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Parties neck and neck in GaliciaVoting is also taking place in the northwestern Galicia region . Exit polls indicate the final… 01/03/09 21:05 CET
Basque nationalists on course for victoryExit polls in the regional election in the Basque country show the Basque nationalist party, the… 01/03/09 20:53 CET
Hariri probe opens in The HagueA special UN court set up to investigate the killing of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik… 01/03/09 19:47 CET
EU leaders say ‘No’ to protectionismEuropean leaders have rejected protectionism to prevent a new ‘‘Iron Curtain’‘ dividing the 27… 01/03/09 19:36 CET
Italy gives church back to RussiaItaly has formally handed back ownership of an Orthodox Church in the south of the country to… 01/03/09 19:05 CET
Latvia: on the brink of collapseWhen Valdis Dombrovskis was named Lativia’s Prime Minister-designate last week, one of the first… 01/03/09 18:10 CET
Blair’s first visit to Gaza as Mideast envoyTony Blair has visited the Gaza Strip for the first time since being appointed a special Middle… 01/03/09 16:48 CET
Hariri case could take up to five yearsSome anti-Syrian politicians in Lebanon have accused Syria of being behind the bombing, a claim… 01/03/09 14:47 CET
UN probe into Hariri killing beginsA special UN court set up to investigate the killing of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik… 01/03/09 14:40 CET
EU checks that rules are being respectedMore intense talks are taking place in Brussels to make sure that EU members are working by the… 01/03/09 13:17 CET
Big test for Spain’s governmentThe central government in Spain is being put to the test at the ballot box for the first time since… 01/03/09 13:07 CET
UN probe into Hariri killing opensA special UN court set up to investigate the killing of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik… 01/03/09 12:05 CET
EU summit seeks a salve for economic woesThe European Commission is satisfied that a French state loan plan for its ailing carmakers does… 01/03/09 09:38 CET
Local polls in Spain test for ruling SocialistsSpain’s ruling Socialists are facing their first electoral test since the nation slipped into… 01/03/09 09:38 CET
Rio reprise for Samba supremosCarnival fever returned to Rio de Janeiro for a while, as the six leading samba schools in the… 01/03/09 09:06 CET
Irish police recover millions after bank heistPolice in Ireland have recovered four million euros in cash and arrested seven people after a gang… 01/03/09 00:35 CET



