You can both go hang, say UK voters - The Independent

The forthcoming UK election is hard to call: we dislike every party, and politicians in general. A hung parliament seems the likeliest outcome. And incredibly, Labour is still looking strongest on the economy.

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Northeast Passage could enable Russia to blackmail Europe

So climate change opens up the Northeast Passage as a trade "pipeline" - and will Russia use it to blackmail the west? It could be the next Suez, Roger Howard argues.

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Romanian evictions: a political matter not a private one...

Continue troubles in Northern Ireland over Romanian immigrants: is a tier system of right equivalent to racism? From an Amnesty blog.

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Humanists protest over Creationist zoo

An zoo near Bristol UK teaches a mix of Creation and Evolution and apparently a literal interpretation of the Noah's Ark story. The "three people groups" may be descended from Noah's three sons. Humanists and secularist think this is just a little bit nuts.

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Paul Vallely: Lockerbie - the right verdict at last

Scotland's decision to send Megrahi home to Libya was the right one, but it may mean that the truth about Lockerbie is never known.

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Anti-healthcare lobbyists duped us, say Katie Brickell and Kate Spall - Times Online

The British women in CPR anti-NHS adverts actually support the NHS and call for more public investment in it, not less.

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The collapse of Moscow: Architectural heritage being destroyed - Europe, World - The Independent

Moscow's skyline and architectural heritage are on the verge of being destroyed forever because of low-quality renovations and thoughtless demolition, according to a report released yesterday by a group of Russian and international activists.

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Battle for Europe's last ancient forest

Climate change, border disputes and the opposition of residents to expansion threaten eastern Poland's unique woodlands.

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Creationist exams equivalent to A-levels

The National Recognition Information Centre (Naric) in Cheltenham, which advises universities and employers on the rigour of lesser-known qualifications, has ruled that the International Certificate of Christian Education (ICCE) is comparable to courses such as international A-le …

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Bill Maher: New Rule - Not Everything in America Has to Make a Profit

They're not hospitals anymore; they're Jiffy Lubes with bedpans. Superb article with some clever lines, and very relevant to more than just the US.

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A Hard-Line Sequel to the Case of the Pregnant Nine-Year Old Brazil Child & Catholic Excommunication

In a tucked away "clarification" published on page 7 of a recent edition of L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican produced a document that unequivocally confirmed automatic excommunication for anyone involved in an abortion — even in such a situation as dire as the Brazilian case.

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Museums' future lies on the internet, say Serota and MacGregor

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Australia town bans bottled water

Bundy votes 350 to 1 to drink from the tap.

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Huge cave uncovered near Jericho

The largest cave ever found in Israel has been uncovered near the West Bank city of Jericho etched with Christian symbols, an Israeli archeologist said Sunday. A general overlook of the cave.

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African women with HIV 'coerced into sterilisation'

The Namibian government is coercing women with HIV to undergo sterilisation, in an attempt to prevent the spread of AIDS.

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Monbiot: Stop Building Tanks

Monbiot argues that given the situation we're in where we can't ignore climate change but can't afford to do anything about it, the obvious solution is to stop spending on defence - currently 12% of the state budget, and bigger than any department other than health and schools.

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Polish family leave Co. Tyrone after attacks

A Polish family including a four-year-old boy have left their County Tyrone home following a spate of hate crime attacks in the Moygashel area.

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Prince Charles knows what he likes, and he doesn't like much; English architecture, that is

LONDON — Even people who believe that the royal family should be seen and not heard have to admit that when it comes to contemporary architecture, Prince Charles has a robust talent for imaginative insults.

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Monbiot: Outsourcing Unrest

"The great British adventure – three centuries spent pillaging the labour, wealth and resources of other countries - is over." George Monbiot gives a sweeping assessment of the state of global plunder and the effects at home.

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Romanian families flee after racist violence in Belfast

More than 100 Romanian people who fled their homes in south Belfast after a spate of racist attacks are to be temporarily rehoused in the city.

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Caroline Lucas: Forget the BNP. What about the planet?

"There have been two big media stories of the 2009 elections: the demise of Labour and the rise of the BNP. Both were trailed heavily throughout the six weeks of the campaign. Both have received a good deal of attention since.

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Fisk: Iran erupts as voters back "the Democrator"

"They did not accept the results of Iran's presidential elections. They did not believe that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had won 62.6 per cent of the votes. And they paid the price." Robert Fisk on the aftermath, and not really offering much hope for what comes next.

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Prince Charles gets a mixed reception at RIBA

"Prince Charles's keynote speech marking the 175th anniversary of the founding of the prestigious British architecture group came 25 years after he first denounced modernism before the same body." He has recently been opposing a modern development by architect Richard Roges of t …

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