The Metropolitan Police have reinstated a Sikh police sergeant who was sacked after being accused of sending racist hate mail. The force has also apologised to Gurpal Virdi, who was dismissed in March ...

Children growing up in refugee camps in Peshawar, in the north of Pakistan, are being drugged by their parents to leave themselves free to work undisturbed in the carpet factories. The Afghan men and ...

Leeds ended their turbulent season with a last-gasp win in Peter Reid's first game as full-time manager. Late strikes from substitute Nick Barmby and Mark Viduka saw Leeds leapfrog their opponents in ...

Calls to extend the Tube to a deprived area of north London have won the backing of the mayor. Ken Livingstone visited north Tottenham on Wednesday to see if the Victoria Line could be extended from ...

Tyre maker Michelin has attacked Formula One bosses for reintroducing tyre changes for the 2006 season as it goes against attempts to cut costs. The decision has been made by FIA chief Max Mosley, who ...

Fifa president Sepp Blatter said Nigeria's plan to co-host the 2010 World Cup with four African countries will not work. "This idea of Nigeria [to stage the tournament with Cameroon, Benin Republic, ...

In a park in the Latvian capital Riga, a small group of protesters gathers, all Russian, some wearing paper hats inscribed with the word "Alien". Latvian police carry out a small, bureaucratic piece ...

Rangers manager Paul Le Guen has left the club by mutual consent. Chairman David Murray said: "Having met with Paul it was clear that in the interests of the club we agreed jointly to him stepping ...

This weekend is the first anniversary of Live 8, when the world's biggest pop stars performed at 10 concerts around the world to raise awareness of poverty in Africa. Madonna famously embraced ...

Ireland is preparing to mark 100 years since Bloomsday, the day on which James Joyce's novel Ulysses is set - 16 June 1904. But why is Joyce - and Ulysses in particular - continually held up as such a ...

El candidato del Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD), Andrés Manuel López Obrador, ratificó su rechazo al recuento ...

During more than two decades as leader of Iraq, Saddam Hussein's violent methods and uncompromising stance thrust his country onto the world stage. Saddam Hussein's road to absolute power began in ...