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G20 wants 'ambitious' Copenhagen talks

General view of the Fairmont Hotel, in St Andrews, Scotland, where the G20 Finance Ministers and Bank Governors Meeting is being hosted. The G20 is committed to an
AFP - Sunday, November 8

ST ANDREWS (AFP) - - G20 countries committed to work towards an "ambitious outcome" at next month's vital UN climate change conference after meeting on Saturday, but fell short of agreeing a figure on climate funding. More »

  • 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.

    Russian military plane crashes, killing 11

    AFP - Sunday, November 8

    MOSCOW (AFP) - - A Russian military plane crashed into the sea during a training exercise in Russia's Far East region, leaving all 11 crew members missing and presumed dead, officials said on Saturday.

  • A view of the Paris Commercial Court shows a piece of crocheted clothing made by the fashion house World Tricot which is accusing the French fashion house, Chanel of

    Chanel in court accused of counterfeiting

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    PARIS (AFP) - - French fashion giant Chanel was accused in court Friday of stealing a supplier's design in a case that could have a bearing on the rights of skilled artisans toiling in the luxury industry.

  • This handout picture by the Spanish Defence Ministry (SDM) shows the Spanish tuna trawler Alakrana on October 3, near the Somali coast. Families of the boat's crew -- being held by Somali pirates -- have appealed to Spain's government to negotiate with the kidnappers, who have threatened to kill the hostages.

    Families of Spanish hostages urge negotiations with pirates

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    MADRID (AFP) - - Families of the crew of a Spanish tuna trawler being held by Somali pirates appealed to Spain's government on Friday to negotiate with the kidnappers, who have threatened to kill the hostages.

  • Female Russian murder suspect Yevgenia Khasis, with a black bag over her head, is led by plain-clothes police operatives into a Moscow court. Two Russian nationalists have been arrested and charged in the high-profile killings of a human rights lawyer and journalist who were gunned down in Moscow in January, officials said on Thursday.

    Two charged over murders of Russian lawyer, reporter

    AFP - Friday, November 6

    MOSCOW (AFP) - - Two Russian nationalists have been arrested and charged in the high-profile killings of a human rights lawyer and journalist who were gunned down in Moscow in January, officials said on Thursday.

  • Neo-Nazis attend a May Day demonstration in Berlin. Berlin authorities have banned a neo-Nazi group whose members appeared in public wearing a black uniform similar to that worn by Hitler's paramilitary

    Berlin bans fast-growing neo-Nazi group

    AFP - Friday, November 6

    BERLIN (AFP) - - Berlin authorities outlawed a rapidly-expanding neo-Nazi group on Thursday, with police staging dawn raids at the homes of its leading members, according to the city's interior minister Ehrhart Koerting.

  • A police officer opens a bag of cocaine that was seized in 2008. Cocaine's relentless march through Europe's social order showed no sign of abating in 2009, according to an annual report into drug use and addiction by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.

    Cocaine's charge through Europe undiminished: report

    AFP - Friday, November 6

    BRUSSELS (AFP) - - Cocaine's relentless march through Europe's social order showed no sign of abating in 2009, an annual report into drug use and addiction showed on Thursday.

  • European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Karel De Gucht (R) looks at a stand with Cuban cigars during a visit to the 27th International Trade Fair of Havana. The European Union does not seek a regime change in communist Cuba, but expects progress on human rights, the visiting EU official said after meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro

    EU seeks Cuban gesture on human rights: EU official

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    HAVANA (AFP) - - The European Union does not seek a regime change in communist Cuba, but expects progress on human rights, a visiting EU official said after meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro.

  • Former French president Jacques Chirac is to be tried on allegations that he gave 21 political allies false contracts as ghost workers in Paris city hall. Duration: 01:20

    Chirac on corruption charges: 'I've nothing to be ashamed of'

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    PARIS (AFP) - - Former French president Jacques Chirac declared Wednesday he had "nothing to be ashamed of" and that he was ready to face trial for corruption.

  • British mercenary Simon Mann, seen here in 2008, arrived home after being freed from jail in Equatorial Guinea expressing relief to be back in Britain.

    Freed British mercenary returns from E. Guinea

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    LUTON, England (AFP) - - British mercenary Simon Mann arrived home Wednesday after being freed from jail in Equatorial Guinea expressing relief to be back in Britain.

