UK & USA Today Editoweb 26 January 2010

Iraq inquiry: Senior lawyer was against invasion

A senior lawyer has told the Iraq inquiry that Jack Straw brushed aside warnings that the invasion had no basis in international law.

Hostage was chained and 'executed'

British hostage Peter Moore has described being beaten, shackled and subjected to mock executions.

Footie Fan Dan Shoots For Keepy-Uppy Record

A football freestyler is attempting to set a Guinness World Record by juggling a football 30 miles across London.

Crystal Palace FC Goes Into Administration
 
Crystal Palace Football Club, a Coca-Cola Championship side, has gone into administration.
 
Blair 'told war needed UN backing'

Tony Blair was warned two months before the invasion of Iraq it would be illegal to go to war without United Nations' authority, the inquiry into the conflict has heard.

Torture Case Brothers Face Longer Sentences

Two brothers who were locked up for torturing two young boys are to have their sentences reconsidered, it has been announced.

CBO: Federal deficit projected at $1.35T

The Senate Tuesday rejected a plan backed by President Barack Obama to create a bipartisan task force to tackle the federal deficit this year despite glaring new figures showing the enormity of the red-ink threat.

Dad's Mass. death puts Kerrigan in spotlight again

Nancy Kerrigan's low-key family, which struggled with the attention brought on after an attack at a skating competition nearly derailed her Olympic dreams, has again been thrust into the spotlight with the death of her father after what authorities said was a violent struggle with his troubled son.

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