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Plans to nationalise Northern Rock were thrown into confusion last night when it emerged that ministers are leaving £40bn of the bank's best mortgages in a private offshore trust.

Simon Jenkins: "I am against boycotts, but we must not pretend the games are anything other than a grotesque display of chauvinism"

The EU is setting a dangerous precedent by ignoring international law in its support for Kosovo's independence

It is exactly five years since at least a million people took to the streets of London in protest at Tony Blair's decision to go to war in Iraq. Britain had never before seen a public outcry like it. So why, asks John Harris, haven't we seen one again since?

The global use of GM crops increased by 12% last year to reach 114m hectares across 23 countries, a report showed today.

· Figure plummets to less than half 2002 estimate · New reserves promised amid thriving skin trade

Hopes of more interest rate cuts lent much-needed support to leading London shares today but they failed to erase yesterday's savage losses as talk of an impending US recession continued to rattle nerves. By Katie Allen

With an increasing population, the earnest debate over the merit of biofuels and wind farms misses the point - it is the technologies we fear that will be our salvation. By John Gray

The waters of the Yangtze have fallen to their lowest levels since 1866, disrupting drinking supplies, stranding ships and posing a threat to some of the world's most endangered species. By Jonathan Watts

After the sixth anniversary, is there a growing consensus that the prison should be closed and if so, how can it be achieved? By Andy Worthington

David King is the man who persuaded the government to take climate change seriously. So why is he attacking the green movement in a new book? Oliver Burkeman met him

The European commission will set out new laws next week to impose swingeing limits on greenhouse gas emissions from EU heavy industries in a move that could prompt some of these to relocate lock, stock and barrel overseas. By David Gow

A European community based on the principles of cosmopolitan tolerance could form the template for a new global order. By Ulrich Beck

The American motor industry's rush to go green has captured even the environmental lobby's most despised car - the Hummer - with plans announced yesterday for an ethanol-powered version of the military-style vehicle. By Andrew Clark

The EU is to re-examine its policy on biofuels after admitting that the environmental and social impact of producing the crops may be greater than originally thought, it emerged today. By Jessica Aldred

The government is pursuing a simplistic, knee-jerk nuclear energy policy that won't work. By Peter Tatchell

Pakistan has as many paradigms as pundits. What is clear, however, is that meddling will only ever foment disorder. By Simon Jenkins

After years of secret preparation, the world's cheapest car will be unveiled in Delhi this week - delighting millions of Indians as much as it is horrifying environmentalists. By Amelia Gentleman

British moral authority is hurt by failure to practise what is preached to the world on human rights. By Shami Chakrabarti

The Kenyan president, Mwai Kibaki, today called for parliament to convene next week as opposition parties said violence triggered by his disputed re-election has claimed up to 1,000 lives. By Matthew Weaver, David Batty

· Scientists point to cost in biodiversity and farmland · Razing tropical forests 'will increase carbon' By Alok Jha

There is a disconnect between awareness of climate change and the lifestyle changes necessary to combat it. By Anthony Giddens

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