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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 17:08:00 GMT

Wallabies overpower a patched-up England

England 9 Australia 18 : Australia completed the first leg of a potential grand slam when they produced a dominant second-half display to beat injury-hit England 18-9 at Twickenham today. A patched-up England side deservedly led 9-5 at halftime after two
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 17:08:00 GMT

British PM urges greater responsibility

Gordon Brown called banking a unique sector that, when it fails, poses a high cost. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Gordon Brown calls on members to reduce their sources of instability, such as volatile oil and commodity prices Brown: 'Financial institutions should
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 17:02:00 GMT

Tennis: Italy set for Fed Cup glory

Italy lead United States 2-0 in Fed Cup final in Reggio Calabria Flavia Pennetta beats Alexa Glatch and Francesca Schiavone downs Melanie Oudin Reverse singles and doubles scheduled for Sunday at clay court venue Serena and Venus Williams opted against
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 17:02:00 GMT

Brown in call for global 'contract' - PA

Gordon Brown has called for a new global 'economic and social contract' with the financial institutions to ensure taxpayers around the world will never again have to bear the cost of banking failure. Addressing the meeting of G20 finance ministers in St
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:46:00 GMT

Militants stepping up activities in Russian N. Caucasus - colonel

MOSCOW. Nov 7 (Interfax) - Russia's North Caucasus remains a troubled area and the situation there is showing a steady trend to get worse, the acting chief of staff of the Combined Forces Group in the North Caucasus (OGVS), Col. Oleg Panarin, has
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:33:00 GMT

Obama, Europe and Afghanistan: 'We Don't Have Simple Answers'

German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressing a joint session of Congress in Washington this week. US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon talks to SPIEGEL ONLINE about progress in Afghanistan, America's relationship
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:25:00 GMT

Brown in call for global 'contract' - PA

Gordon Brown has called for a new global 'economic and social contract' with the financial institutions to ensure taxpayers around the world will never again have to bear the cost of banking failure. Addressing the meeting of G20 finance ministers in St
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:56:00 GMT

The rail thread that links Europe

In the week the Lisbon Treaty was finally ratified, the BBC's Johnny Dymond travelled the continent's railways to glean a sense of its past and future. It is early in the morning in Warsaw, far too early to be doing anything but sleeping. It is cold and
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:37:00 GMT

Hungary's 'forgotten' war victims

The deportation in 1944 of thousands of Hungary's civilians to the Soviet Union, although on a similar scale to the deportation of its Jewish people to the death camps, receives little official attention in Hungary, as Nick Thorpe reports. Under
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:36:00 GMT

UK tourist shot dead in Texas bar

A British tourist has been shot dead in a bar in the United States. Thomas Reeve, 28, was killed when a man walked into the bar in Amarillo, Texas, and fired several times at people inside, say US media reports. The gunman also robbed and sexually
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:20:00 GMT

Briton killed in US bar shooting

A 28-year-old British man has been shot dead in a bar in the United States. Thomas Reeve was killed when a man walked into the bar in Amarillo, Texas, and fired several times at people inside, say US media reports. The gunman also robbed and sexually
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:58:00 GMT

Brown in call for global 'contract' - PA

Gordon Brown has called for a new global 'economic and social contract' with the financial institutions to ensure taxpayers around the world will never again have to bear the cost of banking failure. Addressing the meeting of G20 finance ministers in St
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:44:00 GMT

Daring escapes to West Berlin

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:37:00 GMT

Over-the-Counter Space Travel: Austrian Discount Supermarket Offers Sub-Orbital Flights

Austrian Discount Supermarket Offers Sub-Orbital Flights A number of companies are betting that space tourism will be a lucrative business in coming years. Here, would be space tourists train at a facility in Moscow. The Austrian branch of discount
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:28:00 GMT

Brown in call for global 'contract' - PA

Gordon Brown has called for a new global 'economic and social contract' with the financial institutions to ensure taxpayers around the world will never again have to bear the cost of banking failure. Addressing the meeting of G20 finance ministers in St
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:21:00 GMT

