The Independent
The war on terror, five years on: an era of constant warfare
4 Eylül 2006
By Tom Coghlan in Kabul and Kim Sengupta
Pressure for ban on cluster bombs as Israel is accused of targeting civilians
1 Eylül 2006
Pressure for an international ban on cluster bombs has intensified as Israel stands accused of littering southern Lebanon with thousands of...
Changing climate: 'Compost effect' may cause global warming to reach crisis point in 2050
1 Eylül 2006
The world faces a catastrophic rise in global warming in 2050 unless urgent action is taken to cut human-induced carbon emissions, a...
Global warning: Devastation of an atoll
31 Ağustos 2006
Villagers on the South Pacific island of Tegua are packing up and leaving their homes for good - the first real victims of increasing sea...
The Big Question: Is there a solution to the Cyprus problem, or must it remain divided?
16 Ağustos 2006
The Greek-controlled, and officially-recognised, Republic of Cyprus joined the EU in 2004. That means Turkey must open its ports and...
Israeli military chief draws fire for selling shares after soldiers' kidnap
16 Ağustos 2006
The chief of staff of Israel's military was under pressure yesterday after a disclosure that he sold about £14,500 of stocks within three...
Israel's verdict: We lost the war
15 Ağustos 2006
Ehud Olmert, the Israeli Prime Minister, was obliged to admit "shortcomings" in the 34-day-old conflict in Lebanon yesterday as he launched...
Pacific's 'dead zone' is larger than first feared
15 Ağustos 2006
The oxygen-starved "dead zone" along America's Pacific Coast that is causing widespread crab and fish deaths is worse than first thought,...
China hit by worst typhoon for 50 years
11 Ağustos 2006
Typhoon Saomai, the most powerful storm to hit China in five decades, raged ashore yesterday and churned across the south-east of the...
China asks tourists to bid for rare animal they want to kill
11 Ağustos 2006
Visitors to China will be allowed to hunt an array of weird and wonderful wild animals, including endangered species, if they secure a...
Drivers in EU may be forced to use headlights in daytime
11 Ağustos 2006
All drivers in Europe may have to keep headlights on in daytime, prompting a fierce debate on whether safety gains outweigh the cost to the...
Israel set to invade Lebanon despite lessons of 1982 war
10 Ağustos 2006
Israel has approved a major escalation of war by voting to send thousands of fresh troops deeper into Lebanon in an expanded offensive...
Brutal US Attack on Unarmed Afghans Captured by Photos
9 Ağustos 2006
Claims that US troops shot dead up to six unarmed Afghan civilians two months ago in Kabul have been given added credibility with a series...
Traumatised and afraid - 300,000 children who want to go home
4 Ağustos 2006
"I don't want to die. I want to go to school," says Jamal, a four-year-old Lebanese boy scarred by the Israeli bombing of his country. Home...
Israel's Secret War: The Humanitarian Disaster Unfolding in Palestine
4 Ağustos 2006
A 12-year-old boy dead on a stretcher. A mother in shock and disbelief after her son was shot dead for standing on their roof. A phone...
Vegetable prices to soar as heatwave blights harvest
3 Ağustos 2006
The heatwave which delivered the hottest July on record has caused a disastrous slump in vegetable crops which is expected to send prices...
The world has to stop this slaughter if a democratic Lebanon is to have a future
1 Ağustos 2006
Israel has led my country into destruction and my people into a humanitarian emergency. By Merhi Rima
Just hot air? Bush and Blair refuse to call for ceasefire
31 Temmuz 2006
Tony Blair and George Bush defied the growing anger across the world yesterday by seeking a UN resolution that fell far short of a...
How Israel has lost way in its war on Hizbollah
31 Temmuz 2006
The massive aerial bombardment and blockade of Lebanon began in response to a cross-border raid in which two Israeli soldiers were abducted...
The Big Question: Does aerial bombing win wars or does it just stiffen resistance?
28 Temmuz 2006
Will aerial bombing work for Israel? By Kim Sengupta
Moratorium on new soya crops wins reprieve for rainforest
26 Temmuz 2006
The Amazon rainforest has won a temporary reprieve from an invasion by soya farmers, after Brazil's major traders in the bean agreed to a...
The whale's tale
25 Temmuz 2006
It's among the biggest, the rarest, and most beautiful creatures on Earth. But now the western north Pacific gray whale is being forced to...
Amazon rainforest 'could become a desert'
24 Temmuz 2006
And that could speed up global warming with 'incalculable consequences', says alarming new research. By Geoffrey Lean in Manaus and Fred...
Heat, and what it does to us
20 Temmuz 2006
Tomorrow promises to be the hottest day in Britain since records began. But with the sunshine comes a health warning: extreme temperatures...
