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Hundreds defy warning, rally in Tehran

Friday 10 July, 2009

Security forces began clashing with protesters shortly after they began massing in the streets of Tehran on Thursday evening, as an initially festive demonstration quickly turned grim, witnesses said
‘Swat displaced to return home next week’

Friday 10 July, 2009

Pakistan on Thursday said the objectives of the anti-Taliban operation in the Swat valley had been “achieved” and the...
Worst attacks since troop pullout kill 41 in Iraq

Friday 10 July, 2009

Attacks in Baghdad and a city in northern Iraq killed at least 41 people and wounded dozens more on Thursday, the worst violence since Iraq celebrated...
Blast outside afghan school claims 25, including 15 children

Friday 10 July, 2009

An explosion outside a school south of the Afghan capital on Thursday killed at least 25 people, including 15 students, officials said, the worst toll from a single blast in a year.
Hu: Must maintain stability in China

Friday 10 July, 2009

Chinese President Hu Jintao, forced to abandon a G-8 summit in Italy by ethnic violence in restive Xinjiang, said that maintaining...
UK police begin probe into Murdoch’s paper hacking case

Friday 10 July, 2009

Britain’s most senior policeman ordered an inquiry on Thursday into reports that journalists at Rupert Murdoch’s bestselling...
Obama praises Italian President, but takes a subtle swipe at Berluscon...

Friday 10 July, 2009

US President Barack Obama took a subtle swipe at Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at the G-8 by praising the leader of the state for his “integrity”. Obama praised President Giorgio Napolitano, saying that he enjoyed the “admiration of the Italian people”.
Divided by a common market

Friday 10 July, 2009

Given its history of financial meltdown and subsequent recovery, Sweden, which assumed the presidency of the European Union on July 1st, is the ideal country to orchestrate the reform of Europe’s financial landscape.
Masked ball

Friday 10 July, 2009

James Ensor seems to have slipped between the cracks. An innovative Belgian artist who was influential in shaping expressionism and surrealism, he is often overlooked.
Yearning to be free

Friday 10 July, 2009

The Soviet Union was a prison, especially for the lively minded, whose travel abroad and activities at home were dictated by the Communist Party’s cultural commissars.
Survival of the less fit

Friday 10 July, 2009

On The remote island of Hirta, in the St Kilda archipelago beyond the Outer Hebrides, live hundreds of wild Soay sheep. Over the past 20 years biologists studying...
Army
Hu abandons G-8, returns to China

Thursday 09 July, 2009

Chinese President Hu Jintao’s decision to cut short his visit and abruptly leave the G-8 summit on Wednesday morning to attend more pressing problems caused by the Uighur unrest has taken many countries, including India...
Fazlullah hurt, says Army; drones kill 45

Thursday 09 July, 2009

At least 45 militants were on Wednesday killed in two separate US drone strikes in Pakistan’s unruly tribal belt in the latest such attack against terrorist bases even as Taliban commander...
Cyberattacks hit US, South Korean Govt websites

Thursday 09 July, 2009

Cyberattacks that have crippled the websites of several major American and South Korean Government agencies since the July 4 appear to have been launched by a hostile group or Government, South Korea’s main spy agency said on Wednesday.
Indonesia’s Yudhoyono gets ready for 2nd term

Thursday 09 July, 2009

Indonesia’s voters handed President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono a second five-year term on Wednesday, placing their faith in his firm hand on the economic tiller and his promises to quicken the pace of reform.
‘UK outsourced torture to Pak’

Thursday 09 July, 2009

A British Opposition politician has accused the Government and intelligence agents of colluding in the torture of a British terrorism suspect whose interrogation was outsourced to Pakistan.
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