Herald Tribune Chavez's base, the poor, wobbles as election looms CARACAS, Venezuela - On a hilltop overlooking Caracas, dozens of shacks made of wood scraps and corrugated zinc have risen among tall weeds - a new slum tacked on to an old one as the poor face harder... (photo: AP / Fernando Llano)
London Evening Standard Boris Johnson: Don't let these Luddites destroy our Tube's future We are facing the toughest spending round in living memory. Transport Secretary Philip Hammond has been asked by the Treasury to accept astonishing cuts of between 25 and 40 per cent. As I have... (photo: AP / Lee Jin-man)
London Evening Standard Bird and swine flu 'super-lab' at St Pancras site A maximum security laboratory next to St Pancras station will be at the front line of Britain's fight against the next flu pandemic. The £600 million "super lab" will be one of the largest in Europe... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam) BirdFluPandemicPhotosSwine