Chairman of Senate hearing singles out China as source, identifying Raytheon, Boeing and L-3 as victims of unwittingly receiving fake supplies

The Jam were once described as the ‘last great English singles band’. For a group that released such classic chart-toppers as ‘Going Underground’ and ‘Town Called Malice’ that might seem fair enough, but it grievously underestimates their musical canon. The quality of their output on LPs, B-sides and even on recordings that were never released while the band exi...

Tax is emerging as the next big battleground in the US Congress. George Bush’s “tax cuts for the rich” expire at the end of the year. Obama proposes extending them for everyone except those earning over $250,000 (couples) / $200,000 (singles). That means only the top 2% revert to their previous tax rates (about 4

If anybody thought that Netanyahu being invited by Obama to the White House actually signified some kind of change, guess again. Israel on Saturday sharply criticized an action plan on nuclear weapons agreed to by the United States and 188 other countries, rebuffing its most novel proposal -- a conference in 2012 to discuss ridding the Middle East of weapons of mass destruction. The action plan st...

Dave Osler wrote a piece attacking the “Oxbridge Mafia” yesterday. I thought I’d take it upon myself to offer The Family’s response. So, cards on table: I graduated from Oxford in 2008 with (horror of horrors) a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics – the very same degree that Dave singles out for particular disapprobation.

Rule 34 states that if it exists there is porn of it. Beloved TV sitcom THE GOLDEN GIRLS is set for a saucy X-rated revamp. The hit show, which featured late star Bea Arthur and Betty White as aging singles, is to be parodied by porn company New Sensations. Adult stars Lisa Ann, Puma Suede, Julia Ann and

Rather different views from right-of-centre commentators about the reporting of Lord Ashcroft's affairs. The conservative blogosphere is tending to regard any media coverage of the Conservatives' most generous donor as a leftie plot. A classic example here is the piece by Marc Glendenning (director of the anti-EU Democracy Movement) on Conservative Home, which singles out the Guardian for particul...

Heady times for British tennis: Andy Murray believes he is ready to end Britain's 74-year wait for a male Grand Slam singles winner after reaching his maiden Australian Open final. The 22-year-old beat Marin Cilic to become Britain's first finalist in Melbourne since 1977, but he said: "I want to be remembered for winning it." He's playing superb tennis; even the might of Federer is not necessaril...

RIP Stephen Gately, the singer who rose to fame thanks to Boyzone, and who has died aged just 33. His solo career was not the soaring success he might have hoped when the Irish band split up – though three Top 20 singles is more than most of the rest of us will manage. Indeed,

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