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Zimbabwe election likely to go to run-off
ZIMBABWE: ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF party has decided he should contest a run-off vote against opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai if neither man wins a majority in the presidential election. p
Candidates pay tribute to Martin Luther King
US: ALL THREE United States presidential candidates
have paid tribute to Martin Luther King on the 40th anniversary of
his assassination. p
Putin claims Nato has 'demonised' Russia
RUSSIA: RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin yesterday delivered a carefully calibrated criticism of western policy towards Russia, berating the 26-member Nato alliance for what he called the "total demonisation" of his country. p
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Hunger has a new face as high prices deprive the poor of food
ETHIOPIA: The urban poor rather than their rural counterparts are increasingly the victims of the latest food crisis, writes Javier Blas in Addis Ababa pDarfuri Olympic hopefuls angry at boycott call
SUDAN: Winning a medal trumps politics for Sudan's Olympic hopefuls, writes Rob Crilly in Khartoum pCampaigners attack Chinese role
US: President Bush and other leaders should boycott the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony unless China does more to stop bloodshed in Sudan's Darfur region, activists said on Thursday. p'Generous' Ireland gives record sum in overseas aid
IRELAND: IRELAND'S SPENDING on overseas aid rose to record levels last year, bucking a trend of declining international aid from wealthy countries. pIraqi PM Maliki offers an amnesty to ease crisis
IRAQ: Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki said yesterday his security forces would stop arresting militiamen if they gave up their weapons, apparently seeking to defuse tensions with Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. pAcid top-ups and wrong grapes embarrass Italian wine trade
ITALY: Italian authorities are investigating incidents of adulterated wine, prompting the government yesterday to play down fears of another health scare like the one that hit mozzarella cheese last week. p'Martyrdom' videos of accused shown at Heathrow bomb plot trial
BRITAIN: "MARTYRDOM" VIDEOS glorying in alleged planned bomb attacks on aircraft leaving from London's Heathrow airport were shown in a British court yesterday in the trial of eight alleged members of a British terror cell. pBan calls for review of biofuel policy as global food prices soar
UN: THE UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, has called for a comprehensive review of the policy on biofuels as a crisis in global food prices - partly caused by the increasing use of crops for energy generation - threatens to trigger global instability. pAlarming cracks appear in system of safety tests for aircraft
AMERICA: DOMESTIC air travel in the United States, already a nightmare of delays, cancellations and poor service, got a little worse this week when United Airlines grounded its 52 Boeing 777s for safety tests. pPassover bread ruling fuels religious tensions in Israel
MIDDLE EAST: A COURT ruling that permits the sale of bread in public places during the Passover holiday has incensed the religious establishment in Israel, which is demanding that the government reverse the decision. pFormer PM acquitted by Hague given hero's welcome on return to Kosovo
KOSOVO: Thousands of flag-waving Kosovo Albanians turned out yesterday to welcome home former prime minister Ramush Haradinaj after his acquittal at the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague. pFighting for the life of a condemned father in Beijing
CHINA: CHEN RAN cannot sleep for wondering why exactly her father Wo Weihan has been sentenced to death for espionage by a Beijing court. pBriton facing firing squad granted clemency
BRITAIN: A BRAIN-DAMAGED London man who faced death by firing squad in Vietnam after being convicted of heroin smuggling has had his sentence commuted to life imprisonment, it emerged yesterday. pIn short
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