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Demonstraters in Brussels hold a rally yesterday in memory of the human rights activist Natalya Estemirova, who was kidnapped and murdered in Chechnya this week

Chechen President hits back over claim he ordered activist's murder

Kadyrov plans to sue Natalaya Estemirova's human rights group

Inside Europe

French bistros gobble tax break meant for diners

Saturday, 18 July 2009

Hefty VAT cut has not led to cheaper meals for customers

Three men held over 'sex tape blackmail' of heiress

Saturday, 18 July 2009

German police arrested three men suspected of attempting to blackmail Susanne Klatten, the country's wealthiest woman, by claiming they had a secret video of her affair with a Swiss gigolo, prosecutors said.

President Ramzan Kadyrov displaying his shooting skills

A searing indictment of Putin's protegé

Friday, 17 July 2009

A report by Natalya Estemirova, murdered in Chechnya as she investigated human rights abuses.

The idea of Mr Blair's candidacy was first mooted by the French President, Nicholas Sarkozy, who saw him as a charismatic figure who could rally public support

Can anyone stop Blair becoming the first president of Europe?

Friday, 17 July 2009

Andrew Grice: Former PM is strong favourite to be given job – if he can demonstrate that he wants it.

Klatten described Sgarbi as

BMW heiress victim of new sex blackmail

Friday, 17 July 2009

German police arrested three men suspected of attempting to blackmail Susanne Klatten, the country's wealthiest woman, by claiming they had a secret video of her affair with a Swiss gigolo, prosecutors said today.

Catholic Church wakes up to the wisdom of Wilde

Friday, 17 July 2009

The Vatican's official newspaper praises the homosexual writer for being "an aesthete and a lover of the ephemeral"

Pope leaves hospital after breaking wrist

Friday, 17 July 2009

Pope Benedict XVI has left the hospital where he underwent surgery after breaking his right wrist in a fall in his Alpine vacation chalet.

Ramzan Kadyrov: Backed by Kremlin

Swaggering bully in a sky-blue tracksuit

Friday, 17 July 2009

Ramzan Kadyrov's first response to his father's assassination in May 2004 was to travel to the Kremlin to meet Vladimir Putin. In bizarre televised images at the end of the tête-è-tête, Mr Putin offered the young, ginger-bearded Chechen – the first person ever to turn up to the Kremlin in a sky-blue tracksuit – his condolences and squeezed his hand.

Chechen men lay to rest the body of journalist and human rights activist Natalya Estemirova

Mourners ask: 'Who will answer for this? Who will be next?'

Friday, 17 July 2009

Mourners at Natalya Estemirova's funeral pointed the finger of blame at Chechnya's pro-Kremlin leader.

In his interview, Mr Blair also risked irritating Gordon Brown by revealing he is not going to criticise David Cameron's government if the Tories win the next election

Brown formally backs Blair as candidate for 'President of Europe'

Thursday, 16 July 2009

Post will be created as early as January once the Treaty of Lisbon is ratified

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Terence Blacker: The new British way of mourning

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That throwaway line is fatuous, distasteful, contemptuous and cruel.

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Christina Patterson: Why I love self-help books

Don’t you love the exclamation marks? I love the perkiness and the confidence.

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