Scientists get death threats over Large Hadron Collider
Scientists working on the world's biggest machine are being besieged by phone calls and emails from people who fear the world will end next Wednesday, when the gigantic atom smasher starts up. By Roger Highfield.
The $1bn 'minigarchs': The children of Russia's oligarchs
Foreigners may be increasingly jittery about the prospect of investing in Russia after its invasion of Georgia, but Russia's super rich are getting richer still according to a new survey.
Sarah Palin affair rumours are false, says John McCain's team
Advisers to John McCain have threatened legal action against the American tabloid “National Enquirer” after it claimed that his vice-presidential running mate Sarah Palin had committed adultery with a business associate of her husband.