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  • Downed Spanair flight- Over 150 killed
    Switzerland News.Net
    The death toll from a passenger plane crash at Madrid's Barajas airport currently stands at 153, which may alter if any of the critically injured survivors dies.

  • Gary Glitter heads for Hong Kong
    The Independent
    Paedophile pop star Gary Glitter has left Bangkok on a flight to Hong Kong, Thai police said today. Glitter, who is travelling under his real name Paul Gadd, boarded a flight to Hong...

  • Missile raids increasing in Pakistan badlands
    Switzerland News.Net
    Missiles have been fired from Afghanistan into Pakistan, killing at least eight people.

  • Biden becomes popular front runner for Obama VP
    Switzerland News.Net
    In the US race for the president, Senator Joe Biden has emerged as the clear favorite among Democrats to be Barack Obama's running mate.

  • African refugee re-settlement stopped in US
    Switzerland News.Net
    African refugees to the US may find it harder to be admitted after DNA testing revealed many people were lying about having relatives in the country.

  • Rice tells Russia not to make threats
    Switzerland News.Net
    The United States and Poland have signed the US missile defence deal, much to the annoyance of Russia.

  • Captain Cook artefact to be auctioned
    Switzerland News.Net
    Christie's auction house in London will auction an Aboriginal boomerang collected by the explorer Captain James Cook.

  • Bodies of French soldiers arrive home
    The Australian
    THE plane carrying the bodies of 10 French soldiers killed in Afghanistan this week landed Wednesday at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport outside Paris, an AFP correspondent said.

  • Usain Bolt smashes 200 metres world record to win gold
    Switzerland News.Net
    Usain Bolt of Jamaica has smashed the world record in the 200 metres final on Wednesday, to take the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics.

  • More deadly car bombings plague Algeria
    Switzerland News.Net
    Two more deadly car bombings have rocked Algeria, killing at least 11 people according to state radio.

  • Rice signs missile defense deal with Poland
    New York Post
    Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Polish counterpart signed a deal Wednesday to build a U.S. missile defense base in Poland, an agreement that prompted an infuriated...

  • Bush lauds U.S. War on Terror
    Switzerland News.Net
    U.S. President George Bush has defended the U.S. war on terror and his administration's efforts to keep pressure on terrorists.

  • Obama to appear with running mate
    Switzerland News.Net
    Campaign officials for Barack Obama say his new running mate will join the Democratic hopeful onstage this coming weekend in Springfield, Illinois.

  • Russia scales down Georgia toll
    BBC
    Russia has issued new, reduced casualty figures for the Georgian conflict, with 133 civilians now listed as dead in the disputed region of South Ossetia. The figure is far lower than the 1,600...

  • Prisoner exchange takes place in Georgia
    Switzerland News.Net
    Russia and Georgia exchanged prisoners Tuesday as Russian troops slowly began pulling out of the conflict region in Georgia.

  • Still no agreement on Musharraf successor
    Switzerland News.Net
    The leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition have failed to agree on a consensus candidate to succeed Pervez Musharraf as president, to provide him indemnity and to work out the modalities of restoring the judges who were sacked after an emergency was declared last year.

  • Rumours that Musharraf might live in US
    Switzerland News.Net
    The United States says it will study any application for asylum by ex-Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf but has pointed out that no such bid had been made so far.

  • Zambian president dies in Paris
    Switzerland News.Net
    Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has died in the Percy Military Hospital in Paris after being hospitalised there for more than a month.

  • Australian police might have framed Indian doctor
    Switzerland News.Net
    Lawyers for Indian doctor,Mohamed Haneef, who was arrested in Australia on terrorism charges, which were later dropped, say he has been vindicated in a new enquiry which has criticised the methods of the Australian Federal Police.

  • NATO joins EU in condemning Algerian attack
    Switzerland News.Net
    NATO and the European Union have strongly condemned Tuesday's suicide bomb attack against a police academy in Algeria that left at least 43 people dead.

  • Another stolen Picasso found
    Switzerland News.Net
    A stolen 1933 painting by the legendary Spanish painter Pablo Picasso has been found abandoned in Sao Paulo by the Brazilian police.

  • Congress leaders charged over illegal construction
    Switzerland News.Net
    Two senior Congress leaders in India and three others have been charged by the Punjab vigilance department for the illegal construction of a building on government land in Amritsar city.

  • Labour will win election - Brown
    BBC
    Gordon Brown has left London for the Olympics declaring Labour will "go on and win" the next general election. The prime minister, flying to Beijing, dismissed Tory claims his party now had no...


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