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Politics: Italy’s govt in crisis as Berlusconi feud erupts

Italy’s govt in crisis as Berlusconi feud erupts

There have been crisis talks in Italy as Silvio Berlusconi split from his once most powerful ally, prompting speculation the government could fall. Senior colleagues gathered to discuss the…

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Mideast: Arab League backs Abbas on direct talksArab League backs Abbas on direct talks Demonstration: Tight security at Jerusalem Gay Pride marchTight security at Jerusalem Gay Pride march Demonstration: Protest grows over Love Parade deathsProtest grows over Love Parade deaths
Breakthrough, brinkmanship or merely bluster? The Arab League has backed face-to-face peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians but has left…
It was far less flamboyant than many a Gay Pride march. But opponents are angry that such a parade was held in Jerusalem at all. Homosexuality in…
German protesters are demanding the resignation of the mayor of Duisberg, where 21 people died in a stampede at last weekend’s Love Parade…
  1. French minister questioned by police
  2. Greek truckers defy order to return to work
  3. Italian austerity measures voted in
  4. Britain to scrap fixed retirement age
  5. Russian plane hijack safely averted
  6. Carla Bruni shoots scenes for Woody Allen movie

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Relatives search for bodies at Pakistan air crashRelatives search for bodies at Pakistan air crash 29/07 14:01 CET

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Freed Cuban prisoner Ariel Sigler arrives in MiamiFreed Cuban prisoner Ariel Sigler arrives in Miami 29/07 14:37 CET

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Eurozone: Euro zone economic confidence growing

Euro zone economic confidence growing

This month, In the eurozone, confidence in the economic outlook has risen to its highest level in more than two years. An index of executive and consumer sentiment in the 16 countries that use the…

Eurozone

EU Enlargement: Germany still unsure of Ankara in the EUGermany still unsure of Ankara in the EU fires: EU states rally as Portugal fights forest firesEU states rally as Portugal fights forest fires EU Enlargement: Iceland starts formal EU membership talksIceland starts formal EU membership talks
Just where does Turkey’s future lie? German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle in Istanbul, the city that crosses two continents, claims the future…
Two Italian water bomber planes are to be loaned to Portugal as the authorities battle a number of forest fires, mainly in the north of the country…
Iceland has officially begun talks on EU membership just as Icelanders themselves seem to be going off the idea. Launching formal negotiations, the…
  1. EU imposes ‘toughest’ sanctions on Iran
  2. EU launches its new foreign corps
  3. HIV/AIDS infects 7,500 people daily
  4. Brussels wants EU ‘Miranda Rights’
  5. EU in drive to halve road deaths
  6. European airspace faces radical restructuring

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Safe as houses: building with strawterraviva Safe as houses: building with straw 13/07 15:49 CET

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EU project looks to make the roads saferfuturis EU project looks to make the roads safer 14/07 20:05 CET

latest science news

Archaeology: Archeological finds in Turkey

Archeological finds in Turkey

Canadian archeologists from the University of Toronto are restoration and interpreting an Assyrian tablet from Southern Turkey. The tablet is 43cm long and 23cm wide with 650-700 lines of writing on…

Archaeology

Health: Traditional healingTraditional healing pharmaceutical companies: Scientists get encouraging results on new cancer drugScientists get encouraging results on new cancer… Health: Study casts doubt on diet pillsStudy casts doubt on diet pills
In Australia, the demands of modern life mean that many aspects of Aboriginal culture risk being lost forever. So the elders of the Yaegl Aboriginal…
Scientists at London’s King College say they’ve carried out encouraging tests on a new treatment that promises to shrink breast cancer tumours and…
The vast majority of over-the-counter weight loss supplements do not work – that was the, perhaps unsurprising, conclusion of a study by…
  1. Investigation describes Gulf as “eco minefield”
  2. Worldwide waterworks
  3. Fossil discoveries
  4. Empathy and racial prejudice
  5. Hopes raised over menopause blood test
  6. Building with coffee

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Improving global food securityreporter Improving global food security 29/07 10:05 CET

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Verbier: Big stars and big mountainsmusica Verbier: Big stars and big mountains 27/07 20:15 CET

latest le mag news

Transport: Scooter show rolls into Lisbon

Scooter show rolls into Lisbon

An exhibition of antique scooters has just opened at the Museum of Design and Fashion in Lisbon.

Transport

Festival: Youngest ever Jedermann opens Salzburg festYoungest ever Jedermann opens Salzburg fest Fashion: Delhi couture week: from homespun to blingDelhi couture week: from homespun to bling Music: Singing nuns release Gregorian chant albumSinging nuns release Gregorian chant album
As it has done since 1920, the Salzburg Festival opened with the premiere of Jedermann, an adaptation of the 15th century English morality play…
After Mumbai it was New Delhi’s turn to host a couture week, allowing fashionistas to enjoy India’s unique legacy of crafts, textiles and clothing in…
These nuns are some of the world’s finest female singers of the Gregorian Chant. The nuns of the Abbaye de Notre Dame de l’Annonciation in Provence…
  1. Iggy, Jay Kay and others sell-out at Paleo
  2. Montreux Jazz Festival
  3. Avignon Festival
  4. Kylie: All the Lovers
  5. The Old Railway Station hotel
  6. Tibetan art in Taiwan