|
|
| Jan.17 |
 |
Kuznetsova has 'failed drug test' Belgian sports minister Claude Eerdekens: U.S. Open champion has tested positive for a banned drug
|
|
| Feb.21 |
 |
Bush calls for new trans-Atlantic unity| President told European leaders that trans-Atlantic unity was essential to take on shared challenges | |
|
| |
 |
Bush and Chirac find common ground| President Bush told European leaders that trans-Atlantic unity was essential to take on shared challenges | |
|
|
| Apr.2 |
|
Clijsters triumphs over Sharapova
|
|
| May.8 |
|
Henin-Hardenne takes German Open
|
| May.31 |
|
Henin-Hardenne sees off Sharapova
|
|
| Jun.2 |
 |
Henin-Hardenne cruises into final Justine Henin-Hardenne made a 6-2 6-3 victory over Petrova in a one-sided French Open semifinal
|
| Jun.4 |
 |
Henin wins French Open Justine Henin-Hardenne strolled to her second French Open crown, defeating Mary Pierce 6-1 6-1
|
| Jun.15 |
 |
EU leaders head to crisis summit There are fears European Union leaders could fail to reach agreement on the bloc's budget
|
| Jun.16 |
 |
EU deal to extend treaty deadline| Leaders of the demoralized union have agreed to extend the deadline for ratifying their troubled constitution | |
|
| |
 |
EU heading for budget collision The UK's 4.4bn euro rebate remains at the centre of the Brussels' debate
|
| Jun.17 |
 |
EU 'in crisis' over talks failure| The budget talks broke down over a bitter row between the UK and France | | |
|
| Jun.18 |
 |
Anger erupts as EU summit fails German Chancellor Schroeder blamed UK and Dutch for one of the EU's 'gravest' crises
|
| Jun.22 |
 |
Meeting pledges support for Iraq Kofi Annan has urged nations to reassure Iraq that it has the world's support
|
|
| Jul.4 |
|
Second stage for sprint ace Boonen
|
| |
 |
EU to name envoy to monitor Darfur The European Union will name a special representative to Sudan to coordinate the bloc's peacekeeping efforts
|
|
| Aug.26 |
|
Bekele shatters 10,000m world mark
|
| Aug.29 |
 |
Banned airlines lists published Belgium and France have published separate blacklists of airlines banned from their territory on safety grounds
|
|
| Sep.9 |
 |
Pierce, Clijsters advance to women's final Pierce gutted out a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Dementieva. Clijsters is overcoming Sharapova 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-3
|
| Sep.10 |
 |
Clijsters claims first grand slam Belgium's Kim Clijsters made a 6-3 6-1 victory over 12th seed Mary Pierce of France
|
| Sep.11 |
 |
Raikkonen won Grand Prix McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen keeps Renault's Fernando Alonso waiting for the Formula One title
|
| Sep.25 |
 |
Boonen burst seals world road gold Belgian unleashed a devastating late sprint to claim cycling's world road race championship
|
|
| Dec.1 |
 |
Paper IDs 'suicide bomber' Muriel Degauque, a Belgian-born woman, was the first Western woman to carry out a suicide bombing in Iraq
|
| Dec.8 |
 |
Rice allays CIA prison row fears U.S. Secretary of State said she can give no guarantee that terrorism detainees won't be abused again
|
| Dec.15 |
 |
EU leaders meet amid budget row European leaders have opened a key summit in Brussels to hammer out a deal on the next 7-year budget
|
| Dec.16 |
 |
UK making final EU budget offer The UK is to set out revised proposals for the 2007-13 budget at a summit after a day of behind-the-scenes talks
|
| |
 |
EU leaders agree 7-year budget| The leaders agreed on a spending plan for the bloc seen as key to shaping the future of an enlarged EU | | |
|
| Dec.17 |
 |
EU leaders hail new budget deal The leaders are satisfied with the deal reached on the budget, after 2 days of tense talks