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Home Secretary 'powerless' to stop extradition

Alan Johnson unable to intervene and prevent the extradition of Gary McKinnon to the US on human rights grounds

Iran seizes Nobel peace prize winner's medal

Iran’s hardline regime has confiscated the Nobel peace medal and diploma of Shirin Ebadi, the human rights lawyer

Woman's body found after Kent supermarket shooting

Body found in flat in Canterbury hours after man waving a gun around in Cantebury supermarket was shot by police

Business news  

John Lewis sales up 20% after cashmere boost

Fashion, bean chairs and mince pies boost sales at John Lewis and Waitrose amid growing hopes for Christmas retailing

Administrators for Borders are named

About 1,150 jobs are at risk at the leading UK bookseller as MCR fights to keep stores open while it seeks a buyer

• Borders on the brink with 1,100 jobs at risk

• Banks, oil groups and miners lead stock surge

ITV swoops to have GMTV for breakfast

Network takes full control after buying Disney’s 25% stake and begins process of integration that could lead to job cuts

Sport News  

Farce reigns in race for last four as Murray bows out

Briton is eliminated on complicated mathematical tie-breaker despite his victory over Fernando Verdasco in three sets

• Nadal crashes out as workload takes its toll

• Murray serve suffers by comparison

Portsmouth need Grant to be their special one

Former Chelsea manager agrees to succeed Paul Hart at Fratton Park and aims to win over doubters by saving club from drop

Strauss unworried by reputation of Newlands

England captain plays down significance of statistics that say South Africa prevail when their captain wins the toss

Comment  

We have kit and leadership. Let’s go

The war in Afghanistan will not be won with tanks but by the side that brings security to the people

• Richard Beeston

Behind the scenes at the biggest deal

For all the corridor plotting the best hope is a fudge. After Copenhagen we’ll turn to wackier solutions

• Tony Brenton

Film premieres can damage your soul

First nights are a savage measure of your celebrity worth. That’s why I’ve just been to my last one

• Frank Skinner

Life and Style  

Celebrity Watch: Jedward move downward

Who’s up and who’s down in Celebrity Watch, the barometer of fickle fame. Kate Moss is up this week, along with Amy Winehouse

21 top tips for Christmas

Secret tips and favourite recipes for the holiday season from the country’s greatest foodies

Maybe it's time for men's lib

It's a dire time for the stronger sex. Men are in the firing line of sexism, too, so please stop the ‘dorking down’

Arts & Entertainment  

Is race opera’s final frontier?

For the first time in the UK, a black tenor is performing as Otello. So is opera now colour-blind, asks Neil Fisher

Sasha Grey: from porn star to leading star

Sasha Gray, the youngest person to win the Adult Video News Awards’ Female Performer of the Year award, goes mainstream

The single is born again thanks to downloading

The 7in single was cheap, cheerful and hugely popular. Now it is again, thanks to a world hooked on downloads