UK & USA Today Editoweb 9 november 2009

Ministers set to review spot fines

Ministers are to look again at cautions and on-the-spot fines amid fears serious criminals are escaping justice, it has been revealed.

Government accused on immigration

Ministers have been accused of "deliberately deceiving" the British public over a secret plan to increase immigration.

Parties told to come clean over student funding

Labour and the Conservatives have both been accused of a "conspiracy" to raise student fees after the general election.

PM 'sorry' over condolence letter

Gordon Brown has blamed his handwriting after apologising to a grieving mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan for errors in a letter of condolence.

Ex-UK soldier says colleagues caused Iraqi's death

A former British soldier told an inquiry on Monday into allegations of abuse by British troops in Iraq that he saw two of his colleagues kick and hit a handcuffed Iraqi detainee shortly before he died.

Merkel thanks Gorbachev on Berlin Wall anniversary

Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev crossed a former fortified border on Monday to cheers of "Gorby! Gorby!" as a throng of grateful Germans recalled the night 20 years ago that the Berlin Wall gave way to their desire for freedom and unity.

Gulf Coast preps as Ida weakens to tropical storm

Gulf Coast residents hunkered down at home and in shelters Monday as a rare late-season tropical storm headed their way, bringing with it the potential for high winds, flooding and up to 8 inches of rain in some places.

Hospital: Ft. Hood shooting suspect awake, talking

The man accused of killing 13 people and wounding 29 at Fort Hood is able to talk, a hospital spokesman said Monday, but it's unknown when investigators might take advantage of his improving health to press forward with their probe into the shooting spree.

Prosecutors say Chicago man had al-Qaida video

Two videos produced by Osama bin Laden's al Qaida terrorist network have been found in the home of a Chicago man accused of plotting an armed attack on a Danish newspaper, federal prosecutors said.

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