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Tension rises in Gaza as clashes kill fourClashes between Hamas gunmen and members of a Fatah-supporting clan has left four people dead and… 02/08/08 19:21 CET
Syria carries West’s nuclear hopes to IranNot long ago, a meeting between the leaders of Iran and Syria would have been seen as a summit of… 02/08/08 17:55 CET
Latvia votes on the right to eject governmentsThe flowering of democracy across eastern Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union reaches a new… 02/08/08 17:12 CET
Turkish forest fires devastate tourist regionOne person is now known to have died in a forest fire in Turkey which devastated villages just 40… 02/08/08 14:42 CET
Hamas raids clan linked to Fatah over bombingHamas has raided what it has called a hideout of bombing suspects in Gaza. As many as 16 people… 02/08/08 14:26 CET
IOC officials talk problems with beijing organisersThe omens were good in Beijing today. The day dawned to clear blue skies as Olympic officials sat… 02/08/08 14:26 CET
Japan PM presents his new cabinetThe re-modelled Japanese government has made its media debut. The Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda is… 02/08/08 14:26 CET
ETA murderer set free after 22 yearsA convicted ETA murderer has walked free from prison in Spain. Jose Ignacia de Juana Chaos was… 02/08/08 11:06 CET
Top secret E German bunker open for short timeHolidaymakers feeling nostalgic for the Cold War can now tour what was once a top secret bunker in… 02/08/08 10:00 CET
No verdict in London bombing trialA British jury has failed to reach a verdict in the trial of three men, accused of plotting with… 02/08/08 10:00 CET
Medical world first in GermanyA German farmer has made history with the world’s first double arm transplant. The 54-year old… 02/08/08 10:00 CET
Anthrax case takes fatal twistThe investigation of anthrax attacks in the US that killed five people in 2001 has taken another… 02/08/08 10:00 CET
