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S Korean squid fishermen detained in North
North Korea detained four South Korean squid fishermen on Thursday, potentially gaining more bargaining chips for its fitful attempts at diplomatic engagement with the international
Europeans expect prices to tumble
Eurozone consumers increasingly expect prices to tumble in the year ahead even as the region's economy recovers from its severe recession, according to a European ...
Lagging SPD starts campaign
The German foreign minister sought to overcome a string of negative headlines as he launched the Social Democrats' campaign to unseat Angela Merkel as chancellor ...
Caymans court orders freeze on $9bn
A Cayman Islands court has ordered a worldwide freeze of assets belonging to Maan al Sanea and dozens of his companies in a ruling that ...
Kuwait urged to act on Iraq war damages
Kuwait is being urged to convert $24bn of war reparations owed it by Iraq since the time of Saddam Hussein into investment projects that would ...
Public wary of carbon capture
The technology, which could account for a fifth of all emissions reductions from power plants and industry by 2050, has not yet been tested on ...
Hostages' families 'upset' by reports
The families of British hostages in Iraq say they are 'deeply upset and troubled' by reports that two more of the men are likely to ...
Chávez 'freezes' relations with Colombia
Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez has 'frozen' diplomatic and economic relations with Colombia after being accused of selling Swedish rocket launchers to Colombian Marxist rebels ...
Iranian president warned by allies
In a sign of the escalating political infighting within the Iranian regime, President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad was warned by some of his staunchest supporters that he ...
Eta blamed as 64 hurt in Spanish blast
Spanish police believe Eta, the armed Basque separatist group, is responsible for a car bomb explosion outside a Civil Guard barracks in the north of ...
