Terminally ill Jade Goody has sobbed: “I’ll be dying in a month, leave me alone,” during a foul-mouthed bust-up with her neighbour.
 
Jade Goody shouts out, next to Jack Tweed and her friend
The reality TV star clashed with man as she went to get professional help for “awful” hallucinations sparked by her medication.
The neighbour, on hearing […]

Barack Obama, the US president, has announced that US combat forces will leave Iraq by August 2010.
The plan would pull combat troops out of Iraq 19 months after Obama took office in January this year, slightly longer than the 16 months he promised while on the campaign trail in 2008.
“Let me say this as plainly […]

Murder squad detectives will give evidence today in the trial of those accused of killing a British student in Italy.
 
On trial: Raffaele Sollecito and Amanda Knox
Split over the next two days, 12 witnesses will testify after being called by chief prosecutor Giuliano Mignini as the trial against Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito […]

South-East Asian leaders are facing pressure to take firm action on human rights and halt cases of abuse against migrants and refugees, as they gather for a regional summit in Thailand.
Leaders from the 10-member Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) are expected to consider plans for a regional human rights body when they begin their […]

 drugs company has recalled batches of a meningitis C vaccine due to contamination fears.
 
The authorities say no children in Britain are at risk
Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Srl said it had been alerted to a sterility issue in the solvent for its Menjugate Kit, which is made in Italy.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) […]

Bangladeshi paramilitary forces have begun mutinying over pay at barracks across the country after fighting with border guards in the capital Dhaka subsided.
Military sources said sporadic fighting had broken out on Thursday at dozens of barracks for the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), the border security force.
“There’s 46 baracks across the country, and there’s 50,000 paramilitary […]

The father of a man found dead at Michael Barrymore’s home is considering suing police after a report showed a catalogue of blunders in their investigation.
 
Terry Lubbock says he may sue Essex Police over their blunders
Stuart Lubbock, 31, was found dead in the TV star’s swimming pool after a drug-fuelled party in 2001.
But it has […]

 A fierce gun battle has broken out inside the headquarters of Bangladesh’s border security force in the capital Dhaka, police say.
“There has been a huge exchange of gunfire at BDR (Bangladesh Rifles) headquarters complex this morning. We have heard mortar fire,” Nabojit Khisa, a local police chief, said on Wednesday
“The gunfire is still going on. We are […]

Robbers have raided the home of Manchester United footballer Darren Fletcher hours after he flew to Italy for the team’s Champions League match against Inter Milan.
 
Fletcher in action during United’s recent FA Cup win over Derby County
The gang broke into Fletcher’s family home in up-market Bowdon, Greater Manchester, at around 9pm on Monday night.
They threatened […]

 Asian stock markets have fallen sharply following Wall Street’s plunge to a 12-year low.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei share average fell 2.6 per cent by midday on Tuesday while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng lost nearly four per cent and South Korea’s Kospi more than three per cent.
Other markets across the region were also lower after US stocks […]