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Cluster bombs: International ban to be agreed

An international treaty to ban cluster bombs is being finalised by more than
100 countries.

‘Rude’ police punishing middle classes to hit Home Office targets

Police are targeting the law-abiding middle classes over minor misdemeanours
so they can meet government targets, a report claims.

Labour: Gordon Brown support slumps to its lowest since polling began

Labour support has slumped to its lowest level since polling began, according
to a Telegraph survey.

John Bolton: Citizen’s arrest attempt was comic

John Bolton, the former American ambassador to the UN, has brushed off an
attempted citizen’s arrest at the Hay Festival in Wales as “comic?.

‘Sex-obsessed’ Briton accused of killing wife and daughter

Neil Entwhistle, the British man accused of killing his wife and baby daughter
in America, was “sex-obsessed? and trying to find an old girlfriend after
flying to the UK immediately after the deaths, prosecutors claim.

Most stabbings are with kitchen knives, says police chief

The most common knife used in teenage stabbings is taken from the kitchen, Sir
Ian Blair said yesterday.

BBC website faces budget cut for stifling rivals

The BBC will not receive any more money for its website until it can prove
that it offers “distinctive” content that does not damage its commercial
rivals, the corporation’s governing body has warned.

Spanish fishermen go on strike over fuel costs

Hundreds of Spanish fishermen were converging on Madrid today, on the first day of an indefinite strike protesting over soaring fuel prices

Israel ruling party to decide on leadership vote

Kadima party will decide next week on an internal vote on the leadership of the prime minister, Ehud Olmert, after allegations of corruption

Third arrest in Jersey children’s home inquiry

Police in Jersey are questioning a third man in connection with the child abuse inquiry at a former children’s home