Month August 2005

Two-thirds of Britons believe there is a link between Tony Blair’s decision to invade Iraq and the London bombings despite government claims to the contrary, according to a Guardian/ICM poll published today. Now Blair is saying he never said there…

British soldiers will refuse to serve in Iraq if they face the threat of being prosecuted for war crimes, serving and former service personnel warned last night. Drat those pesky war crimes allegations. Hey, if you don’t want to be…

If you keep doing what you’re doing, you keep getting what you’re getting Insurgency in Fallujah expected to worsen: US commander Insurgent attacks in the Iraqi city of Fallujah are expected to rise over the next few months, a US…

Britain, France and Germany are to promise Iran that it will not face military attack if it abandons enriching uranium, the key to building a nuclear bomb, a senior Iranian official said yesterday. The EU and the United States suspect…

Global warming is pumping up the destructive power of hurricanes and typhoons, a new study suggests. The number of hurricanes is staying constant at about 90 a year, yet the ferocity is increasing. And it’s due to global warming.