archive 10·04·2011

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• Anti-nuclear protest in Tokyo

  Anti-nuclear activists demonstrating in Tokyo One month after the devastating earthquake and… 10/04/11 12:59 CET

world news

• Russia celebrates years of man in space

  Russians have begun a series of celebrations to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s… 10/04/11 23:13 CET

• France starts implementing burka ban

  France started enforcing a new law from midnight that bans the wearing of full Islamic veils in… 10/04/11 22:33 CET

• Socrates wins party vote of confidence in Lisbon

  Portuguese socialists have put aside their differences and overwhelmingly backed their leader Jose… 10/04/11 19:14 CET

• Vote tests the independence water in Barcelona

  Residents in Barcelona have been voting on whether the Catalonia region should break away from the… 10/04/11 19:14 CET

• ETA suspects held after shootout in France

  French police have captured two suspected members of the Basque terrorist group ETA after a… 10/04/11 19:14 CET

• Former Egyptian president appears on TV

  Egypt’s deposed former president, Hosni Mubarak, says he will co-operate with an investigation into… 10/04/11 17:54 CET

• Franco-UN force asked to neutralise Gbagbo militias

  Lawyers for the internationally recognised rightful president of Ivory Coast have formally asked… 10/04/11 17:53 CET

• Middle East closer to ceasefire

  Israel and the Gaza Strip have moved closer to declaring a ceasefire according to a Palestinian… 10/04/11 17:03 CET

• Fighting and diplomacy in Libya

  Fierce fighting has been continuing in the eastern Libyan town of Ajdabiya. Gaddafi’s artillery… 10/04/11 16:03 CET

• Crash anniversary highlights Polish rift

  First anniversary commemorations of the Polish presidential plane crash have highlighted how the… 10/04/11 14:34 CET

• Nuclear crisis could lose PM votes

  One month after the devastating earthquake and tsunami, the Japanese Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, has… 10/04/11 12:37 CET

• Possible ceasefire in Middle East

  Hamas now says it is willing to end the recent escalation of fighting with Israel, after the… 10/04/11 10:54 CET

• Berlusconi warns on “human tsunami”

  Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has called for Europe to do more to tackle the “human… 10/04/11 09:07 CET

• American film director Sidney Lumet dies

  The American film director Sidney Lumet has died of lymphoma. He was 86. Lumet was awarded an… 10/04/11 09:07 CET

• Spaniards march against ETA

  Several thousand Spaniards have taken part in a rally in Madrid calling for an end to the armed… 10/04/11 09:07 CET

• Street battles in Yemen

  Medical officials say at least one person was killed and many more wounded in clashes between… 10/04/11 08:33 CET

• Iceland vote freezes repayment plan

  Iceland could be facing a political and financial crisis after voters appeared to have rejected a… 10/04/11 06:03 CET

• Gbagbo forces strike Ouattara base

  In Ivory Coast the hotel housing presidential claimant Alessane Ouattara has come under heavy arms… 10/04/11 05:23 CET

• Angers mars Smolensk crash anniversary

  Poland marks the first annivesary of the plane crash which killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95… 10/04/11 03:33 CET

• Fight for Misrata intensifies

  NATO says it has destroyed 15 government tanks around Misrata, the last rebel bastion in western… 10/04/11 00:53 CET

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