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Crisis talks in Brussels as bird flu gains ground in EuropeThe EU’s agriculture ministers are due to meet in Brussels to discuss the growing threat from bird… 20/02/06 08:02 CET
Hopes high for Oscars after Bafta success for “Brokeback Mountain”“Brokeback Mountain” – the story of love lost and found between two cowboys in mid-West America -… 20/02/06 08:02 CET
French chicken farmers face tough timesThey are birds whose meat has earned a region of France a world-wide reputation. But the celebrated… 20/02/06 08:02 CET
Crucial talks to start on future status of KosovoSerbs and Kosovar Albanians will meet in Vienna today for the first round of direct negotiations to… 20/02/06 08:02 CET
Historic talks begin on Kosovo statusLong awaited talks on the future of status of Kosovo have been taking place between Serbs and… 20/02/06 08:02 CET
Abbas sits down with HamasThe Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has named Hamas’ Ismail Haniyeh as the new prime minister… 20/02/06 08:02 CET
Breakthrough in South Ossetia disputeThere has been a breakthrough in a border dispute between Georgia and its separatist republic of… 20/02/06 08:02 CET
Tensions remain in Kosovo despite KFOR presenceSerb forces pulled out of Kosovo in June 1999 after several weeks of NATO bombardments. American… 20/02/06 08:02 CET
Iran nuclear talks in Brussels, MoscowTalks in Brussels and Moscow are the focus of the latest efforts to resolve the international… 20/02/06 08:02 CET
Austrian court jails “Holocaust denier”A court in Vienna has sentenced the British historian, David Irving, to three years in jail for… 20/02/06 05:02 CET
India agrees to buy 43 Airbus jetsThe French President has finalised a deal with India to buy 43 Airbus passenger jets for nearly 2.5… 20/02/06 02:02 CET
Italy’s Northern League considers coalition futureItaly’s Northern League party is considering breaking from the ruling coalition in coming elections… 20/02/06 02:02 CET
