BRITISH commandos freed a New York Times reporter in an early raid yesterday on a Taliban hide-out in northern Afghanistan. The journalist’s Afghan translator and one of the troops were killed in the rescue, officials said.

Bono's first column for the New York Times was published yesterday in what is set to be a new departure for the U2 frontman.

PAUL KRUGMAN, a New York Times columnist and harsh critic of the Bush administration, has won the Nobel economic prize for his analysis of how economies of scale can affect trade patterns and the location of economic activity.

LANCE ARMSTRONG bristled yesterday at a report that two former teammates admitted using performance-enhancing drugs, calling it “a hatchet job...to link me to doping through somebody else’s admission”.

THE New York Times was last night investigating an envelope received at the paper containing white powder, raising fears of a possible recurrence of anthrax-tainted letters sent to newsrooms and other offices in late 2001.

The New York Times journalist, Judith Miller has finally testified before a grand jury investigating who leaked the identity of a CIA agent.

NEW York Times reporter Judith Miller testified before a grand jury yesterday, ending her silence in the investigation into whether White House officials leaked the name of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame.

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THE ability of newspapers to attract young readers determine their future success, the World Association of Newspapers congress in Dublin was told yesterday.

A reporter for the New York Times has received an envelope containing a "powdery white substance".