Tony Blair on Iraq, Iran, Brown and booze A defence of the Iraq war, an attack on Gordon Brown and a hint of alcohol dependence. These are ... Violence in Middle East as peace talks begin In the West Bank, two civilians were wounded in a shooting by suspected Palestinian gunmen....	India temporarily lifts blackberry ban threat India says it has delayed a ban on Blackberry phone devices for 60 days after maker “Research in ...	USA prepares for Hurricane Earl On the east coast of America, signs are flashing out a stark warning. Hurricane Earl is on his wa... Germany divided over fate of race row banker German public opinion appears split over the fate of a central banker whose provocative remarks o...
Fast food chain expands its halal-only outlets A survey this year estimated the French halal market at 5.5 billion euros....	US Iraqi mission ended if not “accomplished” “Tonight, I am announcing that the American combat mission in Iraq has ended,” said US President ...	Five killed in latest Nagorno-Karabakh clash Azerbaijan and Armenia are blaming each other for the latest clash over the disputed region of Na...
UN envoy cautions against haste in Cyprus talks Alexander Downer says leaders in Cyprus need to take time and get it right....	Denmark alleges Kurdish TV station promoted terror The station's content is "aimed at promoting and supporting the activities of PKK" says the prose...	NASA scientists are called in to help Chile’s miners Heavy drilling equipment has begun work on sinking a rescue shaft by which it’s hoped Chile’s 33 ...
Settler attack won’t derail peace talks The killing of four Jewish settlers in the West Bank will not derail Thursday’s peace talks accor...	Greece tries again on smoking ban Greece is trying once again to enforce a smoking ban....	Muslims donate nearly $1 billion to Pakistan Pakistani PM Gilani criticizes donations made through foreign NGOs....
A second attempt for Gaza Irish groups organise to buy ship for new Gaza aid flotilla....	Spain demands answers from Morocco on arrests Spain has called on Morocco to explain why it detained 11 Spanish activists during a pro-independ...	Gaddafi tells Italian women to convert to Islam Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi provoked outrage in Italy on Monday after trying to convert hundreds of I...
German banker rebuffs quit calls over race row German central banker Thilo Sarrazin refused to back down on Monday over his claims that Muslims ...	Israeli leader rallies party support for peace talks Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been trying to pull together the diverse elements ...	Hurricane Earl strengthens to category four A storm currently hitting the northeast Caribbean and moving towards the US has now strengthened ...
Abbas puts peace as his main objective Mahmoud Abbas has said if the peace talks collapse it will be Israel’s fault....	Mexico scores a major hit against drug cartels A suspected top drug trafficker Edgar Valdez, known as “The Barbie”, has been captured in Mexico....	603-pound Thai woman leaves home after 3 years A 603-pound (274-kilogram) woman believed to be the heaviest in Thailand left her apartment for t...
Apple likely to show off new iPods Sept 1 Apple Inc is expected to show off a snazzier line of iPods on September 1, as speculation mounts ...	Girl-band star escapes jail over HIV infection A German pop singer who confessed to knowingly exposing two men to the risk of HIV after finding ...	2 Greek fighter jets collide in mid-air; 1 dead Two Greek fighter jets crashed in mid-air during a training exercise south of the island of Crete...
Cholera toll approaching 300 in Cameroon Cholera has killed 297 people in the west African nation of Cameroon, health officials said Wedne...	Plane crash in Congo kills at least 19 At least 19 people died when a small plane crashed Wednesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo,...	WikiLeaks releases CIA memo on U.S. terror recruits The WikiLeaks website released a secret CIA memo on Wednesday warning of fallout if the United St...