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Poland remembers the fallen of Warsaw fightbackPoland has been remembering the tragic Warsaw uprising when thousands died in the doomed fightback… 01/08/10 22:44 CET
Cluster bomb ban shunned by major powersA landmark treaty banning cluster bombs has come into force and is now enshrined in international… 01/08/10 21:34 CET
Greek truckers call off strike actionGreek lorry drivers have called a halt to their week-long strike in what’s being seen as a victory… 01/08/10 18:54 CET
Over 1,000 dead in flood ravaged PakistanMore than 1,000 people are now known to have perished in floods in north west Pakistan and… 01/08/10 18:15 CET
Venezuela and Colombia to talk amid tensionVenezuela’s foreign minister is to meet the new Colombian government after it takes office in a… 01/08/10 17:11 CET
Bikini Atoll adopted as a world heritage siteThe world culture body UNESCO has added 15 sites to its top heritage list. Two European cities… 01/08/10 16:47 CET
Dutch contingent pulls out of Afghan warDutch troops have begun pulling out of Afghanistan after four years. The last patrol in Uruzgan… 01/08/10 14:59 CET
Russian fires spread to far eastAs the authorities battle to contain forest fires that have parts of central Russia, others have… 01/08/10 13:24 CET
Fish merchants suffer despite oil clean-upDespite some relatively encouraging news that the Gulf oil spill has been contained, businesses… 01/08/10 13:10 CET
Pakistan seeks to ‘set record straight’ with UKPakistan’s president Asif Ali Zardari heads to Europe this week where he will meet the British… 01/08/10 09:14 CET
Army is called in as Russian wildfires rageThe army has gone into action as wildfires rage in western Russia. With blazes in at least 14 of… 01/08/10 08:43 CET
Serbian film wins top Sarajevo festival prizeFounded 16 years ago as an act of resistance to the Bosnian war, the Sarajevo Film Festival now has… 01/08/10 08:42 CET
Greek summer season hit hard by truckers’ strikeThe military has been mobilised to make urgent fuel deliveries but as Greece’s truckers’ strike… 01/08/10 08:42 CET
Monsoon floods in Pakistan kill 800At least 800 people are confirmed dead. The number could be far higher. Northwest Pakistan is… 01/08/10 08:41 CET
