The Financial Times has released a list of its most read stories in 2007, according to its web traffic:

1. Learn from the fall of Rome, US warned

2. Chinese military hacked into Pentagon

3. Iran on course for nuclear bomb, EU told

4. Google’s goal: to organise your daily life

5. Pelosi backtracks on Armenia ‘genocide’ bill

6. Industry caught in carbon ’smokescreen’

7. Vista marks end of an era for Microsoft

8. Memo to Obama: win Iowa or lose the race

9. Gates warns on US immigration curbs

10. Globalisation backlash in rich nations