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US President Barack Obama today urged a Florida pastor to “listen to those better angels” and call off his plan to engage in a Koran-burning protest this weekend.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy today vowed to continue with his changes to the pension system and unions promptly announced new national strikes.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy today vowed to press ahead with his overhaul of the country’s pension system, despite a strike and massive protests that saw more than a million people take to the streets.
Sri Lanka’s parliament started debating a controversial government proposal that would enable the president to seek an unlimited number of terms.
Thirty Irish firms are to take part in a trade mission to Russia coinciding with a state visit by President Mary McAleese, it was revealed today.
Thirty Irish firms are to take part in a trade mission to Russia coinciding with a state visit by President Mary McAleese, it has been revealed.
Two French journalists who were kidnapped in Afghanistan late last year are safe and well, according to a close aide of President Nicolas Sarkozy.
The husband of President Mary McAleese is being urged not to help organise a trip to the United States for members of a loyalist paramilitary group in the North until he has spoken to victims recently terrorised by its members.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that Middle East Peace Talks are “doomed”.
The leaders of Israel and the Palestinians have concluded a productive first round of peace negotiations, US President Barack Obama’s special envoy for the Middle East said today.