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3.05.2009 Rome, Italy - BERLUSCONI'S WIFE SUES FOR DIVORCE - The wife of Italian Prime Minister Silvio
Berlusconi has confirmed that she will file for divorce. Veronica Lario reportedly said she could not be with a man who "consorted with minors" after her husband
attended a female friend's 18th birthday party. She had also clashed with her husband over his party's plan to choose certain female election candidates. The
72-year-old billionaire prime minister said it was a personal matter that saddened him, without elaborating. Ms Lario is Mr Berlusconi's second wife and a former
actress. The couple, who have been married for 19 years, have three children, all in their 20s. La Repubblica, a leading Italian newspaper, said Ms Lario's decision
came after reading about the 18th birthday party in Naples. "That's enough, I cannot remain with a man who consorts with minors", she was quoted as saying.
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18.04.2009 Perpignan, France - FRANCE HOLDS ETA MILITARY CHIEF - A man described as the military leader of the Basque separatist group Eta has been captured in
south-western France, Spanish government sources say. Jurdan Martitegi was reportedly detained with two other suspected Eta members near Perpignan in a joint
Franco-Spanish security operation. French police would only say that three Eta suspects had been detained. The news comes just over a week since the arrest in
Paris of another top Eta suspect, Ekaitz Sirvent Auzmendi. If his arrest is confirmed, Mr Martitegi would be the third suspected Eta military chief to be detained by
the French security forces in the past five months. Eta is blamed for the deaths of more than 820 people in its 40-year campaign for an independent Basque
nation. The three men arrested on Saturday were armed with three pistols and had a car with false number plates, Spanish media report. French police say they
were picked up in Montauriol, in the eastern Pyrenees region which borders Spain. Mr Martitegi is alleged to have assumed the military command of Eta since the
arrest in December of Aitzol Irionda, also in south-west France. Mr Irionda himself had allegedly just taken over the military command from Mikel Garikoitz
Aspiazu Rubina, also known as Txeroki, after the latter's arrest in France in October. Once regarded as a safe haven for Basque militants, France began arresting
Eta suspects after the group called off a 15-month-old ceasefire in June 2007. A suspected woman member of Eta, Itxaso Legorburu Madinabeitia, was arrested
in the central French town of Mezieres-en-Brenne on Thursday. Another suspected member with her managed to escape. The two had reportedly been inside a
gun shop when they aroused suspicion and police were called. CLICK HERE:
11.04.2009 Paris, France - TOP ETA SUSPECT CAUGHT WITH GUN - One of the Spanish militant group Eta's top leaders has been arrested in Paris carrying a
Magnum revolver and false ID, French and Spanish media report. Ekaitz Sirvent Auzmendi was detained at Montparnasse station in Paris after getting off a
high-speed train from Bordeaux, French police said. Wanted by Spain since 2002, he is said to be one of Eta's top five leaders. Eta is blamed for the deaths
of more than 820 people in its 40-year campaign for an independent Basque nation. Spanish police were present during the arrest in Paris, the French news
agency AFP reports. A laptop computer and a large quantity of computer equipment including USB keys and hard discs were also seized and Mr Auzmendi
was found carrying false French and Spanish identity papers, the Spanish interior ministry told the Spanish news agency Efe. He is believed to be Eta's top forger,
it added. CLICK HERE:
25.03.2009 Strasbourg, France - CZECH PM ATTACKS OBAMA SPENDING - The Czech prime minister has condemned US President Barack Obama's economic
recovery plans as "a way to hell". Mirek Topolanek was speaking in the European Parliament, in his capacity as current holder of the EU presidency. Hours before
his remarks, President Obama appealed for all countries to bear the burden of spending to stimulate the world economy. Mr Topolanek said the biggest success of
last week's EU summit was its refusal to copy the US example. His intervention comes 10 days before the G20 summit meeting in London and coincides with a visit
to New York by UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who has called for a "worldwide fiscal and monetary stimulus".CLICK HERE:
22.03.2009 Brussels, Belgium - US BACKS DANISH PM AS NATO HEAD - The US is prepared to back Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen to be the
next secretary general of Nato, US and alliance sources say. The current secretary general, Dutch diplomat Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, steps down at the end of
July. Mr Rasmussen, Denmark's premier since 2001, is already reported to have the backing of France, Germany and the UK. Mr Rasmussen is a strong
supporter of Nato's mission in Afghanistan, sending a contingent of 750 Danish troops. However, he has not confirmed his candidacy and the appointment needs
the unanimous backing of all 26 Nato member states. Turkey is said to have misgivings about Mr Rasmussen over his refusal to apologize for the publication
of cartoons in a Danish newspaper in 2005, one of which depicted the Prophet Muhammad with a bomb in his turban. The cartoons sparked a worldwide
controversy. Traditionally the post of secretary general is usually held by a European while the Nato's military commander is American. Other contenders for the
position include Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere, former British Defense Secretary Des Browne,
former Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy and Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay. CLICK HERE:
6.03.2009 Moscow, Russia - The last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, has given some of his strongest criticism yet of the politics of
modern Russia. He says the United Russia party of the current Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, behaves like the old-style Communists. "I criticize United Russia a
lot," said Mr Gorbachev, "I do it directly." He also said Russia's judicial system was not properly constitutional and dismissed members of its parliament as not truly
independent. "United Russia is a party of bureaucrats," he said, in an interview with the American news organisation, Associated Press. "It is the worst version of the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union." Mr Gorbachev was speaking as the countries of Eastern and Central Europe look towards the 20th anniversary this year of
the fall of Communism in Europe, as symbolized by the smashing of the Berlin wall. The BBC correspondent in Moscow, James Rodgers, says that although Mr
Gorbachev is respected throughout the world for his role in ending the Cold War, many Russians more readily associate him with the economic hardship that
accompanied the end of Communism. Mr Gorbachev himself now says he did not foresee that his policies of openness and reform, "glasnost" and "perestroika",
would lead to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. "I was a resolute opponent of the break-up," he said, expressing the hope that one day Ukraine,
Kazakhstan and Belarus might again re-join Russia in a political union. CLICK HERE:
10.02.2009 Karlsruhe, Germany - GERMAN CONSTITUTIONAL JUDGES STUDY LISBON TREATY - German ministers have told judges in the country's constitutional court that the Lisbon
Treaty will improve democracy and EU decision-making. They were speaking on the first day of a hearing at the constitutional court to decide whether the treaty
violates the German constitution. The controversial treaty - not yet ratified by all 27 member states - is aimed at strengthening EU institutions. The German court
ruling is expected to come in a few months' time. The treaty was rejected by Irish voters in a referendum last June. A new referendum is planned for this autumn,
with the Yes camp hoping that new EU "guarantees" on Irish sovereignty will be enough to persuade voters to back it. The Czech Republic and Poland have not yet
ratified the treaty either. All member states have to ratify it for it to take effect. Addressing the court in Karlsruhe, the German Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, said the treaty would boost democracy in Europe and give national parliaments a greater role in the EU legislative process.
