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• International Energy Agency 'blocking global switch to renewables'

  9 Jan 2009: Report accuses International Energy Agency of obstructing a global switch to renewable energy by publishing misleading data and promoting the oil and gas industries

• UN speaking loud and clear on Gaza ceasefire, says David Miliband

  9 Jan 2009:

  Foreign secretary hails UN resolution calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities

• What we can learn from the Greek riots

  9 Jan 2009:

  Costas Douzinas: It's time to understand the insurrection as the response of those who feel invisible to the political system

• Gaza conflict: 'Food and medical supplies are urgently needed'

  Audio (4min 20sec), 9 Jan 2009:

  Middle East correspondent Rory McCarthy on the latest diplomatic efforts to bring ceasefire

• 'She's showing no signs of slowing down'

  Audio (3min 13sec), 9 Jan 2009:

  Health editor Sarah Boseley and Paris correspondent Angelique Chrisafis on why the French justice minister should have taken maternity leave

• Guardian Daily: Interest rates hit all-time low

  Audio (26min 25sec), 9 Jan 2009:

  Cost of borrowing slashed; Gaza diplomacy stalls; and Rachida Dati's maternity leave, in our daily audio show with Jon Dennis

• US immigrants facing deportation have 'no right to an effective attorney'

  9 Jan 2009:

  Immigration lawyers describe move by attorney general as a last-minute evisceration of a constitutional right

• US recycling: 'I don't even think we have an industry'

  9 Jan 2009: Collapse in demand for packaging in China hits US processors and exporters of recyclable material

• Beirut warned over rocket fire

  9 Jan 2009:

  An unidentified group fired four Katyusha rockets across the border into Israel

• Governor closer to impeachment after key vote

  9 Jan 2009:

  Rod Blagojevich's impeachment likely as the Illinois state legislature committee votes for his removal

• Skiwatch

  9 Jan 2009:

  Stephen Lee: The Alps have stayed cold (down to -22C) and sunny, with some useful snowfalls in France

• Bank of Ireland cuts back UK mortgages and axes 600 jobs

  9 Jan 2009:

  Bristol & West brand to close after 150 years in further blow to UK housing market

• The outcry is muted, but the food crisis is getting worse

  9 Jan 2009:

  Jayati Ghosh: The financial debacle has drowned out coverage of food shortages. Where are the billion-dollar bailouts for the hungry?

• Russian oligarch in bid to buy London's Evening Standard

  9 Jan 2009:

  Attempts by billionaire Alexander Lebedev to buy newspaper are believed to have been vetoed

• This is bad for her and bad for us too

  9 Jan 2009:

  Madeleine Bunting: When people say that what Dati does is entirely her own business and no one else's, they are wrong

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