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Cypriots deny Gaza-bound ship use of their portsA ship of activists carrying aid for Gaza from Lebanon will not go via Cyprus. Nicosia said it… 22/08/10 17:36 CET
Mideast talks “difficult but possible” – NetanyahuIsrael’s Prime Minister has spelled out his opening position ahead of the new round of direct… 22/08/10 16:59 CET
Cairo art theft blamed on bad camera and alarm upkeepThe Mahmoud Khalil Museum of Art in Cairo’s cameras and alarm system were out of order, a security… 22/08/10 15:44 CET
Forest fires hit Turkey and Greece after heatwaveDozens of people have been evacuated from their homes in western Turkey after forest fires… 22/08/10 14:54 CET
Pakistan new red alert for floodingNew flooding is threatening Pakistan. Joining the misery of millions of others already homeless… 22/08/10 13:58 CET
Search for van Gogh piece goes onEgypt’s culture minister has retracted his claim that police had recovered a painting by Dutch… 22/08/10 11:46 CET
Naked against bullfights in BilbaoAnti-bullfighting campaigners have chosen the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao for a bare-flesh protest… 22/08/10 11:39 CET
Australia on political tightrope after electionsAustralia’s next parliament will be a balancing act, as a result of yesterday’s inconclusive… 22/08/10 10:42 CET
Moscow bomb attacks mastermind dies in Russian special forces operationRussian officials say Magomed-Ali Vagabov, the man thought to have masterminded the twin suicide… 22/08/10 09:16 CET
Bishops rebuke Maroni’s immigration plansA proposal by a member of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s ruling coalition to expel EU nationals… 22/08/10 08:53 CET
Australia vote points towards a hung parliamentAustralia appears to be heading for its first hung parliament in 70 years after an inconclusive… 22/08/10 08:52 CET
Kaliningrad protesters urge Putin to quitProtesters have gathered in the Russian city of Kaliningrad to call on Prime Minister Vladimir… 22/08/10 08:52 CET
China’s northeast drowning in rainChina is bracing for more flooding in its central and southwestern regions. Already a great number… 22/08/10 08:34 CET
More floodwaters hit Pakistani city of ShadadkotA second wave of floodwaters have forced half a million people to flee their homes in the Pakistani… 22/08/10 06:14 CET
