacks on allied troops soar by up to a third
Attacks by the Taliban in Afghanistan surged last year, according to previously unpublished figures from allied military forces fighting insurgents
Police chief says 'we were too hasty' in naming McCanns as suspects
Portugal's most senior police officer has suggested that detectives may have been too hasty in making the McCanns official suspects in the investigation into the disappearance of their daughter, Madeleine
Battle of the bulldozers pushes Brits out of Spain
UK buyers take fright as thousands of illegally built homes are threatened with demolition
Revealed: Chávez role in cocaine trail to Europe
The guerrilla group Farc has long been suspected of running the Colombian cocaine industry. But how does it move the drug so readily out of the country? In a special investigation, John Carlin in Venezuela reports on the remarkable collusion between Colombia's rebels and its neighbour's armed forces
Serbs split over where their future lies
Last May, hours after ultra-nationalist Tomislav Nikolic was forced to resign as speaker of Serbia's parliament, tens of thousands of young people massed in Belgrade to welcome home Marija Serifovic, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest
Call to seize secret church abuse files
An Irish judge has been urged to seize confidential church files on child abuse which have led to a dispute between two of Ireland's leading Catholic clerics
Why British designers are looking to the east
As London Fashion Week looms, Britain's design talent is relying on cheap prices and an influx of new buyers from China and India as the recession bites into the American market
This week we want to know all about ... Finger vein scans
An alternative biometric solution now claims to be more effective because it uses something inside the body: finger vein patterns
