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Romney win in Michigan leaves race wide open
US: Mitt Romney's victory over John McCain in Michigan's Republican primary has made the party's race for the presidency more unpredictable than ever ahead of South Carolina's crucial vote on Saturday. p

Bomb kills 26 on bus as truce ends in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: A roadside bomb ripped through a Sri Lankan bus, killing 26 people and wounding dozens yesterday, officials said, as a six-year ceasefire between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels officially expired. p

'Atonement' leads field in Bafta award nominations
Britain: The film adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel Atonement led the field when the film nominations for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) awards were announced in London yesterday. p

Irish 'Kings' fails to make Oscar shortlist
United States: Ireland's first entry for the best foreign-language film Oscar, Kings , has not made the shortlist from which the five nominees for the award will be chosen. A bilingual film substantially in the Irish language, Kings deals with the troubled lives of Irish emigrants who went to work in London in the 1970s. p

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Best friends as Democrats call truce in race row
US: It was shaping up to be Fight Night in Vegas but a last-minute truce between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama ensured that Tuesday night's Democratic candidates' debate was about as aggressive as an evening with Celine Dion at Caesar's Palace. p
Two shot dead in Kenya as protests step up
Kenya: Teargas rained down on Kenyan towns and cities yesterday as thousands of protesters began three days of demonstrations to demand a rerun of disputed elections. p
EU Green leader urges Irish support for treaty
EU: The leader of the Greens in the European Parliament Daniel Cohn-Bendit has urged the Green Party in Ireland to support the Lisbon Treaty at its convention on Saturday. p
Ipswich accused may have had accomplice when murdering women, court told
Britain: A forklift truck driver "systematically selected and murdered" five young women before stripping and dumping their bodies in isolated spots, deliberately arranging two of them in a cruciform pose with their arms outstretched, a court heard yesterday. p
Author of book on anti-Semitism in Poland may face court action
Poland: The public prosecutor in Krakow has launched a preliminary investigation into a US historian who says post-war Poland continued where the Nazis left off in persecuting Jews. p
Letters reveal despair of Colombia hostages
Colombia: Chained, weakened by disease and racked with despair, Colombian hostages in jungle camps cling to hopes a deal with their Farc rebel captors will free them, letters from the captives show. p
Italian minister offers to quit over inquiry
Italy: Italy's shaky centre-left coalition government suffered another damaging blow yesterday when justice minister Clemente Mastella, in a dramatic and emotional speech to parliament, offered his resignation after he and his wife came under investigation in a corruption inquiry. p
Queen's concern at Diana affair outlined
Britain: Diana, Princess of Wales's blossoming relationship with her new love Dodi al-Fayed left Queen Elizabeth "concerned" as the couple grew closer, the inquest on Diana was told yesterday. p
Teaching of English floundering in bureaucratic swamp
Letter from Paris : The French government has declared the teaching of English a national priority. Most French school children study English for 10 years, yet few can speak it, and France continues to trail behind other EU countries in English-language performance, writes Lara Marlowe. p
US disquiet on dissident's detention infuriates China
China: As Washington increases the pressure on Beijing on the arrest of a prominent dissident, Chinese officials have restated their position that human rights are a domestic matter and the Olympic Games in the capital in August should not become politicised. p
MySpace 'party boy' arrested in Melbourne
Australian police yesterday arrested and charged a teenager who became a controversial media star after a wild party at his parents' house became a near riot, forcing police to call in a helicopter and the dog squad. p
Ukrainians compensated for savings lost in Soviet collapse
Ukraine: Despite technical glitches, vast queues, occasional scuffles and the death of at least one pensioner, Ukraine's new prime minister looks set to reap a political dividend from compensating her people for the savings they lost when the Soviet Union collapsed. p
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Romney win in Michigan leaves race wide open

Bomb kills 26 on bus as truce ends in Sri Lanka

'Atonement' leads field in Bafta award nominations

Irish 'Kings' fails to make Oscar shortlist

Best friends as Democrats call truce in race row

Two shot dead in Kenya as protests step up

EU Green leader urges Irish support for treaty

Ipswich accused may have had accomplice when murdering women, court told

Author of book on anti-Semitism in Poland may face court action

Letters reveal despair of Colombia hostages

Italian minister offers to quit over inquiry

Queen's concern at Diana affair outlined

Teaching of English floundering in bureaucratic swamp

US disquiet on dissident's detention infuriates China

MySpace 'party boy' arrested in Melbourne

Ukrainians compensated for savings lost in Soviet collapse

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