Jon Snow
Red wine and roast beef
Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy put aside old rivalries to set out a joint vision for a stronger economic future, blogs Jon Snow for Channel 4 News.
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America's battle over climate
As if Obama doesn’t already have enough on his plate – healthcare reform is still stalled in the Congress, direct talks with Iran are starting tomorrow and a complete review of US strategy in Afghanistan is underway – now the great battle of over climate has officially begun in Washington. And this one is likely…
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Pontignano conference: the final messages
This final session of the Pontignano conference is dominated by Obama: whether he will “make it”. Consensus is that on health care, on a domestic climate change bill, and even in terms of economic recovery, he will…eventually (though he’ll need two terms). How the participants here love Obama – he really does walk on water…
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Iran: tens of thousands gather to hear Rafsanjani speak
Iran’s opposition supporters have a way of turning things upside-down and back-to-front in the Islamic Republic. Many of them are secular, yet they go onto their balconies every night to shout “Allah Akbar,” putting the Basij militia, the vanguard of the Islamic Revolution, into the invidious position of telling people to stop praising God. That’s…
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Needed: something to shake this summit up
Just off the PM’s plane in sunny Rome. Brown relaxed and on good form. The worst month of his premiership behind him? Though of course this could be his last G8, with election next year.
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Sorry is not the funniest word
Late night talk show host David Letterman finally apologised to former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin for some tasteless jokes he made about her and her daughters on his show last Monday.
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Jon Snow
An extraordinary gathering of virgins
The Pope’s remarks outlawing condoms yet again, this time in a sermon delivered in Yaounde, Cameroon, call to mind an eerie experience we had on this programme next to a swimming pool in Kampala back in 2005.