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English girl (9) found alive 24 days after going missing
BRITAIN: Family and friends of nine-year-old
Shannon Matthews were celebrating last night after she was found
alive 24 days after going missing. p
Tibetan protesters burn shops and cars
CHINA: PROTESTERS SHOUTING "Free Tibet" burned shops and cars in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, yesterday as the most violent disturbances in the Himalayan enclave in two decades continued, with reports of shootings. p
Michigan to hold new primary as rivals vow to be nicer
US: MICHIGAN Democrats have agreed to hold a new
presidential primary in June after party leaders ruled out
recognising delegates chosen by an unauthorised primary earlier
this year. p
Other World Stories
Polish PM vows to avoid poll on Lisbon Treaty
POLAND: POLAND'S PRIME minister vowed yesterday to do his utmost to avoid a referendum in his country on the European Union's reform treaty after being grilled by anxious EU leaders at a summit. pJune 12th likely to be EU referendum date
EU: BERTIE AHERN has effectively named Thursday, June 12th, as the date of the Lisbon Treaty referendum, although the matter still has to be finalised in discussions with Fine Gael and Labour next week. pWorries remain on industrial effects of climate-change package
EU: There is no major breakthrough on addressing economic concerns, but some concessions have been made, writes Jamie Smyth pSummit call for Chinese restraintin Tibet
EU: EUROPEAN UNION leaders have issued a strong appeal to the Chinese authorities to exercise restraint after pro-independence demonstrations in Lhasa, capital of Tibet, ended in violence. pWarning of risks due to euro's rise
EU: EU LEADERS have warned that the sharp rise in the strength of the euro, combined with significant food and energy inflation, pose a threat to the European economy. pKosovo Serbs storm UN courthouse
SERBIA: HUNDREDS OF Serbs stormed and occupied a United Nations courthouse in the flashpoint Kosovo town of Mitrovica yesterday, just days after international warnings to Kosovo Serbs and to Belgrade to stop disrupting the running of the newly independent state. pRenewed calls to inspect US aircraft in Ireland
EU: THE GOVERNMENT has faced renewed calls to inspect US military aircraft using Ireland as a transit point to ensure they are not involved in rendition after Amnesty International claimed that a suspect was transported from Iraq to Afghanistan on an aircraft that had refuelled at Shannon the day before. pMacedonia coalition may fall
MACEDONIA: MACEDONIA'S GOVERNMENT faces collapse amid a row over the rights of the country's Albanian minority and its failure to recognise the independence of neighbouring Kosovo. pRuling party candidate trails in opinion polls
TAIWAN: TAIWAN, A self-ruled island recognised by just 23 countries and seen by China as a rogue region to be brought back by force if necessary, votes on a new president next week, and also on an increasingly unpopular referendum on whether to apply for UN membership. pKenyan deal rings hollow in Rift Valley
KENYA: Kenya's leaders may have agreed to share power, but its people are still afraid to return to their homes, writes Stephanie McCrummen in Nakuru, Kenya pProsecutor seeks closure of ruling Turkish party
TURKEY: A STATE prosecutor has asked Turkey's top court to shut down the ruling AK Party for anti-secular activities, television said yesterday, potentially intensifying tensions between the secular elite and the government. pWe've come out but can't come home, say gays with US partners
AMERICA: LIKE MANY married couples in their 50s, Annie Rogers and Íde O'Carroll are thinking about retirement. The pair plan to move from Amherst, Massachusetts, to Lismore, Co Waterford, where they already have a house. pIn short
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