British forces in action in Zumbelay, Helmand

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War in Afghanistan: Not in our name

71% of Britons back IoS call for withdrawal of forces within a year

A competitor collects cards ahead of a round of the World Memory Championships

An unforgettable memory contest

A Slice of Britain: Find it difficult to remember what you did last week, let alone the order of 1,144 cards? Don't despair: it's possible to train your mind – and age is no bar. The founder of the World Memory Championships is proof.

Hollywood's most glamorous studio prepares to sell up

The home of Tom and Jerry, James Bond and classic musicals is laden with nearly $4bn debt

Dover closed as winds hit 100mph

Ferries cancelled, homes flooded, and trapped drivers rescued as South bears brunt of storms

Aid commitment dropped from Queen's Speech

Brown's pledge to prevent future governments cutting overseas aid will appear as a draft bill only

At last, PM eclipses 'The Sun' and enjoys a good week

The disgrace of Britain's jails: Institutions short-change inmates and society

Overcrowding, reoffending, and mandatory sentencing have created prisons that are ineffective and expensive, a charity warns

Juliet Lyon: Our prison-building binge is a badge of national shame

The 40 million children who just didn't exist

One charity's campaign to register the births of all children in the developing world is transforming millions of young lives.

Children's rights 'being systematically breached'

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Afghanistan: IoS readers have their say

The Independent on Sunday believes the war is ill-conceived, unwinnable and counter-productive, and we should plan now for the phased withdrawal of our blameless forces within a year or so. But what do our readers, our politicians and our soldiers say?

British soldiers sexually abused us, claim Iraqis

Graphic torture allegations emerge as lawyer warns of hundreds of legal cases

Defender Michel Bastos fires in a shot as the England winger Shaun Wright-Phillips takes evasive action during a 1-0 victory for Brazil in Doha last night

One Nilmar to Brazil

Striker heads in the only goal as Samba boys waltz past England despite missing penalty

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Album: Them Crooked Vultures, Them Crooked Vultures, (Sony BMG)

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Do Big Phil and Shiny Simon have the X Factor?

The king of the talent show is raking it in while saving ITV. But that's not enough. Now, reports Richard Northedge, Simon Cowell is forming a joint venture with a real billionaire, Sir Philip Green

Romola Garai: An actor's life for me – at least for now

The darling of directors such as Poliakoff and Ozon harbours dreams of being a writer – and appearing alongside that feminist icon, Lisa Simpson.

STV and ITV on a 'Collision' course to the High Court

Scottish franchise's refusal to show major drama is latest blow in a bitter battle.

'Angry Mermaid' joins fight against climate change

Award inspired by Copenhagen's famous statue will go to organisation doing most to sabotage action over global warming

Will carbon dioxide give Miliband the slip?

Evidence of water found on moon

Steve Connor: Scientists announced tonight that they have discovered "buckets" of water on the Moon following data analysis.

Global swine flu deaths slow as WHO toll passes 6,250

More than 6,250 people have died in the swine flu pandemic, World Health Organisation data showed Friday, as the global death rate appeared to slow.

International video game sales for October

Amazon have released data relating to October's top 5 selling video games from its North American, European, and Japanese online stores, combining both shipped units and pre-orders in the same charts.

72,000 pupils in grades bungle

Up to one in six pupils may have been awarded the wrong grade in national curriculum science tests, according to a report published yesterday.

Vitaly Ginzburg: Nobel Prize-winning physicist who helped the Soviet Union develop the hydrogen bomb

Vitaly Ginzburg, a Jewish Nobel Prize-winning Russian physicist, who was "saved" by the hydrogen bomb, died in a Moscow hospital on 8 November aged 93. He was widely regarded as one of the fathers of the Soviet H-bomb.