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Enfant terrible of German theatre dead at 49German film and theatre director Christoph Schlingensief has died at the age of 49 from lung… 21/08/10 23:34 CET
Horse-trading looms after Australian electionAll the indications are that Australia is heading for it’s first hung parliament since the Second… 21/08/10 18:04 CET
Vast aid not reaching PakistanisHalf a billion dollars promised and not a drop to drink… for nearly a quarter of Pakistan’s… 21/08/10 17:55 CET
Son’s grave shocks motherA heartbroken French mother is furious that nobody told her that her son had died after another… 21/08/10 16:29 CET
No clear result in Australia’s tightest general election for decadesThe indications are that Australia is heading for its first hung parliament since the Second World… 21/08/10 16:24 CET
Wikileaks founder faces rape chargeThe authorities in Sweden say they have issued a warrant for the arrest of the Wikileaks founder… 21/08/10 16:04 CET
Iran nuclear power plant begins ticking over pics all stand around fuel bundleIran has passed a milestone on the road to nuclear-generated electricity. A senior Russian energy… 21/08/10 12:34 CET
Washington hopes new Israeli-Palestinian talks will lastMomentary relief in the Washington theatre of Mideast peace efforts has greeted Israeli and… 21/08/10 11:35 CET
Churchill’s Battle of Britain speech rememberedWinston Churchill called it Britain’s “finest hour” – and it came to be seen as a turning point in… 21/08/10 09:16 CET
Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant start-up beginsIran has passed a milestone on the road to nuclear-generated electricity. “The beginning of the… 21/08/10 09:04 CET
Equality court in Norway rules hijab ban illegalA ban on Norwegian female police officers wearing Islamic headscarves has been ruled illegal. The… 21/08/10 08:58 CET
Berlusconi tells coalition rebels to back himItalian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has issued a threat to his former coalition allies: back… 21/08/10 08:58 CET
Israeli settlement still major obstacle for peace with PalestiniansIsrael and Palestinian officials have agreed to hold direct peace talks for the first time in 20… 21/08/10 08:57 CET
Russia signs deal to guarantee Armenia’s securityRussia and Armenia have signed a deal which will keep Russian troops in the former Soviet republic… 21/08/10 08:57 CET
Australia: First exit polls put labor party at the head of resultsEarly exit polls from Australia’s legislative election voting have indicated a slim advantage for… 21/08/10 08:56 CET
275 million euros in aid for PakistanThe UN says it has raised 275 million euros in aid to help the victims of the floods in Pakistan… 21/08/10 08:56 CET
Haiti’s presidential hopeful Wyclef Jean accepts rejectionHip hop star Wyclef Jean has bowed to the decision of Haiti’s electoral authority to bar him from… 21/08/10 08:55 CET
