Declan Walsh reports from Pakistan on a suicide bomb attack outside the law courts in Lahore, in which more than 20 police officers died.
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Business editor Deborah Hargreaves describes the search for a private sector solution to the Northern Rock crisis as the UK government attempts to avoid privatisation.
Nick Clegg tells me how he viewed his first prime minister's questions as leader of the Liberal Democrats.
Mike Feldman, an ex-aide to Al Gore, says the US elections are wide open after the shock results of New Hampshire, where Hillary Clinton triumphed over Barack Obama.
Security editor Richard Norton-Taylor on the collapse of the case against Foreign Office civil servant Derek Pasquill, a whistleblower accused of damaging national interest.
Sir Ian McKellen tells arts correspondent Mark Brown why he and many other big names in theatre are opposing Arts Council cuts.
Today's papers reviewer is Haroon Siddique.
