Peter Riddell Gordon Brown’s leadership rating has fallen to its lowest ever level as a third of voters regard him as worse than Tony Blair, a poll for The Times finds today. The Prime Minister has also presided over a sharp fall in confidence in the economy as he enters a crucial three weeks of campaigning for the London and local elections. The Populus survey will reinforce the ...

KATRIN BENNHOLD and ELISABETH ROSENTHAL PARIS - What was supposed to be a majestic procession through the French capital for the Olympic torch turned into chaos Monday as thousands of people from around Europe, many with Tibetan flags, massed to protest the relay and deny China the promotional boost it hoped for in the runup to the games. The torch went out several times, and police officers had to bring it onto ...

Saed Bannoura Female detainee Shereen Mohammad Hasan, from Bethlehem city, voiced an appeal to several human rights groups to intervene for her release in order to receive adequate medical treatment, as she is losing her sight and suffering a kidney disease.   Shereen is currently under interrogation in Ha-Sharon Israeli prison. During interrogation, ...

Alan Cowell LONDON: After six months of hearings and testimony by 278 witnesses, a jury at a British inquest found Monday that Princess Diana and her lover, Dodi al-Fayed, were unlawfully killed by the negligent driving of their chauffeur and photographers who pursued the couple's speeding Mercedes into a Paris underpass more than a decade ago. Since then, the case has seized attention in Britain and ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton urged President George W. Bush on Monday to boycott the Beijing Olympics opening ceremonies this summer unless China improves human rights. Clinton, in a statement, cited violent clashes in Tibet and the lack of pressure by China on Sudan to stop "the genocide in Darfur." "At this time, and in light of recent events, I believe President Bush should not plan on attending the ...

An Israeli minister has threatened Iran with destroying the country if the Islamic Republic launches 'an attack on the regime'. "An Iranian attack against Israel would trigger a tough reaction that would lead to the destruction of the Iranian nation," National Infrastructure Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer said, AFP reported Monday. The minister, a member of prime minister Ehud Olmert's security cabinet, stressed however that Iran was unlikely ...

Drugging Detainees Is Among Techniques By Dan Eggen Thirty pages into a memorandum discussing the legal boundaries of military interrogations in 2003, senior Justice Department lawyer John C. Yoo tackled a question not often asked by American policymakers: Could the president, if he desired, have a prisoner's eyes poked out? Or, for that matter, could he have "scalding water, corrosive acid or caustic ...

British Researchers Find Artificial Colors Harm Children's Brains, Request Phase-Out By Annie Bell Muzaurieta A team of British researchers from Southampton University carried out a study to look at seven food additives, and their findings were grim: The additives are doing as much damage to children's brains as the lead in gasoline. According to an article in The Independent, the researchers said children's intelligence was being damaged by the ...