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French Unions Give Law Deadline

French trade unions set a deadline of mid-April for the government to withdraw a controversial youth labour law designed to tackle unemployment. Otherwise, the unions said, they were ready to organise a "new day of action" along with student groups.

World | April 6, 2006, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 829

Nepalese Opposition Begin Strike

Opposition activists in Nepal have begun a four-day general strike in protest against King Gyanendra's seizure of power more than a year ago. A mass anti-monarchy rally is planned for Saturday despite a ban on public protests in the capital, Kathmandu.

World | April 6, 2006, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 493

Foul Play in Milosevic Death Ruled Out

Late Slobodan Milosevic died of natural causes, according to Dutch prosecutors who ruled out any foul play. The former Serbian president was found dead in his cell at The Hague on March 11 while being tried for war crimes.

World | April 5, 2006, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 632

Europe Flooding Claims Dozen Lives

Rising floodwaters have continued to cause chaos across central Europe killing a dozen people in several countries along the Danube river. With more heavy rain expected next week and the Danube reaching record levels in Budapest, the government in Hungary

World | April 5, 2006, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1276

Saddam Faces Genocide Charges

Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is to be charged with genocide over a 1980s campaign against the Kurds, an Iraqi tribunal has announced. Saddam Hussein and six others face new charges over a campaign of arrests, deportation, and the destruction of p

World | April 4, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 673

9/11 Defendant Could Face Execution

The lone defendant for the September 11 attacks in New York is eligible for execution, a federal jury has decided. Zacarias Moussaoui, aged 37, was under arrest at the time of the attacks, but the Justice Department argued that he wilfully concealed detai

World | April 4, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 879

Floods Cause Evacuations in Central Europe

Scores of people are being evacuated from their homes in the Czech Republic as flooding continues to hit central Europe. Heavy rain and rapidly melting snow have led to alerts in Germany, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania.

World | April 2, 2006, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1073

Rice, Straw on Surprise Visit to Baghdad

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw have urged Iraq's leaders to speed up negotiations on a new government, BBC reported. The pair made a surprise trip to Baghdad from the UK, after Ms Rice's two-day stay there hoste

World | April 2, 2006, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 535

Plane Crash near Rio Kills All 19 Aboard

A plane carrying 19 people has crashed on a mountainous region outside Rio de Janeiro, killing all aboard, Civil Defence officials said today. Rescue workers found the plane's wreckage in Saquarema, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) East of Rio, nearly 10 ho

World | April 1, 2006, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 632

Sweden Audits UN Jail after Milosevic Death

Sweden has accepted the invitation of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to audit of the detention unit outside of The Hague where Slobodan Milosevic died of a heart attack in mid-March. The audit will include all areas relating

World | April 1, 2006, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1026

Iran Quakes Kill Dozens

At least 50 people have been killed and 800 injured after several earthquakes in western Iran, local officials said. The quakes, with magnitudes of up to six, centred on remote villages between the industrial towns of Doroud and Boroujerd in the province

World | March 31, 2006, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 520

US Reporter Set Free in Iraq

A US journalist held hostage in Iraq for more than two months has been freed. Jill Carroll, who works for the Boston-based Christian Science Monitor, was abducted by unknown gunmen in west Baghdad on January 7.

World | March 30, 2006, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 554

Kadima Hails Election Victory

Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has declared victory in the election, vowing to push ahead with plans to define Israel's final borders. His Kadima party, founded barely four months ago by now coma-stricken Ariel Sharon, won but by less than pred

World | March 29, 2006, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 893

Dozens Killed in Mosul Bloodshed

At least 40 people were killed on Monday when a bomb hit a US-Iraqi base in Mosul, northern Iraq. Police said the blast targeted Iraqi army recruits and officers.

World | March 27, 2006, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 736

Maoists Kidnap Four Polish Trekkers

Maoists have kidnapped four Polish trekkers in the Lukla area en route to Everest at the end of last week. The Maoists have not issued any demands as yet.

World | March 27, 2006, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 566

Ukrainian President Defeated in Parliamentary Vote

The rival leaders of Ukraine's Orange Revolution are considering reuniting to try to keep out a pro-Russian party that seems to have polled most votes. Early results in the parliamentary poll suggest President Viktor Yushchenko's party was beaten into th

World | March 27, 2006, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1476

Serbia Confirms Bird Flu at Domestic Fowl

Serbia has confirmed the first case of a domestic bird infected with the lethal H5N1 strain of avian flu virus. The rooster was found on March 15at the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina.

World | March 26, 2006, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1723

Russia Denies Giving Iraq Intelligence

Russia has denied submitting to Saddam Hussein intelligence information on US military moves in the opening days of the US-led invasion in 2003. A US Pentagon report has said Russia passed details through its Baghdad ambassador.

World | March 25, 2006, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 830

Strong Quake Jolts Iran

An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 on the Richter scale and a series of aftershocks struck the southern Iranian province of Hormuzgan on Saturday.

World | March 25, 2006, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1002

Belarus Back in the Grip of Protests

Clashes broke out between police and several thousand protesters in the Belarus capital Minsk during a large opposition rally over disputed election results. Opposition leader Aleksander Kozulin was among several protesters arrested as they marched on a j

World | March 25, 2006, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 601

EU, US Impose Sanctions on Belarus

The EU and US are to impose sanctions against Belarus over an election that gave President Alexander Lukashenko a landslide victory and third term. The White House has joined EU leaders, meeting in Brussels, in condemning an overnight crackdown against op

World | March 24, 2006, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1088
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