Top expert's advice on diet change to save environment likely to provoke strong reaction from food industry

Leader of Britain's biggest union launches venomous personal attack on David Miliband

'Extremely dangerous' Ike lashes Turks and Caicos islands and hampers Haiti relief efforts

Storm as TV star refuses to have Republican vice-presidential candidate as a guest on her show

Zardari prepares to take over as president amid insurgent violence in north-west region

It's the latest must-have cosmetic miracle - but to get it, you must enter a pact with Dr Frederic Brandt

Almost 100 warnings in place after rains cause flash floods and five people die

Jack Straw orders inquiry into loss of disk with 5,000 prison officers' details on, last seen in July 2007

Government in talks with ITV over project with host criticised for making 'car crash television'

Tennis: Before storms moved in to end play, Murray had a two-set lead over world No 1

New laws bring threat of up to 200 hours' community service and fines

Parents face prolonged agony as Italian lawyers plan to demand separate hearings for accused

Zimbabwe army and police chiefs want immunity from prosecution before backing regime change

Doctors and psychologists notice increase in numbers of children suffering medically recognised condition

Egyptians shocked as prosecutors breach immunity of rich elite to arrest Mubarak ally

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Snubbed by the Republican convention, Ron Paul set up his own version, bringing a motley crew of supporters to Minnesota - Oliver Burkeman reports

Sport: Boxing: Colombian Breidis Prescott takes 54 seconds to shatter Amir Khan's world title dreams

Sport: Formula One: Briton boosts hopes of Belgian victory by setting fastest qualifying time over rival Felipe Massa

Life & style: Piers Morgan, ITV's new chatshow host, on life as a super celebrity in America

Life & style: Novelist Howard Jacobson on why the green-eyed monster is at the dark heart of male sexual passion

Culture: Andrew Anthony meets the writer Joseph O'Neill, the favourite for this year's Booker prize

Culture: Design: During the Cold War East and West slugged it out over consumerism, as a new exhibition shows

Environment, science & technology: Unique laboratory at bottom of a mine could be first to discover what is holding the universe together

Environment, science & technology: Tim Adams goes inside the Natural History Museum's stunning new £78m insect house

Multimedia: The third instalment from the set of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People

Comment is free: Henry Porter: There seems to be a competition between politicians to make us miserable

Comment is free: Catherine Bennett: Even after three Labour governments, the progress of women's equality moves at a painfully slow pace

Travel: Gethin Chamberlain reports on an innovative home stay network which offers visitors an unbeatable insight into local life

Travel: Taghazout's laid-back vibe and big waves draw surfers from around the world, writes Duncan Jefferies

Business & money: Shareholders demand sweetener to back takeover

Business & money: Think you are protected if your airline goes bust? Now for the first time you can be

Our Uganda aid project: In Katine, Uganda, the Guardian is tracking a three-year development programme