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  • Iran states conditions for freeing British personnel

    IRAN: Iran's most senior diplomat, Ali Larijani, called for a "delegation" to rule on whether a British naval patrol entered Iranian waters last month before his government would release the 15 marines and sailors it is holding captive. p

  • Clinton raises record $26m for election

    US: Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Mitt Romney have shattered fundraising records for a presidential race, collecting $26 million and $23 million respectively in the first three months of this year. p
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  • Romanian prime minister tells EU new cabinet will fight corruption

    ROMANIA: Romanian prime minister Calin Tariceanu assured the European Union yesterday that his new cabinet would fight corruption and institute tough reforms, even as President Traian Basescu and his supporters denounced him as an illegitimate premier leading an emasculated government. p

  • Sarkozy sets out his electoral stall

    FRANCE: The presidential candidate says he is more serene, and perhaps wiser, writes Lara Marlowe in Paris p

  • Bayrou: vows to abolish elite academy

    FRANCE: Centrist leader François Bayrou has promised to abolish France's most elite graduate school if he becomes president next month. p

  • China's media-fuelled obsession with celebrity plumbs new depths

    CHINA: Hong Kong's unscrupulous tabloids have turned their sights on an actor being pursued by an unbalanced 'full-time fan', writes Clifford Coonan in Beijing p

  • Gunmen kill five peacekeepers in Darfur

    SUDAN: Unidentified gunmen killed five African Union peacekeepers in the Darfur region of western Sudan, the deadliest single attack against the force since late 2004, the AU said yesterday. p

  • Founder of Billings Method dies at 89

    AUSTRALIA: John Billings, founder of the natural contraceptive system known as the Billings Method, has died in a Melbourne retirement home, aged 89. p

  • Tamil Tigers deny bus bombing that killed 16 people

    SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers bombed a civilian bus yesterday killing 16 people, mostly women and children during a Buddhist holiday, military officials said, but the rebels denied involvement. p

  • Saudis reject Olmert talks offer

    MIDDLE EAST: Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert's call for a regional conference with Arab leaders drew a sceptical response yesterday from Saudi and Palestinian officials and diplomats who said it was a diversionary tactic. p

  • Sistani opposes Bill on Baathists

    IRAQ : 12 people die and 150 are injured in truck bomb attack The Grand Ayatollah's stance will set the Iraqi government on a collision course with the Bush administration, writes Michael Jansen p

  • Women activists detained in Tehran

    IRAN: Four women's rights activists were arrested in Tehran yesterday for collecting signatures for a campaign demanding equal legal rights for women. p

  • Zimbabwe's trade unions call two-day national strike

    ZIMBABWE: The opposition's failings are seen in the rise of civic organisations and church-led protests, writes Chris McGreal in Harare p

  • Earthquake, tsunami swallows entire villages

    SOLOMON ISLANDS: A powerful earthquake and tsunami struck the tiny Solomon Islands yesterday, swallowing entire villages and killing at least 12 people with many more missing. p

  • Lull in fighting sees thousands flee Mogadishu

    SOMALIA: Thousands of Somalis yesterday fled their homes during a lull in the worst fighting the capital Mogadishu has seen in 15 years, fearing that a new offensive by the country's weak interim government and its Ethiopian backers will lead to more bloodshed. p

  • Laziness and vanity behind decline of symbolic turban

    Letter from New Delhi:  The turban, Sikhism's most distinguishing symbol, is imperilled with increasing numbers of young adherents to the faith opting to discard this headgear. p

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