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• Lighting the way

  Old style light bulbs – incandescent or filament bulbs – are disappearing from the shelves. In… 08/11/09 17:28 CET

world news

• Anticipation grows ahead of Berlin Wall anniversary

  Anticipation is growing in Berlin ahead of Monday’s 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall… 08/11/09 18:57 CET

• Andorran bridge collapse kills five

  Five workers are now known to have died in the collapse of a road bridge being built in Andorra… 08/11/09 18:56 CET

• Abbas urged to run for re-election

  Thousands of Palestinians have turned out in Hebron in the West Bank to urge President Mahmoud… 08/11/09 18:40 CET

• Saudi army retakes border area from rebels

  Saudi Arabia says it has seized back a border zone captured by Yemeni rebels in an incursion last… 08/11/09 18:39 CET

• China boosts African aid

  Beijing has promised to boost aid to African countries including more than 6.5 billion euros worth… 08/11/09 18:39 CET

• Berlin border guard recalls the Wall’s fall

  A former East German border guard has spoken about the night his checkpoint in Berlin was swarmed… 08/11/09 13:28 CET

• Probe launched into deadly bridge collapse

  Andorra’s government has launched an investigation after a road bridge collapsed killing five… 08/11/09 13:27 CET

• US healthcare reform moves closer

  President Barack Obama has won a big victory on US healthcare reform.    The vote was close — 220… 08/11/09 13:26 CET

• Dalai Lama on controversial visit near Tibet

  Thousands of Buddhist monks and supporters have welcomed the Dalai Lama to a remote Indian region… 08/11/09 13:25 CET

• Israelis mark Rabin assassination

  The 14th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin has been marked… 08/11/09 11:43 CET

• Swiss Muslims open up mosques ahead of minaret vote

  Muslims in Switzerland have held open days in mosques across the country ahead of a controversial… 08/11/09 08:57 CET

• Money ministers reject Brown’s bank tax at the G20

  British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s bid to impose a new tax on global financial transactions has… 08/11/09 08:55 CET

• Obama wins landmark vote on healthcare overhaul

  The House of Representatives has backed President Obama’s sweeping overhaul of the US healthcare… 08/11/09 06:43 CET

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