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Palin looks for 'open door' to 2012 White House run (Guardian Unlimited)
McCain's defeated running mate fuels speculation of future presidential bid if 'it's good for the nation'
Cleve West: Walking tall at Kew (Independent)
You can see the arch of Wembley Stadium from where I'm standing but autumn leaves still block the view to the floodlights of its less celebrated twin, Griffin Park, home to Brentford FC. Some of you will know that I'm standing on the Xstrata treetop walkway at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The structure, designed by Marks Barfield Architects (the team responsible for the London Eye), opened ...
Brown meets Labour rebels over third runway at Heathrow (Guardian Unlimited)
The government attempted to head off a Labour rebellion against plans for a third runway at Heathrow yesterday, with rebel MPs, including a ministerial aide and a vice-chair of the Labour party, attending talks with Gordon Brown in Downing Street. A consultation will report in the next few weeks on whether government plans for a new runway - built by 2020 and which would increase the number ...
Video: Cholera spreads among displaced Congolese (Guardian Unlimited)
The Guardian's Africa correspondent, Chris McGreal, talks about the state of refugee camps in Kibati, DRC, where cases of cholera are beginning to cause alarm
Indonesia launches tsunami warning system (Guardian Unlimited)
Indonesia today launched a sophisticated new tsunami warning system designed to give coastal residents enough time to flee or seek shelter from an impending tidal wave. The national system aims to protect the inhabitants of the archipelago's vast coast and prevent a deadly repeat of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed 168,000 people in Indonesia alone. But even as President Susilo ...
Explainer: Presidents make a habit of pushing through last minute orders before leaving office (Guardian Unlimited)
Outgoing chief executives take care to ram as many of their goals as possible down the throats of their successors
Eta's 'military leader' arrested in France (Guardian Unlimited)
Anti-terrorist police in France arrested the suspected military leader of the armed Basque separatist group Eta this morning in what is being hailed as a major blow against the group.
State Papers Online unlocks the vault of UK history (PublicTechnology.net)
The National Archives and Gale/Cengage Learning have released 'State Papers Online', a cornerstone digital resource for all historians and students of Early Modern Britain and Europe.
Christmas comes early to Kew as 100ft Redwood is decorated (BBC News)
Work gets under way to decorate a 100ft Redwood with lights at Kew's country garden near Haywards Heath.
Steve Bell's If ... Socks is back (Guardian Unlimited)
Steve Bell's If ...