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Egypt hopes to avoid Israel-Hamas escalationEgypt says it is committed to brokering a new truce between Israel and the Hamas rulers of Gaza… 25/12/08 19:34 CET
Queen Elizabeth’s Christmas messageQueen Elizabeth II has acknowledged the growing economic worries facing families this festive… 25/12/08 19:34 CET
Guinea ministers defer to juntaGuinea’s government ministers have declared they are ready to serve under the army officers who… 25/12/08 19:34 CET
Palestinian militant chief jailedThe leader of a Palestinian militant group has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by an Israeli… 25/12/08 17:45 CET
Nobel-winning playwright Harold Pinter diesThe man regarded as Britain’s finest contemporary playwright, Harold Pinter, has died at the age of… 25/12/08 17:06 CET
Ukraine continues search for survivorsRescue teams are desperately continuing their search for survivors buried under an apartment block… 25/12/08 16:26 CET
- Nobel-winning playwright Harold Pinter dies
The man regarded as Britain’s finest contemporary playwright, Harold Pinter, has died at the age of… 25/12/08 15:35 CET
Georgia to sign strategic deal with USRelations between America and Russia look set to worsen when the US and Georgia sign a strategic… 25/12/08 15:26 CET
Pope’s plea for peacePope Benedict 16th has used his traditional Christmas day message in Rome to call for world peace… 25/12/08 14:26 CET
Obama’s Christmas note of courage and hopeUS President-elect Barack Obama has placed a personal stress on hope, peace and possibility. He has… 25/12/08 13:33 CET
Coup grip tightens on Guinea governmentMember’s of Guinea’s government, led by the prime minister, have turned themselves in at a military… 25/12/08 13:25 CET
Pope’s plea for peacePope Benedict XVI has used his traditional Christmas day message in Rome to call for peace across… 25/12/08 13:05 CET
Ukraine rescuers probe for survivorsEighty people could be buried in the remains of an apartment block that collapsed in southern… 25/12/08 11:53 CET
Rocket fire pushes Israel to the brinkIsraeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has warned that the Jewish state will not continue to tolerate… 25/12/08 11:45 CET
Guinea junta promise elections in two yearsThe military junta now in charge in Guinea is promising to hold democratic elections, but not for… 25/12/08 07:38 CET
Christmas Mass celebrated in Rome and BethlehemPope Benedict XVI has ushered in Christmas at the Vatican as he led the celebration of Midnight… 25/12/08 07:38 CET
Hamas fighter dies in Israeli retaliatory air strikeAs the World’s Christians prayed for peace in the Middle East, a Hamas fighter was killed in an… 25/12/08 07:38 CET
Rwandan accused allowed home for ChristmasA Rwandan government official who is facing possible trial in France, in connection with the death… 25/12/08 07:38 CET
Belgian gives away half his Christmas lottery winIt is official. Father Christmas does exist and he is Belgian. A man who won 7.5 million… 25/12/08 07:38 CET
