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The head of the UN has repeated calls for unrestricted aid access to refugee camps in Sri LankaBan Ki-moon spoke as he visited people displaced by the recent brutal climax to the government’s… 23/05/09 19:51 CET
Audience walk-outs as Cannes winds upThe streets of Tokyo and Paris’s Louvre museum were the setting for two stylised East-meets-West… 23/05/09 19:13 CET
Shock in S. Korea after ex-president’s ‘suicide’Tributes are being paid in Seoul to former South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun who police believe… 23/05/09 18:58 CET
No let up in the Fiat-Opel saga.Italian workers at car-maker Fiat have held street rallies to keep the pressure on management… 23/05/09 18:50 CET
Portuguese and Spanish Prime Ministers unite for EU election ralliesSpain and Portuguals’ Socialist Prime Ministers have organised joint electoral rallies in a show of… 23/05/09 18:49 CET
Horst Koehler re-elected as German presidentGerman President Horst Koehler has been re-elected for another five years as Head of State by the… 23/05/09 16:42 CET
EU-South Korea trade deal still proves elusiveA new free trade deal between Europe and South Korea is closer but still proving elusive. … 23/05/09 14:11 CET
Germany’s president performs vital roleThe German presidency is essentially a ceremonial position as laid down in the nation’s Basic Law… 23/05/09 12:14 CET
Germany prepares to elect presidentGermany’s current President Horst Koehler remains favourite to win re-election today — but only by… 23/05/09 12:12 CET
Ex-South Korean president suspected of committing suicideSouth Korea’s former president Roh Moo-hyun has died of head injuries while hiking in mountains… 23/05/09 12:11 CET
Cannes: the final dayAudiences at Cannes would be forgiven for feeling nervous ahead of yesterday’s screening of Gaspar… 23/05/09 08:35 CET
No to nuke test victimsA French court has turned down a compensation bid from the families of former soldiers who suffered… 23/05/09 08:34 CET
UN calls for refugee accessUN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has called for full access to more than 300,000 refugees who fled… 23/05/09 08:33 CET
Berlin light showGermany has been celebrating the 60th anniversary of its constitution with a giant light show on… 23/05/09 06:13 CET
