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Italian tolerance goes up in smoke as Gypsy camp is burnt to ground
In cruel and unusual concert, Italy's new government, its police and paramilitary carabinieri, and even its gangsters, have turned their joint might against the nation's enemy number one: the Gypsies.
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Maze prison was as bad as Guantanamo, say producers
Friday, 16 May 2008
A film documenting the final weeks of the IRA gunman Bobby Sands has been defended by its makers at the Cannes Film Festival as a useful insight into the mindset of modern suicide bombers.
Kampusch defends mother from kidnap plot claims
Friday, 16 May 2008
Natascha Kampusch, the Austrian kidnap victim, appeared in court yesterday to deny claims that her mother had masterminded her abduction to cover up a catalogue of sexual abuse.
You are a celebrity, judge tells sister of Spanish royal
Friday, 16 May 2008
The sister of Crown Princess Letizia of Spain, it seems, is a celebrity whether she likes it or not. A judge has rejected a request from Telma Ortiz for a restraining order barring media outlets from filming her, saying she is a public figure despite her wishes.
For all the glitz, Cannes is dazzled by an old hero
Thursday, 15 May 2008
There was arthouse philosophy and Hollywood glamour. There was Sean Penn, Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman. Even a troop of kicking kung-fu pandas got a look in. As the world's cinematic elite descended on Cannes yesterday, it was festival time again.
Resurgent Eta kills policeman in car-bomb attack
Thursday, 15 May 2008
A police officer was killed and four seriously injured when a huge car-bomb explosion, blamed on Eta, devastated a civil guard barracks near Vitoria, the capital of the Basque country.
Pope's astronomer insists alien life 'would be part of God's creation'
Thursday, 15 May 2008
The Vatican's official newspaper has endorsed the possibility that the universe could contain intelligent life beyond Earth, while insisting that aliens would be "our brothers" and "children of God" as much as human beings are.
Amstetten cellar victims thank town for support
Thursday, 15 May 2008
The children rescued from the bunker below Josef Fritzl's house in Amstetten have created colourful posters to thank local people for their support since they were freed.
Berlusconi the Lothario is caught flirting with female politicians again
Thursday, 15 May 2008
Silvio Berlusconi has inadvertently revealed a hint of his priorities as Italy's comeback kid by passing a flattering note to two newly elected female politicians while awaiting a crucial vote of confidence in his premiership.
Gallery curator faces incitement charges for 'forbidden' art show
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
A Russian court has laid charges against the director of an art gallery, accusing him of inciting hatred with an exhibition last year that satirised the Orthodox Church and the Russian Army.
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