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UN warning after Karzai's cabinet is rejected

Afghanistan faces weeks - and maybe months - of turmoil after parliament rejects two-thirds of nominees for new government

Police ignored trail of skier in death fall

The family of the missing Briton found dead in Switzerland last week says searchers failed to follow up a clear clue

What an anti-climax: G-spot is a myth

British scientists claim that there is no evidence for the existence of the G-spot outside the imagination of women

Sport News  

England make breakthough against South Africa

Lunch: Andrew Strauss' decision to bowl first in the third Test at Newlands brought England two wickets

• Swann: ugly duckling becomes high-flyer

• Collingwood fit but Ntini faces axe

Benjani goal enough against Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough 0 Man City 1: first-half strike from returning forward seals tie against home side lacking cutting edge

Saracens furious as Flood puts boot in

Saracens 15 Leicester Tigers 22: London side angry with officials as England back kicks 17 points in victory at Vicarage Road

Business news  

Man U examine £600m bond issue

Glazer family asks JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank to look at ways of easing the Premier League club’s debt burden

• Manchester United ‘will not be spending big’

• Glazers hit the wall over refinancing

Bank failings to be laid bare

Investigation into crises at Royal Bank of Scotland, HBOS and Bradford & Bingley will berate boards on risk management

Kraft to increase Cadbury bid

The American food giant is preparing to sweeten its hostile £10 billion takeover bid for the British chocolate maker

Comment  

Miliband will scratch your eyes out

China’s mild response to British anger over a drug smuggler's execution could stem from the fact that it had nothing to fear

• Dominic Lawson

From meritocracy to mediocrity in a decade

Everyone must have a voice and that voice must be heard and taken seriously, even if it is a very, very, stupid voice

• Rod Liddle

Labour’s control is strangling everyone

Many voters' loyalty to Labour has snapped over its extension of state power into areas that should be matters of choice

• Jenni Russell

Life and Style  

Cat's got the cream

Cat Deeley went to Los Angeles, made it, found love and now she’s back. Yes, life’s pretty good for the British TV presenter

Eat your heart out: It's not what, it's why

Using everything from meditation to religion, women are facing up to the reasons behind their unhappy relationship with food

Are you ready to wake up with Chris Evans?

As he slips into Terry Wogan's BBC Radio 2 breakfast slot, the DJ tells how his family saved him from sabotaging everything

Arts & Entertainment  

How hit book The Road became a film

Viggo Mortensen, starring in Cormac McCarthy's novel adaptation, talks of finding the light in the book’s powerful vision

The television blockbuster is coming

Sky Movies is screening its most impressive drama to date - The Pacific - while America gets Spartacus: Blood and Sand epic

Biffy Clyro: 'We'd die for each other'

The band is an overnight sensation that’s been a decade in the making, but what is their secret? No gig is too small