Gary Younge: Forty years after the civil rights leader's death, his myth masks how the US remains segregated in practice and attitudes

David McKie: Over-60s are set to ride free on all England's local services. It's liberating, if you don't forget to signal

Jackie Ashley: Public life is more male than at any time since the 1970s, and those of us interested in politics must reclaim our place

Peter Preston: If Tibet proves that the Olympics are a time for protest, London had better be prepared

Leader: Japanese scientist plans to throw plane from space, landing it safely on earth

Leader: Crucial UN vote to deal with hidden tragedy of road deaths in developing countries

Leader: To avoid parliamentary defeat, the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, should make a short statement

Hopes of a halt to internecine clashes with government forces but Browne expected to freeze troop cuts

Richard Williams: Despite considering his future at the start of the championships, John Brailsford has presided over a remarkable success story

If Fabio Capello does wish to understand us, he might start with the University Boat Race, suggests Martin Kelner

Under ISO rules, the OOXML needed more than 75 percent approval votes from the national bodies to become a global industry standard.

Two rowdy young men, who allegedly attacked an innocent man with a baseball bat, were last week denied bail by a Francistown Magistrate.

A WOMAN who was last year convicted of having unprotected sex with her lover well knowing that she was HIV positive had her case postponed again to April 25 as the court awaits her lover's second HIV test results.

Nairobi's Kayole estate was engulfed in chaos for more than four hours Tuesday after residents protested a police crackdown on suspected Mungiki members.

The businessman who was slapped with an effective two-year jail term for causing the boat accident which claimed the life of Dalitso Joel Serengedo (junior) was yesterday granted $500 million bail pending appeal.

Two University of Botswana students, both aged 19, were found dead on Tuesday in what the police believe was a murder-suicide case.

Seven suspected activists from the Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC faction yesterday appeared at Chitungwiza Magistrates' Court for allegedly stoning the house of outgoing St Mary's legislator Mr Job Sikhala and provoking him.

Parents of a four-year old girl who was recently raped by a mentally disabled man are appealing to the police to confine him to a psychiatric hospital because he is a threat to the society.

A 21-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly murdering a 29-year-old man at Moshupa on Sunday.

Efforts to trace a missing 8-year-old schoolgirl in Zimbabwe have been hampered as police there are said to be too busy with the country's elections.