POLITICS

This week has seen Italy's Silvio Berlusconi and Britain's Liam Fox facing increasing pressure from a disheartened public as new allegations surface about their murky pasts. But who should really have resigned?

On 14 October Liam Fox's resignation as UK Defence Secretary was announced by the Ministry of Defence over his relationship with his friend Adam Werritty, who had described himself as an adviser to the minister without being on the government payroll or having security clearance

In less than 24 hours a reported 6000-strong host of protesters will meet at London's St. Paul's Cathedral and march on the London Stock Exchange.

Liam Fox has resigned from his post of secretary of defence

As Occupy Wall Street protesters continue to refuse the NYPS's warnings to vacate Zuccotti Park, analysts have questioned how long, given the past reports of police brutality against OWS protesters, the NYPD will remain peaceful.

Libya's National Transitional Council has said it knows the former dictator's whereabouts and is tracking him by satellite.

Following Occupy Wall Street protesters' initial victory over the NYPD, fresh evidence has emerged suggesting police have not given up in their efforts to forcibly evict protesters from Zuccotti Park, with reports suggesting riot police have been called to help "manage" the situation.

The downgrading of Spain's credit rating on Friday is likely to stoke fears of a Eurozone debt crisis at a summit of G20 financial chiefs in Paris.

Occupy Wall Street protesters have won a key victory over New York law enforcement, stalling the city officials plans to evict them from Zuccotti Park.

With the Occupy movement set to go global Saturday, tensions between protesters and police have reached a critical point in Denver, with riot police issuing a "final warning" for the protesters to disperse. Meanwhile, thousands gathered before dawn at the original Occupy Wall Street site in New York to resist a threatened eviction.

The mystery of how Adam Werritty funded his jet-set £147,000 lifestyle around the world has been answered.

The police force that investigated the murder of Milly Dowler have been accused of knowing that the schoolgirls phone was illegally hacked as far back as 2002.

Oliver Letwin, the Cabinet Office Minister, has been seen dumping government documents into park bins near 10 Downing Street.

New York police are attempting to forcibly evict Occupy Wall Street protesters just days before the protest was set to become a world revolution.

Liberia is to release a first batch of official results on Thursday from its hotly contested presidential election.

Alongside reports that the movement has collected $150,000 in private donations, Occupy Wall Street and the host of groups associated with it has put out a global call-to-arms, asking all like-minded individuals to join it on 15 October, turning a host of isolated protests into a "world revolution."

Paris prosecutors have dropped charges of attempted rape brought against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Khan by French journalist Tristane Banon.

The British Prime Minster has become the latest high profile member to join the social media network Linkedin Downing Street revealed today.

Captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is expected to return to Israel via Egypt by next Wednesday, Palestinian sources and Israeli media have said.

Berlusconi has asked parliament for a confidence vote that will allow him to continue leading the centre-right coalition amid concerns for his political future.

Unconfirmed reports in the Egyptian press have said Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit has already been handed over the Egyptian authorities, amid speculation as to the captive's whereabouts.

Mitt Romney currently leads the field vying for the Republican presidential nomination as Barack Obama faces deep disappointment from voters, a new poll suggests.

A senior Tory councillor has been suspended after suggesting that the Government "may as well legalise marriage with animals" in response to David Cameron's support over same-sex marriage.

Unconfirmed reports that one of Col Muammar Gaddafi's sons has been captured in Sirte have caused confusion after a Libyan spokesman said that there was no information that Mutassim Gaddafi had been seized.

A bomb was detonated outside the City of Culture office in Derry, Northern Ireland on Wednesday night, police said.

With the Occupy the London Stock Exchange protest set to begin on Saturday, critics have begun to question whether, given its recent track record with the student protests and August riots, UK police forces will be able to handle another protest.

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In a press conference on Wednesday Egyptian military leaders delivered their official version of Sunday's events, which has been widely discredited by journalist, witnesses and activists at the scene.

An Israeli Cabinet Minister who voted against the historic prisoner swap deal with Hamas denounced on Wednesday the agreement as a "huge victory for terror".