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Fiat Auto forms alliance withIndia’s TataFiat Auto is teaming up with India’s largest motor manufacturer Tata. The alliance is intended to… 13/01/06 07:01 CET
European Commission predicts improved euro zone growthThe European Commission has said economic growth in the euro zone will probably accelerate slightly… 13/01/06 07:01 CET
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Berlin denies its spies helped US in Iraq invasionGermany is denying claims that its spies in Baghdad helped US warplanes choose bombing targets… 13/01/06 07:01 CET
EU urges regional cooperation against bird fluAs Turkey battles to control its outbreak of bird flu, the EU has called for agreater exchange of… 13/01/06 07:01 CET
Top Portuguese officials’ phone calls secretly taped, says tabloidAn inquiry has been launched in Portugal after it emerged that private telephone calls involving… 13/01/06 07:01 CET
EU pledges cash as bird flu may have claimed another victimThe body of a four-year-old child suspected of being the latest victim of bird flu has been laid to… 13/01/06 07:01 CET
Plan to tighten hate laws in Russia after synagogue knifingRussian legislators have decided to toughen up anti-hate laws in reaction to a knife attack in a… 13/01/06 07:01 CET
Likud selects election candidatesIsrael’s embattled Likud party has chosen a list of candidates to run in the parliamentary election… 13/01/06 07:01 CET
Prospect of sanctions looms for IranSanctions against Iran appear a step closer after the US backed EU negotiators in calling for… 13/01/06 07:01 CET
Foreign policy challenge for Merkel in USThe German chancellor Angela Merkel is making her first official visit to the United States to try… 13/01/06 07:01 CET
Merkel and Bush stress importance of diplomacy at first meetingThe United States’ President George W. Bush has welcomed Germany’s overtures for a fresh start… 13/01/06 07:01 CET
US blocks Spain-Venezuela military aircraft dealSpain is pressing ahead with plans to sell aircraft to Venezuela’s left-wing government, despite… 13/01/06 07:01 CET
Finland’s female president set for re-electionFinland’s first female president looks likely to stay in the job, with every sign she will triumph… 13/01/06 07:01 CET
Merkel makes first trip to WashingtonAngela Merkel has arrived in Washington on her first visit as German Chancellor. Three years after… 13/01/06 01:01 CET
Fresh concerns reported over Sharon’s conditionDoctors treating Ariel Sharon are said to be worried that he still has not emerged from an induced… 13/01/06 01:01 CET
Chileans expected to elect first woman presidentCampaigning has closed in Chile ahead of Sunday’s presidential run-off. Socialist candidate… 13/01/06 01:01 CET
Recovery for birdflu victim as Turkey tackles bird fluShe is a living beacon of hope amid Turkey’s battle with birdflu – Sumeyya Mamuk, 8, has survived a… 13/01/06 01:01 CET
Iran threatens to stop UN co-operation on nuclear activityIran has threatened to end all voluntary co-operation with the United Nations over its nuclear… 13/01/06 01:01 CET
