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A land fit only for crooks and killers As The Age of Assassins by Yuri Felshtinsky and Vladimir Pribylovsky makes clear, it's the KGB that rules the roost in Putin's Russia, says Vladimir Bukovsky

 

'My private life is no reason to resign'

Exclusive: F1 boss Max Mosley insists sex scandal should not cost him his job.

The Max Mosley interview

Max Mosley profile: A shrewd operator

The legal argument

Your View: How much should we know?

 

 

Clinton's former home reveals division

A new front has opened in the battle for the deeply divided soul of America's Democrats - the front porch of the long-time home of Hillary Clinton's father and grandparents.

Home movie of Hillary Clinton at three

Camille Paglia: Women, do not vote for Hillary

Obama endorsed by Robert Kennedy's widow

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The secrets of the Rolls-Royce flying lady

A high-society love affair inspired one of the motoring world's most famous symbols.

In pictures: Secret love behind the icon

Duke to sell restored royal ship

Take a virtual tour of the classic yacht

 

 

Iraqi cleric threatens 'open war' Cleric Moqtada Sadr says he will wage "open war" on Iraq's government if operations against his fighters continue. Basra security leaders removed Iraq violence in figures Watch: Militants targeted

 

 

 

Battle to retake Basra was ' a disaster'

Incompetent and under-equipped Iraqi soldiers 'ended up demanding food and water at gunpoint from coalition troops'.

Why British troops should stay in Iraq

Is now the time to pull British troops out?

Frontline: Our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan

 

 

Iraqi Forces Take Last Basra Areas From Sadr Force

By JAMES GLANZ and ALISSA J. RUBIN 14 minutes ago

Despite the apparent concession of Basra, the cleric Moktada al-Sadr threatened to declare “war until liberation” if fighting against his Mahdi Army militia continued.

Times Topics: Moktada al-Sadr

Times Topics: Mahdi Army

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