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Organised crime ravages the Balkans
Posted on February 5, 2010
The trial began in Croatia this week of four men accused of carrying out an audacious and brutal murder that shocked this Balkan nation. Ivo Pukanic, owner of the weekly Nacional newspaper, was killed, along with a colleague, by a powerful bomb in October 2008.
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    • MPs' expenses: David Chaytor, Elliot Morley, Jim Devine and Lord Hanningfield charged with false accounting
    Posted on February 5, 2010
    Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, announced live on television today his decision to prosecute Elliot Morley, David Chaytor and Jim Devine, the Labour MPs, and Lord Hanningfield, the Tory peer.
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    Taliban Reject "Deal" With West
    Posted on February 5, 2010
    KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban have said they will not enter into any "deal" with the Afghan government or the West to bring peace to Afghanistan, and their fighters will continue to die to achieve a victory they say is around the corner.
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    • Today's Comments
    Posted on February 5, 2010
    Andrew Grice: Stench that will linger long after stables are swept
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    • The Sports Report
    Posted on February 5, 2010
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    • Good day to bury bad news? Government admits spending on quangos jumps by 25 per cent
    Posted on February 5, 2010
    A report revealed that spending on quangos, controversial arms-length public bodies which control huge swathes of spending on areas like health and education, increased by a quarter over the last three years, from £37billion to £46.5billion.
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    Close vote expected in Ukraine elections on Sunday
    Posted on February 5, 2010
    It is the last day of campaigning before Ukraine votes for a new president to replace Viktor Yushenko, the man who led the Orange Revolution five years ago.
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    • Middle East review
    Posted on February 5, 2010
    Saudi couple forced to divorce can stay married
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    • Tea Party movement reaches boiling point at first convention hits trouble
    Posted on February 5, 2010
    Sarah Palin's $100,000 speaking fee angers right-wing rank and file
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    • Fears of 'Lehman-style' tsunami as crisis hits Spain and Portugal
    Posted on February 5, 2010
    The Greek debt crisis has spread to Spain and Portugal in a dangerous escalation as global markets test whether Europe is willing to shore up monetary union with muscle rather than mere words.
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    Database for out-of-hours GPs after death
    Posted on February 5, 2010
    Doctors applying to work as weekend and evening cover for GPs will be put on a national database that will highlight all alerts over their competence, the Government said yesterday.
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    Northern Ireland: midnight deal rescues power-sharing
    Posted on February 5, 2010
    The British and Irish premiers will travel to Northern Ireland today to formally announce details of the deal to save the region's power-sharing government.
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    Haiti Charges Americans With Child Abduction
    Posted on February 5, 2010
    PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Ten Americans who tried to take 33 Haitian children out of the country last week without the government’s consent have been charged with child abduction and criminal conspiracy, as Haitian officials sought to reassert judicial control after the Jan. 12 earthquake.
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