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US army confident al-Qaeda in Iraq is defeated
US: Senior American military commanders believe
they have broken the power of al-Qaeda in Iraq, which the Bush
administration has characterised as the most formidable threat to
US troops there, according to a report in the
Washington Post . p
Lib Dems seek new leader as Campbell quits
BRITAIN: Britain's Liberal Democrats are seeking
their third leader in less than two years following Menzies
Campbell's decision to quit with immediate effect. p
EU agrees to strengthen Burma sanctions
EU: EU foreign ministers have agreed to strengthen sanctions on the military dictatorship in Burma following the bloody suppression of pro-democracy protests last month. p
Other World Stories
Police identify internet paedophile
THAILAND: Detectives hunting a paedophile pictured on websites sexually abusing young children have identified him as an English language teacher in south-east Asia, Interpol confirmed yesterday. pIraq seeks expulsion of Blackwater guards
IRAQ: The Iraqi government has demanded that Blackwater Worldwide, the private security firm that guards top US diplomats in Iraq, be expelled from the country within six months and pay $8 million in compensation to the family of every civilian its employees are accused of killing last month, Iraqi officials have said. pBrown set to defy calls for EU referendum
BRITAIN: Gordon Brown appears determined to defy popular demands for a British referendum on the EU reform treaty, despite mounting internal Labour Party pressure ahead of this week's European summit in Lisbon. pBulgaria defers row over euro
BULGARIA: Bulgaria has backed away from blocking an EU deal that promises closer ties with Montenegro, after progress in a dispute over the spelling of the euro common currency. pMinisters closer to reform treaty deal
EU: EU foreign ministers have edged closer to a deal on the EU reform treaty but several issues remain to be solved at this week's summit for EU leaders. pUkraine'Orange' leaders agree on coalition
UKRAINE: The leaders of Ukraine's 2004 Orange Revolution clinched a deal last night to end months of squabbling and create a new coalition government, after official results confirmed their joint victory in a recent general election. pCommunist Party congress hears president speak of need to stamp out corruption Hu Jintao pledges reform but not democracy
CHINA: Wearing a sharp blue suit, a red-and-blue striped tie and standing on a podium bedecked with pink flowers, China's Communist Party leader Hu Jintao underlined his commitment to reform while promising continuity during a speech to his party colleagues in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing yesterday. pPutin shrugs off assassination rumours as he heads for Iran
RUSSIA: Russian president Vladimir Putin has shrugged off rumours of an Iranian assassination plot against him ahead of his arrival in Tehran this morning, when he becomes the first occupant of the Kremlin to visit Iran since Soviet leader Josef Stalin in 1943. pIndia failing to eradicate hunger
INDIA: Despite being the world's second fastest growing economy after China, India has failed to eradicate hunger among a large proportion of its population of more than 1.2 billion. pWitness tells Diana inquest jury about 'major white flash'
BRITAIN: A motorist who witnessed the crash which killed Diana, Princess of Wales, recalled yesterday that he saw a "major white flash" in the Alma underpass. François Levistre was driving in front of the Mercedes when the fatal crash happened in Paris in August 1997. pInfamous French mercenary Bob Denard dies
FRANCE: African presidents will be able to sleep a little easier following the death at the weekend of Bob Denard, a French mercenary and real-life "dog of war". pRunning a textbook, front-runner campaign
US: Hillary Clinton's campaigning for the Democrat nomination for president is a study in focus and Swiss-watch precision, writes Mark Z Barabak in Toledo, Iowa pDáil scrutiny of EU decisions needs to be increased
European Diary TDs will get their first chance to scrutinise the EU reform treaty today when the Government's decision to opt out of key justice provisions is debated in the Dáil. pIn Short
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