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Strauss-Khan gets EU backing for IMF jobDominique Strauss-Khan of France has won the EU’s backing as the candidate to replace Spain’s… 10/07/07 07:07 CET
ECOFIN approves two new euro users, frets about deficit reductionEuropean Union finance ministers have given Cyprus and Malta the go-ahead to adopt the euro. To… 10/07/07 07:07 CET
europa
Keeping tabs on dandy candy enzymesGummy crocodiles, among millions of edibles, are moving along at a smart clip towards streamlined… 10/07/07 07:07 CET
Delay of full postal liberalisation likelyTotal mail service liberalisation in the EU is not in the bag yet: A definitive stamp of approval… 10/07/07 07:07 CET
world news
Jury considers verdicts in failed bombing attemptsA jury in the UK will continue its deliberations today in the case of two men accused of… 10/07/07 07:07 CET
Sarkozy defends economic reforms in BrusselsNot for the first time, a French president has found himself at odds with EU policy. On Monday… 10/07/07 07:07 CET
More UK terror coming, says al-Qaeda No.2The second in command of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has released an audio message on the internet… 10/07/07 07:07 CET
China executes former drug and food safety bossA severe warning about corruption has been issued in China after a series of health scandals. The… 10/07/07 07:07 CET
Bloodshed at Pakistan’s Red Mosque; cleric is shot deadA radical Islamist cleric who took hundreds of women and children hostage in a bid to force a… 10/07/07 07:07 CET
Political crisis in Poland could prompt early pollAn early general election seems increasingly likely in Poland after the country’s prime minister… 10/07/07 07:07 CET
Polish PM keeps options open on early pollsPoland is peering into a political abyss following a row between the Prime Minister, Jaroslaw… 10/07/07 07:07 CET
Former French PM to be questioned further by judgesFormer French Prime minister Dominique de Villepin is to be questioned further by judges in the… 10/07/07 07:07 CET
Britain reviewing Russian relations after extradition refusalDiplomatic relations between Russia and the United Kingdom are being reviewed following Moscow’s… 10/07/07 07:07 CET
Spanish police arrest suspected ETA membersA number of suspected ETA members have been arrested in Spain. Artiz Arginzoniz Zubiarre was caught… 10/07/07 07:07 CET
Pakistani forces storm besieged Red MosquePakistani forces have stormed Islamabad’s Red Mosque after talks to end a week-long stand-off with… 10/07/07 07:07 CET
Former French PM faces more questioning over Clearstream scandalFormer French Prime Minister Dominque de Villepin has been called in for questioning again by… 10/07/07 01:07 CET
German train drivers defy pay dealGerman train drivers have followed their GDL union leaders orders to take industrial action today… 10/07/07 01:07 CET
Pakistani army storms militant mosquePakistani forces say up to 50 militants and eight soldiers have been killed after they stormed… 10/07/07 01:07 CET
China executes former civil servantChina has executed the former head of its Drugs and Food Safety Agency, Zheng Xiaoyu as it seeks to… 10/07/07 01:07 CET
EU backs Strauss-Kahn as next IMF leaderFrance’s former finance minister, Dominique Strauss-Khan, has won the EU’s backing to run as head… 10/07/07 01:07 CET
