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Jewish leader hits out at wartime papacy
Monday, 18 January 2010
The president of Rome's Jewish community yesterday publicly told Pope Benedict XVI that his wartime predecessor, Pius XII, should have spoken out more forcefully against the Holocaust. "
Stuck in the middle of Abkhazia
Monday, 18 January 2010
Vodka and nostalgia are only friends for the ethnic Georgians trapped in a Russian-sponsored breakaway state that has failed to win recognition from the international community, reports Shaun Walker
Sobibor survivor: 'I polished SS boots as dying people screamed'
Sunday, 17 January 2010
Thomas Blatt testifies this week at the trial of John Demjanjuk. Here, he tells Tony Paterson of his life in the camp and an extraordinary escape.
Spain's smoking ban has bar owners fuming
Sunday, 17 January 2010
Plans for fast-track prohibition on lighting up in all public places have infuriated the country's recession-hit pub and hotel trade
FBI turned Spanish MP into Bin Laden
Sunday, 17 January 2010
An age-processed image of the al-Qa'ida leader was hard to do, until a technician found a suitable image on the internet
Disillusioned Ukrainians set to vote out Orange revolutionaries
Saturday, 16 January 2010
Failure of alliance, and economic chaos play into hands of the old enemy
Why France is still in love with Serge Gainsbourg
Saturday, 16 January 2010
John Lichfield: His heavy-breathing hit was banned by the BBC. But across the Channel Serge Gainsbourg is a hero.
Controversy hits Pope's Rome synagogue visit
Friday, 15 January 2010
The visit has divided Italian Jews, with some angered by his moves to push Pope Pius XII toward sainthood.
Families in turmoil: 'I phone and phone, but it never rings...'
Friday, 15 January 2010
John Lichfield joins desperate expats in Paris waiting for news of the loved ones they fear are lost for ever.
Race wars in the orange groves of Italy
Friday, 15 January 2010
They came from Africa for a paltry wage, then were driven out when the work dried up. Michael Day reports from Rosarno on the sinister forces behind last week's violence in Calabria.
Bodies pile up as Haiti rescuers struggle
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Troops and planeloads of food and medicine trickled in as shocked Haitians wandered the broken streets of Port-au-Prince, searching desperately for water, food and medical help.
Madeleine claims difficult to listen to, says mother
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Kate McCann insisted she was right to take legal action following claims that she faked her daughter's disappearance.
EU's finance chief targets bankers
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Michel Barnier promises new regulations to restore trust in battered institutions
Tory MEP defiant after losing expulsion appeal
Thursday, 14 January 2010
A veteran Tory MEP declared war on his party this afternoon after losing an appeal against his expulsion.
McCanns dismiss detectives' claims over Madeleine
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Senior officers involved in the case told a hearing in Lisbon yesterday of their belief that the girl died in her family's holiday flat.
MP's niece jailed for murder
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
The niece of Quentin Davies, a junior Defence minister, has been jailed for 15 years for stabbing a man to death at her flat in Paris.
Iraq invasion had no legal mandate, says Dutch panel
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
The Dutch government supported the invasion of Iraq despite it having no legal backing under the law of the Netherlands, a long-awaited investigation concluded yesterday.
Shooting of media mogul shocks Cyprus
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Political leaders on Cyprus expressed shock yesterday at the slaying of the island's most powerful media mogul, and sought possible motives for a killing that has stirred feelings of insecurity on the divided island.
Ex-detective faces McCann libel trial
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Goncalo Amaral publicly questioned the McCann's accounts of what happened to their daughter.
Rohmer, master of French cinema, dies at 89
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Director who paid tribute to Hitchcock was himself an inspiration to Hollywood
Baptism of fire for EU's foreign affairs supremo
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Ashton fails to dispel doubts about experience during grilling by MEPs
Berlusconi returns to work with a spring in his step
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Silvio Berlusconi was back at his desk a month after his attack, working on new immunity laws.
Auction house porters accused of carrying out more than their jobs
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
French police blame 'co-operative of crime' as dozens of missing items are found hidden in Paris warehouse
Sarkozy puts woman in charge of 'spy school'
Monday, 11 January 2010
Academy designed to stop infighting between rival intelligence chiefs
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