National & World News Archive February 2007
Afrikaans Singer Stirs Up Controversy With War Song
Saving St Lucia: Uk Supermarket Sweeps Up 100m Bananas
Flemish Couples Don't Want to Be Wed By Wouter
Eight Accused of Equatorial Guinea Coup Plot Walk Free
UK Not Part of Anti-missile Defence Plans, Us Says
Royal Calls on Heavyweights to Boost Campaign
Downing Street Confirms Talks With Us on 'son of Star Wars'
Pentagon Abandons 700-tonne Bomb Test
Old-style Nation Struggles to Keep Up With the Neighbours
Insurgents Use Chlorine in Deadly Bombings
Army Commanders Wanted Bigger and Faster Troop Pullout
Mission 60% Accomplished or Cut and Run? Opinion Divided Over British Exit
Renault Plant to Be Investigated After Suicide of Three Workers
Prodi Stands Down After Surprise Defeat in Senate Over Us Alliance
Providing a Place of Sanctuary and Solace for the Faithful on the Frontline
Royal Faces the Nation in Effort to Put Campaign Back on Course
Wedding Row: Backlash Against Flanders Racists
Virtual War Helps Us Soldiers Deal With Trauma
Zambesi Flood Makes 285,000 Homeless
I Use Eye Drops to Hide the Tears, the American Officer Said
Royal Hopes to Undo Mother of Bad Weeks With Tv Triumph
How Six-mile Trek for Grain Became a Stroll to the Cashpoint
Britain Backs Revolutionary Aid Experiment
Profiles of Young Shooting Victims
The State of European Childhood
Peacekeepers Poised for New Mission in Chad
Drug Company Tries to Block Generic Rival
Met Inquiry Into Galloway Recommended
In the Footsteps of Smugglers and Guerrillas, Runaway Lovers Seek New Life
Two Shooting Sprees in Us Claim 10 Lives
RAF Destroys Hercules After Desert Crash
Royal Cast As 'mother of Nation'
Three Die As Plane Crashes in Alps
Turkmenistan Votes to Replace Dictator
Gates Defends European Missile Shield
From Shy Essex Boy to the Sex God of Manhattan
Return of the American Bandit
Plan to Bring Down Britain From Inside a Concentration Camp
Landlord of 11,000 Flats Employs Spy to Evict Low-rent Tenants
Why Czechs and Poles Are Banking on America
Washington Poised for Climbdown As Korea Nuclear Talks Near Deal
Moscow Shows How to Cope With Snow
Five Errors That Turned an Air Strike Into a Disaster
Old Technology, Poor Training and Drug Use Raise Concerns
'Matty Died for No Reason Except for Two American Pilots Cowboying in the Sky'
Hope That Tape May Change the Way America Fights
British Took Part in Friendly Fire Inquiry Which Cleared Us Pilots
Man Charged With Boys' Kidnap
Insurgents May Have New Anti-aircraft Weapon
MoD Condemned Over Matty Hull 'friendly Fire' Tape
He's Walking in Gandhi's Footsteps in His Own Way. There Isn't Any Personal Ambition About Him
Watchdog Attacks Us Swoop for Bank Secrets
Doctor Spots Mp's Tumour on Television
Iran Gives Cautious Nod to Iraq Talks
Military Chiefs Give Us Six Months to Win Iraq War
Fidel Makes Star Turn on the Hugo Show
Israeli Group Calls for Increased Rights for Arabs
Safety Fears Force Save the Children to Pull Out of Iraq
Nigerian Vice-president Faces Corruption Charges
Israeli Officers Kill Islamic Jihad Leaders
Italy's Senators Vote to Give Prodi Government Another Chance
Prodi Wins Senate Confidence Vote
US Praised for Diplomacy Ahead of Summit
Lack of Security Forces Out Save the Children
Appeal Over Baby Named Jihad
Call for More Rights for Arab Minority in Israel
Historians Shocked As Kremlin Razes Red Square Buildings
New York Council to Ban Use of the N-word
'The American' Pledges Not to Submit to Us
Zimbabwe is Broke and Hungry, Admits Bank Chief
US Commanders Admit: We Face a Vietnam-style Collapse
Lethal Blast Misses Cheney at Us Afghan Base Bagram
