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Singer jailed for forced abortion
The Algerian singer Cheb Mami has been sentenced to five years in a French prison after being found guilty of forcing an attempted abortion on his former lover. The 42-year-old star of Algeria's popular rai music, whose real name is Mohamed Khelifati, was arrested on his arrival in France on Monday night, having fled to Algeria two years ago.
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Cardinal Newman moves step closer to sainthood
Friday, 3 July 2009
Campaigners for the canonisation of John Paul Newman are praying for another miracle after the Pope confirmed that the Cardinal was responsible for curing a case of spinal debility more than 100 years after his death.
And finally, Germans see the funny side of Mrs Merkel
Friday, 3 July 2009
Chancellor escapes lightly in comic biography three months before election
Troops gather on Georgian border
Friday, 3 July 2009
Shaun Walker: Less than a year after the enclave of South Ossetia erupted in war, this tinder box of the Caucasus is primed to flare up again.
Writers attack new Italian 'race laws'
Friday, 3 July 2009
Italy's parliament yesterday gave final approval to a controversial law which criminalises illegal immigration and legalises unarmed vigilante patrols by citizens. The law was assured an easy final passage by being tied to a confidence vote, so that MPs in the ruling coalition were virtually obliged to vote for it.
Air France jet 'not destroyed in flight'
Friday, 3 July 2009
An intact Air France Flight 447 slammed belly first into the Atlantic Ocean at high speed, a top French investigator said yesterday, adding that problems with speed sensors were not the direct cause of the crash.
Felipe Gonzalez takes on Blair for EU presidency
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Nicolas Sarkozy backing Spanish Socialist former PM
The Big Question: Why is the UN setting up in Calais and can it resolve the refugee problem?
Thursday, 2 July 2009
'Apocalypse' on railway in Tuscany
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
A freight train carrying liquid gas came off the tracks and exploded in the heart of an Italian seaside resort
Croatian Prime Minister quits politics
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Croatia's Prime Minister Ivo Sanader resigned and quit politics today after hinting at frustration with his country's delayed EU membership bid as a reason for the shock announcement.
Italy asks who to blame for deadly train inferno
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Pressure was building on Italian authorities today to determine who was to blame for an explosion of a passing freight train that set fire to nearby homes and burned families alive while they slept.
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1 Exclusive: The unseen photographs that throw new light on the First World War
2 Cardinal Newman moves step closer to sainthood
3 Troops gather on Georgian border
4 And finally, Germans see the funny side of Mrs Merkel
5 Writers attack new Italian 'race laws'
6 The last days of the court of King Silvio
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