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Carla Bruni, the terrorist and a Franco-Italian furore new
John Lichfield: The French first lady admitted that she had helped to persuade her husband to block the extradition of a hunger-striking, left-wing terrorist to Italy.
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Abramovich wins Arctic poll
Monday, 13 October 2008
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has won a legislative seat in the remote Arctic region of Chukotka.
Leaders of eurozone adopt 'radical' British rescue plan
Monday, 13 October 2008
EU leaders last night agreed a sweeping rescue plan for the European financial system, based on the moves to guarantee, refloat and partially nationalise banks adopted by Britain last week. Leaders of the 15 euroland countries – accompanied by Gordon Brown – cast aside the divisions of recent days and came up with what President Nicolas Sarkozy called a "co-ordinated and ambitious" response to the worst financial crisis for 80 years.
Haider died driving at twice speed limit
Monday, 13 October 2008
Austria's leading far-right politician, Jörg Haider, had been at a late-night party and was driving at more than double the speed limit when his limousine left the road and somersaulted, killing him almost instantly.
Briton drowns in fall from Amsterdam boat new
Monday, 13 October 2008
A British tourist drowned after falling from a boat in Amsterdam, police said today.
US professor wins Nobel economics prize new
Monday, 13 October 2008
Paul Krugman, the Princeton University scholar and New York Times columnist, won the Nobel prize in economics today for his analysis of how economies of scale can affect trade patterns and the location of economic activity.
Coup in fantasy kingdom inside Czech Republic
Monday, 13 October 2008
Their 'ruler' may wear a cardboard crown, but nobody in Wallachia is laughing. Daniel McLaughlin reports
Lithuania goes to the polls
Monday, 13 October 2008
Exit polls in Lithuania's election suggest the ruling social democrats have been ousted by a populist coalition led by two disgraced politicians, the impeached former president Rolandas Paksas and Viktor Uspaskich, who is accused of corruption.
Welcome to Iceland: Despite the crunch, it's still worth a visit
Sunday, 12 October 2008
The economy may just have imploded, taking huge amounts of Britons' savings with it, but don't let that put you off visiting.
Austria's far-right leader killed in car crash
Sunday, 12 October 2008
Jörg Haider, controversial populist who tried to rehabilitate the SS, dies two weeks after making dramatic electoral comeback
Space tourist blasts off in Russian rocket
Sunday, 12 October 2008
U.S. video game magnate Richard Garriott blasted off into space aboard a Russian rocket on Sunday watched by his father, a NASA astronaut who went into space at the height of the Cold War.
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2 Haider died driving at twice speed limit
3 Coup in fantasy kingdom inside Czech Republic
4 José Bové goes to prison (very slowly)
5 Leaders of eurozone adopt 'radical' British rescue plan
6 Briton drowns in fall from Amsterdam boat new
7 Welcome to Iceland: Despite the crunch, it's still worth a visit
8 US professor wins Nobel economics prize new
9 Last treasures of the French royal family go under the hammer in Paris
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