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Romania and Bulgaria join the EU 
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| Jan.7 |
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Archbishop of Warsaw quits amid row
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| Jan.8 |
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Russia oil row hits Europe supply Oil supplies to Poland, Germany and Ukraine have been cut amid a row between Belarus and Moscow
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| Jan.10 |
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EU plans 'industrial revolution' |
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| Jan.17 |
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Bollywood fury at 'Big Brother' |
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| Jan.18 |
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47 dead as storm batters Europe Gale force winds and heavy downpours hammered northern Europe, disrupting travel for tens of thousands
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| Jan.25 |
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Lebanon wins $7.6B aid package |
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| Jan.26 |
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Nato 'to step up Afghan support' |
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| Jan.31 |
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'Beheading plot' behind terror raid |
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| Feb.1 |
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Warming 'very likely' human-made Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Climatic changes seen around the world are very likely to have a human cause
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| Feb.2 |
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Football league halted by violence |
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| Feb.7 |
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Huge global child porn ring found |
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| Feb.11 |
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Portugal will legalize abortion |
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| Feb.22 |
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Italian crisis talks as PM quits
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| Feb.28 |
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Airbus to cut 10,000 jobs CEO Louis Gallois announced the restructuring plan: 10,000 jobs cut over four years; 4,300 in France, 3,700 in Germany
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| Mar.9 |
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EU agrees renewable energy target |
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| Mar.14 |
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New fears rekindle global sell-off |
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| Mar.21 |
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EU to vote on 'open skies' deal |
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| Mar.23 |
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Iran seizes 15 British sailors 
Map of Persian Gulf Iran The naval patrol seized sailors who had boarded a vessel suspected of smuggling cars off the coast of Iraq
| The Royal Marines and naval officers were have been apprehended by up to 6 ships from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy. The British government demanded the safe return of its troops and summoned Tehran's ambassador to explain the incident. Iran had asked Britain's ambassador to explain why the personnel had crossed into Iranian territory
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| Mar.26 |
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Power deal marks 'new era'
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| Mar.28 |
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British captives shown on Iranian TV
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| Apr.4 |
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Ahmadinejad frees UK sailors
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| Apr.5 |
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1,200 rescued from cruise ship
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Blair welcomes sailors from Iran |
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| Apr.6 |
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UK sailors 'were in Iraqi waters' |
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| Apr.22 |
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Sarkozy, Royal in presidential runoff
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| Apr.26 |
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Estonia removes Soviet memorial Map of Tallinn Estonia The authorities have removed a contentious war memorial in Tallinn, despite overnight protests that left one person dead
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| Apr.30 |
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British bomb plotters jailed for life |
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| May.2 |
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Sarkozy, Royal spar in TV debate |
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| May.6 |
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Nicolas Sarkozy wins presidential election He won a clear victory over Segolene Royal, gaining 53% of the vote. President-elect has called for unity after a bitterly-contested campaign
| European leaders congratulated Sarkozy and hoped his triumph would help unblock reforms stalled by the rejection of the EU constitution. Bush telephoned and said he expected good relations with Sarkozy
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| May.7 |
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Queen attends White House dinner |
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| May.8 |
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Power sharing begins |
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| May.10 |
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Blair: My political journey is over |
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| May.16 |
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Nicolas Sarkozy sworn in as new president
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Prince Harry will not go to Iraq |
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| May.20 |
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Fire rips through Cutty Sark |
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| May.22 |
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Lugovoi charged with spy poisoning
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| May.23 |
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Inzaghi brace wins cup for Milan |
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| May.29 |
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Five Britons seized
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| Jun.1 |
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Video released of BBC's Johnston |
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| Jun.2 |
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146 police hurt in G8 protest
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| Jun.6 |
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Protesters clash with police at G8 |
