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Mass suicide attack in AfghanistanUp to seven suicide bombers attacked government buildings in the East Afghanistan city of Khost… 25/07/09 23:04 CET
Paris holds anti-Iran demoIn Paris, a crowd of about two hundred demonstrators gathered near the Eiffel tower, holding… 25/07/09 20:33 CET
Kurds go to the pollsIraqi Kurds have been voting in regional presidential and parliamentary elections to a backdrop of… 25/07/09 19:14 CET
Wildfires ravage southern EuropeThousands of firefighters are battling to bring summer wildfires under control that are ravaging… 25/07/09 19:14 CET
Kurds fight for freedomModern Kurdish history starts with their hopes of a separate autonomous state as the Ottoman Empire… 25/07/09 19:14 CET
Karoubi accuses Iranian leadership of tortureDefeated presidential candidate Mehdi Karoubi has accused Iran’s government of torturing political… 25/07/09 19:03 CET
Protests held against Iran leadershipRallies have been taking place in around eighty cities to protest against the Iranian leadership… 25/07/09 18:13 CET
British WW1 Veteran Harry Patch diesThe last surviving British soldier to have fought in the trenches of the First World War, Harry… 25/07/09 16:44 CET
Former Honduran president makes brief returnOusted president Manuel Zelaya has taken a few steps – briefly - back into his homeland Honduras in… 25/07/09 13:30 CET
Channel crossing repeated 100 years to the dayA plane that crossed the English Channel a 100 years ago has repeated the historic feat again… 25/07/09 13:13 CET
Fires in Southern Europe coming Under ControlFires which have been ravaging southern Europe are being brought under control with countries left… 25/07/09 13:03 CET
Iran’s vice-president quitsIran’s vice president has stepped down following pressure from hardliners. Yesterday, Ayatollah Ali… 25/07/09 11:54 CET
Iraqi Kurds go to the pollsIraqi Kurds have been voting to elect a new parliament and president for their autonomous region… 25/07/09 11:03 CET
Ousted president steps back onto Honduran soilOusted president Manuel Zelaya has stepped back briefly into his homeland Honduras in defiance of… 25/07/09 09:08 CET
Oil-rich Kirkuk at centre of Iraqi Kurds electionIraqi Kurds get the chance today to elect a new parliament and president for their autonomous… 25/07/09 09:08 CET
Obama backtracks on “stupid” remarkA race row involving a black Harvard scholar, a white policeman and the US president has provoked a… 25/07/09 09:08 CET
Bleriot CentenaryOne hundred years ago today and a little-known French pioneer took his courage in both hands and… 25/07/09 07:03 CET
