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Hopes fade for trapped Chinese minersIt is now feared up to 200 miners may have drowned in a flooded pit in southern China. Despite… 09/08/05 12:08 CET
Bush’s energy bill aims to build independenceGeorge W. Bush has signed an energy bill that he says will help the US economy and reduce… 09/08/05 07:08 CET
Debate reopens on anniversary of NagasakiJapan is marking the 60th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki. At least 70,000 people died in… 09/08/05 07:08 CET
German court weighs challenge to early electionGermany’s top court is considering a challenge to the president’s decision to dissolve parliament… 09/08/05 07:08 CET
Radical cleric Bakri leaves UKAs Britain announced it was considering charging Islamist clerics with treason if they incite… 09/08/05 07:08 CET
Iran ready to negotiate but on its own termsIran says it is willing to continue negotiations over its nuclear programme. But only on its own… 09/08/05 07:08 CET
Concern over Iran’s nuclear ambitions mountsThe pictures of Iran resuming its uranium conversion work at its Isfahan nuclear facility yesterday… 09/08/05 07:08 CET
Fire in Berlin appartment block leaves eight deadA fire in a Berlin appartment block has left eight people dead including five children. The… 09/08/05 07:08 CET
Palestinians to vote in JanuaryPalestinians are to hold a general election in January, in a sign that President Mahmoud Abbas is… 09/08/05 07:08 CET
