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Once again, changing what passengers do: I'll price luggage out of the hold, says Ryanair chief Michael O'Leary
Wednesday 31 July 2013
He wants to halve number of passengers checking in bags and says making passengers pay for cabin baggage is also a possibility
Turkish journalists fired over coverage of Gezi Park protests
Tuesday 23 July 2013
At least 22 journalists have been fired and 37 forced to quit over their coverage of the Gezi Park protests, the Turkish Journalists Union (TGS) has claimed.
Humanity is on a crash course with carbon
Monday 22 July 2013
Humanity is currently on course to double or even triple the carbon dioxide content of the Earth’s atmosphere by the end of this century.
The natural world, photographed by Sebastião Salgado – sponsored by a corporation that's despoiling the Amazon
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Natural History Museum under fire for accepting cash from mining giant
Australian health minister Tanya Plibersek adds fuel to Lynton Crosby row over cigarette packaging
Monday 15 July 2013
Australia’s Health Minister has accused the UK Government of dropping plans to introduce blank cigarette packaging due to pressure from tobacco companies and one of their former lobbyists now working for the Conservatives.
Revealed: Fracking industry bosses at heart of coalition
Sunday 14 July 2013
Campaigners warn of potential conflicts of interest from energy-sector leaders advising on policy
Anthony Hilton: The road to gross domestic happiness
Saturday 06 July 2013
Interesting lunch on Tuesday with Jonathon Porritt, who was a guest of The Foundation, a growth and innovation consultancy to which I have been an adviser for some years.
Gordon Brown's activist sister-in-law Clare Rewcastle Brown denied entry to Malaysian state
Thursday 04 July 2013
Clare Rewcastle Brown has spear-headed a campaign against corruption in the state of Sarawak
Jim Armitage: Don't expect shale gas to cause economic explosions on this side of the Pond
Friday 28 June 2013
Outlook Sorry to deflate your balloon, Mr Osborne, but I fear much of the excitement about UK shale gas will prove to be so much fracking hot air.
Where do we dig? The trouble with fracking
Thursday 27 June 2013
It's not so easy to exploit shale gas reserves found in the UK
Stranded in Uttarakhand: 50,000 trapped by flooding and landslides after 'Himalayan tsunami' hits India
Friday 21 June 2013
Fears that death toll of 150 could soar, with up to 14,000 unaccounted for
Protesters target Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper during Parliament visit
Thursday 13 June 2013
Three protesters arrested following security breach
Shale gas: Centrica puts £160m into fracking fields around Blackpool
Thursday 13 June 2013
Parent group of British Gas will take 25% stake in six Lancashire wells
Erin Brockovich arrested in Las Vegas for being drunk in charge of a boat
Monday 10 June 2013
Environmental activist spotted struggling to moor her boat in the harbour near Boulder City harbour
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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