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  • Rice implicated in bid to oust Hamas from government

    US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice meeting Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah yesterday. Dr Rice came away from the meeting without a public commitment by Mr Abbas to resume peace talks. MIDDLE EAST: AS US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice began yesterday's mission to relaunch negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, evidence emerged that she had approved efforts by Fatah forces to oust Hamas from power. p

  • Key primaries will determine Clinton's fate

    Hillary Clinton speaks to reporters outside a polling station at the JP Henderson elementary school yesterday in Houston, Texas. US: LAST-MINUTE POLLS in Texas and Ohio served only to emphasise the closeness of yesterday's Democratic primary contest in the two states between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. p
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  • Zapatero extends lead in polls after heated debate

    SPAIN: SPANISH PRIME minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero was judged the overwhelming winner in Monday night's heated televised political debate. Mr Zapatero and his conservative rival, Mariano Rajoy, came face-to-face for the second time to fight out their differences on camera in a bid to attract voters in next Sunday's general election. p

  • Former Obama fundraiser on trial for money-laundering

    US: FOR businessman Antoin "Tony" Rezko, the goal was to get close to politicians who might matter some day. He targeted a raft of up-and-comers, including a young state senator named Barack Obama. p

  • Neighbours sever ties with Colombia

    COLOMBIA: LATIN AMERICA scrambled to defuse a tri-nation crisis that threatens the region's stability after Venezuela and Ecuador cut diplomatic ties with Colombia yesterday and deployed troops to their neighbour's border. p

  • Iran rejects UN resolution as state visit to Iraq ends

    IRAN: TEHRAN YESTERDAY condemned a United Nations Security Council resolution imposing fresh sanctions on Iran's refusal to suspend uranium enrichment. p

  • Bjork's 'Tibet' remark upsets Chinese

    CHINA: ICELANDIC POP singer Bjork has provoked anger in China after she said "Tibet! Tibet!" at the end of a performance of her protest song Declare Independence during a concert in Shanghai. p

  • Serbia likely to reject ties with EU in protest at support for Kosovo

    SERBIA: SERBIA'S PARLIAMENT is likely to adopt a resolution within days calling for the country to reject all formal ties with the European Union until the bloc withdraws its support for Kosovo's independence. p

  • Dawn raids on Calabrian mafia net €150m haul

    ITALY: POLICE IN Calabria, southern Italy, struck an important blow against the local mafia, the 'Ndrangheta yesterday when more than €150 million worth of goods were seized in dawn raids on known mafia hideouts. p

  • EU gas supply may be threatened again

    EU: UKRAINE WARNED yesterday that a deepening row over gas with Moscow could force it to cut supplies to the European Union, as incoming Russian president Dmitry Medvedev urged Kiev to swiftly resolve the debt dispute. p

  • Man freed after 35 years on death row

    INDIA: A 61-YEAR-OLD Indian Sikh, who had spent 35 years on death row in Pakistan after being convicted of spying, returned home to his wife and two sons yesterday following a pardon by president Pervez Musharraf. p

  • Egypt cracks down on Islamists before poll

    EGYPT: EGYPTIAN AUTHORITIES have rounded up hundreds of members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood in a crackdown apparently designed to stop the Islamist movement from taking part in local elections next month. p

  • Players obliged to undergo refresher course in sexual etiquette

    AUSTRALIA LETTER PADRAIG COLLINS THE AUSTRALIAN Football League (AFL) is the most popular sport in Australia. It has the highest attendances at games, the biggest TV ratings and the most money. Its current broadcast deal is worth AU$780 million (€479 million) over five years. p

  • Ants ruthless when it comes to age

    NATURAL SCIENCE: IMAGINE A culture so cold and rational that the oldest individuals are forced to take on society's most dangerous jobs. The calculus is simple: when young, you get the safe jobs; when you have a limited amount of time left, however, you get put on landmine clearing. p

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