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Republicans jumped to Romney's defence, accusing Democrats and parts of the media in exaggerating a schoolboy incident. Photograph: Carlos Osorio/AP Mitt Romney issued an apology over his actions at high school after it was revealed that during his senior year he had played a leading role in a bullying incident against a fellow-pupil who was assumed to be gay.After his campaign officials had insisted the presumptive Republican nominee for president had no recollection of...

The continues to be of the smashed reactors are still some range away when you first find the large devastation of Japan's atomic problem. The voyage into the heart of the toughest atomic turmoil since Chernobyl 26 years ago starts much previously, in the areas and areas available in name only, their citizens having been sent running a season ago.Homes and stores lie clear, the roadways are discontinued. In the city of Naraha, goods sit fresh on the racks of a advantage store; a few vehicles...

Mitt Romney greets supporters after winning the Arizona and Michigan primaries. Photograph: Jeff Kowalsky/EPA The Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney got his faltering campaign back on track on Tuesday night, holding off a strong challeneg from rival Rick Santorum in a tight primary race in Michigan and coasting to victory in Arizona.Speaking at an election party in Novi, on the outskirts of Detroit, Romney described it as a "decisive moment". He admitted he had not won by a...

The North Pool of the 9/11 memorial in New York. Photograph: Andrew Burton/Getty Images The Pentagon has revealed that partial, incinerated remains of some September 11 victims that could not be identified were sent to a landfill.The number of victims involved was unclear according to a Pentagon report released Tuesday, but it involved some of those killed when a terrorist-hijacked airplane struck the Pentagon, killing 184, and another crashed in a field in Pennsylvania,...

Roger Waters is reported as telling Chilean TV that the Falkland Islands 'should be Argentinian'. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA The Falkland Islands should belong to Argentina, the former Pink Floyd bass player Roger Waters is reported as saying in a television interview to be aired in Chile.Waters has arrived in South America for a major concert tour just as tensions between Argentina and Great Britain over the islands reach their highest pitch since the 1982 Falklands...

11.30pm: The Guardian's Adam Gabbatt sends his final report from Rick Santorum's headquarters after watching his concession speech:According to Rick Santorum: "A month ago they didn't know who we are. They do now." Santorum might have been being overly modest with his assessment of his fame – Iowa was nearly two months ago, after all – but no one here in Grand Rapids seemed to mind."We came into the backyard of one of my opponents in a race that everyone said well, just ignore, you'll have...

On a Friday night last November Vladimir Putin was running three hours late. A group of foreign academics, journalists and selected Russian TV cameras were quarantined in a restaurant in an equestrian centre. Deadlines were lapsing and Putin's guests began asking questions about the odd location. Everything from the oak beams, log fires and snug bars had been rigged. The venue had been constructed for this one meal.Putin finally emerged wearing a ski jacket. He stopped short in the entrance...

11.45am: The local government minister, Bob Neill (pictured left), has welcomed the eviction and said the government is exploring ways to make it easier to remove such camps, whilst insisting that he supports the right to protest:"There is a right to protest but there is no right to set up permanent camps. The local council was right to initiate enforcement action, which was upheld by the courts. We are already introducing stronger byelaw powers for councils to remove...

Rick Santorum has admitted authorising robocalls to encourage Democrats to participate in the Michigan Republican primary and to vote against rival Mitt Romney.Romney had accused Santorum of resorting to dirty tricks on the eve of Tuesday's primary. Speaking to Fox News, Romney said Santorum's tactic, which is legitimate but could be regarded as underhand, marked a new low in the campaign."Senator Santorum did something today which I think is deceptive and a dirty trick," Romney said.An influx...

11.33am: The Syrian representative has just finished addressing the UN human rights council. He conceded that the humanitarian situation has deteriorated but blames this on "armed groups".The official, whose name we did not catch, said the UN debate itself is "part of a pre-established plan" to attack the Syrian state and its institutions "under the pretext of humanitarian needs".He ended by saying that Syria is now withdrawing its delegation "from this sterile discussion".11.25am: The...