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Britain Debates Army’s Delay at Basra
A political controversy has erupted in London over Britain’s failure to deploy troops to help save a faltering Iraqi Army offensive against Shiite militias earlier this year.
Carla Sarkozy to Meet Dalai Lama
Carla Sarkozy will meet with the exiled Tibetan leader in southern France on Aug. 22. The French president would meet the Dalai Lama before the end of the year.
Separatist Fighting Erupts in Georgia
Separatist fighters blew up a Georgian armored personnel carrier, killing the two soldiers and injuring six others, an interior ministry spokesman said.
French Role in Genocide Denied
France dismissed as unacceptable a Rwandan report that accused 13 senior French politicians of involvement in the 1994 genocide that killed as many as 800,000 people.
Wheels: Pininfarina C.E.O. Dies in Crash
Andrea Pininfarina, chief executive of the design firm best known for styling classic Italian sports cars, died early Thursday morning.
Italian Premier Briefs Media With More Background Coverage
An 18th-century allegorical figure in a painting that serves as a backdrop for government news conferences was recently retouched to cover a body part.
Range of Russian Mourners Pay Tribute to Solzhenitsyn
Russia paid tribute to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the literary giant who died on Sunday night, with all the hallmarks of an official lying-in-state.
World Briefing | Europe: The Hague: U.S. Testimony Sought
Radovan Karadzic asked the United Nations war crimes tribunal to summon former senior American diplomats to be questioned about his claims of a secret deal to insulate him from prosecution.
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: 5 Jailed in 20 Years of Robberies
Five men were sentenced to jail terms ranging from 8 to 11 years for robberies at dozens of country mansions across western England over a 20-year period.
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Prince Philip Article Is Denied
Buckingham Palace issued a statement denying a newspaper report that the Duke of Edinburgh and the husband of Queen Elizabeth II had received a diagnosis of prostate cancer.
Bosnia Fugitive Is Hero to Some, Butcher to Others
Ratko Mladic, accused in the massacre at Srebrenica, is now the most wanted fugitive from the Balkan conflict.
Russians Discuss Solzhenitsyn’s Legacy
In the hours after Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s death, The New York Times asked readers of its Russian-language blog about his legacy. Here are translated excerpts.
Reverence for Solzhenitsyn, but No National Mourning
The response raised the question of whether Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s work still resonates in today’s Russia.
Italy Begins Military Effort to Quell Crime
The effort will flank regular police and military police officers with 3,000 troops that will be deployed to embassies and subway and rail stations.
World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Putin Says Moscow to Restore Ties With Cuba
The move comes more than a decade and a half after the collapse of the Soviet Union forced Moscow to retract the economic aid that helped sustain the island for some 30 years.
World Business Briefing | Europe: Russia: Oil Venture Officer Resigns
James Owen, chief financial officer of BP’s troubled Russian venture TNK-BP, resigned, citing a conflict between the British major and its partners, TNK-BP said in a statement.
World Briefing | Europe: Turkey: Inquiry on Deaths of Newborns at Hospital
Turkey’s Health Ministry began an investigation on Monday into the deaths of more than two dozen newborn babies at a hospital in Ankara.
Solzhenitsyn, Literary Giant Who Defied Soviets, Dies at 89
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s stubborn, lonely and combative literary struggles revealed the afflictions of Soviet Communism.
In Germany, a City’s Famed Industry Now Helps Keep It Afloat
With their low fuel consumption, zeppelins are enjoying renewed attention in an era of high fuel prices.
Anglicans to Seek Pact to Prevent a Schism
The Most Rev. Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury, announced a consensus to seek the pact among all parties to the ecclesiastical controversy over homosexuality.
Abroad: With Flemish Nationalism on the Rise, Belgium Teeters on the Edge
In its escalating dysfunction Belgium demonstrates the inextricable link between culture and nationhood.
6 Die as Georgia Battles Rebel Group
After months of uneasy calm, violence between Georgia and the rebel republic, South Ossetia, has flared recently.
Off the Shelf: Who Said Brussels Was Boring?
A new book offers an entertaining look at the inner workings of the European Union’s policy-making and bureaucratic machine.
Pierre Berès, Tenacious Book Collector, Dies at 95
Mr. Berès was renowned for his taste and connoisseurship, his vast financial resources and his ruthlessness in the pursuit of the rare and the beautiful.
Turkey Arrests Suspects in Bombings
Turkey’s interior minister blamed the separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party for last week’s bombings in Istanbul that killed 17 people.
Marburg Journal: German City Wonders How Green Is Too Green
A town’s decision to require solar-heating panels has prompted a debate over ecological good citizenship.
Paris Journal: A Scooter, a Sarkozy and Rancor Collide
A scandal has emerged in France involving the president’s son, his wealthy fiancée, a much-beloved and scabrous magazine, a crusty cartoonist and humid charges of anti-Semitism.