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Battles ahead as G8 summit begins |
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| Jun.7 |
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G8 leaders 'agree climate deal'
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| Jun.8 |
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G8 leaders pledge $60B for Africa
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CIA jails in Europe 'confirmed' |
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| Jun.10 |
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Bush ends Europe tour |
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| Jun.15 |
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Rushdie knighted in honours list
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| Jun.17 |
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Sarkozy's allies won majority in elections |
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| Jun.22 |
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EU leaders agree on reform treaty The leaders in Brussels have reached agreement on an outline of new rules for the 27-member bloc after 2 days of tough negotiations
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| Jun.24 |
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BBC reporter in suicide vest video |
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| Jun.27 |
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Brown: Let work of change begin Gordon Brown is the UK's new prime minister after replacing the outgoing Tony Blair, following an audience with Queen Elizabeth II
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| Jun.29 |
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2 explosive-laden cars linked
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| Jun.30 |
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Blazing car crashes into Glasgow airport Map of Glasgow Airport United Kingdom Jeep Cherokee being driven at speed towards the main terminal building with flames coming out from underneath
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| Jul.1 |
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Hong Kong marks handover anniversary |
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| Jul.3 |
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BBC reporter Alan Johnston freed Johnston, kidnapped March 12 by a group calling itself the Army of Islam, was wearing blue jeans and looking gaunt
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| Jul.5 |
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Three-year-old seized |
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| Jul.8 |
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Federer wins historic fifth title |
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| Jul.9 |
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Three guilty over 21/7 bomb plot |
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| Jul.16 |
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UK expels four Russian diplomats
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| Jul.20 |
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Fans receive final Potter book The seventh book in the series went on sale across the world. JK Rowling read excerpts to 500 devotees at Natural History Museum
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| Jul.21 |
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Taliban: 2 German hostages killed |
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3 Moroccans held on terror charges |
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| Jul.22 |
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Bus crash kills 26 Polish pilgrims |
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| Jul.23 |
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UK fights worst floods in 60 years 150,000 homes were without drinking water after the floodwaters swamped large areas of western England. 50,000 homes are without electricity
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HIV medics released to Bulgaria 6 Bulgarian medics who were serving life sentences have been freed and are now on a plane to Bulgaria
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| Jul.25 |
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Sarkozy to boost EU-Libya links |
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| Aug.3 |
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Farm infected with foot-and-mouth
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| Aug.15 |
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6 Italians die in 'clan execution' Police found young men shot in the head outside a train station in Duisburg in an attack that was part of a feud between organized crime cla...
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| Aug.18 |
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German woman kidnapped |
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| Aug.24 |
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U.S. jet 'bombs British troops' |
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Fires kill 27 in southern Greece |
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| Aug.25 |
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63 died from forest fires Map of Peloponnese Greece| The emergency workers continue to find the bodies of people burned to death by forest fires that are raging in the south of the country. Karamanlis: Fires may have been deliberately set ahead of national elections. The newspapers are calling the southern Pelopo... | |
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| Aug.26 |
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Fires inch closer to Olympic cradle |
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| Aug.27 |
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Greece may label fires acts of terrorism |
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| Aug.30 |
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Sharif names Pakistan return date |
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| Sep.1 |
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Bhutto announces Pakistan return |
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| Sep.2 |
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British leave Basra base
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| Sep.5 |
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'Massive' attacks foiled |
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Opera legend Pavarotti dies at 71 Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti died at his home in the city of Modena. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year
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| Sep.7 |
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Police 'suspect Madeleine mother'
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| Sep.8 |
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Thousands bid Pavarotti farewell |
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| Sep.16 |
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PM claims election victory
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France warning of war with Iran
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| Sep.20 |
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Sarkozy: Toughen Iran sanctions |
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| Sep.23 |
