Gordon Brown has blamed the oil cartel, Opec, for the world’s new oil crisis. Is he right to do so? From The Week, June 7 2008
We must hold our politicians accountable for their role in Iraq’s bloody chaos, says Matthew Carr
Like Caligula, the most decadent of America’s super-rich elite has had his comeuppance
France’s decision to rejoin Nato will have major implications for the British, says Robert Fox
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Members of the anti gay-marriage movement in France gather yesterday in front of the Sorbonne, scene of the 1968 student protests 45 years ago this month.
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