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Rugby World Cup : fair play, ref?Australia Wallabies’ Rocky Elsom (top) forces New Zealand All Blacks’ Conrad Smith to the ground… 16/10/11 16:24 CET
Sport
All Blacks coach says same again for final, pleaseThe Rugby Union World Cup semi-final started with the traditional Haka dance from New Zealand at… 16/10/11 19:48 CET
Vettel makes it 10 in KoreaWorld Champion, Sebastian Vettel stormed to his 10th victory of the season in the Korean Grand Prix… 16/10/11 19:48 CET
Stoner seals MotoGP title with home winHe only had to finish in the top six, but Australian Casey Stoner cruised to victory in his home… 16/10/11 10:32 CET
Rugby Union’s greatest rivals prepare for another instalmentNew Zealand are preparing for another instalment in the long-standing All Blacks-Wallabies rivalry… 16/10/11 10:03 CET
world news
Socialists choose Hollande for 2012 presidential runFrancois Hollande will be the Socialist Party candidate in next year’s presidential election in… 16/10/11 23:03 CET
Gaddafi compound in Tripoli broken downDemolition has begun on former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s home in the capital, Tripoli. The… 16/10/11 19:08 CET
Protest camps set up in Frankfurt and LondonThe day after global protests against the world’s financial system and economic injustice, some… 16/10/11 18:03 CET
Tension rises as Yemen expects UN decision on SalehThe violence in Yemen continues as the country waits for Tuesday’s UN Security Council decision on… 16/10/11 17:24 CET
Israel begins moving Palestinians before prisoner swapIsrael has begun transferring Palestinian prisoners ahead of their planned release in an exchange… 16/10/11 16:06 CET
Kenya sends in army to go after militants in SomaliaKenyan troops have crossed into Somalia to pursue islamist rebel group Al Shabaab who are believed… 16/10/11 16:04 CET
Thailand flood warnings may be scaring away touristsThai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra spent Sunday visiting a boat operation in Bangkok aimed at… 16/10/11 14:53 CET
French voters turn out in Socialist run-offUnder a media glare worthy of the presidential election itself, the two remaining French Socialists… 16/10/11 13:33 CET
Israel and Hamas publish prisoner swap listIsrael and Hamas have published a list of the first group of 477 Palestinian prisoners due to be… 16/10/11 11:13 CET
Cuba’s ‘Ladies in White’ mourn leader PollanTributes have been paid to Laura Pollan, one of Cuba’s best known opposition figures, who has died… 16/10/11 09:38 CET
Worldwide protests denounce economic injusticeNew York was where the movement started, and yesterday demonstrators occupied Times Square instead… 16/10/11 09:14 CET
US anti-greed protesters march on Times SquareSaturday’s planet-wide anti-greed demonstrations were inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement… 16/10/11 05:43 CET
Assange joins activists in Occupy London protestIt was nothing compared to the violence in Rome. But scuffles also broke out in London as… 16/10/11 02:34 CET
G20 tells euro zone to get to grips with debt crisisGet on top of your debt crisis by this time next week. That is the stark message sent by the… 16/10/11 00:23 CET
