She was chosen at the end of a bitter leadership battle with former finance minister Morarji Desai. Following her win, Mrs Gandhi pledged herself to serve the
Two leading white campaigners for black majority rule in Rhodesia have been arrested. The former Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia, Garfield Todd, and his daughter,
The BBC’s new Breakfast Time programme went on air at 0630 GMT, presented by Nationwide’s Frank Bough and former ITN news reader Selina Scott. Nick
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi and his wife, Empress Farah, left Tehran and flew to Aswan in Egypt. The couple’s three youngest children were flown to
The decision comes after Dr Henry Kissinger, the president’s assistant for National Security Affairs, returned to Washington yesterday from France with a draft peace proposal. Representatives
The United States Congress has voted to authorise the use of military force against Iraq to end its occupation of neighbouring Kuwait. The vote seals the United
The first graduates from the Open University (OU) have been awarded their degrees after two years studying from home. Out of the 1,000 students who sat the
The King, an experienced pilot, flew a Jordanian army helicopter to the Sde Dov air base near Tel Aviv, where he was met by Israeli Prime
Coal miners walked out at midnight in their first national strike for almost 50 years. Three months of negotiations with the National Coal Board ended in
A Boeing 737 airplane has crashed onto the M1 motorway near East Midlands airport, killing 46 people. Eighty have survived, of whom ten are seriously injured.
Peter William Sutcliffe, of 6 Garden Lane, Bradford, is accused of murdering 20-year-old university student Jacqueline Hill, who was killed in Leeds seven weeks ago.
Chinese and North Korean troops are reported to be close to capturing the South Korean capital of Seoul for the second time since the war began last
The new president of Afghanistan, Babrak Karmal, has made his first public appearance since the Soviet-backed coup last week. Speaking in Kabul, Karmal told foreign
A blanket of snow has descended on the country as Arctic conditions wreak havoc on roads, rail and air services. Sub-zero temperatures, as low as -13C
Armed undercover “sky marshals” will be placed on some British passenger planes in the United States, the British Government has announced. Home Secretary David Blunkett and Transport
At 1715 this afternoon President Rene Coty telephoned his congratulations to General de Gaulle at his country home at Colombey-les-Deux Eglises. At 2300 the unofficial results
The Spanish Prime Minister, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, has been killed in a car bomb attack in Madrid. The 70-year-old, his bodyguard and a driver
A bill giving Scotland its own parliament for the first time in three centuries has been unveiled in Glasgow today. Scottish Secretary Donald Dewar revealed his
The gates isolating the people of Gibraltar from Spain have been opened to pedestrians after 13 years. Spain’s new socialist government opened the frontier for “humanitarian reasons”
The ousted President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, is under arrest after he was captured by US soldiers. “Ladies and gentlemen, we got him,” US administrator Paul
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