Mercy killing wife takes life at Swiss clinic
A woman who walked free from court 10 years ago after the attempted mercy
killing of her husband has ended her own life in a Swiss clinic.
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:01 +0000 Clashes as Greeks go on strike
Police clashed with stone-throwing youths in the Greek capital yesterday as tens of thousands protested at draconian cutbacks aimed at pulling the nation out of a debt crisis shaking the eurozone.
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:01 +0000 New bail bid for ex-Bosnian president Ejup Ganic
Lawyers acting for a former Bosnian president who was arrested at Heathrow
over war crime allegations return to the High Court today in a bid to secure
him bail.
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:23:29 +0000 Greece hit by another strike over spending cuts
Greece ground to a virtual halt today as workers held yet another general
strike in protest at painful spending cuts.
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:35:57 +0000 Sarkozy rumour: end of the affair? or a cruel hoax via Twitter?
An affaire d'ιtat? Two affaires de tit for tat? Or just an affaire de twitter which proves to be tat?
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:01 +0000 Merkel's 'dream team' begins to unravel
The parties in Angela Merkel's increasingly embattled government were struggling to digest their worst popularity rating in nearly a decade yesterday, less than six months after the German Chancellor had described her ruling alliance of conservatives and liberals as the country's "dream" coalition.
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:01 +0000 Dangerous detour in Moscow as police order motorists to block getaway car
Moscow's top policeman apologised yesterday after his officers ordered passing motorists to park their cars across a main road to block a speeding getaway car filled with armed criminals.
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:01 +0000 Rumours fly as Nicolas Sarkozy-Carla Bruni marriage comes under spotlight
Paris gossips were trying to sort out fact from fiction today as the
blogosphere raised tantalising questions about the glamorous pop 'n'
politics marriage of President Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:36:10 +0000 Shipwrecks found during pipeline work in Baltic Sea
A dozen centuries-old shipwrecks - some of them unusually well-preserved -
were found in the Baltic Sea by a gas company building an underwater
pipeline between Russia and Germany.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:26:12 +0000 Irish arrests over 'plot to kill cartoonist'
Seven people were arrested in the Republic of Ireland yesterday as part of an international investigation into a conspiracy to murder a Swedish cartoonist whose work has led to death threats from Muslim extremists.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:01 +0000 Stolen body of former Cypriot leader found in wrong grave
Three months after it was stolen, the corpse of Cyprus's former president was found buried in another grave, and police said they had arrested three men.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:01 +0000 Eating with the enemy: why Russia loves Georgian food
At the newly opened Cafι Khachapuri, just off Pushkin Square right in the heart of Moscow, young Muscovites tuck into plates of coriander-infused chakhokhbili chicken stew, spicy lobio beans and the eponymous khachapuri ? gooey cheesy bread.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:01 +0000 Le Pen infuriates Algeria by draping France with its flag
The French far right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen may be a veteran provocateur but to infuriate both the Algerians and the Swiss with one poster takes genuine talent.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:01 +0000 Greece pleads with US to stop the speculators
George Papandreou, the Greek Prime Minister, used a visit to the White House yesterday to press President Barack Obama for tighter regulation of the speculative trading blamed for intensifying the country's debt crisis.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:01 +0000 Man found guilty of blackmailing model Crawford
A German man who tried to blackmail supermodel Cindy Crawford using a photo of
her bound and gagged 7-year-old daughter was sentenced to two years in jail
yesterday.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:01 +0000 800-year-old shipwreck found in Baltic Sea
A dozen shipwrecks that date back centuries ? some of them unusually well
preserved ? have been found in the Baltic Sea by a gas company building an
underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:01 +0000 I slapped pupils, admits Pope's brother
The Pope?s older brother has admitted to slapping pupils in the face while he
was leader of a renowned choir in Germany which is currently at the centre
of a new rash of child abuse allegations rocking the Catholic Church.
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:55:49 +0000 Seven held in Ireland over plot to assassinate cartoonist Lars Vilks
Seven Muslims were arrested in the Irish Republic today over an alleged plot
to assassinate a Swedish cartoonist who depicted the Prophet Mohammed with
the body of a dog, police said.
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:00:43 +0000 Cyprus police confirm corpse is ex-leader
A body discovered in a Nicosia cemetery is the stolen corpse of Cyprus'
ex-president Tassos Papadopoulos, police said Tuesday.
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:05:50 +0000 Pope's brother linked to new claims of child abuse by clergy
A series of allegations in Germany and Holland have plunged the Catholic Church into a renewed crisis over how it has dealt with child abuse after it emerged that the Pope's brother ran a renowned choir at the centre of some of the latest claims.
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