Daily Archives: August 17, 2007 »
Summer meltdown: stock market suffers biggest fall in four years
Shares plummet around the world; FTSE’s worst day nin four years; Value of UK PLC falls £60bn; Market slumps 13% since June; Pensions surplus wiped out; Fears for housing market; Growing threat to economy
Read More »U.S. pre-9/11 memos: Pakistan backs Taliban
Documents allege nation showed ‘resistance’ to helping nab bin Laden AP Newly declassified intelligence documents reveal the depth of U.S. officials’ concern that Pakistan was providing funds, arms — and even combat troops —
Read More »New row over ‘misleading EU treaty’
By Brendan Carlin Pressure for a referendum on the controversial European constitution grew last night amid growing signs of public concern and fresh claims that voters are being misled. Sign the Telegraph EU referendum
Read More »‘We have broken speed of light’
By Nic Fleming A pair of German physicists claim to have broken the speed of light – an achievement that would undermine our entire understanding of space and time. According to Einstein’s special theory
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