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US promotes strategic political alliance for PakistanA political alliance between President Pervez Musharraf and former Prime Minister Benazhir Bhutto… 17/08/07 07:08 CET
One miner dies, 8 injured, trying to rescue others trapped undergroundOne American miner has died and eight others have been injured attempting to rescue colleagues… 17/08/07 07:08 CET
Ivanov takes charge in MoscowRussian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov has chaired a cabinet meeting for the first time… 17/08/07 07:08 CET
Peru in shock as quake claims hundredsPeru is to hold three days of mourning for the victims of the earthquake that left hundreds dead… 17/08/07 07:08 CET
The mortgage loans that rocked the financial worldIt is a tale of desperate housewives and desperate stockbrokers. It has come as a surprise to many… 17/08/07 06:08 CET
More shocks: Peru’s rescuers fear renewed tremors.More aftershocks have hit parts of Peru, already badly-damaged in Wednesday’s massive earthquake… 17/08/07 06:08 CET
Markets rally after Fed interventionEurope’s stockmarkets have rebounded, all the major bourses gaining strongly after a cut in … 17/08/07 06:08 CET
Karamanlis goes for early election KOGreece’s conservative prime minister Costas Karamanlis has asked the president to dissolve… 17/08/07 06:08 CET
Power failure: government talks in Belgium collapseTwo months after elections, Belgium is still without a government, as the king suspended… 17/08/07 06:08 CET
Russia revives cold-war bomber patrolsRussia has said it will revive its Soviet-era habit of sending bomber planes on patrols outside of… 17/08/07 06:08 CET
South Africa’s apartheid police chief escapes jailSouth Africa’s apartheid-era police minister has avoided jail, despite admitting attempted murder… 17/08/07 06:08 CET
Calls for an end to Italian mafia violenceThere have been appeals eminating from Italy to put a stop to mafia-linked violence in the wake of… 17/08/07 06:08 CET
European markets struggle to stay positiveEuropean markets appear to be fighting back, shrugging off bad news from Asia this morning, where… 17/08/07 01:08 CET
Anti-NATO: Central Asian armies launch war gamesIt’s already been dubbed the “anti-NATO”, and now Russia, China and four former Soviet states are… 17/08/07 01:08 CET
Peru weeps for victims and survivorsPeru has announced three days of mourning for the victims of Wednesday’s powerful earthquake. Some… 17/08/07 01:08 CET
South Africa’s apartheid-era police minister has avoided jail, despite admitting attempted murder.Adriaan Vlok pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of a leading black cleric in 1989. He and his… 17/08/07 01:08 CET
Karamanlis cuts and runs for early knockoutGreece’s conservative prime minister Costas Karamanlis has called a snap general election for… 17/08/07 01:08 CET
