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Hares, birds and orchids: the casualties of peace in Cyprus

Wildlife has flourished in the no-man's land that divides the country – but reconciliation could end all that

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Irish bishop is first to quit over child sex abuse scandal

Tuesday, 8 December 2009

An Irish bishop flew to Rome yesterday to hand in his resignation after days of angry and intense pressure over his handling of cases of child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church.

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Was Russian secret service behind e-mails leak?

Monday, 7 December 2009

Shaun Walker: FSB accused of paying hackers after stolen climate change correspondence traced to server in Siberia

Curt Knox, father of Amanda Knox, is surrounded by members of the media

Clinton offers Knox hope as 26-year jail term begins

Monday, 7 December 2009

US Secretary of State says she will listen to concerns about trial, writes Michael Day

Irish bishop to resign over child abuse scandal

Monday, 7 December 2009

A Bishop severely criticised for mishandling clerical child sex abuse cases in Ireland was expected to offer his resignation to Pope Benedict in Rome today.

Nightclub bosses held after 110 die

Monday, 7 December 2009

Russian investigators blamed management negligence for a blaze at a provincial nightclub that killed 112 people on Friday night.

Liberals plan to overturn Swiss minaret ban

Monday, 7 December 2009

Swiss liberals are considering a new referendum to overturn the ban on new minarets.

Protestors burn a Greek flag during a demonstration commemorating the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos by police a year ago

Athens burns again on riot anniversary

Sunday, 6 December 2009

Police firebombed and stoned in protest over shooting of youth last year

Evidence of mass cannibalism uncovered in Germany

Sunday, 6 December 2009

Evidence of mass cannibalism in which even children and unborn babies were on the menu has been uncovered in Germany by archaeologists.

Images from an amateur video inside the club, as smoke spreads

112 die as fireworks explode in nightclub

Sunday, 6 December 2009

Owner and 'art director' arrested after Roman candle ignites interior of venue where safety rules were repeatedly ignored

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