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  • Bush in Vietnam for economic summit

    President George Bush and Vietnam's president Nguyen Minh Triet stand in front of a bust of Ho Chi Minh at the presidential palace in Hanoi yesterday. Mr Bush is attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit in Vietnam. VIETNAM : President George Bush struggled yesterday to escape the shadows of wars past and present in Vietnam and Iraq, holding up his presence in Hanoi as proof of the possibilities of reconciliation. p

  • French hail Royal's political triumph

    A Socialist Party member puts a coat on the shoulders of Segolene Royal in Melle, central France, yesterday, after her victory in the party's primary for the next presidential election. FRANCE: Ségolène Royal's landslide victory in the Socialist Party's presidential primary was widely hailed yesterday as "spectacular" and "a triumph". p
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  • Lack of privilege explains appeal of 'Madonna of the opinion polls'

    FRANCE: At her last rally, on the night before she was elected the Socialist Party's presidential candidate, Ségolène Royal said she was "savouring the miracle" and asked her audience to "give me this strength to embody hope . . ." She made a similar gesture when she announced her candidacy at the end of September, standing before an applauding crowd in a prayer-like trance, as if drawing power from their adoration. p

  • Basque peace process faces prospect of an early grave

    SPAIN: Hope is beginning to ebb in the face of multiple threats, writes Paddy Woodworth in Bilbao p

  • Polish veto threat to EU-Russia summit

    POLAND: Finnish prime minister Matti Vanhanen held crisis talks with Polish prime minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski last night aimed at salvaging next Friday's EU-Russia summit. p

  • All kinds of everything on menu for MEPs

    EU: The European Parliament is about more than what happens in the chamber. Unlike many national assemblies, there is a laissez-faire attitude to ancillary or fringe events. At any given plenary session in Strasbourg there is a wide variety to choose from, in the "off-Broadway" category. p

  • Lobbyists' life on K Street has been turned upside down

    America: The mid-term elections have reversed everything in Washington, putting an unaccustomed spring in the step of Democrats and offering Republicans an unwelcome opportunity to show humility. p

  • Two kidnapped Americans released

    IRAQ: Two Americans were freed by Iraqi police yesterday but a third foreigner was found dead, a day after five security guards were kidnapped when a truck convoy was hijacked at a bogus security checkpoint. p

  • Anti-abortion activist's appointment criticised

    US: Family planning groups have condemned President George Bush's appointment of a prominent anti-abortion activist as head of the federal government's family planning effort. p

  • Dutch cabinet agrees to ban wearing of burqas in public

    NETHERLANDS: The Dutch government has agreed on a total ban on the wearing of burqas and other Muslim face veils in public, justifying the move on security grounds. p

  • Medieval Italian town braces for Cruise wedding

    ITALY: A medieval lakeside town outside Rome and its residents are bracing themselves for an onslaught of fans, celebrities and paparazzi on the eve of the expected wedding of movie stars Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. p

  • Khartoum welcomes UN aid but rejects troops

    SUDAN: Sudan yesterday welcomed plans to bolster beleaguered African peacekeepers in Darfur with United Nations money, equipment and expertise but warned any agreement would not allow the deployment of UN troops. p

  • Iran cracks down on the 'poisoned dish' of literature

    IRAN: Dozens of literary masterpieces and international best-sellers have been banned in Iran in a dramatic rise in censorship that has plunged the country's publishing industry into crisis. p

  • In short

    Today's other stories in brief p
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