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Lebanon’s rival factional leaders meet in QatarLebanon’s rival factional leaders have been meeting in Qatar to resolve a political conflict that… 17/05/08 19:27 CET
Quake survivors move to make-shift ‘cities’With death on such an enormous scale, the Chinese authorities have had to use drastic measures just… 17/05/08 19:25 CET
Bush optimistic on Israeli-Palestinian peaceThe US president says he remains confident Israeli-Palestinian peace can be achieved before he… 17/05/08 19:25 CET
Aftershocks add to misery in ChinaStrong aftershocks continue to strike earthquake-devastated parts of China, forcing exhausted… 17/05/08 19:21 CET
Big challenges for re-elected Dominican PresidentFending off accusations of corruption, Dominican Republic leader Leonel Fernandez has swept to a… 17/05/08 14:50 CET
Bush meets Palestinian and Egyptian leadersThe US President has arrived in Egypt for the final stop of his Middle East tour. George Bush is… 17/05/08 13:29 CET
Panic in China as lake threatens quake-hit countyThousands of people have fled to higher ground in a quake-hit Chinese county amid fears a lake… 17/05/08 13:15 CET
No big deals but reconciliation at Peru summitThere were no concrete deals, but European and Latin American leaders have agreed to do more to… 17/05/08 13:15 CET
Apology and handshakes at Peru summitThe Latin American-European Union summit in Peru has yielded few concrete measures, but some of the… 17/05/08 08:56 CET
Madrid and Rome insist their relations are goodItaly and Spain have played down a diplomatic row over Rome’s get-tough policy on illegal… 17/05/08 08:56 CET
Myanmar approves more visas for foreign doctorsThe EU’s humanitarian aid commissioner has wrung some concessions from Myanmar’s military leaders… 17/05/08 08:56 CET
