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Palestinian Fatah movement marks 45th anniversaryPalestinian have been celebrating across the West Bank today marking the 45th anniversary of the… 01/01/10 19:38 CET
Europe sees in the New Year and decade in stylePartygoers across Europe having been marking the turn of the decade and arrival of 2010. In the… 01/01/10 19:07 CET
Russian vodka drinkers pay the priceHeavy drinkers in Russia face a new headache – a financial one this time – in an attempt to cure… 01/01/10 18:42 CET
Mousavi “ready to die” for Iran reformsThe Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi has said he is ready to lay down his life to… 01/01/10 18:40 CET
Spain takes up the reins of the EU presidencyThe dawn of a New Year and with it comes a new head of the EU’s rotating presidency. This time it… 01/01/10 18:35 CET
Dozens killed in Pakistan suicide bombingIt’s now known at least 75 people died in a suicide bombing in northwest Pakistan. A car packed… 01/01/10 18:04 CET
New EU president enjoys being low-keyEurope’s first permanent president is enjoying his last few days of relative obscurity before… 01/01/10 16:45 CET
The road ahead for Spain’s EU presidencySix months to put the shine back on the Socialists is the big challenge facing Spanish Prime… 01/01/10 14:18 CET
New EU President prepares to take officeThe EU’s first permanent president is enjoying his last few days of relative obscurity, before… 01/01/10 14:04 CET
N.Korea calls for peace with South and USReclusive North Korea has used its annual new year message to call for peace with America and a… 01/01/10 13:47 CET
Karachi shuts down in protest at violenceThe commercial capital of Pakistan has been paralysed by a city-wide strike in protest at a suicide… 01/01/10 13:36 CET
Spain takes reins of EU presidencyThe 1st of January has also ushered in the Spanish presidency of the EU and there was an impressive… 01/01/10 13:35 CET
End of the road for dirty old German carsThe new year has dawned in Germany with a new green drive against dirty, inefficient cars. Old… 01/01/10 13:34 CET
The world welcomes 2010Revellers around the world have been marking the arrival of 2010. Rio de Janeiro made a late bid… 01/01/10 13:32 CET
Finland mourns Espoo shooting victimsThere were muted New Year celebrations in the Finnish town of Espoo as people struggle to come to… 01/01/10 13:31 CET
North Korea’s New Year’s resolutionNorth Korea’s Kim Jong Il has issued what sounds like a New Year’s message of peace and hope… 01/01/10 09:09 CET
New York smooches and Rio sambas into 2010New York’s Time Square and the iconic New Year’s Eve Ball descended marking the final seconds of… 01/01/10 09:09 CET
US judge throws out Blackwater caseA federal judge in the US has thrown out all charges against five employees of security firm… 01/01/10 09:09 CET
European capitals welcome in 2010Berlin’s Brandenburg gate made a more than apt setting for Germany’s celebrations. Only a few… 01/01/10 09:07 CET
Spain marks 2010 as it takes up the EU presidencyThe clock in Madrid’s famous Puerta del Sol formed the focal point as Spain welcomed in 2010… 01/01/10 09:06 CET
Finland reels from shopping centre shootingFinland is in shock after the country’s third shooting rampage in just over two years. A gunman… 01/01/10 08:40 CET
CIA investigates Afghan attackThe CIA has opened an investigation into the killing of seven agents in Afghanistan, while one … 01/01/10 01:34 CET