Japanese Mp Says Japan Could Become Chinese Province
Military Cast Doubt on Report of 18 Teenagers Killed By Bomb
South Korean Pupils to Get Bodyguards
Israel Barrier: Negev Desert Nomads Must Move Again
Mississippi Jury Refuses to Indict for Civil Rights Era Murder
Suicide Bomb Hits Us Afghan Base During Cheney Visit
UN Agency Accused of Impeding Hiv Fight
US Invites Iran and Syria to Talks on Iraq in Reversal of Bush Policy
Ambassadors Hurt in Tamil Tiger Attack
Serbia Cleared of Genocide
Japanese Pm's Popularity Hit By Ministerial Gaffes
Polygamist Family Haunts White House Hopeful
Russian Women Tourists Shot Dead on Beach in Thailand
Brother and Sister Fight Germany's Incest Laws
Pakistan Gets Us Message to Crack Down on Taliban
Terror Fears As French Men Shot Dead in Saudi Arabia
Britain Switches Tactics to Undermine the Taliban
Ahmadinejad Under Fire in Iran for Hardline Nuclear Stance
Serbia Condemned for Srebrenica Despite Acquittal on Genocide Charge
Iran Declares Nuclear Programme Irreversible
Drink! Footy! Girls! It's the Father Ted Fest
Serbia Awaits Genocide Verdict From Un Court
Radical Shia Cleric Withdraws Backing for Iraq Security Drive
Baby Bonus Plan Prompts Rise in Abortion Inquiries
After 400 Years, Virginia Issues Official Apology for Slavery
US Accused of Drawing Up Plan to Bomb Iran
Harry Must Learn How to Read Iraq's Deadly Roads
Foreign Investors Snapping Up Property and Art Triggers Much Arm-waving From the French
History Laid to Rest As Dublin Welcomes Old Enemy
Iran Calls for Talks Before New Sanctions
Mugabe Feasts - As His People Starve and His Party Plots
Government Confirms Extra British Troops for Afghanistan
Security Council to Discuss Iran Sanctions
Bush Breathes New Life Into Reagan's Dream
French Presidential Candidates Divided Over Race Census
Iranian Mps Enraged Over Test Accused of Mocking Muhammad
Blair Lobbies for Uk to Be Launching Pad for Defence System
Israelis and Palestinians Unite in Protest at Barrier
Britain Supports Call for Ban on Cluster Bombs
US Soldier Sentenced to 100 Years for Iraq Rape and Murder
Egyptian Blogger Jailed for Insulting Islam
US Fears New Stage in Insurgency After Chemical Blasts
US Iran Intelligence 'is Incorrect'
Bangladesh: Nobel Winner Starts Political Party to Tackle Corruption
Prosecutors to Use 'fingerprint' to Show Origin of Stolen Gold
Bush Could Back Zambia in Battle Against Vulture Fund
Occupied Gaza Like Apartheid South Africa, Says Un Report
Straw Promises Inquiry But Blair 'proud' of War
No Special Favours As Prince Gets His Iraq Orders
Iraqi Security Forces Face New Sex Assault Allegations
Eubank Arrested After Whitehall Protest Over Prince's Deployment
Germany Plans New Eu-wide History Book
Anti-wall Protests Hit Second Anniversary
Paving Arizona
Crisis Talks With Italy's Rival Parties Produce No End to Deadlock
US Intelligence on Iran Does Not Stand Up, Say Vienna Sources
Crisis Talks Begin After Prodi Resignation
PM: Troops Could Be Sent Back to Iraq
A Woman's Place: France Rocked By Michelin's Latest Three-star Chef
Eighth Us Helicopter Downed in Iraq
US Crackdown on Students' Illegal Downloads
Senate Defeat Sparks Prodi Government Crisis
UK Troop Reduction a Welcome Catalyst, Says Iraqi President
Police Ban Political Rallies in Harare Townships
Tehran Defiant Over Nuclear Ambitions
Blair Optimistic Over Fresh Middle East Peace Talks
Fear and Resentment As Moscow's Rich Grab Land for Luxury Homes
Gunmen, Children, Brutality and Bombs - Iraq's Dirty War
Japan Raises Interest Rates to Highest for 11 Years
Stars Fork Out $2,300 to Get Near Obama
Pakistan and India Vow to Continue Peace Talks
Livingstone Seals Venezuelan Fuel Deal
