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Case against Turkish author droppedControversial charges against best-selling Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk – for allegedly insulting his… 23/01/06 08:01 CET
Portugal votes for centre-right presidentCentre-right candidate Anibal Cavaco Silva has won Portugal’s presidential election, winning in the… 23/01/06 08:01 CET
Will Hamas swap ballots for bullets?“Change and reform,” is the Hamas slogan for this week’s Palestinian parliamentary elections, a… 23/01/06 07:01 CET
What next for Franco-German axis?Angela Merkel has been in power for just over two months, but it is already clear that Germany’s… 23/01/06 07:01 CET
Russian electricity flow to Georgia disruptedRussian supplies of electricity to Georgia are likely to be cut off for around 20 days. It has… 23/01/06 07:01 CET
- Campaigning ends in Palestinian election
There was a quiet end to campaigning ahead of Palestinian elections which could profuoundly change… 23/01/06 07:01 CET
Many feared dead in Kenyan building collapseAt least nine people are reported to have died in a building collapse in Nairobi in Kenya… 23/01/06 07:01 CET
Conservative take on Liberals in tight Canadian electionCanada’s going to the polls with a Conservative widely expected to challenge the Liberal party’s… 23/01/06 01:01 CET
New Conservative Portuguese president promises to work with SocialistsPortugal’s first right-wing president since the 1974 revolution has pledged to make boosting the… 23/01/06 01:01 CET
