IEA warns that both Labour and Tories underestimate spending cuts
Thatcher's think tank says a total financial overhaul is required and that the deficit can be slashed without raising tax burden.

Indonesian students throw shoes at pictures of President Obama

IMF warns high public debt "tremendous" challenge
IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Saturday that public debt in the advanced economies is set to increase significantly and reversing the rise would be a "tremendous" challenge

Debt - A conspiracy of silence
Britain is in a far worse financial crisis than many realise. Drastic action is needed, says venture capitalist Jon Moulton in the first of a series unpicking the issues The IoS believes matter most

Soros Says Pound Devaluation Is Option for Next U.K. Government
Billionaire investor George Soros said the next U.K. government after the May 6 election should decide whether to allow a further devaluation of the pound to rebalance the economy and assist the recovery

America's Imperial Design. Prompt Global Strike: World Military Superiority Without Nuclear Weapons
A war can be won without being waged. Victory can be attained when an adversary knows it is vulnerable to an instantaneous and undetectable, overwhelming and devastating attack without the ability to defend itself or retaliate.

Heavy industry claims carbon emission targets are 'death by a thousand cuts
'• EU aims to cut emissions by a fifth in 2020 against 2005 levels
• Manufacturers warn higher carbon taxes will drive firms abroad

Muslim staff escape NHS hygiene rule
Muslim doctors and nurses are to be allowed to opt out of strict hygiene rules introduced by the NHS to restrict the spread of hospital superbugs.

Bonn or bust – The UN’s last, desperate bid for unelected world government
There are not many empty seats in the dismal, echoing conference chamber in the ghastly concrete box that is the Hotel Maritim here in Bonn, where the UN’s latest attempt to maneuver the 194 States Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change gets underway today.

Gendercide: China’s shameful massacre of unborn girls means there will soon be 30m more men than women
In the cruel old China, baby girls were often left to die in the gutters. In the cruel modern China, they are aborted by the tens of millions, using all the latest technology.

There is an ugly new word for this mass slaughter: gendercide.

CRACKDOWN ON SNOOPERS
THE Tories will slam the door on Gordon Brown’s state snoopers by stopping officials entering your home on a whim.

The Conservative manifesto guarantees inspections of property cannot be carried out without a magistrate’s warrant.