Iran Calls on West to Suspend Nuclear Programmes
Australia Switches on to Light Bulb Change
McCain Slates Rumsfeld Over Iraq
EU Promises 20% Reduction in Carbon Emissions By 2020
Guantánamo Inmates Refused Day in Court
Pakistan and India Pledge to Talk Peace After Train Bombing
Italian Organ Donor Was Hiv Positive
Farmer Cast As Dark Horse of French Polls
Iran Shrugs Off Sanctions Threat As Nuclear Talks End in Stalemate
Iraq: the British Endgame
Livingstone Seals Venezuelan Oil Deal
Dozens Killed in India Train Bombing
Families of Iraq Soldiers Killed By Mob Call for Suspects' Arrest
Rice Fails to Make Breakthrough in Middle East Peace Talks
Minister Quits As Brother Arrested
War of Words As East Europeans Welcome Us Missile Shield
Clash Between Islam and West is Political, Poll Finds
New Us Missile Bases Likely in Eastern Europe
Second Day of Baghdad Bombings Kill 25 As Us and Iraqi Forces Struggle to Quell Violence
Iran 'six Months From Mass Uranium Enrichment'
Censorship Row As Publisher Drops Book on 'oriental Charles and Diana'
West and Islam Not at Odds, Most Believe
Hope and Fear As Europe's Poorest Region Awaits Birth of a New Country
66 Burned Alive in Indian Train Bombing
Israel's Oldest Kibbutz Votes for Privatisation
Iran Shuts Down Website Critical of President
Israeli and Palestinian Peace Talks Begin Between Ehud Olmert, Mahmoud Abbas and Condoleezza Rice
Bombs Force French Chef Out of Basque Area
India to Open Orphanages to Take Thousands of Unwanted Girls Who Would Otherwise Be Killed
Rice Puts Musharraf Under Pressure to Rein in Taliban Militants
Three Cholera Deaths Confirmed As Unrest Grows in Zimbabwe
Peace Hopes Fade After Us and Israel Agree to Shun New Palestinian Coalition
60 Killed in Iraq As Leaders Hail Fall in Violence
Happiness Sets the Beat in Carnival Rio
Teachers Are the Quiet Heroes of Baghdad
Brutal Reality of Battle for Hearts and Minds
Army and Police Desert Beleaguered Mugabe
Congress Sends Rebuke to Bush Over Iraq Troop Surge
Friendly Fire Video Will Not Be Screened in Court
Putin Hands Chechnya Control to Militia Leader
CIA Agents Will Be Tried for Kidnap in Italy
CIA Agents Face Kidnap Trial in Italy Over Alleged Rendition Flight
'Friendly Fire' Video Will Not Be Screened in Court
Iraq's Al-qaida Chief Wounded, Claim Local Police
Global Leaders Reach Climate Change Agreement
Madrid Bombings Trial Begins
Chinese Man Sentenced to Death for Overpriced Ants
Troops Close Iranian Border and Crack Down on Insurgents
EU Braces Itself for Influx of Iraqi Refugees
Madrid on Alert As Bombing Trial Begins
Tokyo Gang Boss Found Shot Dead
Putin Nudges Ivanov Forward As Likely Heir
Holocaust Denial Writer Jailed for Five Years
Bush Deploys 3,000 Extra Troops to Afghanistan to Take on Taliban
Palestinian Ministers Face Blanket Us Ban
Suicide Suspected in Yakuza Death
Iraq Closes Borders With Iran and Syria
European Parliament Approves Report That Eu Countries Ignored Cia Rendition Flights of Terror Suspects
US to Welcome 7,000 Iraqi Refugees
Bush Retreats on Claim That Leaders in Tehran Are Arming Insurgents
Britain Shamed Over Cia Flights
Iran Car Bomb Kills 11 Soldiers
Grief and Anger Reach a Climax As Trial Starts for Europe's Worst Terror Atrocity
Polio Cases Jump in Pakistan As Clerics Declare Vaccination an American Plot
Mahdi Army Commanders Withdraw to Iran to Lie Low During Security Crackdown
Sunni Rebels Blamed for Deadly Attack on Elite Iranian Guards
Thousands Gather in Beirut to Commemorate Hariri Death
Cleric Sadr 'in Iran' Ahead of Iraq Crackdown
Italy and Croatia Reopen Old War Wounds
Iraq Announces New Security Measures
Bus Bombs Rock Lebanon
