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  • Holocaust memorial opens after 17-year campaign

    The Holocaust memorial site in Berlin, an undulating field of cconcrete slabs on a site resonant with both the terror of German history and the vibrancy of today's reunited Berlin GERMANY: Berlin's Holocaust Memorial was officially opened yesterday, marking the end of a 17-year campaign by journalist Lea Rosh, sarcastically dubbed Germany's "Holocaust Cassandra". p
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  • Russia and EU agree to closer co-operation

    RUSSIA: The European Union and Russia have agreed to closer political and economic co-operation, in a pact President Vladimir Putin described as a big step towards "a Europe without dividing lines". p

  • Cannibal fantasist given 13 years for murder

    GEMANY: A Berlin man who killed a music teacher and stored his body parts to satisfy cannibalistic fantasies was convicted of murder yesterday and sentenced to 13 years. p

  • Howard reshuffles his Tory team

    BRITAIN: Conservative leader Michael Howard yesterday appointed rising star George Osborne (34) as shadow chancellor in a significant shadow cabinet reshuffle. p

  • Latvians and Russian neighbours manage to coexist

    Riga Letter: The three Latvian students wandered where they could around their capital, Riga, whose pristine old heart was clamped shut by metal barriers, thousands of troops and missile batteries with orders to shoot down rogue aircraft. p
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  • Team finds sexual differences are something to be sniffed at

    US: There are odours that drive a person's sexual response, and scientists have found that homosexual men differ from heterosexual men in the way they respond to such smells. p

  • Bush faces Congress showdown on key issues

    US: President Bush is facing an imminent showdown in the Republican-dominated congress on two issues that could either strengthen his hand in pushing his main domestic reform programme or leave him a lame-duck president. p

  • US offensive informed by intelligence coups

    IRAQ: Troops from the US Marine Corps 2nd Marine Division are now entering their fourth day of sustained combat operations against Sunni insurgents in Iraq's northwestern al-Anbar province. p

  • Ethiopia accused of harassment of critics

    ETHIOPIA: Ethiopian authorities have intensified harassment and imprisonment of critics in the run-up to Sunday's parliamentary election, according to a report by Human Rights Watch published yesterday. p

  • Weighty pooch not her cup of tea

    US: A Manhattan Civil Court judge has awarded $1,000 to a woman who got more than she bargained for when she purchased a Maltese breed of dog from an Upper East Side pet store. Three pounds more, to be exact. p
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