National & World News Archive January 2006
Coretta King, First Lady of Civil Rights, Dies
Ambassador Defends Diplomat in Spying Row
Sayonara, Tokyo. Oslo Ends City's 14-year Run As World's Most Expensive Place
Danish Paper Sorry for Muhammad Cartoons
After 100 Days of Struggle, Fresh Hope for Survivors
Parliament Confirms New Kuwaiti Emir
Moscow Draws Uk Ambassador Into Ngos Spy Furore
Hopes Grow for Kember's Freedom
Gas Problems Worsen As Big Freeze Arrives in Southern Europe
Was Perfect Family Victim of Vendetta?
Celebratory Firestorm Welcomes Year of the Dog
Legal Row Taints Special Day for Onassis Heiress Athina
UN Prepares to Send Peace-keeping Force to Darfur
Traffic Lights Signal Return to Order in Liberia
US Frees Five Women, But Denies Deal With Journalist's Kidnappers
Burgeoning Problems Divide Davos Delegates
MPs Vote to Condemn 'evils of Communism'
US Military Stretched to Breaking Point
Kuwaiti Mps Declare Emir Unfit for Office
European Governments 'knew Of' Cia Flights
UK Support for Rights Groups Raises Suspicion in Kremlin
Innocent Dna Frees Man After 24 Years
'I Have a Dream' Becomes Castro's Nightmare in Cultural War With Us
Building Collapse Kills 11 in Nairobi
The Cold War is Over, But Rock in a Park Suggests the Spying Game Still Thrives
'Year of Targeting and Tragedy' Claims 150 Journalists
Moscow Names British 'spies' in Ngo Row
Voice From the Cave and a Cosy Knit
Parish Unites to Back Priest and Teacher's Love Affair
Kuwaiti Paper Calls for Ruler to Step Down
From Savior to Victim - the Extraordinary Life and Death of Ramón Baglietto
Conservatives Head Towards Victory in Canadian Election
Straw Denies Cover-up of Rendition Flights
Chechnya Cracks Down on Drink
Anti-royal Activists in Nepal Held Before Rally
US Denies Prisoner Release Plan
PW Botha Interview Triggers Censorship Row
Cold Snap Blamed As Gazprom Cuts Gas Supplies to Europe
Rightwing Group Offers Students $100 to Spy on Professors
California Executes Clarence Ray Allen, 76
Hitchens Joins Authors Seeking Us Wiretapping Ban
Body Found at Florida Home of Conrad Black
Kuwait Mourns After Emir Dies
Forgotten Generation Puts Uneasy Peace at Risk
The Week: L'amour, Coffee and Tea for Two
Chechen Leader Backs Polygamy
US and Europe Threaten Tehran With Sanctions
Blind and Frail Killer, 75, to Get Lethal Injection
Nun Who Brings Comfort to Condemned Says Unease at Punishment is Growing
New Orleans Residents Given Four Months to Revive Neighbourhoods
Kidnapped Reporter Ambushed By Gunmen
Chicken Cull Fails to Stem Town's Panic
Bombs, Bullets and Helicopter Crash Kill 17
Colleagues Force Delay to Relinquish Grip on Leadership of House
Doctors Prepare to Bring Sharon Out of Coma
US 'missed Signs of Rebellion'
Capitol Hill's Dirty Secrets Laid Bare in Lobby Scandal
Scandal of Force-fed Prisoners
€3m Urinal Survives Art Attack
Chris Mcgreal: The Great Deceiver Leaves Successor Daunting Legacy
More Women Win Vote in Kuwait
Hotel Collapse in Mecca Leaves at Least 18 Pilgrims Dead
Dying Miners Left Behind Notes to Reassure Grieving Relatives
Reform or Perish: Marxist State's Sunrise Tinges Red Rupee Pink