Britons Released After Return From Somalia
North Korea to Close Nuclear Reactor in Return for Aid
House of Representatives Begins Iraq Debate
Russian Army Sold Recruits for Sex, Rights Group Claims
Camera Bike Takes Italy Back to Future With Arrest of Terror Cell
Iraq Closes Borders As New Security Plan Kicks in
North Korea to Shut Down Nuclear Reactor in Arms for Energy Deal
Firms Accused of Bribing Saddam to Be Investigated By Fraud Office
Angry Investor Kills 3, Wounds 1 at Zigzag Net Marketing Company
Gunman Kills 5, Wounds 4 in Trolley Square Shopping Mall Shooting
Japan Hosts Pro-whaling Meeting As Clashes Continue at Sea
North Korea Agrees to Nuclear Deal
Suicide Bomber Targets Baghdad
Lebanon Rocked By Bus Bombs
Kenya Frees Britons Held on Suspicion of Fighting in Somalia
One Year of Civil War Marked By Coordinated Attacks Killing 80 in Baghdad Market
Scores Killed in Iraq Blasts
Court Grants Parole for Baader-meinhof Killer
Ahmadinejad Says Us Claims Are Smokescreen
Chinese Police Detain Millionaire Wu Ying
Death Sentence for Saddam's Former Deputy
From Pariahs in Texas to Heroes in the Us: the Dixie Chicks Dominate the Grammys
Green Ships and Japanese Whalers in Antarctic Clash
Exiled Hamas Leader Calls for End to Boycott After Deal
Musharraf Confronts Militants in Standoff Over Religious School
Police Probe Rags-to-riches Story of 26-year-old Chinese Billionairess
Chinese Animal Rights Victory Takes Cats Off the Menu
Baader-Meinhof Terrorist to Be Freed After 24 Years in Jail
How Uk Patios Rely on Child Labour
Ahmadinejad Puts His Faith in the 'wise People in Us' to Avoid Conflict
Coordinated Attacks Kill 80 in Baghdad Market
Court Grants Parole for Red Army Faction Terrorist
Israel to Allow Mosque Protests
Six Die As Group is Trapped in Gas-filled Cave in Tenerife
Boost for Obama From Australia
Catholic Portugal Votes to Allow Abortion in Early Pregnancy
Royal Unveils 100 Reasons to Vote Socialist and Defeat Upbeat Sarkozy
US Accuses Highest Levels in Iran of Supplying Deadly Weapons to Iraqi Insurgents
Over Four Years Urals Gang Killed 30 Women Taken for a 'picnic'
Afghans Allow Themselves a Ration of Hope
Germany Braced for Release of Terrorist
Putin Hits at Us for Triggering Arms Race
Pentagon Report Condemns Misleading Iraq Intelligence
Roadside Bomb Kills British Soldier in Basra
Surprising Partners Among Tehran's Layer of Alliances
Police Fight Running Battles With Al-aqsa Protesters
Norwegian Magazine Tried to Spy on Royal Family, Claims Book
Drug Wars Cast a Long Shadow Over Acapulco's Future
Pentagon Unit Defied Cia Advice to Justify Iraq War
Hamas Deals Swift Blow to Peace Deal Hopes
Target Iran: Us Able to Strike in the Spring
No Evidence Anna Nicole Died of Drugs
Execution of Chinese Muslim Condemned
Violence Erupts at Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem
Second World War 'sex Slaves' to Testify Before Congress
Rival Palestinian Factions Agree to Form Coalition Government
US to Urge Nato Spring Offensive in Afghanistan
US Set for North Korea Climbdown
Delhi Bans Unlicensed Snack Hawkers
Ayatollah: Even Bush Can Be Brought to His Senses
Campaigners Close in on Japanese Whaling Fleet
Catholic Church Fights to Keep Grip As Portugal Votes on Abortion
US Bids to Give Guns to Pilots on All Flights
Washington Riveted By Libby Trial As Defence Prepares to Put Its Case
Minister Loyal to Sadr Arrested in Baghdad Raid
Big Rise in Russian Military Spending Raises Fears of New Challenge to West
Judges' Food Stall Ruling Leaves Bad Taste on Streets of Delhi
After a Life of Controversy, Court Battles and Sadness, Anna Nicole Smith is Found Dead
