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  • EU appeals to regions not to split Ukraine

    UKRAINE: European Union foreign policy chief Mr Javier Solana appealed last night to Ukraine's rebel governors not to press ahead with a decision today to hold a referendum on forming a breakaway eastern state. p

  • Former PM denies rail bombing evidence was hidden

    A man raises his red-painted hand in front of a banner reading "Aznar is reponsible" as he takes part in a protest outside parliament in Madrid yesterday. Former Spanish prime minister Mr Jose Maria Aznar testified before a special parliamentary commission investigating the bomb attacks on March 11th last. Photograph: Reuters/Susana Vera SPAIN: Spain's former prime minister Mr José María Aznar was yesterday subjected to a gruelling 10-hour session of interrogation by members of the parliamentary commission investigating the massacre of March 11th when 191 people died and over 1,600 were injured. p

  • Extension of Suu Kyi's house arrest condemned

    A Burmese woman holds the photograph of Nobel Laurete Aung San Suu Kyi at the National League for Democracy headquarters in Rangoon, in this file photograph from 2002. Photograph: Reuters BURMA: Burma's police have told democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi her house arrest has been extended under a law which allows for such detention for up to a year, an opposition spokesman said yesterday. p
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  • Iran-Europe nuclear deal is backed by IAEA

    IRAN/EU: Iran's nuclear agreement with European governments was endorsed by the governing board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) yesterday despite resistance from the US, which urged inspectors to remain vigilant. p

  • Suicide bomber kills 12 in attack on Iraqi police

    IRAQ: A suicide car bomber ploughed into policemen waiting to collect their salaries at a police station west of Ramadi yesterday, killing 12 people in the latest insurgent attack on Iraq's beleaguered security forces. p

  • Freed driver says French hostages held by 'resistance'

    FRANCE/IRAQ: Claims by the driver of the two French hostages have added to the mystery, writes Lara Marlowe in Paris p

  • Al-Qaeda video warns US

    THE US: Al Qaeda's deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, said in a videotape broadcast yesterday that al-Qaeda would continue to attack the United States until Washington changed its policies towards the Muslim world. p

  • Hopes fade for Chinese miners

    CHINA: Rescuers continued to try to save 141 Chinese workers trapped deep down a mine shaft after an underground gas explosion but they said air was running out and the miners' chances of survival were slight. p

  • Pakistan tests long-range nuclear-type missile

    PAKISTAN: Despite being involved in peace negotiations with neighbouring India, Pakistan test-fired a nuclear-type missile yesterday morning. p

  • Agencies told to leave Sudan

    SUDAN: United Nations officials and aid agencies launched frantic negotiations with the Sudanese government last night after the heads of two Western relief operations were ordered out of the country. Following the talks, Sudan decided to postpone the expulsions decision, citing administrative difficulties and humanitarian grounds. p
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  • Yushchenko calls for government to resign

    Opposition Ukranian deputies and supporters of Mr Viktor Yushchenko (hands raised, holding documents), try to prevent two other supporters from entering the parliament hall in Kiev yesterday. Photograph: Mykola Lazarenko/Reuters UKRAINE: Ukraine's opposition last night issued the Prime Minister, Mr Viktor Yanukovich, with a blunt demand to dissolve his government, clearing the way for a re-run presidential election, or face the consequences. p

  • Paramilitary units backing opposition add to the tension

    UKRAINE: As tension builds over Ukraine's disputed elections, opposition paramilitary units yesterday made their first appearance on the streets of the capital Kiev. p

  • Man wins suicide travel right for his wife

    BRITAIN: The husband of a critically ill British woman has won a legal fight to take his wife to Switzerland to end her life, a ruling that throws Britain's laws against assisting suicide into confusion. p

  • Millions of Italians strike over economic policies

    ITALY: Millions of Italians stopped work yesterday in protest at the economic policies of Mr Silvio Berlusconi's government. p

  • Vote fraud claim in Romania rejected

    ROMANIA: Romania's election authority yesterday rejected a centrist opposition demand to cancel Sunday's ballot because of alleged vote-counting fraud that gave the ruling formerly communist party a small lead. p

  • Diana tapes air in US and add to rumours

    BRITAIN: The British royal family were resigned last night to further revelations about Prince Charles's marriage to Diana to be aired on US television, following the broadcast of the first episode of a two-part documentary featuring interviews she gave 11 years ago with a voice coach. p

  • 200 years of Napoleon's crowning achievement

    Paris Letter/Lara Marlowe: The coronation of Emperor Napoleon I two hundred years ago tomorrow was grandiose, but it was preceded by a sleepless night, brought on by a marital crisis. p
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