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Sarkozy plugs summit plan ahead of Bush talksThe French president has been promoting his plan for an international finance summit on a weekend… 18/10/08 19:29 CET
Thousands mourn Austrian far-right leaderFar-right Austrian politician Jorg Haider, who died in a car crash last week while drunk, has been… 18/10/08 19:20 CET
Immigration ‘should be reduced’, says MinisterA British government minister says immigration numbers should be reduced because of possible… 18/10/08 19:04 CET
SPD’s Steinmeier attacks Merkel over credit crisisGerman Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has hit out at Chancellor Angela Merkel over the… 18/10/08 18:43 CET
EU climate change plan ‘too expensive’ for ItalyItaly says EU targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions would cost it billions of euros it cannot… 18/10/08 16:11 CET
Violence erupts in breakaway IngushetiaThere are conflicting reports about an attack on Russian troops in the breakaway republic of… 18/10/08 15:55 CET
Austrian far-right leader Haider is buriedThousands of Austrians have paid hommage to far-right leader Jorg Haider who died in a high-speed… 18/10/08 13:14 CET
IMF chief probed for abuse of powerThe chief of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is under investigation for… 18/10/08 12:21 CET
Shi’ites march against extended US stayTens of thousands of followers of Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have taken to the streets of… 18/10/08 12:14 CET
Sarkozy seeks US backing for global money summitUS backing for an international finance summit is Nicolas Sarkozy’s aim this weekend. The French… 18/10/08 09:06 CET
SPD elects new faces to take on MerkelGermany’s Social Democrats are to elect a new chairman and their candidate for Chancellor later… 18/10/08 09:06 CET
Zimbabwe’s leaders fail to reach agreementZimbabwe’s unlikely political partners have admitted their power-sharing talks have failed… 18/10/08 09:06 CET
Trouble feared as Jorg Haider is buriedMore than 30,000 people are expected to converge on Klagenfurt in Austria today for the funeral of… 18/10/08 05:25 CET
