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Pan-European Picnic rememberedA monument to freedom is all that suggests something significant ever happened on a small road… 18/08/09 20:41 CET
Germany political parties agree new EU treaty lawGermany’s main political parties have reached a deal on a law that will enable Berlin to ratify the… 18/08/09 19:13 CET
Turkish bar owners fume over smoking banThere’s no smoke without fire. And in the Turkish capital Ankarra thousands of fuming bar owners… 18/08/09 19:03 CET
Death toll expected to rise in Russian dam blastAmateur video footage shows the moment of Monday’s blast at Russia’s largest dam. Sixty four… 18/08/09 19:01 CET
Monitors’ concerns about Afghanistan voteAs Afghans prepare to go to the polls in Thursdays’ presidential election the international… 18/08/09 19:00 CET
UN chief joins tributes to South Korean leaderSouth Koreans have been paying tribute to Kim Dae-jung, the former president regarded by many as a… 18/08/09 18:58 CET
Japan’s electoral campaign kicks offOfficial campaigning in Japan’s general election has begun with the opposition poised to take… 18/08/09 18:57 CET
Taliban targets troops and civilians in attacksSeveral NATO troops are among at least seven people killed in a blast in Kabul as violence… 18/08/09 15:23 CET
Suspected ship hijackers arrestedRussia has arrested eight people in connection with the missing merchant ship Artic sea. Its… 18/08/09 14:13 CET
Polish docks on the rocks after sale collapsesThe fate of two troubled Polish shipyards and thousands of jobs looks increasingly dire after the… 18/08/09 13:13 CET
Hopes fade for the missing in Russian dam disasterRussia says the chances of finding any of the 64 people still missing after the deadly blast at a… 18/08/09 12:13 CET
US and Taliban prepared for long warThe election is being closely watched in the US where President Obama has made stablilising… 18/08/09 12:04 CET
NATO troops among victims of Kabul attacksTwo days before Afghanistan votes in a presidential election violence continues to keep tensions… 18/08/09 12:03 CET
South Korea mourns “Sunshine” presidentThe former South Korean President and Nobel Peace laureate Kim Dae-jung has died at the age of 85… 18/08/09 08:33 CET
Obama urges patience over AfghanistanUS President Barack Obama has been trying to shore up public support for the conflict in… 18/08/09 07:36 CET
Merkel’s rivals turn up heat ahead of German pollThe Greens are hoping to add some colour to what has so far been a lacklustre general election… 18/08/09 07:35 CET
Russia reassures after power plant disasterRussian authorities have reassured people living near a disaster-hit power station that a massive… 18/08/09 07:34 CET
Former warlord Dostum backs KarzaiFinal preparations are underway in Afghanistan ahead of Thursday’s presidential election… 18/08/09 07:33 CET
NATO launches new anti-piracy operationNATO has launched Operation Ocean Shield to fight piracy off the Horn of Africa. Pirates… 18/08/09 02:53 CET
