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• Aid begins to flow after Indonesian earthquake

  Survivors of the Indonesian earthquake are lined up in the open air outside the main hospital… 29/05/06 12:05 CET

• Prodi tested in Italian local and regional elections

  Local and regional elections underway in Italy are being seen as chance for Romano Prodi to prove… 29/05/06 12:05 CET

• Five injured in blast at Airbus plant

  Five people have been injured, two of them gravely, in an explosion at the Airbus factory in… 29/05/06 12:05 CET

• Looting as Timor crisis intensifies

  East Timor remains gripped by conflict and political crisis. Crowds broke into a UN warehouse and… 29/05/06 12:05 CET

• Several killed in anti-US unrest in Kabul

  Staff at the US embassy in Afghanistan have been evacuated after crowds attacked the mission in… 29/05/06 12:05 CET

• Emergency aid arriving in Indonesia earthquake zone

  Emergency supplies have been arriving in the area of Indonesia hit by an earthquake on Saturday… 29/05/06 07:05 CET

• Symbolic act of atonement by Pope at Auschwitz concludes visit to Poland

  Pope Benedict has returned to the Vatican after his symbolic act of contrition at Auschwitz. At… 29/05/06 07:05 CET

• Uribe wins Colombia presidential election

  Colombia’s president Alvaro Uribe has been returned to office in the country’s presidential… 29/05/06 07:05 CET

• US enquiry to probe deaths of Iraq civilians

  A Senate Committee in Washington is to examine the role US marines played in the deaths of up to… 29/05/06 07:05 CET

• British film takes top Cannes prize

  The top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, the Golden Palm, has been awarded to a movie by British… 29/05/06 07:05 CET

• In Iraq as well, the US army is facing growing questions over the killing of two dozen civilians in November 2005 in the town of Haditha north of Baghdad.

  A military investigation yet to be published is expected to reveal that US Marines embarked on the… 29/05/06 06:05 CET

• Prodi given a boost in Italian local elections

  Local and regional elections in Italy look to have delivered a series of victories to the… 29/05/06 06:05 CET

• Unrest grips Kabul after US convoy crash

  There has been violence in the Afghan capital, Kabul, after a US military truck crashed, killing at… 29/05/06 06:05 CET

• Israeli foreign minister visits Turkey

  Israel’s Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has visited Turkey seeking international support for her… 29/05/06 06:05 CET

• Timor unrest exposes leadership tensions

  As unrest continues in East Timor a day of tough talking is said to have exposed differences… 29/05/06 06:05 CET

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