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Kohl takes pop at CDU on 80th birthday bashGermany’s former Chancellor, Helmut Kohl, has been celebrating his 80th birthday. He appeared… 03/04/10 20:00 CET
Ten police officers hurt in clothes sale scrumHow far would you go to get your hands on some cut-price clothes? That is the question many… 03/04/10 19:29 CET
Sadr’s PM referendum fails to impressSupporters of the anti-American radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have been voting on who should be… 03/04/10 19:29 CET
Former insurgents targeted in deadly strikeGunmen disguised as US soldiers are believed to have killed at least 24 people in an attack on a… 03/04/10 19:29 CET
German peace marchers focus on Afghan warThe deaths of three German soldiers in a Taliban ambush has brought a new intensity to the Easter… 03/04/10 19:29 CET
NATO probes German killing of Afghan soldiersNATO is launching an investigation into the allegedly accidental killing of six Afghan soldiers on… 03/04/10 19:29 CET
Apple’s iPad hits stores in USThe latest in-thing in the world of computing has gone on sale in the United States amid a whirl of… 03/04/10 19:29 CET
Vatican denies link between abuse and Jewish sufferingThe Vatican has launched another damage limitation exercise after the pope’s personal preacher… 03/04/10 13:27 CET
African Renaissance statue causes a stormThe inauguration of a controversial monument to the “African Renaissance” in Senegal is going ahead… 03/04/10 13:03 CET
German troops kill five Afghan soldiersAt least five Afghan soldiers have been killed by German troops in a case of so-called “friendly… 03/04/10 12:27 CET
German troops ‘mistakenly’ kill six Afghan soldiersGerman troops are said to have mistakenly killed six Afghan soldiers hours after losing three of… 03/04/10 09:58 CET
At least 28 killed in Peru mudslidesLandslides caused by heavy rains have engulfed two towns in northeastern Peru, killing at least 28… 03/04/10 09:58 CET
Gunmen shoot dead 25 people in BaghdadTwenty five people have been shot dead in a village in southern Baghdad by gunmen wearing Iraqi… 03/04/10 09:58 CET
Debate over abortion pill erupts again in ItalyIn Italy, a row has broken out over the availability of the abortion drug, known as RU 486. Two… 03/04/10 09:23 CET
- Pope’s preacher says Church attacks like anti-semitism
The Pope’s personal preacher has angered Jews worldwide by likening sex abuse allegations made… 03/04/10 09:23 CET
French police on Paris buses after drivers attackedPresident Sarkozy has ordered new security measures in a troubled Paris suburb after a series of… 03/04/10 09:23 CET
Pilgrims gather for Good FridayThousands of Catholic pilgrims gathered in the Vatican’s St Peter’s Square for the traditional Good… 03/04/10 09:23 CET
The actor John Forsythe has died at the age of 92Forsythe made his name as oil baron Blake Carrington in US drama Dynasty for which he won two… 03/04/10 09:23 CET
Putin and Chavez ink oil dealRussian Prime Minister Vladmir Putin has met President Hugo Chavez on his first official visit to… 03/04/10 09:23 CET
US economy turning the corner, says ObamaPresident Barack Obama has said that the US economy is “beginning to turn the corner” after the… 03/04/10 09:23 CET
Teenage widow named as Moscow bomberOfficials in Russian have identified a 17-year-old as one of the two female suicide bombers who… 03/04/10 09:23 CET