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Mime artist Marceau dies |
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| Oct.3 |
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Bomb injures Polish envoy |
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| Oct.4 |
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Bhutto upbeat over power-sharing |
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| Oct.6 |
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Brown rules out autumn election |
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| Oct.8 |
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Jury retraces Diana's fatal path
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| Oct.18 |
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EU leaders agree new treaty deal |
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| Oct.19 |
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Lab suspends DNA pioneer Watson |
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| Oct.30 |
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Saudi king's royal meet draws fire |
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| Oct.31 |
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Spain condemns terror verdict
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| Nov.1 |
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Police guilty in 'bomber' case |
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| Nov.5 |
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Senior Mafia boss arrested |
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| Nov.7 |
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8 dead in school shooting At least three 8 were killed in a school shooting in southern Finland, in Tuusula, 30 miles north of the capital, Helsinki
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Sarkozy applauded by US Congress |
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| Nov.11 |
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Fans rampage after killing
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| Nov.13 |
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Transport workers on strike |
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| Nov.14 |
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Strike brings travel chaos
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| Nov.19 |
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France braced for huge new strike |
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| Nov.21 |
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Transport 'sabotage' hits France |
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Talks fail to end strike |
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| Nov.26 |
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Riots rock suburb for second night |
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| Nov.29 |
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UK teacher jailed over teddy row Gillian Gibbons, 54, has been found guilty in of insulting religion after she allowed her primary school class to name a teddy bear Muhammad
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| Nov.30 |
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Protesters: Execute teacher |
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| Dec.3 |
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Sudan frees Briton in teddy row |
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| Dec.5 |
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Sarkozy urges Betancourt release |
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| Dec.6 |
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Canoe man's sons fear 'huge scam' John Darwin, 57, was thought to have drowned at sea. His wife Anne had confessed to knowing her husband was alive
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One killed by parcel bomb |
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| Dec.7 |
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EU-Africa leaders opening summit |
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| Dec.9 |
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Time up for Kosovo status talks |
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| Dec.12 |
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Central banks act on credit fears |
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| Dec.13 |
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EU leaders sign key reform treaty
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| Dec.16 |
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British troops return Basra to Iraqis
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| Dec.20 |
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Ceremony marks extended EU border| A checkpoint between Austria and Slovakia has been dismantled in a ceremony marking the enlargement of the Schengen area | |
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| Dec.25 |
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Afghanistan expels top UN and EU officials One British, the other Irish based in Helmand province, had been holding meetings with different tribes and groups, including the Taliban
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| Dec.26 |
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Court jails French aid staff |
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| Dec.28 |
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French aid workers leave Chad |
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| 2007 |
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| Jan.26 |
Nato 'to step up Afghan support' |
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| Mar.23 |
Iran seizes 15 British sailors Map of Persian Gulf Iran The naval patrol seized sailors who had boarded a vessel suspected of smuggling cars off the coast of Iraq
| The Royal Marines and naval officers were have been apprehended by up to 6 ships from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy. The British government demanded the safe return of its troops and summoned Tehran's ambassador to explain the incident. Iran had asked Britain's ambassador to explain why the personnel had crossed into Iranian territory
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| Mar.28 |
British captives shown on Iranian TV
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| Apr.6 |
UK sailors 'were in Iraqi waters' |
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| May.16 |
Prince Harry will not go to Iraq |
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| Aug.24 |
U.S. jet 'bombs British troops' |
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| Sep.2 |
British leave Basra base
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| Sep.16 |
France warning of war with Iran
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| Dec.5 |
Sarkozy urges Betancourt release |
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| Dec.16 |
British troops return Basra to Iraqis
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| 2007 |
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| Jan.18 |
47 dead as storm batters Europe Gale force winds and heavy downpours hammered northern Europe, disrupting travel for tens of thousands
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| Feb.1 |
