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Karadzic 'aims to defend himself'
23 Jul 2008 at 12:33pm
War crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic plans to conduct his own defence in his trial at The Hague, his lawyer says.

EU suspends funding for Bulgaria
23 Jul 2008 at 11:25am
The European Commission suspends aid to Bulgaria worth hundreds of millions of euros amid concern about organised crime.

Turkey makes 'coup plot' arrests
23 Jul 2008 at 11:55am
Twenty Turks, including politicians and a journalist, are held over an alleged plot to overthrow the government.

EU warns US of visa retaliation
23 Jul 2008 at 2:37pm
The European Commission says that it may impose visas for US diplomats, in retaliation for a failure by the US to lift visa demands on some EU member states.

UK woman guilty of 'canoe' fraud plot
23 Jul 2008 at 3:54pm
Back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin and his wife Anne are jailed for a �250,000 fraud.

Manned spaceship design unveiled
22 Jul 2008 at 9:56pm
The first official image of a proposed joint Russian and European manned spacecraft has been unveiled.

Abu Hamza loses extradition fight
23 Jul 2008 at 10:32am
Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri is refused leave to appeal against his extradition to the US.

Italian MPs approve immunity law
22 Jul 2008 at 8:14pm
Italy's MPs gives their final backing to a controversial immunity bill put forward by Silvio Berlusconi's government.

Lesbos locals lose attempt to ban use of the term 'lesbian
22 Jul 2008 at 6:38pm
Campaigners on the Greek island of Lesbos lose an attempt to ban the use of the word "lesbian" to describe gay women.

Stage 17 as it happened
23 Jul 2008 at 4:14pm
Spain's Carlos Sastre takes the Tour de France's yellow jersey after an impressive victory at l'Alpe d'Huez.

Swedish jump champion out of Games
22 Jul 2008 at 9:12pm
Defending triple jump champion Christian Olsson, Phillips Idowu's main rival, withdraws from next month's Beijing Olympics because of injury.

Relief in Sarajevo
23 Jul 2008 at 11:27am
Karadzic's arrest is talk of city's cafes and bars
Against the odds
21 Jul 2008 at 2:08pm
Hungarian with Olympic judo hopes battles tragedy
Mardell's Europe
22 Jul 2008 at 2:24pm
Spotlight on The Hague after the capture of Karadzic
Surge of emotion
23 Jul 2008 at 3:05pm
Serbs and Bosnians describe feelings on Karadzic capture

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