World News Atlas
European Union
2008
January
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Hingis banned for doping offense 27-year-old Martina Hingis has been given a two-year ban after testing positive for cocaine while competing at Wimbledon last year
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| Portugal | Dakar Rally canceled by organizers | |||||
| Jan.5 | Switzerland | Berthod leads double Swiss success | ||||
| Jan.7 | Southern Italy |
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Soldiers bulldoze Naples rubbish ||||
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| Jan.11 | Paris |
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Cecilia Sarkozy fails to ban book A judge has rejected a bid by President Sarkozy's ex-wife to block publication of a book about her
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| Northern England | Man. Utd. Profits shoot up by 93% | |||||
| Bavaria | Klinsmann to take charge at Bayern | |||||
| Jan.13 | European Union | EU rethinks biofuels guidelines | ||||
| Jan.14 | Moscow |
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Russia summons UK envoy over row ||||
| London | Butler: Prince did not kill Diana | |||||
| Jan.15 | Melbourne | Henin, Nadal roll into third round | ||||
| Jan.16 | London |
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| British Council employees were interviewed by security services and a director was detained by police |
London
Map of Heathrow England| The pilot of a British Airways passenger jet that crash landed appeared to be struggling to bring the plane down safely. Boeing 777 -- BA flight 38 from Beijing, China -- grounded on tarmac a... |
London
Russia actions 'stain reputation'
Foreign Secretary Miliband has described actions against the British Council as 'reprehensible'
London
An investigation was set to begin into the cause of a Boeing 777 landing short of the runway, skidding on grass and ripping apart sections of...
Melbourne
Angry A-Rod exits to Kohlschreiber Andy Roddick crashed out of the Australian Open as he lost a late-night epic to 29th seed Philipp Kohlschreibe
India Stock markets were, prompted by pessimism about Bush's plans to boost the U.S. economy. India's Sensex stock index fell nearly 11%
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Rome
PM under pressure to quit Romano Prodi is under pressure to stand down ahead of a crunch confidence vote in the Senate
Paris 
| Bank Societe Generale as uncovered 'massive' fraud by a trader which resulted in a loss of 4.9bn euros |
Melbourne
Rome
Prodi resigns after losing vote 
| The Prime Minister, Romano Prodi, has resigned after being defeated in a vote of confidence in the upper house of parliament, the Senate. Prodi had led his centre-left coalition for 20 months. Hes defeated by 5 votes, despite the support of several une... |
Rome
Paris
Jerome Kerviel accused of making fraudulent transactions that cost Societe Generale 4.9 billion euros is being questioned in the case
Paris
Jerome Kerviel, 31, at the centre of a massive fraud case, had gambled around 50bn euros before being uncovered
Paris
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