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Chinese set deadline in move to end protests
TIBET: AFTER DAYS of street fighting and protests
by Tibetans seeking independence, Chinese authorities yesterday
moved to clear Lhasa of the last independent witnesses ahead of a
midnight deadline for demonstrators to surrender. p
Kosovo Serbs clash with Nato and UN in Mitrovica
KOSOVO: KOSOVO SERBS attacked United Nations police
and Nato troops with guns, grenades and petrol bombs in the
ethnically divided town of Mitrovica yesterday, in clashes that
injured more than 100 people and fuelled fears of further
violence. p
Mills awarded €31 million in divorce settlement
UK: FOR A woman who had just been awarded more than
£24 million (€31 million) - and who insisted she was
thrilled with the "incredible result" - Heather Mills still had a
few scores to settle when she emerged onto the steps of the high
court in London yesterday. p
Other World Stories
Mobile images expose level of turmoil
TIBET: IN THE lull between violent clashes in Xiahe in Gansu province at the weekend, monks and pilgrims in Tibetan costume walked the streets using the most dangerous weapons in the world - the cameras on their mobile phones. Who needs a gun or even a big stick when you can do far more damage with a grainy picture of police brutality from your cheap phone handset? pTibetans in Ireland claim 1,000 killed
IRELAND: TIBETANS LIVING in Ireland have said they were informed yesterday morning that as many as 1,000 of their people may have died in clashes with Chinese forces over recent days. pLeading dissident goes on trial for subversion
CHINA: ONE OF China's leading dissidents, the rights activist Hu Jia, goes on trial on subversion charges today in a case that is seen as a test of China's promise to improve human rights ahead of this summer's Olympics. pClinton claims Iraq war will cost taxpayer $1 trillion
US: HILLARY CLINTON claimed yesterday the Iraq war may cost Americans $1 trillion (€641 billion) and add strain to the buckling US economy as she made her case for a prompt troop pull-out from a war "we cannot win". pCheney speaks of 'success' as suicide bomber kills 40
US: US VICE-president Dick Cheney yesterday declared the invasion of Iraq a "successful endeavour" during a visit to Baghdad, on the same day a woman suicide bomber killed 40 people. pSurvey shows Iraqis more optimistic about future but do not credit US
IRAQ: FIVE YEARS after the US invasion, Iraqis have expressed more optimism about their lives and their country's future than at any time during the past three years but they do not credit the US with improving their situation. pOlmert defies US criticism by expanding settlements
JERUSALEM: ISRAELI prime minister Ehud Olmert has said that Israel will not stop building on occupied land in and around Jerusalem, defying US criticism and sparking protests from Palestinians during renewed peace talks. pPutin hints at deal on US missile shield
RUSSIA: VLADIMIR PUTIN hinted at a breakthrough deal within weeks on the Pentagon's contentious missile shield plans yesterday when he responded positively to an offer from US president George Bush. pCatholic lay movement leader Chiara Lubich dies
ITALY: THOUSANDS OF people are expected to attend the funeral of Chiara Lubich, founder of the international Focolare movement, at the St Paul's Outside the Walls Basilica in Rome at 3pm this afternoon. The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Bertone, will preside. One of the most influential women in contemporary Catholicism, Chiara Lubich was 88 when she died last Friday at her home south of Rome. p2,000 'crash' party
UK: A VIDEO of an 18th birthday party that was gatecrashed by hundreds of drunken teenagers was released yesterday showing people climbing on antique furniture and drinking. pEU not speaking with one voice on US visa waiver issue
EUROPEAN DIARY: WHEN FORMER US secretary of state Henry Kissinger famously remarked, "When I need to pick up the phone and call Europe, what's the number?", it reflected the frustration felt about the complexity of doing business with a Europe dominated by nation states. pIn short
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