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Iraq election: Nouri al-Maliki begins laying foundations for coalition government

Iraqi electoral workers sit among piles of ballot boxes at a counting center in Najaf. Photograph: Alaa al-Marjani/AP The political grouping headed by Iraq's prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, today began preparing negotiations for a new coalition ...

From MATTHEW WEAVER, Guardian Unlimited,  12 Mar 2010

Related Topics: Nouri al-Maliki,  Iraqi National Alliance,  Muqtada al-Sadr,  Ammar al-Hakim,  Ayad Allawi

Lahore hit by double bomb attack

The site of Monday's car bomb attack in Lahore. Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images At least 12 people were killed in Lahore today when two bombs exploded in the second deadly attack on the Pakistani city in a week. Gunshots were heard after the ...

From MATTHEW WEAVER, Guardian Unlimited,  12 Mar 2010

Attempted 'mercy killing' wife takes her own life

Euthanasia campaigner Vicki Wood, who died on Friday, was said to have been suffering from a debilitating disease. Photograph: Al Stewart A woman who admitted trying to murder her terminally ill husband in a "mercy killing" has taken her own life at ...

From MATTHEW WEAVER, Guardian Unlimited,  11 Mar 2010

Greece hit by new general strike

Greece's government says the spending cuts are the only way of reducing the country's massive debt. Photograph: Simela Pantzartzi/EPA Public and private sector workers in Greece began another general strike today to protest against spending cuts ...

From MATTHEW WEAVER, Guardian Unlimited,  11 Mar 2010

Related Topics: George Papandreou

Muhammad cartoonist had $100,000 bounty on head

Lars Vilks's cartoons of the prophet Muhammad were originally created for an art exhibition. Photograph: Harry Soremski/AFP/Getty Images The sketches had sparked a furious reaction from Muslim groups and countries including Pakistan and Iran. Some ...

From MATTHEW WEAVER, Guardian Unlimited,  9 Mar 2010

Corpse of former Cyprus president Tassos Papadopoulos found

Tassos Papadopoulos's body, which was stolen on the eve of the first anniversay of his death, has been found in a cemetery in Nicosia, Cyprus. Photograph: Petros Karadjias/AP The missing corpse of the former Cypriot president Tassos Papadopoulos has ...

From MATTHEW WEAVER, Guardian Unlimited,  9 Mar 2010

Related Topics: Tassos Papadopoulos

Kathryn Bigelow makes history as first woman to win best director Oscar

Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off Iraq war film The Hurt Locker wins six awards including best picture and best original screenplay Kathryn Bigelow (left) celebrates her best director Oscar with Barbra Streisand. Photograph: Matt ...

From MATTHEW WEAVER, Guardian Unlimited,  8 Mar 2010

Related Topics: Kathryn Bigelow,  James Cameron,  Academy Awards,  Barbra Streisand,  Sofia Coppola

Fears grow for 32 named as missing after Madeira landslides

The number of people missing after Saturday's flooding and landslides on Madeira has increased to 32, authorities on the island confirmed today. Officials fear many of those still unaccounted for could have been swept out to sea when torrents poured ...

From MATTHEW WEAVER, Guardian Unlimited,  23 Feb 2010

British woman killed in Pakistan market bomb

The site of suicide bombing in Mingora, capital of Swat Valley, Pakistan. Photograph: Sherin Zada/AP A British woman was among eight people killed by a suicide bomber in a busy market in the Swat Valley in north-west Pakistan yesterday. The Foreign ...

From MATTHEW WEAVER, Guardian Unlimited,  23 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Taliban

Northern Ireland car bomb blamed on dissident republicans

Newry courthouse in Northern Ireland, where a car bomb exploded last night. Photograph: Paul Faith/PA A car bomb attack outside a court building in Northern Ireland The bombing was condemned by the Northern Ireland secretary, Shaun Woodward, as "an act ...

From MARK TRAN, MATTHEW WEAVER, Guardian Unlimited,  23 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Shaun Woodward,  Peter Weir,  Dominic Bradley,  Conor Murphy,  U.S. Department of Justice

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