William Safire, speechwriter and columnist, dies
More school: Obama would curtail summer vacation
Britain's counter-intelligence agency turns 100 next month. Historian Nigel West looks at the service's success, its secrets and scandals
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/6235217/MI5-To-defend-the-realm.html
The death toll in Afghanistan has reached 217 and the funerals have become ever more poignant – but the bestselling SAS author Andy McNab says Army recruits do not want our pity.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/6235325/Andy-McNab-fury-of-the-firing-line.html
Scientists have worked out a new way to defend computers from cyber attackers - by studying ants.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6236631/Cyber-security-experts-learn-from-ant-tactics.html
A Californian politician is pushing for a change in the law to give marijuana the same legal status as
alcohol and tobacco, reports the BBC's Emilio San Pedro.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/americas/8275794.stm
Catastrophic climate change could happen with 50 years five decades earlier than previously predicted according to a Met Office report.
Times Online - Chris Ayres - One bear simply disabled the trap mechanism, went into the cage, ate the food left there, then walked out again. He was shot later. ...
Center for Research on Globalization - Shamus Cooke - The grossly illegal Guantanamo Bay is not being closed down like Obama promised, but moved. The equally illegal Bagram air base in Afghanistan is getting an ...
RealClearPolitics (blog) - GATES: Well, I think, if the president were to decide to approve additional combat forces, they really probably could not begin to flow until some time in ...
Times Online - Tim Reid - Yet this much is now clear: a potential battle now looms between Barack Obama and his top generals over Afghanistan that could define, even destroy, ...
The Nation, Pakistan - Mohammad Jamil - The US leadership, fed up with the performance of President Karzai and his corrupt government, has been looking for an alternative, but could not find a ...