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Five British Islamists given life for bombing plot
BRITAIN: Five men were jailed for life yesterday
after being convicted of plotting a series of fertiliser-based
bombings aimed at civilian targets across Britain. p
Olmert refuses to quit despite scathing report
MIDDLE EAST: In a scathing report yesterday, a government panel accused Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert of "a severe failure in judgment, responsibility and prudence" in launching last summer's military assault in Lebanon, increasing pressure on the embattled leader to resign. p
Erdogan makes appeal for unity
TURKEY: Turkish prime minister Tayyip Erdogan appealed for national unity in a television address yesterday, in a clear drive to ease a stand-off between secularists and his Islamist-rooted government over presidential elections. p
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'British soldiers are killing Muslims'
BRITAIN: Fully radicalised on their return from jihadi camps, cell members decided to put their ideology into action, writes Mary Fitzgerald pEU, US agree climate issue 'urgent'
EU: The European Union and the United States agreed yesterday that global warming is an "urgent" priority. At a White House summit, Mr Bush, German chancellor Angela Merkel and European Commission president José Manuel Barroso also said they were firmly dedicated to reaching agreement on a global trade pact under the often-stalled Doha round of talks. pSouth Africa begins to wake up to toll of road carnage
SOUTH AFRICA: South African motorists are getting their revenge on ill-mannered taxi drivers - spray-painting and smashing up their mini-cabs in a mass show of road rage. pKosovo will split from Serbia, says PM
KOSOVO: Kosovo's prime minister has said he expects the province to declare independence from Serbia this month, with or without the backing of a United Nations resolution. pWither the French left as voters turn their back
FRANCE: The communist party, once the country's biggest, faces extinction as the splintered far left is in free-fall, writes Lara Marlowe in Paris pTopshop queues form for piece of Kate Moss
BRITAIN: Queues are expected today at the two Dublin Topshop stores in St Stephen's Green and the Jervis Centre when the much-hyped debut clothing range of supermodel Kate Moss goes on sale in Ireland and in more than 200 UK stores. pMost EU leaders privately favour Sarkozy over socialist rival Royal
European Diary: Margot Wallström, the EU commissioner responsible for communications policy, upset centre-right politicians in Brussels last week with a shameless plug for French presidential candidate Ségolgène Royal. pBizarre refugee swap with US coming under fire
Letter from Sydney: The process of seeking asylum has just got weirder because of an Australian/ American arrangement that will see the countries swap refugees with each other. pIn short
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