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s resources to achieve long life and happiness. The innovative global measure of progress, the Happy Planet Index, has been constructed by the New Economics Foundation (Nef) and Friends of the Earth using three factors: life expectancy, human wellbeing and damage done via a country's "environmental footprint". Vanuatu comes top because its people are satisfied with their lot, live to nearly 70 and...

s diplomatic effort, nine embassies and high commissions are being closed, British staff will be withdrawn from 11 other consulates, and 10 other missions are to close. Bad news if you lose your passport in Fukuoka, Dallas or Frankfurt - but this plan is not as mean-spirited as it sounds. The Foreign Office should be able to respond to a rapidly changing world agenda. If the action is in Kabul, Pyongyang...