Warming 'very likely' human-made Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Climatic changes seen around the world are very likely to have a human cause
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| Apr.5 |
1,200 rescued from cruise ship
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| May.20 |
Fire rips through Cutty Sark |
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| Jun.7 |
G8 leaders 'agree climate deal'
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| Jul.22 |
Bus crash kills 26 Polish pilgrims |
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| Jul.23 |
UK fights worst floods in 60 years 150,000 homes were without drinking water after the floodwaters swamped large areas of western England. 50,000 homes are without electricity
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| Aug.3 |
Farm infected with foot-and-mouth
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| Aug.24 |
Fires kill 27 in southern Greece |
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| Aug.25 |
63 died from forest fires Map of Peloponnese Greece| The emergency workers continue to find the bodies of people burned to death by forest fires that are raging in the south of the country. Karamanlis: Fires may have been deliberately set ahead of national elections. The newspapers are calling the southern Pelopo... | |
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| Aug.26 |
Fires inch closer to Olympic cradle |
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| 2007 |
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| Feb.2 |
Football league halted by violence |
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| May.23 |
Inzaghi brace wins cup for Milan |
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| Jul.8 |
Federer wins historic fifth title |
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| Aug.26 |
Fires inch closer to Olympic cradle |
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| Nov.11 |
Fans rampage after killing
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| 2007 |
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| Jan.8 |
Russia oil row hits Europe supply Oil supplies to Poland, Germany and Ukraine have been cut amid a row between Belarus and Moscow
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| Jan.10 |
EU plans 'industrial revolution' |
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| Jan.17 |
Bollywood fury at 'Big Brother' |
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| Feb.28 |
Airbus to cut 10,000 jobs CEO Louis Gallois announced the restructuring plan: 10,000 jobs cut over four years; 4,300 in France, 3,700 in Germany
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| Mar.9 |
EU agrees renewable energy target |
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| Mar.14 |
New fears rekindle global sell-off |
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| Mar.21 |
EU to vote on 'open skies' deal |
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| Mar.28 |
British captives shown on Iranian TV
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| Apr.5 |
1,200 rescued from cruise ship
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| Jul.20 |
Fans receive final Potter book The seventh book in the series went on sale across the world. JK Rowling read excerpts to 500 devotees at Natural History Museum
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| Sep.5 |
Opera legend Pavarotti dies at 71 Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti died at his home in the city of Modena. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year
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| Sep.8 |
Thousands bid Pavarotti farewell |
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| Sep.23 |
Mime artist Marceau dies |
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| Nov.13 |
Transport workers on strike |
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| Nov.14 |
Strike brings travel chaos
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| Nov.19 |
France braced for huge new strike |
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| Nov.21 |
Transport 'sabotage' hits France |
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| Nov.21 |
Talks fail to end strike |
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| Dec.12 |
Central banks act on credit fears |
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|
| 2007 |
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| Jan.7 |
Archbishop of Warsaw quits amid row
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| Jan.31 |
'Beheading plot' behind terror raid |
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| Feb.7 |
Huge global child porn ring found |
|
| Apr.30 |
British bomb plotters jailed for life |
|
| May.22 |
Lugovoi charged with spy poisoning
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| May.29 |
Five Britons seized
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| Jun.1 |
Video released of BBC's Johnston |
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| Jun.2 |
146 police hurt in G8 protest
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| Jun.8 |
CIA jails in Europe 'confirmed' |
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| Jun.24 |
BBC reporter in suicide vest video |
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| Jun.29 |
2 explosive-laden cars linked
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| Jun.30 |
Blazing car crashes into Glasgow airport Map of Glasgow Airport United Kingdom Jeep Cherokee being driven at speed towards the main terminal building with flames coming out from underneath
|
| Jul.3 |
BBC reporter Alan Johnston freed Johnston, kidnapped March 12 by a group calling itself the Army of Islam, was wearing blue jeans and looking gaunt
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| Jul.5 |
Three-year-old seized |
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| Jul.9 |
Three guilty over 21/7 bomb plot |
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| Jul.21 |
Taliban: 2 German hostages killed |
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| Jul.21 |
3 Moroccans held on terror charges |
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| Jul.23 |
HIV medics released to Bulgaria 6 Bulgarian medics who were serving life sentences have been freed and are now on a plane to Bulgaria
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| Aug.15 |
6 Italians die in 'clan execution' Police found young men shot in the head outside a train station in Duisburg in an attack that was part of a feud between organized crime cla...
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| Aug.18 |
German woman kidnapped |
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| Aug.27 |
Greece may label fires acts of terrorism |
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| Sep.5 |
'Massive' attacks foiled |
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| Sep.7 |
Police 'suspect Madeleine mother'
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| Oct.3 |
Bomb injures Polish envoy |
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| Oct.8 |
Jury retraces Diana's fatal path
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| Oct.31 |
Spain condemns terror verdict
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| Nov.1 |
Police guilty in 'bomber' case |
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| Nov.5 |
Senior Mafia boss arrested |
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| Nov.7 |
