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'Lives at risk' in failure to check Interpol list
Britain: The UK security minister says the terror threat is long-term, writes Frank Millar , London Editor. p
Spiralling violence claims 200 lives in two days
Iraq: Iraqi prime minister Nouri al- Maliki has
condemned as a "heinous crime" Saturday's bombing which killed 150
people and wounded 240 in the northern town of Amirli. p
Inca town ruins voted among new Seven Wonders of the World
Peru : The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu at Cuzco,
Peru, was named as one of the new Seven Wonders of the World in a
ceremony in Lisbon on Saturday. p
Other World Stories
Besieged Islamists kill top commander
Pakistan: A Pakistani Special Forces commander was killed after coming under heavy fire from militants holed up inside the Red Mosque in Islamabad yesterday. pConstitution's drafters accuse Abbas of exceeding his powers
Middle East: The senior lawyers who wrote the interim Palestinian constitution say President Mahmoud Abbas exceeded his powers in appointing an emergency government to replace a Hamas-led cabinet without parliamentary approval. pIranian president accuses media of trying to oust him
Iran: Allies of Iran's president have accused the media of trying to depose him in a "creeping coup", raising fears of a fresh clampdown on opposition newspapers and websites. pRevival of Latin Mass criticised by some Jewish leaders
Vatican: In a long anticipated apostolic letter, released on Saturday, Pope Benedict XVI issued a "Motu Proprio Data" in which he eased restrictions on the use of the Latin or Tridentine Mass. pPRISONERS: 250 Palestinians to be freed
Middle East: Israel's cabinet agreed yesterday to release 250 Palestinian prisoners in the latest attempt to strengthen western-backed Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas after Hamas's seizure of the Gaza Strip. pPlan to tear down forest imperils Ugandan 'biodiversity heaven'
Uganda: Plans to tear down a Ugandan forest to make way for sugar cane production could destroy one of the country's most important wildlife habitats, according to conservationists. pBeautiful coast awash with money hides poor and corrupt hinterland
Letter from Budva : Zarko Radulovic's family were not rich and two decades as a ship's captain were not lucrative, but today the Rolling Stones are staying at his hotel and he has no time to sail his pleasure boat. pSarkozy drops Bastille Day prisoner pardon
France: The French president Nicolas Sarkozy will not give a traditional Bastille Day pardon to thousands of prisoners in the country's overcrowded jails, raising fears that disappointed inmates could riot. pIn Short
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