Prince Charles does not hide his hostility to modern architecture but his longstanding design crusade is now drawing accusations of abuse of power. The prince's efforts to promote classical designs over modern "carbuncles" have enraged many architects, particularly when he manages to block new projects -- interventions that some condemn as anti-democratic. The scale of the row was laid bare ...

Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court announced Wednesday that it would investigate more suspects from the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime, blamed for the deaths of up to two million people. "The international prosecutor is authorised to make an introductory submission to co-investigating judges to open additional judicial investigations," court spokesman Lars Olsen told AFP. Based on the investigations, the ...

A leading architect whose plans for a modern building in central London were scrapped following criticism from Prince Charles on Tuesday slammed the royal's intervention as "totally unconstitutional". Lord Richard Rogers, whose work includes the Pompidou Centre in Paris and Madrid's Barajas Airport, told the Guardian the prince had "singlehandedly destroyed" his project for a major development in ...

A leading architect whose plans for a modern building in central London were scrapped following criticism from Prince Charles slammed the royal's intervention Tuesday as "totally unconstitutional". Lord Richard Rogers, whose work includes the Pompidou Centre in Paris and Madrid's Barajas Airport, told the Guardian newspaper that the prince had "singlehandedly destroyed" his project for a major development ...