The Independent
Are you wondering why it's so hot today?
20 Temmuz 2006
Is it just a freak summer? Or proof of global warming? As temperatures hit record highs, what's fuelling the heatwave?
Why water is gravest challenge facing humanity
10 Temmuz 2006
Tomorrow, a UN report highlights the need to provide the most vital resource of all. By Paul Vallely
Israeli missiles pound Gaza into new Dark Age in 'collective punishment'
30 Haziran 2006
As a textbook example of hi-tech precision bombardment it could hardly be improved. Smoke was still rising yesterday from the scorched...
Blair laid bare: the article that may get you arrested
30 Haziran 2006
In the guise of fighting terrorism and maintaining public order, Tony Blair's Government has quietly and systematically taken power from...
Mental health: Children on the edge
21 Haziran 2006
More than one million children are suffering from mental disorders severe enough to require treatment, doctors say. By Jeremy Laurance
The ugly truth about everyday life in Baghdad (by the US ambassador)
20 Haziran 2006
Snapshots form the offfice of sensitive
Energy: Going nuclear
20 Haziran 2006
A new generation of reactors is suddenly likely. But at what cost? And what will happen to the waste? By Cole Moreton
Hush-Hush Honours for US Military Top Brass
19 Haziran 2006
MPs demand to know why invasion chiefs and billionaire got awards. By Francis Elliott
Bring our boys home: Women against the war
5 Haziran 2006
Their sons, husbands and grandsons are all serving soldiers. And they are joining a major new campaign for the safe return of our troops...
Why deserts will inherit the Earth
5 Haziran 2006
Few places on Earth are less hospitable, less suited to human life than the Sahara desert. Yet as global warming accelerates and the...
Nobel Prize winner accuses US of double standards over Iran
5 Haziran 2006
You would think that winning the Nobel Peace Prize would have provided a measure of protection for Shirin Ebadi, a Iranian human rights...
Shoppers' Thirst for Palm Oil Threatens to Wipe out Orangutan
24 Mayıs 2006
WWF, formerly the World Wildlife Fund, estimates that 80 per cent of orangutan habitat has been lost in the past 20 years. Experts warn...
Attenborough: Climate change is the major challenge facing the world
24 Mayıs 2006
I was sceptical about climate change. I was cautious about crying wolf. I am always cautious about crying wolf. I think conservationists...
Breaking point: Inside Story of the Guantanamo Uprising
22 Mayıs 2006
The camp commander's claims of a co-ordinated revolt are challenged by new details of the violence. By Severin Carrell
Where Have All the Icebergs Gone?
22 Mayıs 2006
The British-funded Ice Patrol is usually busy in May, protecting shipping from rogue bergs. But it's all gone alarmingly quiet this year....
Colin Challen: We must think the unthinkable, and take voters with us
15 Mayıs 2006
Climate change means that business as usual is dead. It means that economic growth as usual is dead. But the politics of economic growth...
Emergency aid may be too little, too late for Palestinians trying to survive a crisis
12 Mayıs 2006
Zarifa Abdel Khadr came in secret to Gaza City's jewellery souk this week to sell the two gold rings she has owned for half a century. By...
Blair's terrible legacy: UK soldiers dig in after five killed
8 Mayıs 2006
In Basra yesterday the mood was one of trepidation. Mohammed Haidar Ali, a 42-year-old engineer, said: "We do not like this violence, we...
Basra on the brink of exploding
8 Mayıs 2006
Deadly attack on helicopter and violent riots show threat facing British forces is escalating in southern Iraq
Ice-capped roof of world turns to desert
8 Mayıs 2006
Scientists warn of ecological catastrophe across Asia as glaciers melt and continent's great rivers dry up
The Innocence Project: Guilty until proven innocent
5 Mayıs 2006
Capital punishment in the US is under the microscope and lawyers using the latest forensic science techniques have found justice wanting....
What not to eat: the truth about food
3 Mayıs 2006
Low-fat is good, butter is bad; buy free-range, not battery; tofu's terrific, lard's a killer... Messages about what we should and...
Self-sufficient living modules hit UK
28 Nisan 2006
They sprang up in the deserts of New Mexico and are made of tyres, earth, and rubbish. Now these self-sufficient living modules have...
Shell urged to abandon $20bn Siberian pipeline that could drive whale species to extinction
26 Nisan 2006
Spring is being keenly awaited on Sakhalin in Russia's far east after another long winter. But when it finally comes in June it offers...
