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Controversial new Chechen president being sworn inThe new 30-year-old president of Chechnya is due to be sworn in today. Ramzan Kadyrov is a former… 05/04/07 08:04 CET
UK joy at news of unexpected release of naval crewWith joy and relief on their faces, the relatives and friends of the freed British naval personnel… 05/04/07 08:04 CET
Iraq top of the agenda for Pelosi visit to Saudi ArabiaThe Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has met King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia… 05/04/07 08:04 CET
Freed British naval personnel leave Iran for the UKAfter almost two weeks in captivity, the freed 15 British sailors and marines seized by Iran are on… 05/04/07 08:04 CET
French aid workers missing in AfghanistanTwo French nationals working for the Terre d’Enfance relief agency have gone missing in… 05/04/07 08:04 CET
Freed marines and sailors reunited with their familiesTwo Sea King helicopters flew the 15 former detainees to a Royal Marine base in south-western… 05/04/07 07:04 CET
Software giant Microsoft under pressure from BrusselsSoftware giant Microsoft is under pressure from Brussels, to reveal to its rivals free or nearly… 05/04/07 07:04 CET
Estonian government eyes tax cutsThe new mainly centre-right government of the Baltic state of Estonia has been sworn in. It is… 05/04/07 07:04 CET
Freed British service personnel arrive back in UKStanding on the tarmac at London’s Heathrow Airport, the 15 British marines and sailors, who spent… 05/04/07 07:04 CET
Three charged over July 7 London bombingsThree men have been charged in connection with the London suicide bombings of July 7, 2005. They… 05/04/07 07:04 CET
Ukraine’s leader threatens to prosecute rivalsThere is little sign of an end in sight to the standoff between Ukraine’s leader’s over the… 05/04/07 07:04 CET
British captives arrive back in the UK from IranThe 15 British sailors held for 13 days in Iran have arrived back in the UK. They travelled home… 05/04/07 02:04 CET
Playboy Indonesia editor clearedThe editor-in-chief of the Indonesian edition of Playboy magazine has been acquitted of… 05/04/07 02:04 CET
Bomb attack kills four British troops in IraqFour British soldiers and a civilian interpreter have been killed in a roadside bomb blast in Iraq… 05/04/07 01:04 CET
Former rebel sworn in as Chechen presidentIn what is the culmination of his spectacular rise to power, Ramzan Kadyrov has been sworn in as… 05/04/07 01:04 CET
Violence at Man Utd-Roma Champions League matchUgly scenes have marred what should have been a celebration of European football. Manchester United… 05/04/07 01:04 CET
