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Pakistan closes in on Taliban leader's South Waziristan strongholds

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Daily Telegraph - By Saeed Shah, Daud Khan - Oct. 19 (News Report) - Troops were advancing towards the towns of Makeen and Ladha in the mountainous region of South Waziristan, in a military offensive that could prove decisive in the country's struggle against Islamic extremism.

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Racial tension simmers on Martha's Vineyard as Barack Obama arrives

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Daily Telegraph - Aug. 20 (News Report) - When Barack Obama arrives on Martha's Vineyard for his first family holiday as president, he will enjoy the sparkling sea, salty air and fresh fish and clams. And like others he will probably be unaware of the thousands of illegal immigrants the island relies on during its summer season. But in the recession, a small army of dishwashers, gardeners and labourers, mostly from Brazil, has created a simmering tension with some locals and amid the excitement over the impending trip of the Obamas, some islanders hope their visit will bring attention to problems with immigration.

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White House turns to campaign tactics as support erodes for health care reform

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Daily Telegraph - By Toby Harnden - Aug. 13 (News Report) - The latest survey shows that the backlash in public meetings with politicians against health reforms is sapping support for the flagship policy of Barack Obama's administration. In a USA Today/Gallup poll, 34 per cent of a sample of Americans said that sessions with members of Congress had made them more sympathetic to the views of protesters. Some 21 per cent had become less sympathetic.

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Drinking from Plastic Bottles 'Increases Exposure to Gender-Bending Chemical'

Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Daily Telegraph - By Murray Wardrop - May. 22 (News Report) - Scientists have demonstrated for the first time that polycarbonate containers release the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) into liquid stored in them. BPA has been shown to interfere with reproductive development in animals and has been linked with cardiovascular disease and diabetes in humans.

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Barack Obama goes ahead with missile defence shield despite disarmament pledge

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Daily Telegraph - By Toby Harnden, Bruno Waterfield - Apr. 06 (News Report) - "As long as the threat from Iran persists, we will go forward with a missile defence system that is cost-effective and proven," he told a crowd of about 20,000 gathered in Hradcany Square, next to Prague Castle. "Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile activity poses a real threat, not just to the United States, but to Iran's neighbours and our allies."

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US tried to gag Binyam Mohamed with plea bargain

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Daily Telegraph - By Nick Allen - Mar. 27 (News Report) - He would also have been required to abandon a legal attempt to obtain documents which he believed could prove his innocence. Clive Stafford Smith, Mr Mohamed's lawyer, said: "This reflects the way the US government has consistently tried to cover up the truth of Binyam Mohamed's torture.

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Half of us are barely literate and it's getting worse

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Daily Telegraph - By Alasdair Palmer - Feb. 01 (Comment) - The most graphic illustration of the failure of the British education system is the vast number of people who, despite 11 years of full-time schooling, cannot read, write and add up properly. The Government's own figures show that 5.2 million workers in Britain today are "functionally illiterate", and 6.8 million are "functionally innumerate". "Functional illiteracy" is not the same as the blank inability to read anything – but the bar for competence is not set very high. If you can't read the stories in The Sun, or the signs in a station indicating from which platform your train departs, you are functionally illiterate. Similarly, "functional innumeracy" involves such things as being unable to calculate the change you are owed, or how much you spend every month on regular purchases.

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History will show that George W Bush was right

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Daily Telegraph - By Andrew Roberts - Jan. 15 (Opinion) - In the avalanche of abuse and ridicule that we are witnessing in the media assessments of President Bush's legacy, there are factors that need to be borne in mind if we are to come to a judgment that is not warped by the kind of partisan hysteria that has characterised this issue on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Three million pensions to suffer savings shock, experts predict

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Daily Telegraph - By Myra Butterworth, Harry Wallop - Dec. 16 (News Analysis) - Many could see their income they earn on their savings drop by more than half if they are currently locked into short-term savings deals that offer high rates of return, experts warned.

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Scientist warns against overselling climate change

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Daily Telegraph - By Louise Gray - Dec. 04 (News Report) - Lenny Smith, professor of statistics at the London School of Economics, said that scientists risk "blatantly overselling what we know. That could bring everything down and cost the world valuable time".

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Lawyers call for international court for the environment

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Daily Telegraph - By Louise Gray - Dec. 01 (News Report) - Stephen Hockman QC is proposing a body similar to the International Court of Justice in The Hague to be the supreme legal authority on issues regarding the environment. The first role of the new body would be to enforce international agreements on cutting greenhouse gas emissions set to be agreed next year. But the court would also fine countries or companies that fail to protect endangered species or degrade the natural environment and enforce the "right to a healthy environment".

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Sarah Palin blamed by the US Secret Service for death threats against Barack Obama

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Daily Telegraph - By Tim Shipman - Nov. 08 (News Report) - it has now emerged that her demagogic tone may have unintentionally encouraged white supremacists to go even further. The Secret Service warned the Obama family in mid October that they had seen a dramatic increase in the number of threats against the Democratic candidate, coinciding with Mrs Palin's attacks.

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Sarah Palin to be energy independence chief in John McCain's government

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Daily Telegraph - By Tim Shipman - Sep. 06 (News Report) - Mr McCain, whose selection of Mrs Palin has electrified Republican supporters, wants to capitalise on her expertise in the oil and gas sector while governor of Alaska. He believes that her record of taking on oil company chiefs will help convince the public that his government would not be in the pocket of energy fat cats, a perception that has damaged George W.Bush's poll ratings.

