archive 15·05·2011

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• Clashes in East Jerusalem

  Palestinians throw stones at Israeli security forces during clashes in East Jerusalem… 15/05/11 13:49 CET

world news

• IMF chief’s career in politics and power

  Born in France in 1949, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, or DSK as he became known, spent the early part of… 15/05/11 18:04 CET

• Zurich voters reject ban on assisted suicide

  Voters in the Swiss city of Zurich have decided against proposed bans on assisted suicide and… 15/05/11 21:33 CET

• 15 dead in pro-Palestinian protests

  At least 15 people died during protests close to Israel’s borders with Syria, Lebanon and the… 15/05/11 18:34 CET

• Judgement day for Berlusconi

  Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi cast his vote in Milan on Sunday in the local elections… 15/05/11 16:13 CET

• Strauss-Kahn to plead not guilty to sex charges

  Lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund, said on Sunday… 15/05/11 16:03 CET

• French politics rocked by Strauss-Kahn ‘sex scandal’

  The accusations of sexual assault against IMF head and potential French presidential candidate… 15/05/11 14:54 CET

• Nakba day marred by death and injury

  One man is dead and 17 injured after a truck collided with vehicles and pedestrians in Tel Aviv on… 15/05/11 13:04 CET

• Azerbaijan wins Eurovision

  More than one hundred million people watched Azerbaijan win the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday… 15/05/11 11:14 CET

• IMF chief on sex charges

  US prosecutors have charged the head of the IMF, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, with a criminal sexual… 15/05/11 10:03 CET

• New start for Haiti

  Haiti’s new president, Michel Martelly, has been sworn in with a promise to wake the country up and… 15/05/11 08:33 CET

• Syrian crackdown reported in border town

  Activists in Syria say violence by security forces against protesters is continuing despite a… 15/05/11 06:03 CET

• IMF’s Strauss-Kahn arrested over ‘sex assault’

  New York police have confirmed that the IMF’s managing director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has been… 15/05/11 04:33 CET

• Azerbaijan wins Eurovision for first time

  Some countries go years without success. Not so the latest winner of the Eurovision Song Contest… 15/05/11 03:04 CET

• Mississippi floodgates opened to save cities

  Floodgates have been opened in the southern United States in a bid to spare large cities from… 15/05/11 01:33 CET

• Poll test for Berlusconi in ‘vital’ local elections

  Italians are going to the polls in local elections that are a key test for scandal-hit Silvio… 15/05/11 00:23 CET

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