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China faces its biggest crisis since Tiananmen Square
CHINA: AS PROTESTS against Chinese rule spread to
Tibetan communities within Chinese provinces bordering Tibet, the
government in Beijing tried to contain the most powerful threat to
its international reputation since the Tiananmen Square massacre of
pro-democracy activists in 1989. p
Obama complains of intrusion of racial divisions
UNITED STATES: BARACK OBAMA has complained of
racial divisions intruding on the Democratic presidential race and
denounced controversial remarks made by his pastor in sermons a
number of years ago. p
Setback for Sarkozy as left sweeps to victory in local polls
FRANCE: THE SOCIALIST Party won the second round of
French municipal elections yesterday, but left and right disagreed
on the extent of the defeat and its meaning for President Nicolas
Sarkozy and the right-wing UMP. p
Other World Stories
Street protesters wielded sticks and chanted 'Freedom for Tibet'
CHINA: AT A tense Nepal-China border yesterday, tourists described seeing protesters attacking Chinese people and setting fire to vehicles and businesses in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. pRally hears call for end of US flights
IRAQ: LABOUR PARTY president and spokesman on foreign affairs Michael D Higgins called on the Government to halt flights by the American military through Shannon airport. pHuman rights in Iraq a 'disaster'
IRAQ: DESPITE THE removal of the dictator Saddam Hussein and the five-year long War on Terror, the standard of human rights in Iraq remains disastrous, Amnesty International has said. pStrict Islamic state allows Catholic church to open
QATAR: THOUSANDS OF Catholics attended the consecration in Doha on Saturday of the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary (St Mary's), the first Christian place of worship in the Gulf state of Qatar which adheres to the puritan Wahhabi practice of Islam. pLabour support hits 25-year low under Brown
BRITAIN: SUPPORT FOR the Labour Party in Britain has fallen to a 25-year low, according to a post-budget poll, suggesting a deepening depression among voters about their economic prospects under prime minister Gordon Brown. pMissing girl's reunion with parents delayed for some days
BRITAIN: SHANNON MATTHEWS is not expected to return home for several days, following her discovery in a relative's flat, while police try to find out what lay behind her 24-day disappearance. pClinton promises to upgrade post of NI special envoy
UNITED STATES: HILLARY CLINTON has promised to upgrade the post of United States special envoy to Northern Ireland, basing the envoy in the White House with a direct reporting line to the president. pBlair aide says al-Qaeda talks could follow IRA example
BRITAIN: THE BRITISH government has dismissed as "inconceivable" a suggestion from Tony Blair's former chief of staff Jonathan Powell that it might at some point want to open talks with al-Qaeda. pPope issues his strongest appeal for peace
IRAQ: POPE BENEDICT XVI issued one of his strongest appeals for peace in Iraq yesterday, days after the body of the kidnapped Chaldean Catholic archbishop was found near the northern city of Mosul. pEx-policemen jailed for killing Ukrainian investigative journalist
UKRAINE: THREE FORMER Ukrainian policemen have been jailed for the murder of investigative journalist Georgy Gongadze, whose death outraged much of the nation and helped spark the 2004 Orange Revolution. pDeath toll mounts after explosion at Albanian depot
ALBANIA: THE DEATH toll is rising from a huge explosion at an Albanian arms depot, which injured hundreds of people, damaged some 2,000 buildings and forced the evacuation of about 4,000 people from their homes. pAhmadinejad's hand strengthened in poll
IRAN: RELIGIOUS CONSERVATIVES yesterday claimed victory in Iranian parliamentary elections, deepening the divide between Tehran and the west. pIndia's opulent weddings have its central bank worried
LETTER FROM INDIA : INDIA'S LAVISH and often outlandish weddings have the country's central bank concerned. pUgly contest of Clinton and Obama signals a new low
OPINION : ELECTIONS CAN be about policy, personality or identity. The race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton is surely not about policy. The differences between the two are microscopic. pIn Short
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