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Sarkozy tries to calm identity debate
Having let the genie of “French identity” out of the bottle, President Nicolas Sarkozy struggled today to wrestle it back in again.
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Hares, birds and orchids: the casualties of peace in Cyprus
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Wildlife has flourished in the no-man's land that divides the country – but reconciliation could end all that
Vatican ashamed of Dublin sex abuse
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
The Pope's Ambassador to Ireland today said the Vatican was ashamed by the devastating findings of a damning inquiry into clerical sex abuse in Dublin.
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.
The Big Question: Should Italian justice be in the dock over the conviction of Amanda Knox?
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
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
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.
Athens burns again on riot anniversary
Sunday, 6 December 2009
Police firebombed and stoned in protest over shooting of youth last year
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1 Sarkozy tries to calm identity debate
2 Was Russian secret service behind leak of climate-change emails?
3 The Big Question: Should Italian justice be in the dock over the conviction of Amanda Knox?
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5 Irish bishop is first to quit over child sex abuse scandal
6 Clinton offers Knox hope as 26-year jail term begins
7 Evidence of mass cannibalism uncovered in Germany
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2 Sarkozy tries to calm identity debate
3 The Big Question: Should Italian justice be in the dock over the conviction of Amanda Knox?
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5 Czech hackers create first virus to infect mobile phones
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