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  • Giuliani predicts a new 9/11 if Democrat is elected

    US: Former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani has warned that the US could suffer a second terrorist attack on the scale of 9/11 if a Democrat becomes president in 2008. Mr Giuliani, the frontrunner in opinion polls for the Republican presidential nomination, said that only a Republican president could guarantee the US would remain on the offensive against terrorism. p

  • Bayrou to form new party of the centre

    François Bayrou speaking at a news conference in Paris yesterday. Mr Bayrou appeared to indicate that while he had many reservations about Ms Royals policies he would be very unlikely to support Mr Sarkozy. FRANCE: François Bayrou, the centrist candidate who received 18.5 per cent of the vote in the first round of the French presidential election, yesterday severely criticised the character of the right-wing candidate, Nicolas Sarkozy, and the economic programme of the socialist, Ségolène Royal. p

  • Spector jurors told he is sinister and deadly

    Phil Spector: charged with fatal shooting of woman US: More than four years after an actor and part-time waitress was found dead of gunshot wounds in the lobby of Phil Spector's palatial home, the legendary 1960s record producer was yesterday described as "sinister and deadly" on the first day of his trial in Los Angeles. p
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  • Alleged leaks of anti-terrorism data add to Blair's woes

    BRITAIN: The guessing game about the timing of Tony Blair's resignation continued yesterday with just a week left to local elections that could affect Labour's ability to win a fourth general election. p

  • Canadian is first Guantánamo prisoner charged with murder

    US: A young Canadian who was 15 when captured by US forces in Afghanistan has become the first prisoner at Guantánamo Bay to be tried for murder. p

  • Polish ex-minister rejects 'witch-hunt' law

    POLAND: Poland's conservative government faced harsh criticism in the European Parliament yesterday over a law it says is designed to unmask former communist agents. p

  • Barroso forced to alter plans for May summit

    EU: European Commission president José Manuel Barroso was forced into an embarrassing climbdown last night over plans to host an EU "mini-summit" in May. p

  • UN alleges cover-up of Iraqi civilian deaths

    IRAQ: The UN yesterday accused the Iraqi government of trying to cover up a rise in civilian casualties from sectarian violence since the troop surge ordered by US president George Bush earlier this year. p

  • Politicians in Mexico City vote to legalise abortion

    MEXICO: Politicians in Mexico City have voted to legalise abortion, in a move expected to influence policies and health practices across Mexico and the rest of Latin America. p

  • Olympics body sidesteps rights issue

    CHINA: International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said the games in Beijing next year would be a "force for good on Chinese society", sidestepping tough questions about human rights issues and boycott threats by underlining the sporting body's apolitical nature. p

  • Lawmakers flee Ecuador in clash over constitution

    COLOMBIA: A group of Ecuadorean opposition lawmakers fled to Colombia to seek protection from what they see as political persecution from President Rafael Correa's government, one of the legislators said yesterday. p

  • Pyongyang fetes fearsome but fragile force

    NORTH KOREA: North Korea celebrated with a grand parade yesterday the 75th birthday of its "invincible" army, which experts say is capable of dealing a quick and devastating blow but is hollow at the core. p

  • Survey details negative Muslim attitude to West

    MIDDLE EAST: Michael Jansen reports on a poll that reveals several Islamic countries think the US is waging war on their beliefs p

  • Israel accuses ex-MP of informing enemy

    MIDDLE EAST: One of Israel's most outspoken Arab politicians, who has left the country and resigned as an MP, is being investigated on suspicion of helping an enemy during war, Israeli police said yesterday. p

  • Beleaguered Romanian president finds solace in peaceful Sibiu

    Romania Letter:  When Romania's president, Traian Basescu, sought an Easter escape from the looming threat of impeachment, he did not head for the popular Prahova Valley north of Bucharest, nor the familiar Black Sea coast where he was born and grew up to become a ship's captain. p

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