Gary Younge: She failed to convince the electorate of her own viability. Now her team claims that voters won't back a black candidate

Added: 2008-04-28

Gary Younge: Hillary has cynically turned to the one argument she has left: race

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Oil surges to record as Grangemouth adds to supply worries

Oil surged to a new record today, close to the $120 a barrel mark, after a strike at the Grangemouth oil refinery forced BP to shut a key North Sea pipeline.

Eos bankruptcy filing signals end to cheap executive travel

Eos, the premium airline that flew between London and New York, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last night, a move that appeared to signal the end of cut-price executive-only flights across the Atlantic. The American carriers flights were suspended last night, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded at Stan-sted and John F Kennedy airports. The grounding of Eos follows the collapse of Maxjet last December and the announcement that Silverjet, which operates from Luton, is seeking a bailout from new investors. LAvion, which flies from Paris to New York, is also thought to be struggling. Last night it emerged that mainstream carrier Continental Airlines had withdrawn from merger talks with United Airlines amid concerns about Uniteds financial health in the face of high oil prices. Continental is now focused on a possible alliance with British Airways and American Airlines. All four of the pure business class airlines were launched over the past couple of years to take advantage of a boom in business-class travel between Europe and the United States. They hoped to take on the established transatlantic carriers such as British Airways and Virgin by offering services tailored to business-class travellers. However, sustained high oil prices have pushed up operating costs while the worsening economic environment has reduced demand for premium air travel and the new carriers struggled to compete with better-capitalised rivals. Eos occupied the top end of this niche market and flew only 48 passengers on its Boeing 757s, styling itself a budget-first class service. Silverjet, the last of the British all-business-class carriers, flies 100 passengers on its larger 767 aircraft and charges from

Tibetans criticise Dalai Lama's 'middle way'

Tibetans criticised the Dalai Lama yesterday, saying that his conciliatory approach to China and his refusal to call for a boycott of the Beijing Olympic Games did not reflect the views of most of them.