The news dropped last Thursday out of a clear blue sky. Shortly after 9am, Italy learnt that a huge lorry bomb had detonated at its Carabinieri base in southern Iraq. Hours later, as details of the atrocity were still...

In 1992, the .38-calibre Colt Cobra revolver with which Ruby killed Oswald was sold at auction for $200,000, while the new owner is now offering a so-called "limited edition" of 5,000 bullets fired from that weapon...

Four others inside the building were among the wounded.Two more guards were killed at the suburban Beth Israel synagogue, which was crowded with about 80 worshippers. The air was thick with dust, which slowly covered...

The litany of setbacks, growing US casualties and the recent killing of 18 Italian servicemen has brought intense domestic and international pressure on the Bush administration to give the occupying force more...

They include the property millionaires David Rowland and Anton Bilton, and Michael Spencer, chief executive of the money broker Icap. Tony Ryan, chairman of budget carrier Ryanair, has taken a stake after being...

If I can do it, anyone can."He has been very open about the trauma of attending a Catholic school where he endured all manner of psychological torture and humiliation. But give me a microphone and 10 chairs and I'm...

Its existence was disclosed at last Friday's Sky annual meeting but the size of the payment only became clear over the weekend. It also emerged that Mr Ball's original contract did not have a non-compete clause when...

Although far cleverer than most of his friends, he never seemed aware of it and unwittingly elevated us to his level. At a period when most of his colleagues considered aesthetics and psychoanalysis marginal or...

Mr Brown's supposed concern about the differences within the EU is just a device to bolster his political campaign against the euro.. As with most of the issues of "convergence" that Mr Brown cites as barriers to...

Will Margaret Hodge be the Children's minister this time next week? I devoutly hope not. Cold-blooded, narcissistic and blatantly insincere, she is not fit for this vital portfolio. Medicinal herbs are grown at...

It seems to me that bureaucrats are taking over Europe and imposing rules."He also doubted the success of the regulations "The birds will remain here. I want to take them home with me," said Ms Shirshov, 14, a tourist...

"Whenever that happens, we are often vastly relieved to find that it was all captured on closed-circuit TV. We have come to believe that there is nothing wrong with being filmed on CCTV. And yet if that isn't the...

"Azertyuiop was no more impressive last year than this horse," he said "You couldn't split them on the way he's won He jumps, he travels and he quickens. Like Azertyuiop, we've minded him over hurdles and not...

Martin Jorgensen, who with Everton's Thomas Grav-esen controlled the game, followed two first-half goals by forcing the 81st-mistake by Paul Robinson from which Jon-Dahl Tomasson scored Denmark's winner. It was their...

Since then, Strachan has reportedly moved close to finalising a deal, while O'Leary has ruled himself out, and wisely so. There were two in my class at school.Anyway, the last Ladbrokes betting list I was sent had...