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  • Medvedev proposes Putin as next prime minister

    President Vladimir Putin's successor, Dmitry Medvedev (left), has paved the way for Mr Putin to continue as Russia's de facto leader RUSSIA: The prospect of Russia moving into a post-Putin era swiftly receded yesterday when his anointed successor, Dmitry Medvedev, said he wanted Vladimir Putin to become Russia's prime minister next year once his term as president expires. p

  • Tusk out to heal relations with Germany

    POLAND: Polish prime minister Donald Tusk yesterday vowed to rebuild Warsaw's strained relations with Berlin through "sensible decisions and not emotional baggage". Without mentioning his predecessor Jaroslaw Kaczynski by name, Poland's prime minister used his first state visit to Germany to underline a new tone in relations with chancellor Angela Merkel. p
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  • Al-Qaeda blamed for bombings in Algiers

    ALGERIA: Suspected al-Qaeda militants detonated twin car bombs in the Algerian capital, Algiers, yesterday, killing up to 67 people in the bloodiest attack in the north African country since an undeclared civil war in the 1990s. p

  • Explosions point to work of unit in Maghreb

    ALGERIA: The sinister choice of the 11th day of the month for twin bombings reinforces the allegiance sworn to bin Laden by Algerian Salafists GSPC, writes Lara Marlowe p

  • Putin discusses unified state with Belarus counterpart

    RUSSIA: Russian president Vladimir Putin discussed the process of creating a unified state with his Belarussian counterpart by phone yesterday ahead of a two-day meeting this week, the Kremlin's deputy spokesman said. p

  • Finns fear Russian action over Nato

    FINLAND: The influential Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) warned yesterday of possible Russian "military remonstrations in the vicinity of the Finnish borders" if Finland were to join Nato. p

  • Russia's exit from arms treaty would open rift with Nato

    RUSSIA: Vladimir Putin was poised last night to suspend Russia's participation in a landmark arms control treaty, delivering what Nato members regard as one of the most blatant examples yet of Moscow's assertive new foreign policy. p

  • Protests as Tymoshenko fails by one vote to become Ukraine PM

    UKRAINE: Ukraine's Byzantine battle for power took another bizarre twist yesterday, when Yulia Tymoshenko accused her main rival of sabotaging parliament's vote-counting machines after she failed by a single ballot to be approved as the new prime minister. p

  • Survivor recalls agony of Chinese massacre

    CHINA: Japanese troops massacred thousands of Chinese in Nanjing 70 years ago, writes Clifford Coonan p

  • Israel rebuked over settlement homes plan

    MIDDLE EAST: Saudi foreign minister Prince Saud Al Faisal has castigated Israel for approving the construction of 307 homes in Har Homa, a settlement located between Jerusalem and Bethlehem. p

  • Police praise ex-officer who shot church gunman

    US: The gunshots were so loud that Jeanne Assam thought the shooter already was in the building. p

  • Al-Qaeda suspect tortured, says ex-CIA agent

    US: A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer who led the capture of alleged al-Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah has confirmed that Mr Zubaydah was subjected to waterboarding, a form of controlled drowning, and claimed that the action was approved at the highest levels of the US government. p

  • Ceausescu used children as spies, archives reveal

    ROMANIA: Thousands of Romanian children as young as 10 were recruited by the Securitate secret police of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu to spy on friends, parents and teachers, declassified archives have revealed. p

  • Gormley CO2 plan could be extended to private sector

    IRELAND: Plans by Minister for the Environment John Gormley to introduce a scheme to offset the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated by globetrotting Government Ministers and officials could be extended to include private companies and even individuals. p

  • Pastor's wife charged with his murder

    BRITAIN: A Filipina was last night charged with murdering her British pastor husband after his charred body was recovered from a swamp on the island of Mindanao. p

  • Prizewinner chides EU over neglect of Darfur

    SUDAN: A Sudanese lawyer awarded the EU's most prestigious human rights prize has chided Europe for not doing more to help end the conflict in Darfur p

  • Dodi chose ring from jeweller's 'budget' range, inquest told

    FRANCE: The "engagement" ring supposedly ordered by Dodi Fayed for Diana Princess of Wales was from a jewellers' readymade "budget" range and would have cost him less than £6,000 (€8,337), according to an inquest witness. p

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