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Britain calls on Iran to release naval patrol
UK: Iran's ambassador to London, Rasoul Movahedian,
was summoned to the British foreign office yesterday and asked to
explain an incident, in which a British patrol conducting a routine
search of traffic in the Shatt al-Arab waterway was surrounded by
Iranian vessels and detained. p
Fears over French Middle East policy may be exaggerated
FRANCE: As the presidential candidates court Israel, the Arab world suspects France could abandon its traditional policy of benevolence, writes Lara Marlowe . p
Shannon firm in UN bribes inquiry
US: A Shannon-based aviation company has been suspended from UN contracts because of its alleged links to a bribery scandal involving the UN's most senior Russian official, writes Seán O'Driscoll . p
Other World Stories
Standing up for unintelligible free speech
AMERICA: When a high school senior heard that the torch for the 2002 Winter Olympics was passing through his home town of Juneau, Alaska, he saw a chance to make a point, writes Denis Staunton . pHong Kong panel to elect Tsang by secret ballot
CHINA: Hong Kong goes to the polls tomorrow to elect the chief executive of the former British colony. Or, more correctly, a panel of 796 electors will choose the Beijing-backed incumbent Donald Tsang as the territory's leader by secret ballot - the rest of Hong Kong's seven million people have no vote. pBloodshed returns to DRC as Bemba loyalists battle government forces
CONGO: Bloodshed has returned to Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, less than six months after elections that were supposed to draw a line under years of bitter civil war. pWallstrom wants EU wallflowers to try the tango
EU: European Commission vice-president Margot Wallstrom has warned there is a danger of a two-speed EU emerging if there is no deal on amending the EU constitution. pGermany calls for creation of European army
EU: German chancellor Angela Merkel has called for the creation of a European army ahead of celebrations marking the European Union's 50th anniversary this weekend in Berlin. pIntellectuals rebuke heads of state over Darfur massacres
EU: A group of leading European intellectuals has written an open letter to the 27 EU heads of state and government gathering in Berlin, attacking them over Darfur. pUnion's division of sovereignty the 'deep cause of democratic deficit'
EU: The EU will only overcome its "midlife crisis" through a continuing appreciation and "stubborn endorsement" of the democratic ideal, according to an international expert in constitutional theory. pBush on the defensive as House votes to pull troops from Iraq
US: The House of Representatives voted yesterday to compel president George Bush to withdraw combat troops from Iraq next year but Mr Bush immediately said he would veto the Bill if it reaches his desk. pIraq's deputy prime minister injured in suicide bomb attack
IRAQ: Iraqi deputy prime minister Salam al-Zobaie, a leading Sunni Arab politician, was wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a hall where he was attending prayers yesterday. pIn Short
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