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George Galloway suspended from Commons
Respect MP George Galloway has been suspended from the House of Commons for 18 days. Before MPs voted on his suspension, Mr Galloway was ordered out of the chamber after repeatedly clashing with Speaker Michael Martin during a debate.

Mission of Conscience Accomplished: Battle of Baghdad Cover-up Exposed
In an interview Captain Eric H. May described reports that a neutron bomb had been used at Baghdad Airport shortly after U.S. forces reached the city, on April 5, 2003, but that the event was covered up by the trumped-up rescue of Private Jessica Lynch.

Bush Executive Order: Criminalizing the Antiwar Movement
As the further criminalization of dissent continues in the U.S., Bush issued an Executive Order on July 17th that gives the government the power to seize & confiscate the assets of U.S. citizens who oppose the war in Iraq.

UK is attacked in Litvinenko row
A senior Russian official has attacked the UK's decision to expel four Russian diplomats as 'groundless, inappropriate, unjustified'. The Russian prosecutor general's office said the UK's decision over the expulsions was politically motivated.

Bush's Martial Law Plan Is So Shocking, Even Congress Can't See it
President Bush's post-terror attack martial law plan is so shocking that even sitting members of Congress and Homeland Security officials are barred from viewing it, another example of executive über alles and a chilling portent of what is to come as constant reminders of the inevitability of terror attacks reverberate.

England under water: scientists confirm global warming link
It's official: the heavier rainfall in Britain is being caused by climate change, a major new scientific study will reveal this week, as the country reels from summer downpours of unprecedented ferocity. More intense rainstorms across parts of the northern hemisphere are being generated by man-made global warming, the study has established for the first time an effect which has long been predicted but never before proved.

Gamble pays off as Turkey's PM wins historic landslide
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister, secured a landslide election triumph last night, winning a second five-year term with nearly half of the national vote after being forced by veiled threats of a military overthrow to call an early ballot. In what was seen as the most crucial Turkish election in at least a generation, Mr Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) won 47% of the vote, giving it a majority of about 130 in the 550-seat parliament in Ankara.

Calls mount for Australia to free Indian doctor
The Australian government is facing mounting calls to explain its treatment of an Indian-born Muslim doctor detained in the wake of the failed bomb attacks in London and Glasgow. The case of Mohammed Haneef, arrested in Queensland three weeks ago, has strained relations with India and sparked accusations that anti-terrorism officers were incompetent.

Four more names emerge in cash for honours case
Detectives in the cash for honours investigation seized a draft list of people Labour wanted to nominate for peerages which showed all those put forward had loaned the party millions of pounds, sources confirmed yesterday. The list shows that the government had considered offering peerages to eight businessmen. Until now only four had been known about.

Blair's new neighbours questioned by police at gunpoint
Furious neighbours of Tony Blair's £3.6million London townhouse are to complain to the Home Office after being quizzed at gunpoint by police outside their homes. Officers from Scotland Yard's elite Diplomatic Protection Group assigned to guard the former Prime Minister openly carry Heckler & Koch sub-machine guns while on duty outside his home in leafy Connaught Square.

My wake-up call: Watch for another 9/11-WMD experience
Prior to the 1930s, Americans were suspicious of government, but with the arrival of the Great Depression, Tojo, and Hitler, President Franklin D. Roosevelt convinced Americans that government existed to protect them from rapacious private interests and foreign threats. Today, Americans are more likely to give the benefit of the doubt to government than they are to family members, friends, and those who would warn them about the government’s protection.

UK consumers happy to own fakes
The amount of fake luxury goods has grown as shoppers in the UK find it increasingly acceptable to own them, a report has suggested. Two-thirds of consumers, up 20% on 2006, are happy to own fake clothing, footwear, watches and other items.

Debate brings Youtube to centre of 2008 presidential campaign
Old media enter into an uneasy alliance with new media tonight to grill the Democratic candidates in the United States's 2008 presidential race. CNN and YouTube, the video-sharing website, are holding a joint debate in which the public have sent in video-recorded questions for Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and the other candidates.

Taliban threatens to kill South Korean missionaries
Afghan negotiators were last night locked in talks with the Taliban to release 23 South Korean Christian missionaries that the fighters have taken hostage and threatened to kill unless a deal is reachedtoday. A Taliban spokesman said that the deadline for negotiations had been extended until 7pm local time (3.30pm BST) to give the South Korean and Afghan governments more time to respond to its demands.

Homes on flood plains are at greater risk in heavy rains
As the flooding chaos continues, the BBC has seen a leaked government document which says new housing on flood plains cannot be ruled out. The draft of the forthcoming Housing Green Paper suggests it is "not realistic" to prevent all future development in flood-risk areas.

Is this Big Brother street?
Smile...you’re on camera. Today we can reveal the incredible rise of CCTV with one Welsh street containing a staggering 73 spy cams in less than half-a-mile.
Wales on Sunday’s count on Cardiff’s St Mary Street and High Street, which runs as one 800m road, equates to one every 11m.