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Saudi Arabia allows expatriates to buy sharesFor the first time Saudi Arabia is to allow foreign residents in the country to buy shares directly… 20/03/06 08:03 CET
Volvo to build cars in ChinaVolvo, which is owned by Ford, is planning to start making cars in China later this year. It says… 20/03/06 08:03 CET
world news
Calls for calm in Belarus ahead of final election resultsBelarus’s liberal opposition has urged thousands of supporters to disperse peacefully from a square… 20/03/06 12:03 CET
Alexander Lukashenko’s regime has been criticised by the West for closingdown independent media, intimidating opponents and rigging elections since he first came to power… 20/03/06 12:03 CET
French PM not yielding to protestsHe is holding firm as another week of protests begins. French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin… 20/03/06 10:03 CET
Opposition to return to Minsk streetsAs far as the opposition is concerned the official results are not the end of the matter. Their… 20/03/06 08:03 CET
Blair government under fire in secret loans affairThe pressure is mounting on Tony Blair. An opinion poll has suggested that half of Britons want… 20/03/06 08:03 CET
Belarus poll not fair, say Western observersThe European monitoring body, the OSCE, has said the presidential election in Belarus fell far… 20/03/06 08:03 CET
Lukashenko defends re-election in BelarusAlexander Lukashenko has confronted his critics – rejecting claims that the Belarussian… 20/03/06 08:03 CET
French PM not yielding to protestsHe is holding firm as another week of protests begins. French prime minister Dominique de Villepin… 20/03/06 08:03 CET
Strike action stepped up in GermanyDoctors in Germany are continuing to down tools as a dispute over pay and working conditions… 20/03/06 08:03 CET
Abbas makes Hamas wait to have cabinet list rubber-stampedThe Palestinian President has surprised members of Hamas by witholding approval for the cabinet… 20/03/06 08:03 CET
Lukashenko wins third term as President of BelarusAccording to the Electoral Commission of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko has been re-elected as the… 20/03/06 08:03 CET
Gaza gun battles pit Palestinian against Palestinian.Several people have been wounded in separate outbreaks of fighting in the Gaza Strip – including a… 20/03/06 01:03 CET
