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Tony Blair warned Gordon Brown a week ago that his campaign to become the first president of the European Council was doomed after a decisive intervention by the German chancellor Angela Merkel, according to senior Whitehall sources.
To the dismay of...
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A former soldier convicted in connection with the death of an Iraqi hotel worker has accused an officer of pretending to set a young detainee on fire and claimed that every member of his unit committed abuses against civilians during the war.
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North Korea’s military, whose nuclear program vexes the Obama administration, has grabbed nearly complete command of the nation’s state-run economy and staked out a lucrative new trade in mineral sales to China to make money for its supreme...
The global recession has unseated its government and clobbered its economy — even McDonald’s is jumping ship — but when it comes to gender equality, Iceland is the world’s beacon. The tiny island nation tops the World Economic...
The ranking, compiled by the World Economic Forum (WEF), places the UK at the top of a leader board of 55 of the world’s largest financially-focussed countries.
The US, which had previously held the top spot, slipped to third, behind second-placed...
Designers of a bra that turns into gas masks and a team who found that named cows produce more milk were among the winners of the 2009 Ig Nobel prizes.
The aim of the awards is to honour achievements that “first make people laugh and then make...
Switzerland will not join the European Union’s anti-piracy efforts, lawmakers decided Thursday amid concern that participating in the mission off Somalia could violate the Alpine nation’s long-standing neutrality.
The government —...
An amateur treasure hunter prowling English farmland with a metal detector stumbled upon the largest Anglo-Saxon treasure ever discovered, a massive collection of gold and silver crosses, sword decorations and other items, British archaeological experts...
Israel has released nine Hamas members of the Palestinian parliament after the completion of their prison terms.
The politicians had served more than three years in jail, charged with belonging to an illegal organisation.
Nearly 60% of black and African people living in Russia’s capital Moscow have been physically assaulted in racially motivated attacks, says a new study.
Africans working or studying in the city live in constant fear of attack, according to the...
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