It Was a Mistake, Families Told, After Hailing News of Miners' Survival
EU Rethinks Gas Suppliers
2005 a Deadly Year for Journalists
12 Trapped Miners Found Alive
Intelligence Report Claims Nuclear Market Thriving
Number of Media Workers Killed is Highest for 10 Years
Gonzo Gazette in Woody Creek
British Backpacker Heard Screaming on Phone
Rescuers 'discouraged' in Search for Us Miners
Eleven Killed, Dozens Injured and 20 Trapped As Roof of Ice Rink Collapses in Heavy Snowfall
Mitterrand Tops Presidential Poll
Two Britons Killed in Skydiver Plane Crash
UN Wants to Question Assad in Hariri Inquiry
Miles From Moscow, No 4 Pushkin St Cares Less About Democracy Than Paying the Bills
Two Climbers and Two Skiers Killed in Alps
Zapatistas' Marcos Quits Armed Struggle for Peaceful Campaign
Crowds Turfed Out of Central Park
The Slow Road to Sanctions
Bomb Threat to Repentant Danish Paper
Tigers Threaten to Pull Out of Peace Talks
British Troops to Stay in Afghanistan Until at Least 2010
Iran Nuclear Crisis Sent to Security Council
Call to Reprieve Mentally Ill Death Row Inmates
Madrid Suspect's Lawyer Goes Missing
100th British Military Death in Iraq
Afghan Donors Conference Opens
Iran Papers Reveal 'uranium Warhead Instructions'
Bush Speech Aims to Salvage Faltering Legacy
Iraqi Insurgents Kill British Soldier in Multinational Patrol
Kenya Condemned Over £7m Vehicle Fleet
Police Move in on Japanese Homeless
The Children Struggling to Survive
Zapatero's Smoke-filled Room Causes a Stink
Number of People Killed in Disasters Falling
$60m Grant for Nepal Under Fire
Cattle Drug Blamed As India's Vultures Near Extinction
Europeans Reject Iran Move to Deflect Nuclear Row
US Urges Arab States to Fund Palestinians After Hamas Victory
Abbas Urges Continued Aid to Palestinians
Saddam to Boycott Trial
EU Diplomats Seek Iran Nuclear Solution
German Ad Boss Apologises to Bloggers
EU Pressures Hamas on Israeli Resolution
TV Anchorman Seriously Injured
Israel's Shooting of Young Girl Highlights International Hypocrisy, Say Palestinians
Islamic Protesters Fail to Disrupt Mixed Marathon
Georgian Leaders Turn Up the Heat on Russia As Gas Supplies Are Restored After Freezing Week
Poles Call Off Search for Survivors After Roof Collapse Claims 66 Lives
Jakarta Struggles With the Politics of Pornography As Playboy Comes to Town
Abbas to Resign If Hamas Fails to Work With Foreign Powers
Judge Orders Saddam Ejected From Court
Iran Warns of Missile Strike
Russia 'seizes British Fake Rock Spies'
Chinese Lawyer Hits Out at Regime
How the Us Fell Out of Love With Its Cars
US Threat to Hamas Over $400m Aid
Israeli Politicians Rush to Condemn Hamas Win
Gates Pledges $900m to Fight Against Tb
Moscow Asks Court to Close Civil Rights Group
New Orleans May Lose 80% of Its Black People, Says Katrina Study
Death Row Blogger Describes Last Days of Condemned Man
By Day, There is a Quiet Menace, By Night, the Shootings Begin
Hamas to Be Invited to Form Government
Gates Triples Tb Pledge to $900m
Briton in Court Over Fatal Table Mountain Fire
Bush Demands Renunciation of Violence and Recognition of Israel
Euphoria Turns to Shock As Palestinians Ask 'what Now?'
