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  • Six Guantánamo detainees charged over 9/11

    US: Military prosecutors yesterday issued the first charges relating to the September 11th attacks, saying they would seek the death penalty against six detainees held at Guantánamo Bay, including the alleged mastermind of the plot, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. p

  • Polls suggest Obama set to take three more states

    Barack Obama has a comfortable poll lead in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia who hold primaries today. Photograph: Alex Wong/ Getty Images US: Barack Obama will seek to build on the momentum of a string of weekend victories today when Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia hold primaries. Mr Obama has a comfortable poll lead over Hillary Clinton in all three states and his campaign events have drawn larger, more enthusiastic crowds. p

  • Williams stands over comments on sharia law

    BRITAIN: The Archbishop of Canterbury has strongly defended his decision to speak about the possible incorporation of limited aspects of sharia law as a way of strengthening social cohesion in Britain. p
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  • Amy scoops five out of six awards

    US: There can't be many multiple Grammy award winners who have dedicated their victories to a north London pub, but then the career of Amy Winehouse has been anything but conventional. p

  • Paintings worth €113m stolen by masked gunmen

    SWITZERLAND: A Zurich gallery has offered a €62,000 reward for the recovery of four paintings worth €113 million, stolen on Sunday by masked gunmen in what police have called a "spectacular" art theft. p

  • Seoul's ancient gate destroyed by fire

    KOREA: South Koreans mourned the loss of the country's most important cultural monument yesterday after a fire devastated the 610-year-old Namdaemun gate in the heart of Seoul, destroying its magnificent wooden roof. p

  • 'Jaws' star Roy Scheider dies at age of 75

    US: The actor Roy Scheider, best remembered as the neurotic small-town police chief in Jaws, died on Sunday of complications from multiple myeloma, a cancer of the blood cells. He was 75. p

  • Xi (54) follows Hu's footsteps on road to Chinese presidency

    CHINA: The man tipped to become China's next leader, Xi Jinping, has been strongly linked to a number of key roles within the Communist Party, including vice-chairman of the body that runs the army and a position as a troubleshooter for the Olympics in August. p

  • State of emergency declared in East Timor

    EAST TIMOR: The prime minister of East Timor declared a 48-hour state of emergency yesterday after a co-ordinated attempt to assassinate him and the president by renegade troops. p

  • Opposition eyeing landslide win with Musharraf at all-time low

    PAKISTAN: Monday's election in Pakistan could see the country's unpopular president ousted, write Griff Witte and Robin Wright in Islamabad p

  • Eurosceptics in a bind on taking EU funds

    European Diary: With the referendum on the Lisbon Treaty edging closer, the political temperature is rising as the Yes and No campaigns set out their stalls on the future shape of Europe, writes Jamie Smyth p

  • Candidates court super delegates now poised to play pivotal role

    US: As both camps seek the support of Democratic Party super delegates, some are questioning their role, writes Denis Staunton p

  • Gates backs pause in troop withdrawal from Iraq

    IRAQ: US defence secretary Robert Gates has endorsed a pause in the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. p

  • US charges four with spying for China

    US: A former Boeing engineer was arrested yesterday on charges of stealing trade secrets for China related to several aerospace programmes, including the space shuttle, the US justice department said. p

  • Aborigines gather in Canberra to hear state apology

    AUSTRALIA: A tent city has sprung up near Australia's national parliament as Aborigines arrive in the capital to hear the government apologise for past injustices against indigenous children and families. Organisers expect about 2,000 Aborigines from around the nation to camp on the lawns and gardens of parliament to hear prime minister Kevin Rudd apologise tomorrow for past policies of taking Aboriginal children from their families. p

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