Sarkozy accuses the US of protectionism
Mar 12 at 6:06pm by
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has accused the United States of protectionism over its handling of a 36 billion euro contract for refuelling planes…
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Sarkozy accuses the US of protectionism
Pope meets Germany archbishop over sex scandal
Mar 12 at 6:06pm by
The Pope has held talks with Germany’s top bishop in Rome amid an escalating sexual abuse crisis rocking the Catholic church. At least 170 former…
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Mass union strikes in Italy
Mar 12 at 5:05pm by
A day after Greek workers walked off the job, tens of thousands of Italians have also held mass protests. Italy’s largest trade union called the…
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Mass union strikes in Italy
Disruption in France during day of strike action
Mar 12 at 5:05pm by
There has been widespread disruption in France today due to a series of strikes organised by trade unions. In Paris, hundreds of nurses and…
Disruption in France during day of strike action
Turkish anger at Swedish genocide vote
Mar 12 at 5:05pm by
There has been outrage in Turkey against Sweden after the country’s parliament narrowly voted to describe as genocide the killing of Armenians in the…
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Armenians happy with Swedish stance
Mar 12 at 5:05pm by
The Swedish vote describing the killings of Armenians during World War I as genocide has been welcomed in Yerevan. Armenia says up to one and a half…
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Armenians happy with Swedish stance
Rabat Shlomo decision triggers US-Israeli spat
Mar 12 at 5:05pm by
Ramat Shlomo in East Jerusalem has emerged as the spark for Palestinian anger, and a diplomatic crisis between Israel and the US. It is a Jewish…
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Rabat Shlomo decision triggers US-Israeli spat
Dozens killed and hurt in triple Pakistan bomb attacks
Mar 12 at 2:02pm by
Around 40 people have been killed after suicide bombers in Pakistan targeted the security forces in a crowded part of Lahore. The blasts happened…
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Dozens killed and hurt in triple Pakistan bomb attacks
Spanish writer Miguel Delibes dies
Mar 12 at 1:01pm by
One of Spain’s most acclaimed writers Miguel Delibes has died. He was 89 and had been battling cancer for several years. Famed for his gritty…
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Red shirt protesters gather in Thai capital
Mar 12 at 12:12pm by
Anti-government protesters in Thailand are converging on Bangkok for what they have promised will be a “million-man march”. The red-shirted…
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Palestinians denied access to mosque amid security fears
Mar 12 at 12:12pm by
There has been heightened tension in and around Arab east Jerusalem as the Israeli army stepped up security following clashes in recent weeks after…
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Palestinians denied access to mosque amid security fears
New York agrees compensation for “heroic” 9/11 workers
Mar 12 at 11:11am by
Thousands of people involved in the rescue effort following the September 11th attacks have reached a compensation settlement worth up to 480 million…
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Deadly blast rocks Pakistan
Mar 12 at 11:11am by
Up to 40 people are now reported to have been killed and nearly a 100 injured in a twin suicide blast in the Pakistani city of Lahore. The first…
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Greek protesters struggle to make headway
Mar 12 at 11:11am by
Calm has returned at least temporarily to the streets of Athens the day after the latest protests against the government’s austerity measures. But…
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Israel closes West Bank amid security fears
Mar 12 at 9:09am by
Israel has sealed off the West Bank for 48 hours until midnight on Saturday because of fears over security, according to the army. It is the first…
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Swedish and Turkey in ‘genocide’ row
Mar 12 at 6:06am by
Turkey has cancelled a planned summit with Sweden after its parliament endorsed the term genocide over the killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks…
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Sweden and Turkey in ‘genocide’ row
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Turkey has cancelled a planned summit with Sweden after its parliament endorsed the term genocide over the killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks…
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Chile’s new President visits earthquake damage
Mar 12 at 6:06am by
Immediately following his inauguration, Chile’s new president visited areas devastated by last months’ earthquake. Sebastian Pinera met with…
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German bishop set to meet pope over child abuse
Mar 12 at 6:06am by
One of the alleged victims of child abuse in Germany’s Catholic schools has spoken out on the eve of a meeting between the Pope and Germany’s highest…
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Protests unlikely to change Greek austerity plans
Mar 12 at 6:06am by
The third general strike within a month paralysed Greece as thousands of public and private sector workers took to the streets in protest against…
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Italy gives Google a million books to scan
Mar 12 at 4:04am by
Up to million books are set to be given a new lease of life as part of a digital deal between Italy and Google. The internet search giant is to…
Italy gives Google a million books to scan
Egyptian Islamic scholar buried in Medina
Mar 11 at 10:10pm by
Egyptian scholar Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi has been buried in Medina. The 81 year old died of a heart attack on Wednesday, while on a visit to…
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Egyptian Islamic scholar buried in Medina
Lithuania: 20th anniv independence celebrations
Mar 11 at 6:06pm by
Lithuania is celebrating the 20th anniversary of declaring independence from the former Soviet Union, the first of the iron-curtain states so to do.…
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Pinera takes power as quake aftershocks rattle Chile
Mar 11 at 6:06pm by
Power has changed hands in earthquake-ravaged Chile. A huge aftershock, just minutes before the swearing-in ceremony, served as a stark reminder of…
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Clashes break out in Greek capital
Mar 11 at 6:06pm by
The growing resentment over the Greek government’s strict austerity plans is still only at simmering point, but in places it has boiled. Earlier,…
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