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Straw says cabinet was aware of war plans MINISTERS SERVING former UK prime minister Tony Blair would have had to have been “deaf, dumb and blind” not to understand that an invasion of Iraq was a significant possibility in the year before it was launched, former foreign secretary Jack Straw told the Iraq Inquiry yesterday.
Widespread destruction at landfall of cyclone THE PREMIER of the Australian state of Queensland, Anna Bligh, last night warned residents they must be prepared to wake up to scenes of destruction after tropical cyclone Yasi made landfall.
Worst storm in decades hits large areas of US A MASSIVE storm billed as the worst in decades left vast areas of the US paralysed by snow and ice yesterday. Hundreds of motorists were stranded overnight and airports and schools were forced to close.
Prosecutor to request that Berlusconi be put on trial THE CONFRONTATION between Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and the judiciary seems headed for further heated controversy, following confirmation yesterday that he may well be summoned to appear in three Milan-based trials over the next six weeks.

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Peaceful and quiet until the loyalists arrived The soldiers on Tahrir Square melted away leaving it open to Mubarak’s loyalists armed with staves and stones
EU calls for quick response to uprising EU FOREIGN policy chief Catherine Ashton called on Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak to respond “as quickly as possible” to the popular uprising against his regime.
Upheaval no threat to peace deal, says Israel ISRAELI PRIME minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a democratic Egypt will not threaten the peace with Israel.
Weather causes crashes in France and Germany SOME 30 people were injured during a 50-car pile-up caused by black ice near Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris yesterday.
'Jihad Jane' pleads guilty over plot to kill cartoonist A PENNSYLVANIA woman known as “Jihad Jane” pleaded guilty on Tuesday to plotting to kill a Swedish cartoonist, providing material support to terrorists, and other criminal charges, the US justice department has said.
Yemeni president says he will not run again in effort to stave off 'Day of Rage' SANAA – Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh, eyeing protests that threaten to topple Egypt’s long-time ruler, indicated yesterday he would leave office when his current term ends in 2013, after three decades in power.
UN concern at rise in execution rate in Iran GENEVA – Iran has witnessed a dramatic increase in executions so far in 2011, United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay said yesterday and her office said the rate was three times that of last year.
Rights group accuses India of abusing terror suspects NEW DELHI – Abusive counter-terrorism tactics, such as torture, are routinely used by Indian police and may actually be boosting militancy in the country, a report by the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said yesterday.
Old vase in cardboard box turns out to be rare Ming piece A RETIRED chocolate factory worker who took an old vase to an English provincial auction house in a cardboard box is in line for a million-pound bonanza after being told it was a Ming moonflask.
Man admits to murder of gay activist KAMPALA – Ugandan police said yesterday that a man had confessed to murdering a gay rights activist after a “personal disagreement” in an attack last week that sparked worldwide fury.
Child obesity a ballooning problem as one-quarter start school overweight LONDON LETTER: Fast-food outlets and incorrect notions of ideal body size pose big threats to child health
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