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Iraqi troops fight Mahdi army to gain control of Basra
IRAQ: IRAQI SECURITY
forces fought Shia militia in Basra yesterday in an intense battle
widely seen as a critical test of the Baghdad government's ability
to control its own country, writes
Richard Norton-Taylor and
Julian Borger in
London. p
Two killed in violent Tibetan protests Sarkozy refuses to rule out Olympic ceremony boycott
TIBET/CHINA: TWO PEOPLE were
killed in fresh violence in ethnic Tibetan areas of western China
yesterday as security forces made further arrests in Lhasa and
French president Nicolas Sarkozy refused to rule out a boycott of
the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics if China continued its
crackdown in Tibet, writes
Clifford Coonan in
Beijing. p
Unionists set for clash with Brown over British union
UK: A MAJOR row is brewing between Gordon Brown and senior unionists who suspect British government attempts to exclude Northern Ireland from the gathering debate about the union and policies designed to promote Britishness writes Frank Millar , London Editor. p
Other World Stories
Sarkozy's visit to Britain mixes politics and personality
UK: GORDON BROWN and Nicolas Sarkozy will proclaim a new era of Anglo-French fraternity later today as Queen Elizabeth hosts the first full state visit by a French president to the United Kingdom in 12 years, writes Frank Millar , London Editor. pMajority of Poles support Lisbon Treaty
POLAND: ALMOST TWO-THIRDS of Poles support the Lisbon Treaty and reject the objections to ratification voiced by opposition leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski, writes Derek Scally in Berlin. pForced sale of Italian airline draws offer from Berlusconi
ITALY: THE FATE of Italy's ailing national carrier, Alitalia, hung in the balance yesterday as trade union representatives met with Jean-Claude Spinetta, chairman of Air France-KLM, the French-Dutch airline that has made an offer for the Italian carrier, writes Paddy Agnew in Rome. pBrown will allow Labour MPs free vote on embryo bill
UK: GORDON BROWN yesterday succumbed to pressure from the Catholic Church and some cabinet colleagues to allow Labour MPs a free vote on the most controversial parts of the embryo research bill, write PATRICK WINTOUR , NICK WATT and JAMES RANDERSON in London. pBelarus says Washington spy ring discovered in Minsk
BELARUS: Belarus said yesterday it had uncovered a spy ring working for Washington, deepening a diplomatic and human rights row between the countries. pSerbian living in England held in Vukovar massacre inquiry
UK: For 10 years he had lived quietly in Corby, northern England, where he was a locksmith, a father of two young boys and a hardworking stalwart of the town's Serbian community. But yesterday Milorad Pejic was sitting in a high-security prison in central Belgrade awaiting trial for his alleged role in one of the deadliest atrocities of the Balkan wars. pTeachers oppose army recruitment
UK: British teachers voted yesterday to back staff who resist army recruitment drives and called for "education for peace" to be embedded in the curriculum. pUS courts not bound by ICJ or Bush orders - ruling
US: US COURTS are not bound by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) or by direct orders from the president, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday when it refused to allow a fresh hearing for a Mexican on death row, writes Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington. pClinton forced to retreat over her sniper fire story
US Elections: HILLARY CLINTON has been forced to admit that she exaggerated claims of coming under sniper fire during a visit to Bosnia in the 1990s after video footage showed the then first lady walking calmly from her aircraft, writes Ewen MacAskill in Washington. pA booming, modern province - as packaged and consumed by China
TIBET/CHINA: There are two Tibets: a traditional, poor one and a Chinese-constructed developed one. Along with human rights abuses, this gap sparked the current protests, writes Abrahm Lustgarten . pBhutan embraces democracy with high election turnout
BHUTAN: Without revolution or bloodshed, the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan became the world's newest democracy on Monday, as wildflower farmers, traditional healers, Buddhist folk artists and computer engineers voted in their country's first parliamentary elections, ending a century of royal rule, writes Emily Walsh in Tokhtoka. pAU troops fight in east African island of Anjouan
ANJOUAN: Fighting is continuing on the island of Anjouan after troops from Comoros took control of its capital to throw out rebels who have controlled it for the past year. pIn Short
A round up of today's other stories in brief pSomeone else's turn in Dorchester as Irish ascendancy wanes
BOSTON LETTER: WHENEVER KERRY played in an All-Ireland football final, the best place to watch the match in Boston was Nash's of Dorchester, writes Kevin Cullen .
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