US to Urge Nato Afghan Spring Offensive
Germany Beefs Up Afghan Presence With Six Fighter Jets
Brussels to Cap Car Emissions
Gang Hit Prompts Fears of Mob War in Tokyo
Zimbabwe Heads for Economic Meltdown
Fifth Helicopter Crash in 2 Weeks As Us 'surge' in Baghdad Begins
Jihad Versus the Knights of Justice: Inside Jordan's War on Al-qaida
Chinese Aid to Africa May Do More Harm Than Good, Warns Benn
How the Us Sent $12bn in Cash to Iraq. And Watched It Vanish
Chinese Survey Finds Religion Booming
All-out Turf War Feared in Japanese Underworld
Two Injured in Suicide Blast at Islamabad Airport
France's Charlie Hebdo in Court Over Muhammad Cartoons
US Allows 'friendly Fire' Tape in Court
Fatah and Hamas Embark on New Peace Talks
MoD Names Soldier Killed in Iraq Blast
Contention on the Catwalk As Fashion Finds Its Conscience
Two More Die in 56-year Sardinian Feud
Muslim Protests As Israel Digs at Holy Site
Merkel Goes in Search of a New German Miracle
EU's Attempt to Avoid Hamas Costs £2m in Bank Charges
'We Feel No Shame' - Brothers Killed Sister for Honour
Saudis Put Their Status on the Line in Bid to End Palestinian Crisis
Leaked Cockpit Tape Details Fatal Us Attack on British Convoy in Iraq
Foreign Office Challenges Chagos Island Ruling
Merkel Needs a Running Mate to Revive Eu Constitution
FBI Freezes Funds of 'virtual Wallet' Web Payment Firm
Ahtisaari Warns Un: Find Kosovo Solution or Risk Return to Violence
Six Shot Dead at Chinese Restaurant in Germany
Bush Slashes Aid to Poor to Boost Iraq War Chest
Children of War: the Generation Traumatised By Violence in Iraq
British Soldier Killed in Basra Blast
Islanders Scent Court Win for Return Home
Chinese Label on Show in New York
No Room at the Hilton: Cubans Find Us Trade Ban Stretches to Oslo
Prominent Jews Call for Open Debate on Israel
Planned Talks Fail to Halt Fatah-hamas Fighting
Thanks China, Now Go Home: Buy-up of Zambia Revives Old Colonial Fears
Attacking Iran Would Be Disastrous, Warns Coalition of Opinion Led By Retired Officers
General Calls for More Troops
India Eyes Riches at Poor's Expense
135 Die in Bombing As 'civil War' Grips Iraq
Q&A: The Ipcc Report on Global Warming
Russian Veto Will Be Key
Missing Miss Brazil Baffles Police Forces
US Bid to Revive Peace Process Falters on Gaza Streets
Taliban Overrun Town As Peace Deal Fails
Orange Snow Causes Concern in Siberia
Intelligence Report Tells Bush Conflict is 'civil War'
Chávez Makes a Monkey of Bush
First Us Officer Since Vietnam Goes on Trial for Speaking Out
Kosovo Set on Path to Independence As Envoy Sketches Out Final Chapter in Balkan Conflict
Iraq Report Pessimistic Over Us Role
UK to Boost Afghanistan Troop Numbers
Iranian Taxi Company Breaks Rank to Enlist Women Drivers
Hospital Accused of Gagging Crying Babies
18 Years On, Exxon Valdez Oil Still Pours Into Alaskan Waters
EU Split Looms Over Summit Invitations to Mugabe Regime
Hard Times in Stab City: How Limerick Estate Was Taken Over By Drug Gangs
Afghan Amnesty Vote Angers Un
Shoppers Among 62 Killed in Iraq
Iranian Taxi Company Breaks Rank to Enlist Women Cabbies
Mud and Skulls Chapel Delights Spanish Bishop
Putin Refuses to Name Favourite for Successor
Patient Exposes 'gagging of Babies' in Russian Hospital
Free Jailed Blogger, Human Rights Groups Urge Egypt
Afghanistan Approves Amnesty for Warlords
Tighter Airport Security Hurts Us Tourism
Nuclear-armed Iran Would Not Be Very Dangerous, Says Chirac
The 29-year-old Paedophile Who Turned Himself Into a 12-year-old Schoolboy
Home Video of Church Arson Becomes Music Video on YouTube
Senate Corners Bush Over Troop Increase
Cartoon Show Publicity Stunt Causes Terror Alert in Boston