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Editorial

Exploit Tory woes, Labour

Lord Feldman says that he didn't call grassroots Tories "mad swivel-eyed loons" while his accusers stand by their stories that he did.

Features

Let's get Britain back on track

by Mick Whelan

As Aslef's annual assembly of delegates begins in Edinburgh tomorrow the general secretary explains the challenges his members - and workers across the country - face

The vicious cycle of eurozone decline

by Tom Gill

France is the latest to face clamour from the EU to enforce crippling 'structural reforms.' The medicine is killing the patient

World

NGO slams 'unfree' Ethiopia ballot

Wednesday 11 May 2005

SYSTEMATIC political repression in Ethiopia's largest state has kept people there from freely participating in the country's third general election campaign, Human Rights Watch claimed yesterday.

South America-Arab summit counters US domination

Wednesday 11 May 2005

SOUTH American and Arab leaders opened an unprecedented summit yesterday to usher in a new wave of co-operation that aims to undercut the international influence of the United States.

Blix raps US over stalled NPT talks

Wednesday 11 May 2005

WASHINGTON is not taking the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as seriously as it once did and is undermining global support for the campaign to shut down the North Korean and Iranian nuclear programmes, former chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix said on Monday night.

Bush trumpets 'triumph of democracy' in Georgia

Wednesday 11 May 2005

US President George W Bush told a massive crowd in Georgia yesterday that the ex-Soviet republic is proving to the world that determined people can rise up and claim their freedom from oppressive rulers.

Mofaz rejects colleague's call to scrap Gaza Strip withdrawal

Wednesday 11 May 2005

ISRAEL must withdraw from the Gaza Strip, no matter how well Islamists do in Palestinian parliamentary elections a month before the pullout, Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz said yesterday.

North Korea blasts US over nuclear test claim

Wednesday 11 May 2005

NORTH Korea criticised the United States yesterday for warning that it might be getting ready to test a nuclear bomb, but Pyongyang did not confirm or deny that such preparations were underway.

Italy's troops staying into 2006

Wednesday 11 May 2005

ITALIAN Foreign Minister Gianfranco Fini suggested yesterday that Italian troops might stay in Iraq into early 2006 after Iraqi elections are held.

DUP and Sinn Fein make council vote gains

Wednesday 11 May 2005

THE results of Northern Ireland's local council elections showed big gains for the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Fein yesterday.

Egypt passes token reform

Wednesday 11 May 2005

EGYPT'S parliament overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment yesterday which allows multi-candidate presidential elections for the first time.

India says it will restore aid to Nepal

Wednesday 11 May 2005

INDIA has agreed to resume some military aid to Nepal after King Gyanendra lifted a state of emergency, officials said yesterday.