MI5 files reveal details of suspected Nazi women spies
Two very different women who were suspected of working as German spies are the subject of MI5 files revealed for the first time this week. Margaret...
View ArticleScotland's Housing Expo Flower House to open to public
One of the most talked about homes at Scotland's Housing Expo will finally be opened to the public just days before the...
View ArticleNepal celebrates first international gay parade
Hundreds of gays, lesbians, transvestites and their...
View ArticleUS housing slump sparks fears of double-dip recession
The global economic crisis is back where it started: in the US housing market....
View ArticleShows' 'ingenious' film technique
The International Festival's director said two shows he has brought to Edinburgh which use projectors and raw action...
View ArticleUS warns of threat to foreign aid workers in Pakistan
The Pakistani Taliban are planning to attack foreigners helping with flood relief efforts in the country, a senior US official has warned. The Taliban...
View ArticleMurdered 72 in Mexico 'were migrants'
Mexican officials investigating the death of 72 people found...
View ArticleAccusations fly in Argentina media war
There is a battle raging in Argentina over freedom of the media. On the one side is the government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. On the other is the country's largest media group,...
View ArticleFamous female scientists are unknown to UK public
Two-thirds of the British public are unable to name a single famous female scientist, according to an ICM poll. The same survey, organised by the Royal Society, revealed that 90% of 18-24 year-olds...
View ArticleMI5 suspected Bond screenwriter was communist agent
The man who wrote the screenplay for a James Bond film was himself suspected of being a communist agent, newly released Security Service files show. The MI5 file on...
View ArticleGerman WWII plan to invade Britain revealed in MI5 file
German shock troops would have landed at Dover, dressed in British uniforms, if the Luftwaffe had...
View ArticleTobacco firms' web impact probed
The tobacco industry may be using websites such as YouTube to get around a ban on advertising cigarettes, a study says. Researchers in New Zealand studied the...
View ArticleCouncils urged to remove unnecessary street signs
The government is urging councils in England to cut unnecessary road signs,...
View ArticleNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-il 'pays visit to China'
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has left for a visit to China, South Korean media are reporting....
View ArticleSexually transmitted infections near 0.5m a year in UK
There were almost half a million new cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the UK last year, figures show. Experts at the Health Protection...
View ArticleDozens killed in wave of bombings across Iraq
At least 50 people have been killed in a series of apparently co-ordinated bomb attacks...
View ArticleFrance drains lake under Mont Blanc glacier
French engineers have begun an operation to drain a lake under a glacier on Mont Blanc which threatens to flood the Saint Gervais valley. The lake, which is said to contain 65,000 cubic metres (2.3m...
View ArticleFugitive Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir 'returning to UK'
Fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir is reportedly to return to the UK within hours, after evading trial since...
View ArticleCloned meat farmer Steven Innes 'has no regrets'
Farmer Steven Innes, who produced meat from the offspring of cloned cattle, is unmoved by the...
View ArticleNotting Hill Carnival looks ahead to London 2012
As the sequins shimmer, feathers flutter and steel drums rumble at this weekend's Notting Hill Carnival, organisers will be thinking "you ain't seen nothing yet". "This year is the beginning of the...
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