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Why is Vladimir Putin so scared of Georgia?

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Daily Telegraph - By Anne Applebaum - Aug. 15 (Opinion) - Given his world view, it's not very surprising that Putin and his entourage have been so openly hostile, not only towards Georgia, but also towards Ukraine and Estonia, the post-Soviet countries that present the greatest contrast to his vision of Russia. These, after all, are countries in which genuine elections have taken place - sometimes with the help of street demonstrations - and in which people who have not been picked by the ruling oligarchy can rise to power.

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President George Bush: 'Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter'

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Daily Telegraph - By Robert Winnett, Urmee Khan - Jul. 12 (News Report) - The American leader, who has been condemned throughout his presidency for failing to tackle climate change, ended a private meeting with the words: "Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter." He then punched the air while grinning widely, as the rest of those present including Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy looked on in shock.

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Biggest brain drain from UK in 50 years

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Daily Telegraph - By Robert Winnett - Feb. 21 (News Report) - There are now 3.247 million British-born people living abroad, of whom more than 1.1 million are highly-skilled university graduates, say the researchers.

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MI5 warns firms over China's internet 'spying'

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 09:33:50 -0800

Daily Telegraph - By Sophie Borland - Dec. 01 (News Report) - The head of the MI5 sent a letter to more than 300 senior executives at banks, accountants and legal firms earlier this week warning them of a web-based attack from Chinese state organisations. The letter warns that British firms doing business in China are being targeted by the Chinese army, which is using the internet to steal confidential information to benefit Chinese companies.

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Archbishop's assault on US foreign policy - Telegraph

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Daily Telegraph - By Auslan Cramb - Nov. 26 (Opinion) - The Archbishop of Canterbury has launched a stinging attack on the United States, comparing it unfavourably with the British Empire at its peak. Dr Rowan Williams criticised America for intervening overseas with a "quick burst of violent action" and claimed its foreign policy had created the "worst of all worlds".

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Taliban control half of Afghanistan, says report

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:35:02 -0800

Daily Telegraph - Nov. 23 (News Report) - It said that the Nato force in the country needed to be doubled to 80,000 front-line soldiers who should be allowed to pursue militants into Pakistan. The 110-page report said that its "exclusive" research found the Taliban controlled 54 per cent of Afghanistan.

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Iraq insurgency: People rise against al-Qa'eda

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 04:45:04 -0700

Daily Telegraph - By Damien McElroy - Oct. 09 (Special Report) - A transformation has swept western Iraq that allows Marines to walk through areas that a year ago were judged lost to radical Islam control and hear nothing more aggressive than a late-night game of pool.

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Fears of dollar collapse as Saudis take fright

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:35:00 -0700

Daily Telegraph - By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - Sep. 20 (News Report) - There is now a growing danger that global investors will start to shun the US bond markets. The latest US government data on foreign holdings released this week show a collapse in purchases of US bonds from $97bn to just $19bn in July, with outright net sales of US Treasuries. The danger is that this could now accelerate as the yield gap between the United States and the rest of the world narrows rapidly, leaving America starved of foreign capital flows needed to cover its current account deficit - expected to reach $850bn this year, or 6.5pc of GDP.

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Gen Sir Mike Jackson attacks US over Iraq

Sun, 02 Sep 2007 09:43:52 -0700

Daily Telegraph - By Con Coughlin, Neil Tweedie - Sep. 02 (News Report) - General Sir Mike Jackson, the head of the British Army during the invasion of Iraq, has launched a scathing attack on the United States for the way it handled the post-war administration of the country. The former chief of the general staff said the approach taken by Donald Rumsfeld, the then US defence secretary, was "intellectually bankrupt", describing his claim that US forces "don't do nation-building" as "nonsensical".

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Zimbabwe faces anarchy in months

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:36:37 -0700

Daily Telegraph - By Stephen Bevan - Aug. 20 (News Analysis) - The economy of Zimbabwe is facing total collapse within four months, leaving the country facing a slide into Congo-style anarchy, The Sunday Telegraph has been told.

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Hizbollah buys frontier land to attack Israel

Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:11:47 -0700

Daily Telegraph - By Charles Levinson - Aug. 12 (News Report) - Hizbollah is buying up large tracts of land owned by Christians and other non-Shias in southern Lebanon as the militant group rebuilds its defences in preparation for a new war with Israel, The Sunday Telegraph has been told. The land grab is thought to be driven by the Iranian-backed guerrillas' efforts to rearm themselves and fortify the strategically important ravines north of the Litani River, just north of the front line in last year's 34-day conflict with its Jewish neighbour.

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China threatens 'nuclear option' of dollar sales

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:39:06 -0700

Daily Telegraph - Aug. 08 (News Report) - The Chinese government has begun a concerted campaign of economic threats against the United States, hinting that it may liquidate its vast holding of US treasuries if Washington imposes trade sanctions to force a yuan revaluation. Two officials at leading Communist Party bodies have given interviews in recent days warning - for the first time - that Beijing may use its $1.33 trillion (£658bn) of foreign reserves as a political weapon to counter pressure from the US Congress. Shifts in Chinese policy are often announced through key think tanks and academies. Described as China's "nuclear option" in the state media, such action could trigger a dollar crash at a time when the US currency is already breaking down through historic support levels

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