This weekend is the first anniversary of Live 8, when the world's biggest pop stars performed at 10 concerts around the world to raise awareness of poverty in Africa. Madonna famously embraced ...

Ireland is preparing to mark 100 years since Bloomsday, the day on which James Joyce's novel Ulysses is set - 16 June 1904. But why is Joyce - and Ulysses in particular - continually held up as such a ...

El candidato del Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD), Andrés Manuel López Obrador, ratificó su rechazo al recuento ...

During more than two decades as leader of Iraq, Saddam Hussein's violent methods and uncompromising stance thrust his country onto the world stage. Saddam Hussein's road to absolute power began in ...

Police have smashed a global child abuse network which was co-ordinated through a UK-based internet site. Global agencies, led by UK investigators, examined more than 700 suspects, including 200 in ...

Had it not been for one single discovery the high profile murders of Damilola Taylor, Peter Falconio and the school girls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman would have remained unsolved. Crucial to each ...

Tony Blair has always stood out from the crowd. At school he drove his teachers to distraction, constantly questioning their authority. At university, he acted out his rock star fantasies as the lead ...

The first murder conviction using DNA evidence came in 1988 when baker Colin Pitchfork was found guilty of the separate murders of two schoolgirls - Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth, both 15 - in ...

The Liverpool rearguard is one of the meanest around, but their defending regularly comes under scrutiny with boss Rafael ...

El G-20 acordó este jueves incrementar la cantidad de recursos que tiene el Fondo Monetario Internacional, para que sea este ...

So despite being called a sprint it is not simply about getting from A to B in the fastest time. It is about having the tactical skill and courage to make your opponent do what you want them to do.

The President of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliev, has collapsed twice during a ceremony broadcast live on state television, prompting new speculation about his health. Television showed Mr Aliev, 79, ...