- Benazir Bhutto's widower Asif Ali Zardari is elected Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari the widower of Benazir Bhutto has been elected president by the country's parliament and regional assemblies.
- Beijing Paralympics open with spectacular ceremony The 2008 Paralympics have opened with another spectacular ceremony.
- Storm death toll rises to four as heavy rain sweeps over Britain Wind and rain sweep northwards.
- Mansion killer's mother tells of her shock and grief at fire The mother of Christopher Foster the millionaire who killed his family before taking his own life has spoken of her grief.
- Asif Ali Zardari widower of Benazir Bhutto elected president in Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari the widower of the assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has been elected president by the country's parliament and regional assemblies.
- Weather Storms sweep north leaving trail of death and destruction Death toll rises to four amid warnings the fierce winds and heavy rain will cause more damage and flooding.
- Harriet Harman concedes economic gloom spells trouble for Gordon Brown Labour's deputy leader admits her party has failed to address the gloom over the economy .
- Pakistan MPs vote for new president MPs in Pakistan have begun to casting their votes to elect a head of state to succeed Pervez Musharraf.
- Weather Storms cause another death and more flooding Fierce winds and flooding have caused widespread damage to large swathes of Britain.
- Hanna death toll rises to 500 as storm nears hurricane status The deadly tropical storm is closing in on North and South Carolina after causing devastation in Haiti.
- Children aged eight enlisted as council snoopers Children as young as eight have been recruited by councils to "snoop" on neighbours and report petty offences such as littering.
- Gordon Brown rules out energy bill payments PM won't give handouts to families struggling to pay rising bills.
- French fury at Paris Match photos of Taliban fighters with trophies from dead soldiers Magazine condemned after Taliban wear dead soldiers' uniforms.
- David Blunkett says people should work until they are 'incapacitated' Britons should work until they're physically unable Blunkett says.
- US election How Sarah Palin hooked the nation As Sarah Palin gives a barnstorming speech Philip Sherwell charts the incredible rise of a smalltown mum from Alaska.
- British Airways ice in fuel report triggers urgent review of air safety Urgent review ordered after investigators found ice blocking fuel supply caused a British Airways jet to crash land at Heathrow.
- Robert Mugabe issues opposition with deadline in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe's leader Robert Mugabe has tried to force the opposition Movement for Democratic Change to sign a powersharing agreement it has rejected saying that if they did not do so he would form a government alone.
- Dick Cheney US vicepresident attacks Russia for 'illegitimate' invasion of Georgia Dick Cheney the US vicepresident broke from his European colleagues by launching a withering attack against Russia.
- Britain braced for galeforce winds and one month's rain in a day Risk of widespread flooding as storm to bring month's rainfall in hours.
- British Airways jet crash at Heathrow may have been caused by ice The crash landing at Heathrow of a British Airways Boeing 777 was probably due to ice crystals blocking its fuel intake causing it to lose power investigators have found.
- EU moves to loosen Russia's 'energy stranglehold' British consumers could end up paying higher prices as a result of European Union measures to reduce Russia's "energy stranglehold" as Europe steps up efforts to prevent Moscow using critical gas supplies to blackmail the West.
- British Airways jet crash 'caused by ice in fuel' Heathrow crash probably caused by ice restricting fuel to the engines.
- Gordon Brown should shape up or 'go with honour' Charles Clarke says Charles Clarke has stepped up his attack on the PM suggesting it may be best interests for the PM to go.
- US forces 'violate' Pakistan territory with attack on Taliban American forces have conducted a raid inside Pakistan - the first known foreign ground assault in the country against the Taliban.
- Ian Blair denies he is being forced out as Met chief The Metropolitan Police Commissioner insisted he was staying put despite mounting pressure over a number of issues.
- Sarah Palin affair rumours are false says John McCain's team Advisers to John McCain have threatened legal action against the American tabloid "National Enquirer" after it claimed that his vicepresidential running mate Sarah Palin had committed adultery with a business associate of her husband.
- Soldier refused room at hotel A soldier on leave in Britain after being injured in Afghanistan was refused a hotel room because it was "company policy" not to host military personnel.
- Gordon Brown has months to save leadership says Charles Clarke PM has just months show Labour can avoid "utter destruction".
- Iraq dossier memos 'must be released' Information commissioner orders release of memos and emails showing how the Government's Iraq war dossier was "sexed up".
- General Petraeus US could pull out of Baghdad by July Top US general in Iraq says troops could pull out of capital by July.
- Labour has created 3600 new offences since 1997 The Government has created more than 3600 criminal offences since it came to office in 1997 almost one for every day in power.
- Met chief Ian Blair could be forced out by Government Sir Ian Blair could be forced out of his job under secret Home Office plans.
- Sarah Palin turns attack on to Barack Obama analysis Phenomenal. Awesome. Fabulous. Sarah Palin's speech galvanised the Republican Convention.
- Sarah Palin wins over Republican Convention with attack on Barack Obama John McCain's running mate has electrified the Republican convention declaring herself an "average hockey mom".
- Millionaire arson New pictures of the blaze that destroyed Christopher Foster's mansion New photographs as the blaze took hold of millionaire businessman Christopher Foster's mansion have been released.
- IRA Army Council declared 'redundant' The Provisional IRA's Army Council has been declared redundant raising hopes that full devolution in Northern Ireland is within reach.
- Pakistan PM Yousuf Raza Gilani escapes assassination days before key elections Pakistan's prime minister has survived a possible assassination attempt days ahead of the presidential elections.
- Arson millionaire Christopher Foster flooded house with oil before burning it Christopher Foster used his expertise to create a network of pipes and flooded his house with oil before burning it.
- Pakistan prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani escapes assassination Pakistan's prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani escaped a possible assassination attempt when shots were fired at his convoy.
- Valium on the rise in heroin shortage Drug addicts increasingly use the tranquilliser as alternative to heroin.
- End of council tax in Scotland to widen divide with England Plans would widen the growing difference in the way Scots and people in the rest of the United Kingdom live their lives.
- Alex Salmond plans to abolish council tax in Scotland despite finance worries Residents north of the border will face a local income tax as Alex Salmond seeks to push through his independence agenda.
- David Cameron holding talks in Pakistan Conservative leader is holding talks with political leaders in Pakistan.
- Arson millionaire Christopher Foster built network of pipes to fuel blaze Christopher Foster used business expertise to flood his house with oil.
- Police searching for missing Briton's exgirlfriend find body Police holding a British man over the disappearance of his exgirlfriend in Dubai have found a body in the desert it has been reported.
- Josef Stalin acted rationally in killing millions claims Russian textbook Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin claims he acted "rationally" in executing millions of people in the Gulags a Russian school book claims.
- Washington shooting rampage leaves six dead Police officer on emergency call is among six dead in Washington State.
- George W Bush praises John McCain at Republican convention Brief speech designed to offer some distance between unpopular president and his wouldbe successor at Republican convention.
- Joe Lieberman former Democratic VP candidate backs John McCain over Barack Obama Senator Joe Lieberman who was the Democratic vicepresidential candidate eight years ago has launched a withering attack on his former party's presidential candidate Barack Obama in a prime time speech at the Republican National Convention.
- George W Bush praises John McCain at Republican convention Brief speech designed to offer some distance between unpopular president and his wouldbe successor at Republican convention.
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