Cold Snap Claims 181 Lives and Hospitalises 3,000
EU Inquiry May Call Cheney
Bird Flu 'could Be 21st-century Black Death'
Female Wrestler Arrested for Serial Killings of Elderly Women
Nightmare of Pol Pot's Terror Haunts a Widow in a Paris Suburb
Independence Leader Rugova Given Hero's Funeral in Kosovo
Hamas Faces Unexpected Challenge: How to Deal With Power
Germany Agonises Over 30% Childless Women
Hamas Shock Victory Poses New Middle East Challenge
Briton 'not a Suspect' in Us Murders
Boycotts Self-defeating, Israel Conference Told
Hamas Celebrates Election Victory
UK to Deploy 4,150 Extra Troops to Afghanistan
US to Release Iraqi Women
Palestinian Pm and Cabinet Resign
HIV/Aids Epidemic Less Severe Than Feared
Watchdog Hails Libya's Human Rights Progress
Germany's Oaks 'could Die Out'
Clumsy British Spies Are Better Than Crafty Ones, Says Putin
Kenya Gets $25m Loan From World Bank Despite Corruption Row
China Cracks Down on Critical Publication
Munich: Mossad Breaks Cover
We Would Share Power, Says Exiled Leader of Syrian Islamist Group
White House 'stonewalling Katrina Response Inquiry'
Hamas Makes Gains Against Fatah, But Fails to Win Power
Reid to Announce New British Troops for Afghanistan
Palestinians Go to the Polls
Manhunt for Briton After Double Murder
Meanwhile, Company Remains at Loggerheads With Us Government
German Engineers Taken Hostage on Way to Work
Mexico to Give Migrants Maps of Border Desert
Khodorkovsky Put in Solitary Confinement for Rules Breach
Russian Mps Briefed on British Spy Ring Allegations
Canada Returns to Right After 12 Years
Bombs Kill Eight in City Due to Host Iranian Leader
US Accused of Using Gangster Tactics Over Terror Suspects
Backlash As Google Shores Up Great Firewall of China
Surge in Support for Hamas As Voters Prepare to Reject Fatah at Polls
Britain 'ordered Torture of 9/11 Suspect'
Montenegro Mourns Worst Rail Disaster
Russia Reopens Gas Row By Accusing Ukraine of Syphoning Eu Supply
UK Support for Human Rights Groups Adds to Tensions
Cold Snap Reaches Germany, With Bavaria at -33c
Halliburton Accused Over Iraq Water Supplies
Sudan May Be Forced to Quit Bid to Chair African Union
Rivals Demand Early Election in Kenya
Saudis Pledge to Increase Crude Supply As Price Nears All-time High
Bush Commits Us to Defence of Israel in Face of Iran Threat
Fatah Struggles With Tainted Image
UK Ranked Fifth Best in World Green List
Blair Evades Questions Over British 'spy Ring'
Benn to Attack Un Over Disaster Response
US Navy Catches Suspected Pirates Off Somalia Coast
Turkey Draws Back From Prosecuting Outspoken Novelist
Kenyan Ministers 'admitted Plotting to Steal Millions'
Kosovo Mourns Independence Hero
Georgian Leader Attacks Russia After Gas Blasts
Activists Take Campaign to Top Judge's Elegant Domain
US Officer Guilty of Killing Iraqi General During Questioning
Thousands Throng Streets As Bolivian Leader Sheds Tears But Talks Tough at Inauguration
Lawless in Gaza: Leaders Try to End Chaos By Taking Guns Off the Street
UN Can't Cope With Major Crises - Benn
Right's Poll Victory Set to Redraw Map of Canada
Israel on Alert As Hamas Leads Poll
Tokyo Stock Exchange Acts to Avoid New Debacle
Google Defies White House Over Disclosing Users' Searches
Nice Sweater. Here's One Just Like It. Only £4.40
Land Seizures Threaten Social Stability, Warns China's Leader
Fears for Nigerian Hostages As Captors Warn of Fresh Oil Attacks
Christ Resurrected As Black Revolutionary
Concerns Grow in Ireland Over Use of Shannon Airport As Us Military Stopover
Shia Majority Cut in Iraqi Poll As Negotiations Begin for New Pm
Iran Shifts Billions From Banks in Europe Amid Fears of Un Sanctions
Nigeria Told Not to Use Force to Free Oil Workers
Google Refuses White House Search Request
Shia Alliance Wins Iraq Elections
Anti-rally Curfew Shuts Down Kathmandu
US Consumers Sue Over Children's Ads
22 Injured in Tel Aviv Suicide Bombing
Ex-Deutsche Boss Faces Insider Trade Claim
