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  • White House backs Gonzales in sackings row

    US: The White House has reaffirmed its support for embattled attorney general Alberto Gonzales after senior Republicans joined Democrats in questioning the truthfulness of his statements about the firing of eight federal prosecutors , writes Denis Staunton in Washinton. p

  • 'Nice guy Sarko' quits job to focus on campaign

    France's UMP party presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at Paris's Gare de Lyon train station yesterday, after stepping down as interior minister to focus on his election campaign. FRANCE: Nicolas Sarkozy already sees himself as president of France, writes Lara Marlowe in Paris. After all, the outgoing interior minister and right-wing presidential candidate told staff at his farewell extravaganza yesterday: "I'm just trying to cross the street." p

  • Japanese PM apologises for wartime sex slaves

    JAPAN: Prime minister Shinzo Abe attempted yesterday to head off weeks of diplomatic tension by apologising in parliament for wartime Japan's enslavement of Asian women, but the controversy is unlikely to end there. p
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  • Black alderman's modest proposal in Flanders racism struggle

    European Diary/Jamie Smyth: It has been a busy week for Wouter van Bellingen, the first black alderman elected in Flanders, the Flemish-speaking region of Belgium. p

  • Iraqi deaths survey that Blair and Bush disputed soundly based - expert

    UK: The British government was advised that the methodology behind a controversial survey of deaths in Iraq could not be lightly dismissed at a time when both the British prime minister and US president publicly questioned the survey results. p

  • Turkish intellectuals find it hardto laugh at new climate of fear

    TURKEY: As the European Union celebrates 50 years of peace and prosperity, life for dissidents in would-be Europe - Turkey - is getting more difficult. Nicholas Birch reports from Istanbul p

  • Russia faces legal action over mass deportation of Georgian citizens

    RUSSIA: Russia faces legal action from neighbouring Georgia over the mass deportation of its citizens last year, writes Conor Sweeney in Moscow. p

  • Iran denies plan to exchange Britons

    IRAN: Iran yesterday denied reports it was seeking to use 15 British sailors and marines taken captive last week as a bargaining chip to exchange for Iranian officials arrested by US troops in Iraq. p

  • US ambassador issues farewell warning

    IRAQ: The outgoing US ambassador to Iraq yesterday delivered a blunt farewell message to Iraq's leadership, saying the Bush administration's patience was wearing thin and urging them to stem the bloodshed. p

  • Autopsy says Smith died of accidental overdose

    US: The former topless model and potential heiress Anna Nicole Smith died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs, according to the results of an autopsy released yesterday. p

  • African leaders to discuss crisis in Zimbabwe

    ZIMBABWE: Leaders of the southern African regional bloc SADC will hold an extraordinary session in Tanzania this week, Tanzania's foreign ministry said yesterday amid the mounting political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe. p

  • Chinese panda centre gets whiff of new souvenir

    CHINA: Panda dung paper fans anyone? Or how about a panda poo postcard? Pandas are undeniably cute, a beloved national symbol in China and a great draw for tourists, but no one has thought of their dung as being particularly useful. p

  • Suspected terrorists get 24-year sentences in Tunisia

    TUNISIA: A Tunisian court sentenced 18 suspected Islamist radicals to up to 24 years in prison yesterday after finding them guilty of plotting terrorist attacks, lawyers and judicial sources said. p

  • Bloomberg denies plan to run for US presidency

    US: New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has dismissed speculation that he is about to enter the 2008 presidential race as an independent candidate, writes Denis Staunton in Washington . p

  • UN chief, Rice raise prospect of Mid-East summit

    MIDDLE EAST: The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, raised the prospect yesterday of an international summit of Israeli, Palestinian and Arab leaders in an effort to restart Middle East peace negotiations. p

  • Fear and loathing suppress talk of hope in Darfur

    SUDAN: The new UN humanitarian chief had little comfort for Sudanese villagers who have seen supply routes cut, schools shut, and medicine stocks dwindle, writes Michael Georgy in Deribat p

  • Hong Kong leader under pressure to take steps towards democracy

    CHINA: Hong Kong's chief executive Donald Tsang was reaffirmed in his position as leader of the territory in elections at the weekend, but now attention turns to what steps he will take to introduce greater democracy in Hong Kong. p

  • Egyptians heed call to boycott reform poll

    EGYPT: A thin trickle of Egyptians voted yesterday in a referendum on constitutional amendments that would help the government exclude opposition Islamists from the political system. p

  • Australian charged at Guantánamo tribunal

    US: Australian prisoner David Hicks stood before a US military judge at the Guantanamo naval base yesterday to answer a charge of providing material support for terrorism by fighting for al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. p

  • Tamil Tigers bomb military airbase

    INDIA: Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels yesterday raised the ante in their fight for independence by executing their first air raid on the country's largest military base, killing three airmen and wounding 16 others. p

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