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Austria in shock as fire kills eleven pensionersThe small Austrian town of Egg has held a minute’s silence in memory of the victims of a fire at a… 09/02/08 19:21 CET
Huckabee says he’s no quitterThe race for Republican Presidential nomination is not over yet. Despite trailing a long way behind… 09/02/08 19:21 CET
G7 leaders say worse to come for world economyFinance ministers from the Group of Seven leading countries have issued a gloomy forecast over the… 09/02/08 19:21 CET
Serbia says it will resist Kosovo independenceIt was all smiles as Serbia’s President Boris Tadic met Germany’s Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter… 09/02/08 19:21 CET
Pressure pays as Myanmar moves to democracyThe hardline military rulers of Myanmar, the former Burma, have announced moves towards possible… 09/02/08 19:21 CET
G7 money men unite to tackle economic slumpThe world’s leading financiers have put aside differences to present a united front against looming… 09/02/08 13:19 CET
- Police investigate fatal fire in Austria
The Chancellor of Austria has described the fire which killed eleven elderly people at their… 09/02/08 13:19 CET
Protests greet Turkish headscarf changesThe wearing of the headscarf is deeply divisive in Turkey, where the state has been strictly… 09/02/08 13:19 CET
Turkey lifts ban on Islamic headscarvesTurkish MPs have approved two constitutional ammendments on lifting the ban on Islamic headscarves… 09/02/08 13:19 CET
Fire-fighters battle blaze at Austrian old people’s homeA fire at an old people’s home in the Austrian town of Egg has killed at least 11 people. Another… 09/02/08 08:58 CET
Burqa discouraged but not formally banned by DutchThe Dutch government is to use existing legislation to discourage the wearing of the Muslim face… 09/02/08 08:58 CET
NATO divisions set to dominate Munich talksUS Defense Secretary Robert Gates is welcomed by his German host at this year’s Munich Security… 09/02/08 08:58 CET
