Opposition leader says power-sharing plan is in jeopardy after Zanu-PF handed major ministerial jobs

International group say post-credit crunch world will mean greater caution and smaller returns

Mike Power: Want to help Colombia escape its violent past? Come here and spend your cash

How "cut and paste journalism" created one robot out of two.

PM holds key talks with European officials desperate to prevent continent-wide meltdown in banking sector

Ruling Communist party approves proposals aimed at liberating 700 million peasants from state-owned land

More than 60 militants killed by Nato and Afghan troops as they attempted strike on Lashkar Gah, officials say

Václav Havel et al: Nations in the region are using more water than arrives on a renewable basis. Cooperating to secure it is the only way forward

Tim Campbell: Mary Seacole's entrepreneurial skill and dedication to helping others through nursing makes her a perfect role model

From Che Guevara to the Iraq war, US studios will unleash an unprecedented clutch of heavyweight films

Will Hutton: A lethal new threat is emerging at the dark heart of the financial system. We must have a unified global response or an already perilous position will become a calamity

Editorial: British banks guessed that they are so vital to the economy that politicians would never let them fail

Gok Wan's new show to judge women on their confidence, sex appeal, spirit and brains

Business Secretary eligible for 'golden goodbye' after just four years as Britain's European Commissioner

Stryker McGuire: It's clear from a growing number of studies that some voters will vote against Obama because of his race