World news'Scars show Iraqi captors raped Jessica Lynch'Jessica Lynch, the American soldier held for eight days during the Iraq war, was raped by her captors, according to an authorised biography due for publication next week. The book, I Am a Soldier, Too, says that scars on her body and her medical records show that she was sodomised during her ordeal. It says she has no memory of the rape but that she is unable to account for the first three hours after being captured.

ShortcutsHomesTo get around planning regulations, the wealthy in areas such as Kensington and Chelsea dig huge basements that cause building chaos and even subsidenceAge: As old as the world's first wine cellar. Appearance: Just like any other mansion. What are iceberg homes? Homes like icebergs. Freezing cold? No. Prone to sinking cruise liners? Not quite. Melting? Not really. It's called an iceberg home because, as with an iceberg, quite a lot more of it is lurking beneath the surface.

MediaObituaryPhil DrabbleA devoted countryman and militant naturalist, he presented BBC's One Man and His DogJust after Phil Drabble started his 90-acre nature reserve, hunting hounds invaded it and began scattering the deer. When Drabble asked the huntsman to remove them, he was told that the hounds had followed their fox into the reserve, as they were legally entitled to do. After some discussion Drabble went back to his house to fetch his rifle.

Carol Rumens's poem of the weekPoetryPoem of the week: The Opposite of Confidential by Claudine ToutoungiA chorus of birds takes on the leading role in a poem exploring creativity and freedom of expression The Opposite of Confidential Nobody questions the birds. Their trills are never subject to inspection or forced to satisfy requirements. Light-boned libertarians (the opposite of confidential), they cannot keep it in. You will not see them lining up in rows,

Rwanda This article is more than 11 years oldRwandan minister is leader of Congo rebels, UN saysThis article is more than 11 years oldLeaked report names General James Kabarebe as de facto commander of militia accused of rape and other atrocitiesPressure on Britain to halt aid to Rwanda is increasing after one of the closest allies of the president, Paul Kagame, was named as the de facto leader of a violent uprising in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.