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Hopes rise as Iran moderate called in for talks
IRAN: Iran announced yesterday that the country's
former top nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, and his successor,
Saeed Jalili, will both take part in Tuesday's talks with EU
foreign policy chief Javier Solana. p
Erdogan plans retaliation after PKK ambush
TURKEY: Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan convened an emergency meeting of Turkey's top-ranking security officials, including the ministers of defence and the interior, in Ankara last night to decide on retaliation for an ambush by Kurdish separatists that killed 17 Turkish soldiers and wounded 16 others yesterday. p
Polish election a showdown between generations
POLAND : Poland's snap general election ended yesterday as a battle royal between the generations. Young Poles cast off their political apathy and turned out in their millions, causing a shortage of ballot papers around the country. p
Other World Stories
UN human rights body on shaky ground
US: The new council's strong stance on Burma is unbalanced by its undue focus on Israel, writes Mary Fitzgerald pCommunists find a place at the table for China's new entrepreneurs
CHINA: Chen Ailian is a sharp-suited entrepreneur and card-carrying Communist cadre who sees no conflict between driving a Rolls Royce and turning up as a leading delegate at the 17th national party congress in Beijing. pA house in Turkey with a growing reputation for miracles
A wheelchair-bound Irish cancer sufferer was 'cured' after a
visit to the house, writes
Lara Marlowe pUS troops say 49 killed in Sadr City raid seeking kidnap gang
MIDDLE EAST: US forces said they killed 49 gunmen in fierce fighting in Baghdad yesterday during a raid to capture an Iranian-linked kidnap cell leader suspected of abducting US-led coalition soldiers and other foreigners. pPlot to assassinate Olmert uncovered
MIDDLE EAST: A group of Palestinian militants, including several members of the Palestinian Authority security services, planned to assassinate Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert as he travelled in the West Bank earlier this year, the head of Israel's secret service told cabinet ministers yesterday. pSwiss right-wing party performs strongly in parliamentary election
SWITZERLAND: The right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP) has performed strongly in the Swiss parliamentary elections at the expense of the other government parties. The Greens were also hailed as election winners, increasing their share of the vote to almost 10 per cent. pThousands queue outside embassy to cast their vote
IRELAND: Up to 14,000 Poles queued outside the Polish embassy on Ailesbury Road in Dublin for several hours yesterday to vote in their home country's national elections. pPelosi's provocation of Ankara smacks of familiar stupidity
Opinion: There are three relevant questions concerning the Armenian genocide, writes Charles Krauthammer pIn short
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