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Bush plans new move on immigration deal
US: President Bush will make a rare visit to
Capitol Hill today in an attempt to revive a bipartisan deal on
immigration reform that unravelled in the Senate last week. p
Decimated French left licks wounds
FRANCE: The day after a catastrophe, survivors pick through the rubble and take stock. From the extreme right to the extreme left, including the main opposition Socialist Party, every French political grouping outside Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential majority yesterday realised the results of Sunday's first round of legislative elections were worse than they had thought. p
Bush says US missile plan would not imperil Bulgaria
BULGARIA: US president George Bush told Bulgaria yesterday that it would not be left exposed to attack if Washington built a missile defence system, and pledged support for five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya for allegedly infecting hundreds of children with HIV. p
Other World Stories
Israel's Labor Party to pick new leader
MIDDLE EAST: Both contenders in the second round run-off for the leadership of Israel's Labor Party have threatened to pull out of the government. pMcCann search moves to Morocco
MOROCCO: Kate McCann, mother of missing Madeleine McCann (4), was embraced by hoards of Moroccan children yesterday as she took the search for her kidnapped daughter to north Africa. pUS arms Sunni militants to confront al-Qaeda
US: The US military has embarked on a new and risky strategy in Iraq by arming Sunni insurgents in the hope that they will tackle the extremist al-Qaeda in Iraq. pSouth Africa bears witness to latest twists in strife of Winnie
SOUTH AFRICA: Despite recent ignominies, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela still fascinates, writes Joe Humphreys in Johannesburg pPowell says Guantánamo should be shut at once
US: Former US secretary of state Colin Powell has said that he would close down the US military prison for enemy combatants at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, "this afternoon" because it has become a major problem in "the way the world perceives America". pArgentinian leader facing biggest crisis of presidency
ARGENTINA: Argentinian president Nestor Kirchner is facing the biggest crisis of his four-year presidency just as he decides whether to seek re-election in October or back the prospective candidacy of his wife, a prominent senator. pMusharraf suffers court reversal over chief justice row
PAKISTAN: Pakistan's suspended chief justice won the first round in a lengthy legal battle with the government yesterday when the supreme court decided to consider his challenge against accusations of misconduct. pWalesa acts to clear name
POLAND: Former Solidarity union leader Lech Walesa has published online 500 pages from his secret police file to silence critics convinced he was a collaborator with the communist authorities. pReport says China ranking more activities as state secrets
CHINA: China is classifying more and more activities as state secrets to allow police to charge dissidents and activists with stealing or leaking state secrets, Human Rights in China said in a wide-ranging report published yesterday warning of serious implications for freedom of expression in China. pMilosevic pair face inquiry
SERBIA: The widow and son of former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic are to be investigated for allegedly leading a smuggling racket that netted them tens of millions of euros. pBoy found in sea dies
BRITAIN: A two-year-old boy who died after he was found floating in the English Channel was named yesterday as Arun Leon Watkins. pBrazil's gays show pride as millions turn out on streets
BRAZIL: An estimated three million gays, lesbians and transvestites paraded peacefully down the main avenue of Brazil's business capital Sao Paulo on Sunday, to condemn homophobia, racism and machismo, organisers said. pGive up spare goods, says Chávez
VENEZUELA: Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez told his supporters to give away possessions they do not need such as an extra refrigerator because he only wants true socialists to be members of a new single party he is forming. p'The Sopranos' ends by confounding critics for one last time
US: After eight years of teasing viewers with false leads and vanishing plotlines, The Sopranos became history on Sunday with a finale that confounded critics' expectations and left many fans seething with frustration. pIrish lead resistance to draft EU law on suspects' rights
European diary: Irish opposition to a draft EU law to guarantee a minimum level of rights to criminal suspects risks provoking an angry dispute between EU justice ministers tomorrow. pIn short
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