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Iraq's dirty squad faces acid test THEY are the sharpest arrows in the Iraqi government's quiver, an elite, American-trained force with a reputation that leads many Iraqis to call them "the dirty brigade".

Cashmere farmers hang by a thread THIS summer, as always, the cashmere on offer in department stores and boutiques is mostly in ultra-thin "summer weight" tops. Come autumn, these usually are replaced by thick, luxuriant sweaters. But this year is shaping up to be different.

Children prove best carers to ease Africa's orphan crisis THE Berega Orphanage, a cluster of neat stucco cottages in a village of red dirt roads and maize plots, is a far cry from what the name suggests. The 20 infants and toddlers are not put up for adoption, nor kept on indefinitely without hope of ever l

Nick Drainey's World View: Close encounters of the sky-high wallaby kind MOVERS AND SHAKERS RUPIAH BANDA

Uganda gay purge puts football coach on spot

Giants Brazil hold no fears for us, says US skipper

Iran bans Mousavi's press officer from leaving country

Search for passengers of Flight 447 ends, race for black boxes goes on

Five killed in raid on Taleban terror cell

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