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Baghdad parliament pleads for unity after bombing
IRAQ: Leaders from across Iraq's sectarian divide pleaded for unity at a special session of parliament yesterday, gathering under high security to condemn a suicide bombing that tore through the building the day before. p
Bush pacification plan a bloody failure
IRAQ: The strike at the geographic and political
heart of the Green Zone showed that no one is safe in Baghdad,
writes
Michael Jansen p
Russia demands extraditionof Berezovsky
RUSSIA: Russia demanded the immediate extradition from Britain of exiled oligarch Boris Berezovsky last night after he called for a revolution to oust president Vladimir Putin. p
Turkey braces itself before presidential poll
TURKEY: The possibility that Prime Minister Tayyip
Erdogan will run for president has raised concerns in secular,
mainly Muslim Turkey, writes
Nick Birch in Istanbul p
Other World Stories
Vatican, Israel in museum row
VATICAN: The Vatican ambassador to Israel has said he won't attend a Holocaust memorial ceremony in Jerusalem next week over the Yad Vashem Museum's portrayal of Pope Pius XII's conduct during the second World War. pPope's book examines public life of Jesus
VATICAN: Pope Benedict's latest book was launched last night in the Vatican, writes Paddy Agnew in Rome pAnger as MEPs banned from protest
SINGAPORE: Singapore has banned six members of the European Parliament from speaking at an opposition party debate yesterday on a big pay rise for ministers and civil servants. pUN-Sudan close to Darfur deal
SUDAN: Sudanese officials working to finalise a deal on UN support for the African Union (AU) mission in Darfur have recommended Khartoum permit the use of attack helicopters by peacekeepers, the foreign ministry said. pPolish coalition in disarray after vote on abortion fails
POLAND: Poland's ruling coalition was in disarray last night after a failed vote to enshrine the country's restrictive abortion laws in the constitution. pAmur tiger bounds back from brink of extinction, says WWF
RUSSIA: After a century in which its numbers have dwindled to the point of extinction, the Amur tiger, the largest cat in the world, has made an improbable recovery. According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the tiger's population is at its highest level for 100 years. pMerkel rebukes premier for eulogy to ex-judge
GERMANY: Chancellor Merkel has rebuked a leading Christian Democrat (CDU) colleague who eulogised an elderly CDU politician as a "resistance fighter" although, as a Nazi-era military judge, he handed down death sentences to deserters. pSpain steps up security in Africa
SPAIN: Spain has stepped up security in its north African enclaves and southern coastal towns to counter the risk of Islamist attacks following suicide bombings in Algeria and Morocco, Spanish newspapers said yesterday. pNorth Sea rescue called off
NORTH SEA: A major rescue operation to save a teenage boy, his father and three other men who went missing after an oil rig tug suddenly capsized in the North Sea was called off last night after final hopes of finding survivors were extinguished. pAustria attempts Kosovo resolution
AUSTRIA: Austrian chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer is working with Serbia on a deal to grant the breakaway province of Kosovo independence in a way that is acceptable to Belgrade. pChina bids to stop porn in its cyberspace
CHINA: China is stepping up its campaign to stamp out online smut. The ministry of public security has joined forces with nine other government departments for a major crackdown on internet pornography, saying it had "contaminated cyberspace and perverted China's young minds". The clampdown on pornography is part of a wider campaign to keep a tight grip on media in China. pPundits show how race is rawest of issues in today's US
America Letter: As Rodney King watched the 1992 Los Angeles riots that followed the acquittal of police officers who had been filmed beating him brutally, he asked: "Can't we all just get along?" It's a question many Americans have been pondering this week as the media have been gripped by two stories that highlight how raw feelings about race remain more than 40 years after the civil rights act that banned racial discrimination. pIn Short
A round-up of today's other stories in brief. p
