The BBC has suddenly pulled a documentary film series about the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri as tensions mount in Beirut over expectations that Hezbollah operatives are about to be accused of involvement in the killing. The first of three parts of Murder in Beirut was scheduled to be broadcast on BBC World this Saturday, but the producer was told without warn
Alexander Lebedev, the Russian owner of Britain's Independent and London Evening Standard newspapers, suffered another bruising blow to his business empire today after police carried out a raid on his luxury hotel in Ukraine. Dozens of tax officers burst into the More resort in Alushta, on Crimea's south-eastern coast, early yesterday. They seized documents and computers. Officials from Ukraine's
Some of the police officers were seen to leave the building in a blue minibus at around 1.30pm local time (10.30am UK time). Novaya Gazeta, the Russian opposition newspaper co-owned by Lebedev, later reported that all members of the team from the investigative directorate of Moscow police had departed, taking documents with them. Lebedev and his spokesman, Artyom Artyomov, did not answer phone cal
Jon Stewart (right) and Stephen Colbert perform a duet during the Rally To Restore Sanity in Washington DC. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Jon Stewart (right) and Stephen Colbert perform a duet during the Rally To Restore Sanity in Washington DC. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images 11.20am: Good morning. On the weekend before the US midterms, Jon Stewart, the presenter of the satirical
One promised to restore honour, the other is campaigning to restore sanity. Neither is likely to have much luck. This weekend, Jon Stewart – the liberal presenter of the Daily Show, the satirical TV programme which is viewed by many Americans as giving a more honest take on the news than that which they see on news channels – is hoping that hordes of people representing a silent majority will desc
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