MoD names marine killed by mine
Death of Royal Marine brings to 97 the number of British military personnel who have died in Afghanistan since 2001
Spacemen call up Earth and ask for a plumber
It is the question astronauts are asked the most: just how do you go to the toilet in space?
Video: A precarious future in the rice paddies
In the second part of our week-long series on the world food crisis, Jonathan Watts travelled to Banaue in the Philippines, where he talked to rice farmer Marlon Tayaban about the problems he faces feeding his six children
Food diary: A look at the weekly diet of a family living in Banaue, the Philippines
A look at the average weekly diet of a family living in Banaue, the Philippines
Video: Juan Gabriel Vásquez supports Spain
Five reasons why Juan Gabriel Vásquez thinks you should support Spain in Euro 2008
Guardian Daily podcast: fuel and road tax changes and high street championship
In our daily show, the mounting pressure on the chancellor, the Israeli prime minister and Britain's best high street
Rory McCarthy on latest corruption case against Ehud Olmert
Rory McCarthy reports from Jerusalem on fifth investigation into Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert
Jo Tuckman on the drugs war in Tijuana
Jo Tuckman reports from Tijuana on the Mexican border with California on the number of dead in a drugs war
Why are cluster bombs among the most controversial weapons used in modern warfare?
Amnesty: Time to call time on Guantánamo
Amnesty International today called for the US detention camp Guantánamo Bay to be shut by the end of the year
New BAE investigation doomed to failure, claims chairman
Dick Olver suggests SFO has no evidence of criminality and accuses campaigning groups of misrepresenting the facts
Blackstone bosses tell a grim tale while taking big pay rises
Stephen Schwarzman, the chief executive of Blackstone, the private equity giant, predicted yesterday that America's credit crisis would worsen, and that the group had no idea when it would end.
Dell to shut site in savings drive
Dell, the computer giant, is to close its first factory in its 24 years and is considering putting its financing business up for sale as the credit crisis widens.