Anti-war protestors in Derry are charged with criminal damage to the Raytheon factory in the city. The courts in Northern Ireland have placed a gag on all reporting of the case and even on any reference in the media to Raytheon. By John Duggan

The European Union is 50 years old on 1 January 2008. It has been en enormous economic and institutional success, but a democratic failure.
By John Duggan

Two million people displaced and up to 400,000 people killed in the continuing conflict in Africa's largest country. By John Duggan