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Poland’s ruling conservatives hope to delay vote on dissolving parliamentPoland’s ruling conservatives are hoping to suspend a parliamentary session today in a bid to block… 12/10/06 12:10 CET
French parliament approves Armenian genocide billIn a controversial vote the French parliament has passed a bill making it a crime to deny Armenians… 12/10/06 12:10 CET
Panic in New York as plane crashes into buildingThe memory of 9/11 has been rekindled in New York after a light aircraft crashed into a high-rise… 12/10/06 12:10 CET
Turkey protests against Armenia genocide bill“Deception, sadness, tragedy.” The united Turkish sentiment as France voted on the Armenia genocide… 12/10/06 12:10 CET
Turkey’s Orhan Pamuk wins Nobel Prize for literatureThis year’s Nobel Prize for Literature has gone to the Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk. The award, which… 12/10/06 07:10 CET
Only a quarter of French deputies take part in Armenian voteDeputies in France have voted in favour of a bill that would make it illegal to deny that a… 12/10/06 07:10 CET
Deal still far off for Northern IrelandAfter the second day of Northern Ireland devolution talks, an agreement still seems far off while… 12/10/06 07:10 CET
Red Cross visits high profile Guantanamo prisonersPrisoners considered amongst the most high profile at Guantanamo Bay have been visited by the… 12/10/06 07:10 CET
Europe’s enlargement commissioner has denounced the bill.This comes barely six months before French elections and amid a climate of strong French voter… 12/10/06 07:10 CET
French vote on Armenians sparks fury in TurkeyA vote in France’s parliament has sparked fury in Turkey. The lower house has approved a bill… 12/10/06 07:10 CET
Rescuers search through French train wreckageAn emergency operation has continued through the night at the scene of a train crash in France… 12/10/06 07:10 CET
Controversial claim of 650,000 dead civilians in IraqThe carnage in war-torn Iraq is not in dispute – but now the cost in human terms is. … 12/10/06 07:10 CET
British and Irish leaders hopeful of NI breakthroughThere is no deal yet but the British and Irish leaders are hopeful talks on Northern Ireland’s… 12/10/06 07:10 CET
Fears of 911 revived as plane crash kills sports starA light aircraft has crashed into an apartment building in New York, killing one of America’s top… 12/10/06 07:10 CET
New exhibition traces Nazi quest for “master race”An exhibition which chronicles the systematic efforts by Hitler’s regime to eliminate the “unfit“… 12/10/06 07:10 CET