Chirac Prepared to Use Nuclear Strike Against Terror States
60 Migrants Feared Drowned Fleeing From Zimbabwe
Rice Reveals Shake-up in Us Diplomacy
Drug Firms Could 'destroy Effect of Malaria Pills'
Italy Says It Will Pull Last of Troops Out of Iraq By End of Year
New-look Hamas Spends £100k on an Image Makeover
Top Ministers Face Inquiry Into Corruption Allegations in Kenya
Bin Laden Talks of Truce But Threatens Us With New Attacks
Excerpts From the 'bin Laden' Audio Tape
'Bin Laden' Tape Threatens New Attacks on Us
Ahmadinejad Visits Syria
15 Injured in Tel Aviv Suicide Bombing
Suicide Bomber Hits Central Tel Aviv
Indonesia Confirms 14th Bird Flu Death
Iraqi Official Calls for Release of Women Prisoners
Saddam Judge in Ba'athist Row
The Pirate Attacks That Threaten the Lives of Somalia's Poor
Victims of False Paedophilia Case Tell French Mps of Ruined Lives
UK Accused of Complicity in Torture
Judges Hand Death Penalty to Student's Murderers
Britain Stages Un Summit in Attempt to Speed Up Reconstruction of Afghanistan
Conrad Black Drops Libel Suit Against Author
Pair Face Death Penalty Over Student's Murder
Kidnappers Threaten to Kill Us Hostage
British Troops May Face Suicide Bombers in Afghan Deployment
Official Us Agency Paints Dire Picture of 'out-of-control' Iraq
Iraq Accuses Tehran of Seizing Coastguards
Katrina Showed God Was Mad at America, Says New Orleans Mayor
Russia in Grip of New Cold War
Supreme Court Blow to Bush Over Assisted Suicide
Chinese Police Accused of Killing Teenager
UK Pledges Millions to Kenya
Hamas Swaps Bullets for Ballots in Attempt to Sweep Away Old Guard
Russia Urges Caution As Lobbying Begins on Iran's Nuclear Ambition
Countries Urged to Give Millions in Bird Flu Fight
Blind Killer, 76, Executed
Former President Ford Admitted to Hospital
Gore Launches Bruising Attack on Bush Over Wiretapping
Al-Jazeera Asks to See Bush 'bombing' Transcript
Chechen Leader Hones His Image With a Pet Tiger
Guardian Wins French Libel Case
Merkel Challenges Putin on Human Rights
Japan to Tell Its Workers: Take Time Off - for the Sake of the Nation
French Grandees Face the Unthinkable: a Female in Charge
Iran Crisis Talks Expose West's Split With China
EU Wants Iran Emergency Meeting
Reuters Journalists Freed in Iraq
20 Dead in Kandahar Suicide Bombing
UN Urges Bird Flu Vigilance in Middle East
Olmert to Lead Kadima Into Elections
Pressure on Saddam Judge to Stay in Job
Pakistanis Vent Fury Over Us Attack
Iran Issues Stark Warning on Oil Price
Tehran Faces Backlash Over Conference to Question Holocaust
Obituary: The Emir of Kuwait
Spanish Police Reveal Record Cocaine Seizures
Money to Burn: How a Court Case Could Halve the Price of Cuban Cigars
African Union Under Pressure Over Sudan
Palestinians Allowed to Vote in East Jerusalem, But Israel Bars Hamas From Election
Americans Save British Hostage No One Knew Was Missing
Turkey to Test Thousands in Bid to Contain Bird Flu Outbreak
Palestinians at War As Blood Feuds Follow Israeli Pullout
West is in Dark Ages, Says Iran's President
The Drone, the Cia and a Botched Attempt to Kill Bin Laden's Deputy
Sharon Fails to Show Signs of Emerging From Coma
Turkey Tests for Fourth Bird Flu Child Victim
US Tries to Stop Arms Sale to Venezuela
Merkel Mends Fences in Washington
Art of the Inquisition's Victims Revealed in Sicily
Spain's Old Guard Defiant As General Sacked
Fishermen Await Fate After Lightning Trial
China's New Rich Learn to Flaunt It
Iran Increases Tension With Threat to Block Inspections By Un Watchdog
Bush: Iran Referral is Logical
Iran Threatens to End Un Cooperation
Evangelist Says Sorry for Comments on Sharon
Israel Could Launch Air Strikes If Talks Fail
Russian Orphanages Spending Less Than a Penny a Day on Each Child
Kim-spotters Hunt Elusive Leader
MEPs to Study Cia Jails Claim
Sarkozy Sets Reform Agenda for Presidential Bid
Doctors Spot Mutation in Sample of Bird Flu Virus From Turkey
Clinton Strikes Deal for Cheaper Aids Drugs and Fast Hiv Tests
Turk Who Shot Pope Freed From Jail
