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Worldwide vigils mark World AIDS DayVigils have been taking place across the planet to mark World AIDS Day, held every December 1 since… 01/12/07 10:12 CET
More fighting talk from Chavez as reforms vote loomsVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez has threatened to stop oil sales to the US in a bid to fire up… 01/12/07 10:12 CET
Putin set for win but critics cry foul in Russian electionsThe Kremlin has promised a clean contest in tomorrow’s Russian elections, but political opponents… 01/12/07 10:12 CET
Putin set to win much-criticised Russian pollA day before parliamentary elections in Russia, there are mounting opposition claims that the poll… 01/12/07 08:12 CET
Belgian crisis deepens as coalition talks collapseIt is back to square one for Belgium as political leaders admit defeat in trying to form a… 01/12/07 08:12 CET
Turkey strikes at Kurdish militants in IraqTurkish military leaders say their forces have mounted a cross-border operation to tackle a group… 01/12/07 08:12 CET
Hunt for ETA suspects after Spanish policeman killed in FranceETA is being blamed for the killing of a Spanish undercover policeman in France. Another Guardia… 01/12/07 08:12 CET
Madrid and Paris condemn suspected ETA killing in FranceThere have been strong reactions from the French and Spanish governments to news of the killing by… 01/12/07 08:12 CET
Belgian coalition talks collapseBelgium’s poltical crisis has deepened with the announcement that the leader of the Flemish… 01/12/07 03:12 CET
ETA suspected of killing Spanish policeman in FranceA Spanish policeman has been killed and another seriously wounded in a shooting in France. It is… 01/12/07 03:12 CET
Russian poll slammed as a farce; Kremlin insists it’ll be fairThe Kremlin maintains parliamentary elections on Sunday will be free and fair. The opposition slams… 01/12/07 03:12 CET
Swiss TV campaign to discourage immigrantsSwitzerland is funding a TV campaign in Africa to try to discourage would-be migrants from trying… 01/12/07 03:12 CET
