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  • Beijing highlights US human rights abuses

    CHINA: Civilian deaths in Iraq, child poverty, racism and the abuse of prisoners of war show how the US is being hypocritical when it criticises China for its human rights record, the Beijing government said as it issued its annual report dealing with US transgressions on human rights. p

  • Protests across South America on second day of Bush's visit

    US president George Bush with his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during a visit yesterday to a plant owned by state energy giant Petrobras, where ethanol derived from sugar cane is blended with petrol. BRAZIL: Protests continued across South America yesterday on the second day of US president George Bush's week-long tour of the region. After a day in Brazil, Mr Bush arrived late last night in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo, where earlier marchers had filled the city's main avenue protesting his presence. p
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  • No jargon in Berlin declaration, says Merkel

    Berlin declaration: German chancellor Angela Merkel has pledged to draw up a "people-friendly" declaration to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the EU. p

  • Contact to reopen with Syria

    Foreign policy: The EU is to reopen direct diplomatic contacts with Syria next week, two years after being blocked by France following the assassination of Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri. p

  • Ahern may seek bilateral flights deal with US

    Open skies: The Government will push for an early decision on the proposed EU/US open skies deal, or else seek a one-to-one agreement with the US, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has said. p

  • CLIMATE DEAL: key points

    Key points of the climate deal struck at the EU summit p
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  • The anti-tour: Chavez sets out

    VENEZUELA: The Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, detested by US president George Bush, has embarked on a rival tour of South America. p

  • Brother, sister challenge Germany's incest laws

    GERMANY: Germany's highest court has confirmed that it will rule later this year on whether a law outlawing incest discriminates against a brother and sister couple. p

  • Chinese play down prospects of return by Dalai Lama

    CHINA: There was only a "slim chance" that the Dalai Lama would be allowed to return to Tibet, because the Tibetan spiritual leader was trying to promote independence for the remote Himalayan region, Tibet's provincial governor said yesterday. p

  • France's first gay marriage set to stay annulled

    FRANCE: When the history of gay rights in France is written, Stéphane Charpin and Bertrand Charpentier may come to represent something akin to Rosa Parks in the US civil rights movement. p

  • Presidential veto threat on Iraq pull-out motion

    US: President George Bush has threatened to veto a Democratic Bill that would order the withdrawal of most US forces from Iraq next year. House speaker Nancy Pelosi said she expects Democrats in the House of Representatives to unite behind a proposal to link funding for the war to a withdrawal date of September 1st, 2008. p

  • Iraq to warn on abuse of meeting by US, Iran

    IRAN: Iraq will urge Iran and the United States not to use Iraq as a playing field to settle their scores when the three countries meet at a regional conference in Baghdad today, Iraq's foreign minister said yesterday. p

  • Turkey unimpressed by removal of barrier

    CYPRUS: Greek Cypriots earned international praise yesterday for tearing down a symbol of the island's division, but Turkey appeared in no rush to respond to calls to remove its troops from the area. p

  • Gingrich had affair at time of Clinton scandal

    US: Newt Gingrich, the darling of the conservative right and architect of the Republicans' 1990s "contract with America", has spoken about the extra-marital affair he conducted with a congressional assistant and confirmed that the relationship was ongoing at the time he forced the impeachment of President Bill Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair. p

  • March is the month Irish groups go looking for funding

    America: Washington's Kennedy Centre was crowded on Wednesday evening for "An Irish Valentine", an evening of words and music featuring Irish-American novelist Alice McDermott and New York-based traditional band Cherish the Ladies. p

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