Thai Fishermen Admit Killing Welsh Backpacker
Syria May Aid Un Inquiry Into Hariri Murder
A History of Hajj Tragedies
US Calls on Un to Consider Iran's 'dangerous Defiance'
Negotiations With Iran at 'a Dead End', Says Straw
Hundreds Killed in Hajj Stampede
Thai Men Plead Guilty to Briton's Rape and Murder
110 Reported Dead in Hajj Stampede
At Least 50 Dead in Hajj Stampede
Straw Says Un Referral 'probable' in Nuclear Row
Likud Ministers Defy Resignation Order
Sarkozy Wins Back His Wife - and His Chance of Presidency
More Prudence, European Commissioner Tells Gordon Brown As Uk Breaches Deficit
Blair: Iran Sanctions Possible Over Nuclear Activity
Town's Males Could Be Forced to Carry Condoms
Thai Fishermen in Court Over Backpacker Murder
Private Sector Will Defeat Climate Change, Us Tells Anti-kyoto Summit
Pat Robertson Christian Centre Deal Abandoned
Minister May Face Trial on Secret Funding Charge
Bush's Would-be Assassin Begins Life Term
Warning of Bird Flu Epidemic in Turkey
Hamas Drops Call for Destruction of Israel From Manifesto
US Army in Iraq Institutionally Racist, Claims British Officer
Confusion on the Streets, Solidarity in the Regime As Iran Chooses Brinkmanship
500 Detainees at Guantánamo Four Years on
Trial of Thai Murder Suspects to Be Speeded Up
Poor Hygiene Blamed After Tests Reveal 77 People in Japan Infected With H5n2
Ukraine Mps Vote to Sack Cabinet Over Gas Deal With Russia
US Pressure Forces Israel to Relent and Allow Jerusalem's Palestinians a Vote in Election
EU Court Rules That Airlines Must Compensate Stranded Passengers
Iran Risks International Confrontation By Restarting Nuclear Fuel Operations
Ukraine Mps Vote to Sack Cabinet Over 'gas War' Deal
Row Over Mussolini's Nazi Army Opens Old Wounds
Fishermen Accused of Backpacker's Murder in Court Today
Court to Hear Genocide Case Against China
Israel Bows to Us Pressure and Allows Palestinian Ballot in East Jerusalem
Dry Feet Fail to Keep Cubans in Florida
US Warns Iran As Nuclear Row Escalates
Outcry at Iran's Resumption of Nuclear Research
New Turkish Bird Flu Infection Confirmed
Israel to Allow Palestinians in Jerusalem to Vote
Hidden Victims Highlight Ease of Transmission
Hamas Will Profit As Arabs Reject Cautious Leadership
Cheney Taken to Hospital With Breathing Problems
Charity: New Cultural Revolution
Murder Trial Tests Yushchenko's Ukraine
Ex-soldier Guilty of Murdering Tourists in Rwanda
Impeach Blair on Iraq, Says General
Sharon Shows Some Brain Activity But Remains Unconscious
Bombers Bypass Security to Kill 28 at Police Ceremony
New Yorkers in Grip of Diabetes Epidemic
EU Constitution in Line for Makeover to Woo French
Thai Fishermen Killed Backpacker, Say Police
Bird Flu Fears Grow As Human Cases Spread Westwards Across Turkey
Sharon Shows Signs of Brain Activity
Iran to Resume Nuclear Fuel Research
Dick Cheney Rushed to Hospital
Turkey Reports Five New Bird Flu Cases
Sharon Breathing Independently, Doctors Say
10 Million Girl Foetuses Aborted in India
Mbeki Unveils £37bn Spending Plan for Poor
Austria Tries to Revive European Constitution
Clinic Struggles to Cope With Army of the Ill
Spanish Army Chief Arrested After Threatening Uprising
Peacekeeping Chief in Haiti Found Dead Near Hotel Suite
Three Treated for Bird Flu in Turkish Capital
Heartbreak, Houses and Heineken
Turkish Deaths Raise Bird Flu Fears
Israel Agonises Over Life After Stricken Sharon
Turkish Bird Flu Victims 'were Playing With Chicken Heads'
Iraq War Could Cost Us Over $2 Trillion, Says Nobel Prize-winning Economist
Polls Show New Party Could Still Win Without Its Founder
Aids in Africa: the Lake Where Locals Say It's Easier to Catch Hiv Than Fish
Murder Fuels Japan's Hostility to Us Navy Presence
Last Member of China's Gang of Four Dies at 74
Martha Stewart Fails in Appeal Against Conviction
'Russia's Curse' Casts Pall Over Orthodox Holiday
Concern As Third Child From Turkish Family Dies of Bird Flu
Iraq War 'could Cost Us Over $2 Trillion'
