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Serbia signals support for partition of Kosovo
SERBIA: SERBIA GAVE a clear indication yesterday
that it favours the
de facto partition of Kosovo, and received resounding
support from Russia's president-in-waiting. p
Clinton reduced to dirty tricks, says Obama team
UNITED STATES: Barack Obama's campaign team
yesterday accused Hillary Clinton's beleaguered staff of mounting a
desperate dirty tricks operation by circulating a picture of him in
African dress, feeding into false claims on US websites that he is
a Muslim. p
Iraq warns incursion could subvert stability
IRAQ: TURKISH FORCES battled Kurdish guerrillas at
close quarters as they advanced on a key PKK base in northern Iraq
yesterday, and Baghdad warned a prolonged incursion could have
serious consequences for the region. p
Other World Stories
Cuba's new leader pressed to free political prisoners
CUBA: Cuba's new president, Raul Castro, yesterday came under outside pressure to release political prisoners and allow more dissent, after taking over from his ailing brother Fidel, who ruled for almost half a century. pPro-business Lee sworn in as new leader of S Korea
SOUTH KOREA: LEE MYUNG-BAK, the former building industry boss known as "Bulldozer", who has committed to radical change and economic revival in South Korea, was sworn in as the country's new president yesterday. pObama narrows the gap in Ohio
UNITED STATES: SENATOR BARACK Obama has gained ground against Hillary Clinton in the battleground state of Ohio as their race takes an increasingly bitter and negative turn. pSarkozy courts controversy by challenging top law body
FRANCE: FRENCH PRESIDENT Nicolas Sarkozy's right-wing allies yesterday sought to extract him from an institutional muddle after he appeared to challenge a decision of the country's highest legal body, the Constitutional Council. pItaly's centre-left closes gap as new leader shows his mettle
ITALY: Is Italian centre-left leader Walter Veltroni about to outfox the old fox himself, centre-right leader and media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi? pFocus is on bricked-up cellar in Jersey home
JERSEY: JERSEY POLICE were last night trying to smash their way into a bricked-up cellar in search of more remains at the former children's home where a skull was dug up on Saturday. pBrown, Clegg support Speaker Martin
BRITAIN: PRIME MINISTER Gordon Brown and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg have given support to troubled Commons Speaker Michael Martin in face of fresh calls for him to stand down. pShining a spotlight on Mexico's covered-up massacre of 1968
MEXICO: A cultural centre has opened to explore the armay's massacre of democracy activists. pTraditional Peking Opera to be compulsory in Chinese schools
CHINA: CHINA'S SCHOOLS could soon resonate to high-pitched arias, the crash of cymbals and strains of the traditional erhu two-stringed violin after the education ministry launched a pilot programme to make Peking Opera a compulsory part of music teaching in schools around the country. pUS bids for big military contract in India
INDIA: US DEFENCE secretary Robert Gates arrives in New Delhi today to push India for lucrative American military contracts and to bolster diplomatic and political ties strained by the standoff over a bilateral civilian nuclear deal. pTurkey's alcohol crackdown not a big hit with pop singer
ISTANBUL DIARY: As clips go, it looks pretty inoffensive: scenes of men dancing jigs in a dark, water-filled basement interspersed with shots of a crowded dinner table studded with bottles of wine. pArctic vault to shield millions of seeds
NORWAY: A "DOOMSDAY" vault built to withstand an earthquake or nuclear strike is ready to open deep in the permafrost of an Arctic mountain where it will protect millions of seeds from man-made and natural disasters. pIn Short
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