American Sara Taylor has, at 24, written a startling debut. Billy O’Callaghan discovers a writer eager to push the boundaries of fiction in a moving but frightening way.

US President George Bush today invoked executive privilege to deny requests by Congress for testimony from two former aides about the firings of US prosecutors.

US PRESIDENT George W Bush, moving toward a constitutional showdown with Congress, asserted executive privilege yesterday and rejected lawmakers’ demands for documents that could shed light on the firings of federal prosecutors.

WITH the White House bracing for guerrilla warfare on the home front politically if Republicans lose control of Congress, President George W Bush is seeking to shift the debate away from Iraq and scandal and boost his reputation for economic competence.

A woman who hit British Prime Minister Tony Blair with a tomato during a protest against sanctions against Iraq was today convicted of a public order offence.