The European Union offered to provide training for Iraqi police and judges on Monday in a move aimed at ending a transatlantic rift over Iraq on the eve of a summit with US President George

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A "Yes" to the European Union's new constitution from europhile Spaniards, but with an ominously low turnout, set alarm bells ringing on Monday before more testing votes in France and Britain. Spanish voters approved the

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Legendary US author Hunter S. Thompson, a sharp-witted icon of 1960s counter-culture, has died after apparently shooting himself, police and his family said. The 67-year-old father of "gonzo journalism," best-known for his 1972 book "Fear

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Bulgaria's prime minister, Simeon Saxe-Coburg, sacked three ministers on Monday and shifted another, wrapping up a deal to keep his government in power until his EU candidate state holds general elections this summer. Saxe-Coburg said

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A court in Uzbekistan jailed six people on Monday in the latest in a wave of controversial trials over last year's suicide blasts and attacks against the US and Israeli embassies and other targets, a

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UN refugee chief Ruud Lubbers, beset by sexual harassment allegations, resigned on Sunday saying he was insulted at the way the case had been handled by his boss Kofi Annan. Just two days after insisting

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Several thousand protestors demonstrated Monday outside the US embassy in Brussels against a fence-mending visit to Europe by US President George W. Bush. Riot-prepared police, backed up by a helicopter overhead, prevented demonstrators from approaching

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US President George W. Bush pushed Monday for a fresh start to US-Europe relations after rifts over Iraq and called for joint action to promote Middle East peace and revive democratic reforms in Russia. "As

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The US stocks, financial and other markets were closed on Monday in observance of US Presidents Day. Trading resumes on Tuesday. Copyright Reuters, 2005

The US stocks, financial and other markets were closed on Monday in observance of US Presidents Day. Trading resumes on Tuesday. Copyright Reuters, 2005