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Sunday, July 5, 2009
  • Demonstrators (background) face riot policemen during a protest against the expansion of Dal Molin, a US army base in Italy in Vicenza, northern Italy. Six policemen were hurt in clashes late Saturday with demonstrators at a rally of more than 3,000 people against the 500-million-dollar enlargement of a US military base in Italy, police said.

    Six police hurt in clashes at Italian anti-US military base demo

    AFP - 2 hours 20 minutes ago

    VICENZA, Italy (AFP) - - Six policemen were hurt in clashes late Saturday with demonstrators at a rally of more than 3,000 people against the 500-million-dollar enlargement of a US military base in Italy, police said. More »

  • Police cars, carrying three suspected members of the outlawed Basque separatist group ETA, arrive at the police station of Bayonne, southwestern France. Asier Borrero, Itziar Plaza and Iurgi Garitagoitia -- all of whom figure on the Spanish Civil Guard's list of wanted ETA figures -- were picked up for driving a stolen vehicle near the southern French city of Pau.

    French arrest three key ETA suspects

    AFP - Sunday, July 5

    BORDEAUX, France (AFP) - - French police on Saturday arrested two men and a woman suspected of being key members of the outlawed Basque separatist group ETA. More »

  • Ousted President Manuel Zelaya has vowed to return to Honduras on Sunday accompanied by a handful of Latin American leaders, stirring up fears of a violent showdown in the polarized nation.

    Ousted president's return plan raises fears in Honduras

    AFP - Sunday, July 5

    TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) - - Ousted President Manuel Zelaya has vowed to return to Honduras on Sunday accompanied by a handful of Latin American leaders, stirring up fears of a violent showdown in the polarized nation. More »

  • Curious Russia prepares to welcome Obama

    AFP - Sunday, July 5

    MOSCOW (AFP) - - Russia was Saturday preparing to welcome Barack Obama for the first time as US president, heartened by his description of the country as an equal but also stunned by criticism of Vladimir Putin. More »

  • Militant ambush kills 10 Chechen police

    AFP - Sunday, July 5

    NAZRAN, Russia (AFP) - - Militants ambushed a Chechen police convoy in the neighbouring Russian region of Ingushetia on Saturday, killing 10 officers in one of the deadliest recent attacks in the volatile Caucasus. More »

  • Iraq tells US not to interfere in 'internal' matters

    AFP - Sunday, July 5

    BAGHDAD (AFP) - - Iraq on Saturday told the United States to back off in its attempts to resolve rows between the strife-torn country's sects, saying such interference could cause problems and make matters worse. More »

  • France urged to reveal 2002 Pakistan attack files

    AFP - Sunday, July 5

    PARIS (AFP) - - Anti-terror judges leading an inquiry into the 2002 killing of 11 French engineers in Pakistan have asked France's defence minister to open up classified government files, a source said Saturday. More »

  • Nigerian rebels threaten new gas pipeline project

    AFP - Sunday, July 5

    LAGOS (AFP) - - Nigeria's best known rebel group on Saturday threatened to thwart a 10-billion-dollar trans-Saharan gas pipeline linking vast reserves in Nigeria to Europe, but the army vowed to protect the project. More »

  • Obama calls for reform in Independence Day address

    AFP - Sunday, July 5

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - US President Barack Obama urged Americans, who celebrate Independence Day Saturday, to implement broad economic and social reforms, expressing confidence the country will be able to overcome the challenges it is facing. More »

  • Iran mulls trials as it steps up crackdown

    AFP - Sunday, July 5

    TEHRAN (AFP) - - Iran is considering pressing charges against a British embassy staffer, a Newsweek journalist and several reformist leaders, lawyers said on Saturday, as the regime intensifies its crackdown on protests over last month's presidential election. More »

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