Sharon's Chances of Survival Slim, Say Doctors
Sharon Has Second Operation
Italian Hostages in Yemen Released
Sharon Undergoes More Surgery
Few Tears - and Precious Little Joy
Private Property Rights Campaigner Jailed in China
Ex-PM to Challenge Gas Price Deal With Russia
US Ambassador Escapes Taliban Suicide Bomb
Bird Flu Confirmed As Killer of Two Teenagers in Turkey
130 Iraqis and Seven Us Soldiers Die in One of Iraq's Worst Days
Praise for 'great Leader' is Mixed With Concern for Future
Iran Scuppers Deal With West on Uranium Tests
End of an Era for Israeli Politics
Rescuers Find Body of 15th Ice Rink Victim
'A Sudden, Terrible Lack of Certainty'
Sharon: the Possible Successors
More Than 100 Killed in Iraq Violence
Mecca Hotel Collapse Kills Hajj Pilgrims
Iraq Suicide Bombers Kill 80
Turkish Family Suffers Second Bird Flu Death
Bomber Kills More Than 40 Near Iraq Shrine
Sharon's Condition Critical After Surgery
Clandestine Nuclear Deals Traced to Sudan
Thai Police Admit Problems in Hunt for Holiday Student's Killer
Hospital Drama Casts Huge Shadow Over Sharon's Drive to Israel's Centre Ground
US Blunder Aided Iran's Atomic Aims, Book Claims
Suicide Attack at Iraqi Funeral Kills 36, Wounds 40
Vietnam War 'deserter' Charged
Russia and Ukraine Hail Gas Deal
Two Egyptian Soldiers Killed After Palestinians Breach Border Wall With Bulldozer
British Couple Murdered in Spain
Europe's Leaders Look North, But Has Sweden Really Got the Best of Both Worlds?
Headteacher Decapitated By Taliban
Eight Killed, 90 Missing After Massive Landslide
EU Challenges Vatican's Draft Abortion Treaty
Past Finally Catches Up With Bank Robber Turned Psychotherapist
Dubai in Mourning After Emir, 62, Dies in Australian Hotel
Dead Turkish Boy Had Bird Flu, Minister Says
Israel Plunged Into Crisis As Sharon Suffers Massive Stroke
Landslide Buries Village on Flood-hit Java
Two More Confirmed Dead in Ice Rink Collapse
China Frees Jailed Reporter
Australian Police Name Plane Crash Victims
Anger As Mine Rescue Hopes Are Dashed
Anger As Hopes for Trapped Miners Dashed
One Us Miner Reported Alive
Violence After Arrest of Gaza Kidnap Suspect
Secret Services Say Iran is Trying to Assemble a Nuclear Missile
Tehran Ends Freeze on Nuclear Fuel Research
Doctors Who Put Lives Before Profits
Survivors Flee After 63 Die in Floods and Landslides
Out of This World: Nasa Funds Revolutionary Ideas
US Warplane Used to Target Iraqi Family Home
Plans for Holy Land Theme Park on Galilee Shore Where Jesus Fed the 5,000
Eleven Dead, Four Missing in Ice Rink Collapse
Hopes Fade for Trapped Miners As Air Quality Falls
African Leaders Break Silence Over Mugabe's Human Rights Abuses
Likud Ministers Ordered to Quit Israeli Government
Robot to Help Rescue Trapped Miners
Russia Restores Full Eu Gas Supplies
Thai Police Investigate British Backpacker's Death
Explosion in Us Coal Mine Leaves 13 Trapped
Student on Thai Backpacking Trip Found Dead After Phoning Home
Bush Pulls the Plug on Iraq Reconstruction
British Backpacker's Body Found in Sea Off Thai Resort
Price of Failure in the Post-soviet Consensus
Judge Frees Uganda's Main Opposition Leader
Statue's Restorers Hope to Repair Greco-italian Rift
Clamour for Reform Drowned Out By a Tide of Patriotism
Iraq Suicide Bomber Kills Seven
Russian Gas Row Reignites Nuclear Debate
Cambodia Arrests Human Rights Activists in Blow to Democracy
Italian Peace Activist Freed After Abduction in Gaza
Russia Turns Off Supplies to Ukraine in Payment Row, and Eu Feels the Chill
Killer Admits to 'solved' Murders
Front Page Story: Chicago's City News Office is Shut
Farm Boy's Death Raises Fears of Human Bird Flu in Turkey
Syria Accuses Former Vice-president of Treason for Hariri Claim
Free Treatment is the Key to Survival
Australia Battles Wildfires As New Year Brings Record Heatwave
French Accused of Pacific Nuclear Cover-up
Kidnap Briton to Go on Working for Palestinians
Fresh Rise in Gas Bills Feared As Ukraine Rejects Putin Deal