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Body Shop bought by L’OrealBritain’s Body Shop beauty chain is being sold for 940 million euros to the world’s largest… 17/03/06 08:03 CET
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Survivor of disastrous medical trial speaks outA young man has spoken out about his experience in a London medical trial that went disastrously… 17/03/06 09:03 CET
US forces launch massive operation in IraqIt is being described as the biggest air assault of its kind in Iraq in three years. US forces have… 17/03/06 09:03 CET
Spain tries to halt migration from MauritaniaA wave of illegal African migration to Spain has provoked Madrid into sending a top-level… 17/03/06 09:03 CET
Fourth World Water Forum opens in MexicoSeven days of talks have begun in Mexico to try to find new ways of solving the world’s water… 17/03/06 09:03 CET
Violence as French students reject labour lawsDemonstrations by France’s youth against the government’s new labour laws have left several injured… 17/03/06 09:03 CET
Full Milosevic autopsy due as supporters pay respectsSupporters of Slobodan Milosevic have kept a night vigil at his coffin in Belgrade after paying… 17/03/06 09:03 CET
Tony Blair facing Labour loans stormBritain’s Labour Party is facing a storm of criticism after it admitted receiving some 20 million… 17/03/06 08:03 CET
French job contract row: Chirac calls for calmPolice have been standing guard outside the Sorbonne University in Paris as the French president… 17/03/06 08:03 CET
Questions remain Milosevic’s deathThe death of Slobodan Milosevic remains shrouded in uncertainty and controversy. Ahead of his… 17/03/06 08:03 CET
Three hospitalised with suspected bird flu in IsraelThree people are in hospital in Israel suffering from suspected bird flu. They worked with infected… 17/03/06 08:03 CET
Spain’s weekend battle with the bottleSpain is bracing for a nationwide bring-a-bottle party that authorities, at least, do not view as a… 17/03/06 08:03 CET
Tension mounting ahead of Belarussian electionThe Belarussian opposition has held a final rally before the presidential election on Sunday. Even… 17/03/06 08:03 CET
Exiled Syrian opposition calls for regime changeExiled Syrian opposition leaders gathered in Brussels have announced they stand united to form a… 17/03/06 08:03 CET
Milosevic death not poisioning or overdoseThe UN War Crimes Tribunal says experts have found no evidence that the former Yugoslav President… 17/03/06 02:03 CET
Iraq offensive to last several daysUS commanders say a massive military operation targeting insurgents in Iraq will continue for… 17/03/06 02:03 CET
Most French support anti-CPE demonstratorsFrench Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has condemned the violence as “unacceptable”. He has… 17/03/06 02:03 CET
Violent clashes in France after new job contract protestsThere has been fierce fighting between groups of radicals and police as a demonstration against a… 17/03/06 02:03 CET
Tension in Belarus as voting startsAgainst a backdrop of possible protests and warnings of a crackdown by the authorities early voting… 17/03/06 02:03 CET