  • British mercenary Simon Mann, seen here during a 2008 court appearance, has left Equatorial Guinea on a private jet. Mann was granted amnesty for a 2004 failed coup plot in the oil-rich African nation.

    British mercenary leaves E.Guinea

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    LIBREVILLE (AFP) - - British mercenary Simon Mann, granted amnesty for a 2004 failed coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, on Wednesday left the west African country on a private jet, airport officials said.

  • British police are expected to question mercenary Simon Mann, pictured in court in 2008, over a foiled coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea when he returns home after being freed, media reports said here Wednesday.

    Police to quiz mercenary over EGuinea plot: reports

    AFP - Wednesday, November 4

    LONDON (AFP) - - British police are expected to question mercenary Simon Mann over a foiled coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea when he returns home after being freed, media reports said here Wednesday.

  • Firefighters extinguish a blaze at a warehouse in St. Petersburg. The huge fire broke out at a facility owned by an industrial firm in Russia's second city, news agencies reported.

    Huge fire breaks out in Saint Petersburg: reports

    AFP - Wednesday, November 4

    MOSCOW (AFP) - - A massive fire broke out late Tuesday at a facility owned by an industrial firm in Russia's second city of Saint Petersburg, Russian news agencies reported.

  • Czech president signs EU reform treaty

    AFP - Wednesday, November 4

    PRAGUE (AFP) - - Czech President Vaclav Klaus has given a long-awaited final seal of approval to the European Union's reforming Lisbon Treaty, paving the way for the 27-nation bloc to find a new president.

  • A cross is seen in a classroom in France. The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that Italy violates educational and religious freedoms by displaying crucifixes in classrooms, prompting anger in the fiercely Catholic country.

    Uproar in Italy after Euro court rejects school crucifixes

    AFP - Wednesday, November 4

    STRASBOURG (AFP) - - The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that Italy violates educational and religious freedoms by displaying crucifixes in classrooms, prompting anger in the fiercely Catholic country.

  • Interactive graphic on the European Union's reforming Lisbon Treaty as Czech President Vaclav Klaus becomes the the last EU leader to ratify the landmark document after it is ruled in line with the country's constitution.

    EU officially starts search for first president

    AFP - Wednesday, November 4

    BRUSSELS (AFP) - - The Lisbon Treaty's final ratification by the Czechs paves the way for "a more democratic" European Union and officially launches the hunt for its first president, the Swedish EU presidency said Tuesday.

  • French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, seen here in 2005, has died at the age of 100. Levi-Strauss helped shape Western thinking about human civilisation with his 1955 book

    French anthropologist Levi-Strauss dead at 100

    AFP - Wednesday, November 4

    PARIS (AFP) - - French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, whose work deeply influenced Western thinking about civilisation, has died at the age of 100, his publisher Plon said Tuesday.

  • Mikhail Gorbachev says he is proud of his role in the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago, defending himself against Russian critics who accuse him of losing the Soviet empire.

    Gorbachev 'proud' of role in fall of Berlin Wall

    AFP - Wednesday, November 4

    MOSCOW (AFP) - - Mikhail Gorbachev said Tuesday that he was proud of his role in the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago, defending himself against Russian critics who accuse him of losing the Soviet empire.

  • Opponents of the European Union's Lisbon Treaty protest outside the Czech Republic's Constitutional Court in Brno in late October. The Czech Republic's top court has ruled that the European Union's reform treaty is legal, piling pressure on President Vaclav Klaus to become the final EU leader to sign the landmark document into law.

    Czech court clears Lisbon Treaty

    AFP - Wednesday, November 4

    PRAGUE (AFP) - - The Czech Republic's top court on Tuesday ruled that the European Union's reform treaty is legal, piling pressure on President Vaclav Klaus to become the final EU leader to sign the landmark document into law.

  • British mercenary Simon Mann is pictured at Malabo's courthouse in 2008. Equatorial Guinea has granted amnesty to Mann and South African Nick Du Toit, two mercenaries convicted for an attempted coup plot in March 2004, national radio has announced.

    E.Guinea 'pardons mercenaries' in coup attempt

    AFP - Wednesday, November 4

    MALABO (AFP) - - Equatorial Guinea has granted amnesty to Britain's Simon Mann and South African Nick Du Toit, two mercenaries convicted for an attempted coup plot in March 2004, national radio announced Tuesday.

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