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Speaking at a Nato summit in Brussels, Anders Fogh Rasmussen said there would be "more [troops] to come". "At least 25 countries will send more forces to the mission in 2010," the Nato secretary general told reporters. Earlier, US Secretary...

Kingfisher owned B&Q has, for the 13 weeks up-to October 31, reported a definite rise in its sales figures on the back of customers' renewed interest in home improvement. The rise has helped the firm pull out of the recession...

The Netanyahu administration is warning the European Union that it is "playing with fire" if it goes ahead next week with plans to adopt a resolution calling for east Jerusalem to be the capital of a future independent Palestinian state....

Mr Miliband, taking part in an internet chat yesterday, cited a government report which suggested that the impact of disposable nappies on the environment was little more than that of the traditional towelling variety, after laundering had been taken into...

The viciousness of the act's enemies Gary McKinnon and others who invoke the Human Rights Act risk subjection to violent abuse and threats from its opponents The enemies of the Human Rights Act are a diverse bunch, but one thing...

Call the bankers' bluff over bonuses My hunch is that the City can be subdued without too many fat cats emigrating to Switzerland or Dubai. Whoops, not Dubai In all the acres of largely indignant newsprint devoted to the bankers'...

Years ago you might not have noticed the odd elastic band on the pavement. However, a decision by the Royal Mail in 2007 to issue red bands, nicely matching their vans and pillar boxes, has made them a more visible...