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Euphoria as power changes hands in Pakistan
PAKISTAN: There were euphoric celebrations across
Pakistan yesterday as the ruling party that supported President
Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) was drummed out of
power p
Serb gangs attack and burn posts at Kosovo border
SERBIA: Serb mobs razed two border posts between
Serbia and newly independent Kosovo yesterday, as tension rose in
pro-Belgrade regions that refuse to be ruled by the fledgling
country's ethnic-Albanian majority. p
Democratic rivals vie for upper hand over economic issues
US: The issue of the economy moved centre stage yesterday as the two remaining Democrat candidates for the US presidential nomination vied for the upper hand in an increasingly acrimonious race. p
Castro steps down after half a century in power
CUBA: Fidel Castro, leader of Cuba for almost half a century, stepped down as president yesterday in a move that raised the prospect of the opening up one of the world's last communist states. p
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Way is now open for new crop of Cuban leaders to emerge
CUBA: Cuba is likely to experience a complex transition in which different generations of communist leaders negotiate a share of influence, writes Richard Lapper pSurvivor of exploding cigar plots and beard-loss ridicule
CUBA: Fidel Castro is retiring after surviving numerous plots to end his rule more abruptly. pGigantic sea creatures found by scientists
ANTARTICA: Giant sea creatures, including sea spiders the size of dinner plates and jellyfish with six-metre (20ft) tentacles, have been found by Australian scientists in the deep waters around Antarctica. pColombian colonel guilty of killing 10 US-trained police
COLOMBIA: A Colombian army colonel and 14 soldiers have been convicted of killing members of an elite US- trained counter-narcotics police squad on orders of drug traffickers, one of the most sordid of several recent cases of alleged corruption in the armed forces. pIslamists fear political oblivion after rout
PAKISTAN: Pakistan's Islamist politicians yesterday described Gen Pervez Musharraf, the president, as "the root cause of all evil" as they reconciled themselves to defeat. pUganda and rebels reach war crimes deal
UGANDA: The Ugandan government and Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels have signed a landmark agreement on how to deal with war crimes committed during the 21-year war in the north of the country. pBeatification process may make canonisation harder
VATICAN: In an indication of a partial discontinuity between the pontificates of John Paul II and Benedict XVI, the Holy See this week announced new procedures for the process of beatification, procedures that seem likely to make the road to sainthood more difficult. pGermany's encyclopaedia to stop print publication
GERMANY: The publisher of the Brockhaus, Germany's illustrious answer to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, has announced that it is to cease publication of its print edition after 200 years. pGerman Left Party cuts hardline wing loose over remark
GERMANY: Eight months after its formation, the first item on the agenda of Germany's new Left Party is the split. pSarkozy's back-pedalling reaches epic proportions
FRANCE: The French president is perfecting the art of the climbdown and diversion, writes Lara Marlowe pSwedish PM praises idea of strong Europe
SWEDEN: Europeans should not fear a strong European Union but should embrace institutions that would be needed to counteract "fanatical nationalism as well as religious fanaticism", Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has told the European Parliament in Strasbourg. pIn short
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