As far as civil liberties in the US are concerned the worst is yet to come. Sharif Abdel-Kouddous, in New York, reports on the confirmation of Alberto Gonzales as US attorney general

IAEA Director General Mohamed El-Baradie crosses swords with Washington. Dina Ezzat reports

The tsunami catastrophe drew attention to the challenge of inadequate relief and rehabilitation measures compounding the horrors of natural disasters, writes Lyla Mehta