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• Parties neck and neck in Galicia

  Voting 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 victory

  Exit 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 Hague

  A 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 protectionism

  European leaders have rejected protectionism to prevent a new ‘‘Iron Curtain’‘ dividing the 27… 01/03/09 19:36 CET

• Italy gives church back to Russia

  Italy 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 collapse

  When 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 envoy

  Tony 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 years

  Some 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 begins

  A 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 respected

  More 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 government

  The 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 opens

  A 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 woes

  The 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 Socialists

  Spain’s ruling Socialists are facing their first electoral test since the nation slipped into… 01/03/09 09:38 CET

• Rio reprise for Samba supremos

  Carnival 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 heist

  Police in Ireland have recovered four million euros in cash and arrested seven people after a gang… 01/03/09 00:35 CET

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