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Fort Hood gunman 'awake and speaking'

Major Nidal Hasan has talked to staff at Texas military hospital five days after killing 13 soldiers in gun rampage

Brown 'mortified' over misspelt letter of condolence

Prime Minister pledges to continue writing messages himself despite getting name of dead serviceman wrong

Straw orders review of cautions after DPP warning

Justice Secretary agrees to rethink after The Times revealed that 40,000 assaults a year were dealt with by way of caution

Business news  

Kraft launches £9.8bn hostile bid for Cadbury

Dairy Milk maker issues a withering rebuff to the US food giant, describing its offer as 'unattractive' and 'derisory'

Nokia recalls 14m faulty phone chargers

The Finnish group is forced into making another recall after warning its chargers could cause an electric shock

Axa Asia Pacific rejects $11bn bid from parent

Axa is launching a €2 billion rights issue to fund acquisitions after it makes an initial offer for its subsidiary

Sport News  

Ferguson's rant masks United's deficiencies

Oliver Kay, our Football Correspondent, on the Scot's reaction to Chelsea's win at Stamford Bridge

• Sir Alex Ferguson screams blue murder

• Defeat at arch-rivals hits Ferguson hard

Haye cuts Valuev down to size

New champion’s cat-and-mouse tactics pay off handsomely with majority points decision over 'Beast From The East'

Broad fires warning to ECB over player burnout

Bowler warns that key players in the England team should be told to rest against weaker nations such as Bangladesh

Comment  

Tear down this wall! And save the planet

There are urgent parallels between the fall of Communism and the fight to stop climate change

• Mikhail Gorbachev

The key to rubbing along in perfect harmony

Authoritarianism is a sin of religiosity: believers need to heed the Jewish experience about respecting the secular majority

• Libby Purves

Why Africa welcomes the ‘new colonialism’

Beijing is enjoying its burgeoning power. But it should tread carefully: the continent has a habit of frustrating grand plans

• Richard Dowden

Life and Style  

Let’s skip lunch, say the hungry generation

For teenage girls, missing meals to keep off the extra pounds has become the norm. Are body-conscious mums to blame?

Nutrition: can chillies give you a high?

The Times nutritionist on the health benefits of chillies and vitamin B12, and eating to prevent varicose veins

Everything you should know about the swine flu vaccine

As the new swine flu vaccine arrives at surgeries, Dr Mark Porter answers some frequently asked questions about it

Arts & Entertainment  

The 100 Best Films of the Decade

Our pick of the best movies released in the Noughties. Do you agree with our selection? What were your favourites?

Norah Jones: It's always the quiet ones

By 23, she was the world’s biggest-selling jazz singer - but struggled to accept her fame. Is she now able to let people in?

James Cameron back in at the deep end

The Titanic director has finally resurfaced, with his $230m new film, Avatar. He says it will mess with people’s minds