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Optimism over content of UN climate report
UN: Environmental groups attending the UN climate change meeting here have expressed cautious optimism that the major report due to be released today will fairly reflect the strength of scientific opinion on how to tackle global warming, writes Frank McDonald , Environment Editor in Bangkok p
Sarkozy and Royal's war of words continues
FRANCE: After a marathon, two hour and 40 minute debate that ended at 11.40pm on Wednesday night, the French presidential candidates, Ségolène Royal and Nicolas Sarkozy, were back on the air by breakfast time yesterday. p
'I came to find a safe place and food'
SUDAN: A patch of desert has become home for 14,000
refugees, writes
Rob Crilly , in the al-Salaam camp, in Darfur,
Sudan. p
Other World Stories
Massive protests call for Olmert to quit
ISRAEL: Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert faced a
major challenge to his pledge to stay in power yesterday when tens
of thousands rallied in Tel Aviv to try to force him to quit over
failures in last year's war in Lebanon. pUS holds talks with Syria but not Iran as neighbours offer Iraq aid
EGYPT: Efforts to stabilise Iraq by involving its neighbours in talks brought Condoleezza Rice together with Syria's foreign minister yesterday. But much-heralded talks with her Iranian opposite number, Manouchehr Mottaki, failed to materialise. pWitness claims Spector attorney removed evidence from crime scene
US: A surprise witness surfaced in the Phil Spector murder trial on Wednesday, telling the court that he saw a lawyer for the music producer pick up a piece of evidence at the crime scene that was never turned over to prosecutors. pReligion splits family after 21-year marriage
MALAYSIA: A Muslim woman forcibly separated from her Hindu husband by Malaysia's Islamic authorities after 21 years of happy marriage wept inconsolably yesterday after a judge endorsed her decision to hand custody of six of her seven children to her former spouse. pKen Livingstone to stand for third term
BRITAIN: London's pugnacious mayor, Ken Livingstone, will stand for a third term next year, Labour said yesterday. pTurkey's AKP proposes popular vote on president
TURKEY: Turkey's ruling party has proposed a series of constitutional reforms that would radically alter the way the country is governed, as MPs voted yesterday to hold a general election on July 22nd in an attempt to end a crippling political crisis. pCommissioner defends decision to run in Belgian elections
BELGIUM: EU Development Commissioner Louis Michel has shrugged off criticism of his decision to stand in the Belgian elections, saying it will give him an opportunity to promote Europe during the campaign. pPoland violated human rights, court rules
POLAND: The European Court of Human Rights has criticised Polish president Lech Kaczynski in a ruling that found Poland had violated human rights by banning a gay rights march. pLabour facing big losses in Wales and Scotland
UK: A night of predicted Labour defeats saw Britain's ruling party battling to avoid its exclusion from power in Scotland and Wales for the first time since the devolution settlement. pProportional ballot: how it works
Elections took place for the Scottish parliament, Welsh assembly and 344 councils in England and Scotland.There are also contests for elected mayors in Bedford, Mansfield and Middlesbrough. pPeace deal opens Nepal's beauty to tourists
Letter from Nepal: Tourism is returning to Nepal at a rate of knots following the ending of a 10-year Maoist-led insurgency. Our bus crawled through the infamous traffic of Katmandu, until we reached a pass that leads out of the fertile and populous valley to the town of Pokhara, close to the Himalayan, Annapurna range. pPrint culture alive and sizzling as Argentine night owls flock to the fair
ARGENTINA: For all those who love to read, who enjoy getting lost in crowds, who are attracted by the idea of a powerful espresso after midnight, who loathe being rushed, who get mildly depressed when reading yet another article prophesying a straight-to-hell future for the printed word - this is the time and the place for you. pIn Short
A round-up of today's other stories. p
