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Abbas invites militants into Palestinian governmentIslamic Jihad has rejected an offer by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to join his government… 03/07/05 08:07 CET
Blasts raise tension in KosovoThe capital of Kosovo has been rocked by three loud explosions. The blasts shook Pristina within… 03/07/05 08:07 CET
Edinburgh anti-poverty march draws 200,000 onto streetsSome 200,000 people have marched through Edinburgh in a bid to make poverty history. Men, women and… 03/07/05 08:07 CET
Tight election race in AlbaniaAlbanians vote today in a parliamentary poll that will be closely watched outside the Balkan… 03/07/05 08:07 CET
Anti-poverty show Live 8 rocks the worldIt took a special occasion and a passionate cause to reunite one of the biggest rock bands of all… 03/07/05 08:07 CET
Albania looks for clean poll to break with traditionAlbanians are voting in a closely-fought election that could determine whether the country… 03/07/05 06:07 CET
Greeks and Turks begin major gas projectIt has been a bridge over deeply troubled waters for years but on Sunday the crossing over the… 03/07/05 06:07 CET
Egyptian envoy snatched in BaghdadEgypt’s top envoy to Iraq appears to have been kidnapped, possibly in response to reports he was to… 03/07/05 06:07 CET
G8 trio agree ahead of summitThe summit between the leaders of Russia, France and Germany in Kaliningrad has ended with… 03/07/05 06:07 CET
Schroeder faces electoral fight from leftOskar Lafontaine, the long-time face of the German left, has told his newly-formed WASG party it… 03/07/05 06:07 CET
Deep Impact closes on its targetThe latest stage of NASA’s Deep Impact project has gone like clockwork with the reported successful… 03/07/05 01:07 CET
Putin meets French, German leadersRussia’s President Putin meets Germany’s Gerhard Schroeder and French President Jacques Chirac… 03/07/05 01:07 CET
al-Qaeda commander killed in Saudi ArabiaArab media reports a senior al-Qaeda operative in Saudi Arabia has been killed in a gunbattle in… 03/07/05 01:07 CET
Ambassador latest victim of Iraqi kidnappersEgyptian diplomatic sources say Cairo’s ambassador in Iraq has been kidnapped. However the report… 03/07/05 01:07 CET