8 dead in school shooting At least three 8 were killed in a school shooting in southern Finland, in Tuusula, 30 miles north of the capital, Helsinki
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| Nov.11 |
Fans rampage after killing
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| Nov.21 |
Transport 'sabotage' hits France |
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| Nov.26 |
Riots rock suburb for second night |
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| Nov.29 |
UK teacher jailed over teddy row Gillian Gibbons, 54, has been found guilty in of insulting religion after she allowed her primary school class to name a teddy bear Muhammad
|
| Dec.5 |
Sarkozy urges Betancourt release |
|
| Dec.6 |
Canoe man's sons fear 'huge scam' John Darwin, 57, was thought to have drowned at sea. His wife Anne had confessed to knowing her husband was alive
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| Dec.6 |
One killed by parcel bomb |
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| Dec.26 |
Court jails French aid staff |
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| Dec.28 |
French aid workers leave Chad |
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|
| 2007 |
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| Jan.1 |
Romania and Bulgaria join the EU | Huge celebrations have been held to mark the accession to the European Union, 17 years after the fall of Communism. Tens of thousands attended concerts in Bucharest and Sofia. EU now has 27 members and 0.5 billion people. The t... | |
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| Jan.7 |
Archbishop of Warsaw quits amid row
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| Jan.17 |
Bollywood fury at 'Big Brother' |
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| Jan.25 |
Lebanon wins $7.6B aid package |
|
| Jan.26 |
Nato 'to step up Afghan support' |
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| Feb.11 |
Portugal will legalize abortion |
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| Feb.22 |
Italian crisis talks as PM quits
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| Mar.9 |
EU agrees renewable energy target |
|
| Mar.26 |
Power deal marks 'new era'
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| Apr.4 |
Ahmadinejad frees UK sailors
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| Apr.5 |
Blair welcomes sailors from Iran |
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| Apr.6 |
UK sailors 'were in Iraqi waters' |
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| Apr.22 |
Sarkozy, Royal in presidential runoff
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| Apr.26 |
Estonia removes Soviet memorial Map of Tallinn Estonia The authorities have removed a contentious war memorial in Tallinn, despite overnight protests that left one person dead
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| May.2 |
Sarkozy, Royal spar in TV debate |
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| May.6 |
Nicolas Sarkozy wins presidential election He won a clear victory over Segolene Royal, gaining 53% of the vote. President-elect has called for unity after a bitterly-contested campaign
| European leaders congratulated Sarkozy and hoped his triumph would help unblock reforms stalled by the rejection of the EU constitution. Bush telephoned and said he expected good relations with Sarkozy
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| May.7 |
Queen attends White House dinner |
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| May.8 |
Power sharing begins |
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| May.10 |
Blair: My political journey is over |
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| May.16 |
Nicolas Sarkozy sworn in as new president
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| May.16 |
Prince Harry will not go to Iraq |
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| Jun.1 |
Video released of BBC's Johnston |
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| Jun.2 |
146 police hurt in G8 protest
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| Jun.6 |
Protesters clash with police at G8 |
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| Jun.6 |
Battles ahead as G8 summit begins |
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| Jun.7 |
G8 leaders 'agree climate deal'
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| Jun.8 |
G8 leaders pledge $60B for Africa
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| Jun.8 |
CIA jails in Europe 'confirmed' |
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| Jun.10 |
Bush ends Europe tour |
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| Jun.15 |
Rushdie knighted in honours list
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| Jun.17 |
Sarkozy's allies won majority in elections |
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| Jun.22 |
EU leaders agree on reform treaty The leaders in Brussels have reached agreement on an outline of new rules for the 27-member bloc after 2 days of tough negotiations
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| Jun.27 |
Brown: Let work of change begin Gordon Brown is the UK's new prime minister after replacing the outgoing Tony Blair, following an audience with Queen Elizabeth II
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| Jul.1 |
Hong Kong marks handover anniversary |
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| Jul.16 |
UK expels four Russian diplomats
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| Jul.22 |
Bus crash kills 26 Polish pilgrims |
|
| Jul.23 |
HIV medics released to Bulgaria 6 Bulgarian medics who were serving life sentences have been freed and are now on a plane to Bulgaria
|
| Jul.25 |
Sarkozy to boost EU-Libya links |
|
| Aug.30 |
Sharif names Pakistan return date |
|
| Sep.1 |
Bhutto announces Pakistan return |
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| Sep.16 |
PM claims election victory
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| Sep.16 |
France warning of war with Iran
|
| Sep.20 |
Sarkozy: Toughen Iran sanctions |
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| Oct.4 |
Bhutto upbeat over power-sharing |
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| Oct.6 |
Brown rules out autumn election |
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| Oct.18 |
EU leaders agree new treaty deal |
|
| Oct.19 |
Lab suspends DNA pioneer Watson |
|
| Oct.30 |
Saudi king's royal meet draws fire |
|
| Nov.7 |
Sarkozy applauded by US Congress |
|
| Nov.19 |
France braced for huge new strike |
|
| Nov.21 |
Talks fail to end strike |
|
| Nov.29 |
UK teacher jailed over teddy row Gillian Gibbons, 54, has been found guilty in of insulting religion after she allowed her primary school class to name a teddy bear Muhammad
|
| Nov.30 |
Protesters: Execute teacher |
|
| Dec.3 |
Sudan frees Briton in teddy row |
|
| Dec.5 |
Sarkozy urges Betancourt release |
|
| Dec.7 |
EU-Africa leaders opening summit |
|
| Dec.9 |
Time up for Kosovo status talks |
|
| Dec.13 |
EU leaders sign key reform treaty
|
| Dec.20 |
Ceremony marks extended EU border| A checkpoint between Austria and Slovakia has been dismantled in a ceremony marking the enlargement of the Schengen area | |
|
| Dec.25 |
Afghanistan expels top UN and EU officials One British, the other Irish based in Helmand province, had been holding meetings with different tribes and groups, including the Taliban
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