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  • Spanish PM Zapatero enlivens last Royal rally

    FRANCE: They came in trickles, streams and finally a flood from all across the Midi-Pyrenees region, and its capital, Toulouse, (a city roughly the size of Dublin) to Ségolène Royal's final rally, with Spanish prime minister José Luis Zapatero as her guest speaker. p

  • Ukrainian leaders close to compromise

    UKRAINE: Ukraine's duelling president and prime minister, Viktor Yushchenko and Viktor Yanukovich, appeared to edge towards compromise yesterday, as tens of thousands of people rallied in Kiev under rival banners. p
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  • Amnesty criticises use of torture and death penalty in Iraq

    IRAQ: The Iraqi authorities have been castigated for executing defendants tried unfairly, writes Michael Jansen p

  • Candidates bask in former glories

    FRANCE: Ten of the 12 French presidential candidates will be eliminated after tomorrow's first round of voting, and a new campaign will begin in earnest on Monday, writes Lara Marlowe p

  • Nigerians see little hope for change after today's presidential election

    NIGERIA: At the "base" on Lagos Island, a street canopy under which neighbourhood drifters gather, the mood ahead of today's presidential and parliamentary elections was somewhere between indifference and disgust. "These elections are not for the people. They are for the politicians," said John Munis, a 26-year-old graduate, reflecting the cynicism of many Nigerians eight years after the military relinquished power. p

  • 30 killed as new fighting erupts in Somalia

    SOMALIA: Sporadic shelling and gunfire shook Mogadishu yesterday as a massive exodus from the Somali capital gathered pace from a week of battles residents say has killed at least 30 people and probably far more. p

  • Fortune-teller gets billionaire's legacy

    CHINA: After a life characterised by eccentric money moves, epic legal battles and unconventional behaviour, Hong Kong's glitterati must have seen this one coming. p

  • Concept of limbo now consigned to oblivion

    VATICAN: At last, it is official. The Vatican yesterday consigned limbo to oblivion. For many centuries it was taught by the Church that limbo was where upbaptised babies, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and all good people who lived before Jesus went, on death. There they languished for all eternity deprived of the beatific vision. p

  • Terry Major-Ball, popular elder brother of former British PM, dies aged 75

    BRITAIN: Sir John Major's elder brother Terry Major-Ball has died, the former prime minister's office confirmed yesterday. He was 75. p

  • Billionaires and politicians attend wedding of top Bollywood stars

    INDIA: The king and queen of Indian cinema tied the knot yesterday in a private ceremony attended by a small group of billionaires, politicians and close family. p

  • Rescue teams baffled over disappearance of yachtsmen

    AUSTRALIA: The table was set for dinner, the engine was ticking over and all was more or less as it should have been on board the Kaz II catamaran as it idled in calm waters off the Great Barrier Reef. All except one thing: there was no crew. p

  • Cash-for-honours file completed

    BRITAIN: British detectives investigating the cash-for-honours affair handed over their main file to prosecutors yesterday, bringing the prospect of criminal charges against senior government figures a step closer. p

  • Suspension of Romanian president concerns EU

    ROMANIA: Romania's highest court rejected President Traian Basescu's appeal against suspension yesterday, amid expressions of concern from top EU officials that the country's political crisis could jeopardise vital reforms p

  • Thousands of cats enjoy home cooking as pet food scandal widens

    America: When his cat, Wilhelmina, went off her food last month, my friend Thomas assumed at first that she was sulking, perhaps because he had been having too good a time the previous weekend. p

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