Not a rabbit in sight The world economy is in a fix, and the G7 have failed to pull a rabbit out of the hat. But this was still the year that saw the beginning of the end of the Washington consensus, writes Nicola Bullard On the move HEAVY fighting between Serbian security forces and ethnic Albanian freedom fighters erupted on Tuesday in the hills near the southern Kosovo villages. Read on...

Who cares about perjury? Just bribe the poor PRESIDENT Bill Clinton delivered his annual State of the Union Address amid much pomp and fanfare, as his team of lawyers addressed the Senate, defending the president against charges of "perjury" and "obstruction of justice". Read on...