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Greece: Costas Karamanlis admits defeat in Greek electionOutgoing Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis has admitted defeat in the Greek elections and resigned… 04/10/09 22:27 CET
Greek elections: Socialists oust Conservatives in Greece to take powerGreece’s Socialists have won Sunday’s election with enough seats to form a government and oust… 04/10/09 21:51 CET
New Greek government faces hard budget decisionsAnalysts have been highlighting the scale of the challenges facing George Papandreou and the… 04/10/09 20:33 CET
Painstaking search in Indonesia amid fading hopeWith thousands of people still missing Indonesian villagers have been desperately digging in the… 04/10/09 19:13 CET
Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa diesArgentine folk singing legend Mercedes Sosa has died at the age of 74. Called “the voice of… 04/10/09 18:53 CET
Anger in Sicily as landslide toll doublesPeople in Sicily have turned their wrath on the government over landslides that claimed at least 22… 04/10/09 18:32 CET
British army chief backs call for more troops in AfghanistanThe new head of the British army has backed calls to send more soldiers to Afghanistan, warning… 04/10/09 18:31 CET
Greek candidates vote in snap pollVoting continues in Greece for a new government, with the country’s leaders casting their ballots… 04/10/09 13:47 CET
Pressure on Czech and Polish leaders after Irish voteWith Ireland having made its voice loud and clear on the Lisbon Treaty, attention now switches to… 04/10/09 13:47 CET
Ex-Bertelsmann chief Mohn dies aged 88Reinhard Mohn, the former chief executive of Bertelsmann, who turned the German publisher into… 04/10/09 13:43 CET
UN nuclear plant inspection in Iran Oct. 25Iran will allow UN inspectors to tour its new uranium enrichment facility later in the month… 04/10/09 13:03 CET
Vettel wins FI Japanese Grand PrixRed Bull’s Sebastian Vettel has won Formula One’s Japanese Grand Prix reviving his championship… 04/10/09 10:19 CET
Chinese Premier to target disarmament in NKoreaChinese Premier Wen Jiabao has arrived in Pyongyang, on a visit expected to focus on reviving… 04/10/09 09:43 CET
Greek elections: Greek Conservatives may rue snap pollThe Greeks go to the polls today in a general election that could see the Socialists make a… 04/10/09 08:49 CET
Italy begins inquiry into Messina disasterThe state prosecutor in Messina has opened an official inquiry into “disaster due to imprudence“… 04/10/09 08:48 CET
Little hope for any more Indonesian survivorsFour days into the aftermath of the earthquake in Indonesia and only bodies are now being found in… 04/10/09 06:03 CET
Mystery surrounds Nakagawa deathThe former Japanese finance minister Shoichi Nakagawa has been found dead in his bed at home. He… 04/10/09 05:03 CET
Italians march to defend press freedomsOrganisers say 300,000 people marched in Rome on Saturday to protest against the domination of… 04/10/09 01:14 CET
