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The world greets new EU President
John Lichfield: Waves of polite puzzlement circled the globe yesterday as leaders adjusted to the news that the EU President would be a mild-mannered, competent manager rather than a charismatic new "face" for Europe.
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A warm welcome from the Pope sows Anglican unease
Saturday, 21 November 2009
When Benedict XVI greets the Archbishop of Canterbury today new rules on converts could strain talks.
Blair 'happy to be out of race for Europe job'
Saturday, 21 November 2009
Tony Blair will not seek another big international job after being rejected for the new post of "President of Europe", his allies said yesterday.
The guru with a gift for brainwashing
Saturday, 21 November 2009
How did a self-styled master-spy persuade a French aristocrat family to give up their freedom and fortune and join his 'crusade against evil'?
Man who escaped in parcel is caught
Saturday, 21 November 2009
A French murder suspect who caused a media sensation after escaping from prison in a cardboard box and evading a huge manhunt during weeks on the run, has been recaptured, the interior ministry said on yesterday.
Prostitute in Rome scandal dies
Saturday, 21 November 2009
A body believed to be that of a Brazilian prostitute involved in a scandal that brought down the governor of the Rome area was found in an apartment fire yesterday.
European leaders choose the path of least resistance
Friday, 20 November 2009
Brown sacrifices support for Blair to win foreign minister role for UK
WW1's 26-year-old victim
Friday, 20 November 2009
Robert Fisk : An encounter with an unexploded RAF bomb changed Maité Roël's life for ever.
The Etruscan Roots of The Twilight Saga
Friday, 20 November 2009
Were there vampires in Volterra? Probably not, but the Etruscans had their own brigade of gods and demons representing night, death and resurrection.
Baroness Ashton's EU role 'gives Britain a powerful voice'
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Gordon Brown insisted tonight that Britain would remain a powerful voice in Brussels after Labour peer Baroness Ashton was appointed as the European Union's first foreign minister.
The EU job contest dawns (don't wait up)
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Will the new President be a Belgian, a Latvian, or even a Brit? Only one thing is certain: it won't be a snap decision
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