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  • Divided Beirut honours two slain leaders

    Members of Hizbullah carry the coffin of Imad Mugnieh during his funeral in Beirut yesterday. Israel denied any involvement in the assassination of Mugnieh on Tuesday, but has welcomed his death. LEBANON: Tens of thousands gathered in Beirut to commemorate one fallen leader and show support for the pro-western government, while across the city mourners honoured a top Hizbullah military commander and chanted "death to America", writes Lucy Fielder in Beirut p

  • Serbia and Russia calm fears of Kosovo reprisals

    KOSOVO: Serbia and Russia denounced Kosovo's apparently imminent declaration of independence yesterday, while toning down threats to punish the region or the many countries that are expected to recognise its sovereignty. p

  • Clintons gird for Texas battle

    Hillary Clinton is greeted by a worker as she makes a campaign stop at the General Motors assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio yesterday. US: Hillary Clinton now trails Barack Obama by every measure in the Democratic race - the popular vote, delegate count, number of states won, cash in hand and national opinion polls, writes Denis Staunton in Washington p
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  • Lebanon moves towards Hariri bombing trial

    LEBANON: Holland has agreed to host the tribunal - but so far it is unclear just who will be prosecuted, writes Lara Marlowe in Paris. p

  • Results of Cypriot election could see renewal of reunification talks

    CYPRUS: All three candidates in Sunday's presidential poll vow to seek a solution to the reintegation of Greek and Turkish Cypriots, writes Michael Jansen in Nicosia p

  • Senate vote to ban waterboarding will draw veto from Bush

    US: Congress is now on a collision course with the White House over 'enhanced interrogation' methods, writes Dan Eggen in Washington p

  • France supplied ammunition for Chadian army

    FRANCE: France's military admitted yesterday that it had transported munitions to the Chadian army during the recent rebel attack on the capital, N'Djamena, earlier this month. p

  • Polls show 75 per cent of Pakistanis want to see Musharraf out of office

    PAKISTAN: Despite the president's poor poll ratings, a victory for the opposition is far from certain in the general election and a certain amount of rigging is to be expected, reports Jo Johnson from Lahore p

  • Secret UK files reveal Saudi threats

    BRITAIN: Saudi Arabia's rulers threatened to make it easier for terrorists to attack London unless corruption investigations into their arms deals were halted, according to court documents revealed yesterday. p

  • Georgian billionaire may have had heart attack

    BRITAIN: British investigators will test for poison in the body of Georgian businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili but have no reason yet to conclude he was killed, police said yesterday. p

  • Putin gets down and dirty with the pack from the press

    RUSSIA: The Russian president let it all hang out at a press conference at the Kremlin yesterday, writes Conor Sweeney in Moscow p

  • Successor: trust in Medvedev

    RUSSIA: Russian president Vladimir Putin said yesterday he intended to become a powerful and long-serving prime minister after leaving the Kremlin but rejected suggestions he would dictate orders to his likely successor. p

  • Kenyan parties make progress in talks

    KENYA: Kenya's feuding political parties have agreed to rewrite the country's constitution within a year but have yet to agree terms for power-sharing, a government negotiator said yesterday. p

  • Burmese resistance leader assassinated in Thailand

    THAILAND: A senior leader of the Karen National Union (KNU), one of the biggest ethnic minority groups fighting Burma's military regime, was assassinated at his home yesterday in the Thai border town of Mae Sot, sending shock waves through the ranks of Burmese political dissidents. p

  • Love fever spreads across the globe

    Cakes decorated with hearts for St Valentine's Day in Burgos, northern Spain. ST VALENTINE'S DAY: Australians seeking love on St Valentine's Day speed-dated in deckchairs on Bondi Beach, Japanese trekked through snow in search of romance, Filipinos sang syrupy ballads and British police sent Valentine cards to bail-dodgers. p

  • In short

    A round-up of today's other stories in brief. p
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