Spinmeister unspun
Alastair Campbell has managed to upstage Tony Blair this week, reports Alistair Alexander from London

Chilling reverberations
A thaw in relations between India and Pakistan is threatened by reactions to two blasts in Mumbai, reports Iffat Idris from Islamabad

A taste of global warming
The government is largely responsible for France's staggering heat-wave death toll, writes Jeremy Landor from Paris