Debate on Germany's status in Afghanistan opens up

German defense minister, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, told the daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung that legal security must be established for all German Bundeswehr soldiers - in particular those taking part in complicated missions like Germany's participation in
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:21:00 GMT

The East German Adventurers Who 'Escaped' The Other Way

Related articles, background features and opinions about this topic. Print E-Mail Feedback11/07/2009Stealth Travel In The USSR By Caroline WinterMany East Germans dreamt of Disneyland and shopping in London. But an adventurous few went in the other
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:20:00 GMT

Russian Military Plane Crashes In Pacific, 11 Missing

MOSCOW (Reuters) -- A Russian military plane with 11 people on board has crashed in the Pacific Ocean during a training flight, the Defense Ministry said. It said in a statement a search was under way for the crew of the Tu-142 aircraft. But RIA news
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:20:00 GMT

Why the Berlin Wall came tumbling down

Twenty years after the opening of the borders between East and West Germany, Charles S. Maier recalls how a bloodless revolution came about. All states have frontiers. East Germany, aka the German Democratic Republic, became a frontier that had a state.
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:17:00 GMT

East Germans may have arrived in West Berlin hours before previously thought

East Germans may have arrived in West Berlin hours before history records, according to an elderly checkpoint commander who has disputed an ex-comrade's claim to be the first raise the barriers along the Berlin Wall in November 1989. of Images The
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:17:00 GMT

Plane en route from Italy to Russia makes emergency landing in Minsk

MINSK. Nov 7 (Interfax) - An Airbus A-319 en route from Italy to Moscow has made an emergency landing at Minsk airport, the Belarusian Interior Ministry's transportation sector department told Interfax on Saturday. 'A plane heading from Italy to Moscow
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:05:00 GMT

Italy's respectable right wing in a bind

Gianfranco Fini is caught between Berlusconi's waywardness and unreconstructed racists within the Lega Nord 'We must cleanse our streets of the black-skinned, the yellow-skinned, the Roma … I would have all the immigrants put on file, one by one.
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:04:00 GMT

Germany worried over vaccine shortage

Only two weeks after beginning a national vaccination campaign against H1N1, the intial skepticism over the vaccine has apparently vanished in Germany. The rise in cases and deaths within Europe is thought to be the reason for an apparent swing in public
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:57:00 GMT

Berlin Wall in pictures: then and now

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:41:00 GMT

Brown in call for global 'contract' (11:45)

Gordon Brown has called for a new global 'economic and social contract' with the financial institutions to ensure taxpayers around the world will never again have to bear the cost of banking failure. Addressing the meeting of G20 finance ministers in St
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:22:00 GMT

Russian military plane crashes, killing 11

Map locating the Tatarski Strait that divides Russia's Far East island of Sakhalin from the mainland, where a Russian military plane has crashed, leaving all 11 crew members missing, presumed dead. Three ships from Russia's Pacific Fleet at the Far
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:18:00 GMT

NI leaders in London for talks

Northern Irelands First and Deputy First Minister will meet Gordon Brown in Downing Street today to discuss devolving policing and justice powers. Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward is also expected to attend the stock-taking exercise of progress
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:15:00 GMT

Brown in call for global 'contract' - PA

Gordon Brown has called for a new global 'economic and social contract' with the financial institutions to ensure taxpayers around the world will never again have to bear the cost of banking failure. Addressing the meeting of G20 finance ministers in St
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:55:00 GMT

UN Security Council should not join probe into 2008-2009 Gaza War -Russian diplomat

MOSCOW. Nov 7 (Interfax) - Moscow favors the continuation of an investigation into alleged human rights abuses during Israel's operation in Gaza in December 2008-January 2009 without the UN Security Council's involvement. 'We believe that continuing a
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:23:00 GMT

UN Security Council should not join probe into 2008-2009 Gaza War -Russian diplomat

MOSCOW. Nov 7 (Interfax) - Moscow favors the continuation of an investigation into alleged human rights abuses during Israel's operation in Gaza in December 2008-January 2009 without the UN Security Council's involvement. 'We believe that continuing a
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:23:00 GMT