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Dean seeks to impose deadline on superdelegates
US: The chairman of the Democratic National
Committee tried yesterday to impose a deadline on the divisive
nomination contest, urging the party's 800 superdelegates to make
their choice between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama by July
1st. p
Killer of Russian journalist identified, court told
RUSSIA: The killer of Russian journalist Anna
Politkovskaya has been identified and is being tracked down,
Russian prosecutors said yesterday. p
Agencies warn over Darfur relief flights
SUDAN: INTERNATIONAL AID agencies yesterday warned that millions of people in Sudan's troubled region of Darfur would be left without help unless donors step up funding for emergency relief flights. p
Other World Stories
US aircraft in Iraq attack Shia militia as battles intensify
IRAQ: US AIRCRAFT attacked Shia militia in Basra for the first time in the current round of fighting as intense battles continued between supporters of Moqtada al-Sadr and tens of thousands of Iraqi forces in a crackdown personally supervised by Iraq's prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki. pArab discord weakens impact of summit
MIDDLE EAST: ARAB LEADERS gather today in the Syrian capital for a summit of discord. pIsraeli minister reveals efforts to reopen peace talks with Syria
MIDDLE EAST: A SENIOR Israeli cabinet minister revealed yesterday that efforts were being made to re-engage Syria in peace negotiations, just 48 hours after prime minister Ehud Olmert made comments that were interpreted by some as evidence of possible secret contacts between Jerusalem and Damascus. pPoll bounce for Tories amid economic gloom
BRITAIN: MOUNTING GLOOM about the economic outlook and deepening doubt about Labour's ability to govern effectively have seen Britain's "feel-good factor" drop to its lowest recorded level and given David Cameron's Conservatives a 14-point lead. pBerlusconi's energy undimmed as he struts election trail in Rome
ITALY: "I AM MAD," says media tycoon and centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi. pEU fails to find united position on Olympics
SLOVENIA: EUROPEAN FOREIGN ministers meeting in Slovenia yesterday were unable to present a united response to calls to boycott the Beijing Olympics' opening ceremony over Chinese actions in Tibet. pWalsh forced to apologise for BA's Heathrow debacle
BRITAIN: Passengers endured another day of travel misery at Heathrow's new £4.3 billion Terminal 5 (T5) as British Airways axed flights for the second day running. p20 years on death row before DNA test proved my innocence
LETTER FROM LOS ANGELES: I ALMOST died for someone else's crime. Had the jury listened to the prosecutor, I would have been sent to death row, and even might have been executed by now. Instead, I spent nearly 20 years in prison before new evidence proved my innocence and I was able to walk away a free man. pSelf-help manual finds closure with odd book title prize
BRITAIN: A self-help manual entitled If You Want Closure In Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs, has won the British Oddest Book Title of the Year award. pDutch brace for response to film
NETHERLANDS: AFTER INITIAL relief because of the muted response among Muslims in the Netherlands to the long-awaited release of a controversial anti-Koran film, the Dutch are bracing themselves now for trouble and a possible deeply damaging economic boycott from countries angered by Fitna, the 16-minute film equating Islam with violence. pColombia seeks Betancourt's release in Farc prisoner swap
COLOMBIA: Colombia will free hundreds of guerrilla fighters if rebel leaders release politician Ingrid Betancourt, who is in ill-health after being held hostage for years in secret jungle camps, the government said. pCroatia hunting ex-general over grisly murders
CROATIA: CROATIA IS hunting a one-armed retired military general after the gruesome murder of four people, including his former army aide. pCuba lifts restrictions on use of mobile phones
CUBA: CUBA'S GOVERNMENT yesterday lifted restrictions on the ownership and use of mobile phones, marking a small but significant step away from the Fidel Castro era. pIn short
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