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China and Taiwan have resumed regular direct flights between the two sides for the first time in nearly 60 years.
04/07/2008
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A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report has said France's laws for prosecuting terrorism suspects are too broad, with too many arrests based on minimal evidence and too many convictions based on circumstantial evidence.
02/07/2008
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Ingrid Betancourt, the French Colombian politician held hostage by Colombian Farc rebels for more than six years, has been rescued from captivity, Colombian officials have said.
02/07/2008
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France has taken over the European Union’s rotating presidency with Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, saying the EU needs profound changes following the setback over Ireland's rejection of a key reform treaty.
01/07/2008
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Firefighters have been battling a large forest fire threatening the Greek capital, Athens, after fierce winds and high temperatures rapidly spread the blaze across a nearby mountain.
26/06/2008
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According to US and South Korean intelligence, North Korea's nuclear program dates back to at least the 1980s, and is centred at the Yongbyon plant, about 100 km north of Pyongyang.
26/06/2008
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At least six people including two US government officials have been killed in a bomb attack in Baghdad.
24/06/2008
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China's motorists are facing higher costs at fuel pumps after the government raised petrol and diesel prices by up to 18 per cent.
20/06/2008
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Roger Federer, world number one, will have to get past world number three Novak Djokovic before a possible Wimbledon final showdown with his arch rival Rafael Nadal in London.
20/06/2008
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A mayor who helped negotiate the release of an abducted TV news presenter and her colleagues from an armed group in the Philippines has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping.
19/06/2008
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Workers in France have gone on strike in protest against changes to the pension system and the 35-hour working week.
17/06/2008
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France is weighing a number of changes to the country's military, including reducing the size of the armed forces, strengthening intelligence and setting a course for its return to Nato command.
17/06/2008
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Tens of thousands of survivors from last month's deadly earthquake in southern China have been evacuated as heavy rains threaten to bring floods to already devastated areas.
16/06/2008
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Several cities in the US state of Iowa have been deluged by floodwater in the wake of three weeks of severe weather, forcing residents to flee their homes.
15/06/2008
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Colombia's president has said that a member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) has offered to release Ingrid Betancourt, the group's most high-profile hostage.
14/06/2008
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