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2.8m Sudanese 'risk vote violence'

The United Nations is preparing for the possibility of 2.8 million people being displaced if fighting breaks out over southern Sudan's independence referendum, according...

Obama secures Russia treaty votes

US President Barack Obama has locked up enough Republican votes to ratify a new arms control treaty with Russia that will cap the former...

Cancer survival rates revealed

Glaring gaps in cancer survival between the UK and other developed countries have been exposed in a major study.The research, part-funded by the Department...

Report highlights Oxbridge chances

Students from private schools are 55 times more likely to get a place at Oxford or Cambridge University than state school students who receive...

Homelessness warning on benefit cut

Government cutbacks on housing benefit are likely to leave many people struggling to pay their rent and forced to move to cheaper areas, a...

250,000 'jobless for over a year'

Almost 250,000 people have been out of work for more than a year, with many spending their third Christmas on the dole, according to...

Britain 'trained tainted police'

The British government trained an elite police force in Bangladesh accused of extra-judicial killings and human rights violations, according to the latest cables revealed...

Small earthquake rocks Cumbria

A small earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale has shaken Cumbria, geologists said.Data from the British Geological Survey showed the location of the...

US stocks rise after banking deal

Financial companies led stock indexes to new two-year highs after another big banking deal raised hopes that more acquisitions could be on the way.Toronto-Dominion...

Lib Dem recordings 'voice unease'

A string of Liberal Democrat ministers have privately voiced unease about coalition Government policies on welfare reform and university tuition fees in recordings made...

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