The Guardian

One in six countries in the world face food shortages this year because of severe droughts that could become semi-permanent under climate change, UN scientists warned yesterday. By John Vidal and Tim Radford

The deserts of north Africa are threatening to leap the Mediterranean and creep through Spain, according to government figures made public as part of a national campaign to halt desertification. By Giles Tremlett

Bush's imperial project has succeeded by learning the chief lesson of Watergate - muzzle the press. By Sidney Blumenthal

Lakes in two large swaths of Siberia are shrinking in size and 125 of them have disappeared altogether, a US study revealed yesterday. By Nick Paton Walsh

Oil Workers in Basra are Ready to Fight Privatization. By Greg Muttitt

Families can still stroll but militia gangs hold power in port city. By Rory Carroll

Fires in the Siberian forests - the largest in the world and vital to the planet's health - have increased tenfold in the last 20 years and could again rage out of control this summer, Russian scientists warn. By Tim Radford

His dream of dominating every government institution in tatters, the US president is already plotting his revenge. By Sidney Blumenthal

Expert warns estimate of 7.5 million global deaths is optimistic. By Mark Honigsbaum

The no-frills carrier easyJet yesterday accepted there was legitimate public concern about the impact of flying on climate change and said it would welcome a dialogue with green campaigners. By Terry Macalister

A major British institutional investor will tomorrow oppose the re-election of Lee Raymond as chief executive of ExxonMobil on "ethical grounds" at its annual meeting. By Terry Macalister

It would be easy to think that America doesn't doesn't give a fig for the rest of the world's concerns about global warming.

The Iranian government threatened to provoke a full-blown international crisis yesterday by confirming that it is to resume its suspended nuclear programme. By Ewen MacAskill and Robert Tait in Tehran

The world is getting warmer - and US scientists now know precisely how much warmer. By Tim Radford

Allied Army Gains Firm Footing on Turkish Soil.

The Greens today accused the three major parties of ignoring climate change in the election campaign, and released a mini-manifesto on cutting carbon emissions. By Matthew Tempest

By tradition, an incumbent prime minister - when time comes for re-election - faces a miscellany of Monster Raving Loonies and hapless candidates from the other major parties. By Ed Vulliamy

The riots in China highlight the dangers of using nationalism as an outlet for growing popular frustration. By Isabel Hilton

Given his record in Honduras, John Negroponte should have no difficulty spotting terrorists. By Paul Laverty

Graffiti sanatçısı Banksy, New York'un üç büyük müzesine girip eski ustaların ve çağdaş sanatın büyük isimlerinin yanına, kendi eserlerini yerleştirdi. Bu "istenmeyen eserlerin" fark edilip kaldırılması birkaç günü buldu.

Notorious UK graffiti artist hangs his own work alongside old masters

In the late 19th century Louis Vuitton's first suitcases, in crocodile or ostrich skin, were lined with snakeskin or sealskin. The tastes of consumers of luxury goods have changed surprisingly little since. Sealskin it seems is in demand once again. By Jess Cartner-Morley

Washington's nomination of Paul Wolfowitz as the World Bank's next president has triggered an outcry among the bank's staff, who have demanded the right to have a say in his confirmation, it emerged yesterday. By Julian Borger

In the two decades before she was gunned down along a particularly lawless stretch of the trans-Amazon highway, Sister Dorothy Stang fought for land rights for some of Brazil's poorest migrants. By James Sturcke

The front benches of both main parties would like to fight the forthcoming election on the Basil Fawlty principle of "don't mention the war". They will not be so lucky. By Andrew Murray

Creationists Take Their Challenge to Evolution Theory into the Classroom. By Suzanne Goldenberg

No amount of spin can conceal Iraqis' hostility to US occupation. By Sami Ramadani.

"If we don't act immediately the Arctic will soon become unrecognizable" said Tonje Folkestad, a WWF climate change expert. "Polar bears will be consigned to history, something that our grandchildren can only read about in books."

Global food companies are aggravating poverty in developing countries by dominating markets, buying up seed firms and forcing down prices for staple goods including tea, coffee, milk, bananas and wheat, according to a report to be launched today.

Science advisers call for research into toxic link to brain disease. By James Meikle