Michael Phelps is now the top Olympian of all time. Here's what it takes ...
US swimmer Michael Phelps made history yesterday when he scooped a record-breaking 11th Olympic gold medal. He has now topped the podium five times in Beijing. After his latest victory, he revealed the secret behind his six-days-a-week, five-hours-a-day training regime: an extraordinary 12,000-calorie daily diet, six times the intake of a normal adult male. This is a typical day: Breakfast Phelps
Georgian villages burned and looted as Russian tanks advance
Villages in Georgia were being burned and looted as Russian tanks and soldiers followed by "irregulars" advanced from the breakaway province of South Ossetia, eyewitnesses said today. "People are fleeing, there is a mood of absolute panic. The idea there is a ceasefire is ridiculous," Luke Harding, the Guardian's correspondent, said. Earlier, witnesses reported a military convoy heading towards th
House prices: Market sliding faster than in the 1990s recession
House prices are falling at a faster rate than during the recession of the early 1990s, according to data released by Halifax today. Britain's biggest mortgage lender said prices fell by 2.4% in May, wiping almost £5,000 off the value of the average house. The decline follows a 1.3% drop in April and a shock 2.5% drop in March - the biggest monthly decline since 1992 - and means prices have fallen
Taking your laptop into the US? Be sure to hide all your data first | Technology | The Guardian
Last month a US court ruled that border agents can search your laptop, or any other electronic device, when you're entering the country. They can take your computer and download its entire contents, or keep it for several days. Customs and Border Patrol has not published any rules regarding this practice, and I and others have written a letter to Congress urging it to investigate and regulate this
Thursday: the news from ... | Quiz | guardian.co.uk
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We need more nuclear plants to avoid blackouts, say German power chiefs
Senior German energy executives warned yesterday that Europe's biggest economy faces growing blackouts unless it follows the Franco-British lead in promoting new nuclear power stations. They seized on a weekend report in the Guardian that Gordon Brown and French president Nicolas Sarkozy will unveil an alliance to build nuclear plants and export the modern technology worldwide at their "Arsenal" s
Blog by blog guide to … Tokyo
Good lord. This week's blog by blog is in a minor state of shock. We should have seen it coming, really. Our subject is Tokyo: home of all things hi-tech, modish and online, which, somewhat predictably, offers the online traveller the mother of all blogosphere rabbit holes. After hours of blogroll surfing and technorati bashing, dodging weirdo anime and hundreds of puzzlingly inane "this-morning-I
Minister proposes a redesign for the union flag
The culture minister, Margaret Hodge, has said she will consider a redesign of the union flag to incorporate the Welsh dragon. Her surprising commitment was made in the Commons during a debate on the frequency with which the union flag flies above public buildings. The discussions on a new flag design bring a new dimension to Gordon Brown's debate about Britishness. Hodge told MPs: "The Welsh drag
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Revealed: the massive scale of UK's water consumption
Weird Olympics photos
Michael Phelps' Olympic-sized breakfast
Letters: Prince Charles, science and global hunger
John Vidal: Why Prince Charles is right about industrial agriculture
Scientists condemn Prince Charles's attack on GM crops
Charles warns GM farming will end in ecological disaster
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