US and North Korea meet for nuclear talks First talks since the death of Kim Jong-il will discuss the communist state dismantling its nuclear programme in return for food aid
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:11:11 GMT Baghdad bombings kill at least 20 Car bombs strike across the city less than a week after a deadly attack at the capital’s police academy killed 19
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:00:12 GMT Republican hopefuls round on Santorum Socially conservative former Pennsylvania senator is accused of being fiscally reckless by Mitt Romney and of being a ‘fake’ by Ron Paul
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:50:34 GMT Gillard calls Labor leadership vote Australian prime minister calls leadership vote after Rudd resigns and says she cannot win election
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:45:47 GMT Obama and Romney unveil rival tax plans The two plans show that there is strong support for reforms to the bafflingly complicated US tax system but division about how much revenue the system should raise
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:48:04 GMT Doubt cast on ‘faster than light’ finding Latest results will strengthen the scepticism showed by most physicists when the original discovery was announced in September
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:37:39 GMT Syrian assault spurs call for intervention The intensifying assault on the city of Homs killed dozens, including two western journalists, sparking fresh pleas for international action
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:26:17 GMT Germany fights eurozone firewall moves Steffen Seibert, spokesman for Angela Merkel, insisted that Berlin saw no need to increase the size of the €500bn European Stability Mechanism
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:03:37 GMT West dismayed at failure of IAEA talks in Iran The failure of talks between Iran and the IAEA over Tehran’s nuclear programme has triggered dismay among western powers
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:15:10 GMT US farm subsidies attacked amid boom With commodity prices soaring and land values at record highs, agriculture is enjoying a windfall but the good times have not escaped notice in Washington