"The Treaty of Lisbon expressly strengthens the democratic fundamentals of the European Union," he said. Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said the treaty did
not compromise German sovereignty. Germany's parliament has already approved the treaty, but President Horst Koehler has delayed signing it until the court gives
its ruling. Opponents say the treaty is part of a federalist EU agenda that threatens national sovereignty. The also say it differs little from the ill-fated EU constitution,
rejected by French and Dutch voters in 2005. The case against the treaty was brought by Peter Gauweiler, a conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) member of
the Bundestag (lower house), and backed by some Left Party MPs. A court ruling could be further delayed by a separate anti-Lisbon complaint brought by Franz
Ludwig Graf von Stauffenberg, a lawyer and former CSU deputy. CLICK HERE:
31.01.2009 The Holy See - POPE PROMOTES CONSERVATIVE CLERIC - Pope Benedict has made a controversial appointment, days after revoking the
excommunication of a bishop who is a Holocaust denier. He promoted ultra-conservative cleric Fr Gerhard Maria Wagner to assistant bishop of the Austrian city
of Linz. The Vatican came under heavy criticism from Jewish groups this week for the rehabilitation of dissident British-born bishop Richard Williamson. The bishop
apologised for shaming the Church, but not for his views. Fr Wagner is also notorious for his extreme views, he has accused the popular Harry Potter novels of
spreading Satanism, and described Hurricane Katrina as God's punishment for the sinners of New Orleans. He wrote in a parish newsletter that the death and
destruction caused by the hurricane in New Orleans was divine retribution for the city's tolerance of homosexuals and permissive sexual attitudes. The future bishop
said he was glad that Katrina destroyed not only nightclubs and brothels in New Orleans, but also five of the city's abortion clinics. The Catholic Church in Austria
has been losing support in recent years after its former head was sacked as a result of a scandal involving gay priests in a teaching college. Austrian Catholics gave
only a lukewarm welcome to the Pope when he visited Vienna in 2007. CLICK HERE:
25.01.2009 Alloway, Scotland - SCOTS CELEBRATE BURNS 250TH BIRTHDAY - Thousands of people have taken part in events to mark the 250th anniversary of the
birth of Robert Burns, Scotland's national bard. The celebrations were led by First Minister Alex Salmond. It also marked the launch of a year-long program of
events which the Scottish Government hopes will raise the country's profile. A procession took place in Dumfries and there were further events which took place in
Alloway, Burns' birthplace. Sunday's events began with Mr Salmond attending a church service in Alloway, while Culture Minister Linda Fabiani and the Duke of
Buccleuch took part in another commemorative event in Dumfries. Mr Salmond later attended a wreath-laying ceremony at a statue of Burns in Ayr and then went
on to the Dumfries lantern procession attended by thousands. CLICK HERE:
20.01.2009 Washington, DC - 44TH US PRESIDENT INAUGURATED - New US President Barack Obama has used his inaugural address to pledge a "new era of
responsibility" in a time of crisis at home and abroad. Mr Obama spoke after taking the oath of office as America's 44th president - and its first African-American
leader. More than one million people gathered in the National Mall in a wintry Washington DC, to see Mr Obama take the oath shortly after 1200 (1700 GMT).
He later set off on an inaugural parade that will take him to the White House. The new president is due to attend a series of balls later, but a shadow was cast over
Mr Obama's celebrations in the hours after his swearing-in, as veteran Senator Ted Kennedy collapsed during the inaugural lunch at Congress. Mr Kennedy, whose
support was seen as influential in winning over Democratic voters for Mr Obama, has been seriously ill with a brain tumour and has previously undergone surgery.
In his first speech as president, Mr Obama said his country faced a number of challenges but was entering a "new era of responsibility". Mr Obama made reference
to the scale of his achievement at being the first black American elected to the White House, in a remark that gathered one of the biggest cheers of the speech. "This
is the meaning of our liberty and our creed... why a man whose father less than 60 years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before
you to take a most sacred oath." CLICK HERE:
16.01.2009 Berlin, Germany - PUTIN: GAS SOLUTION CLOSER - Russian PM Vladimir Putin says a deal to end the European gas crisis may be nearer, after
discussing the formation of a consortium to transfer gas. Speaking in Germany, he said: "We are approaching interesting agreements which could lead to a solution."
He spoke following meetings with European energy companies which he hopes can enable transit via Ukraine. He also criticized the EU, saying it had sided with
Ukraine in the two countries' contractual dispute. Mr Putin said it was intolerable that Russia be expected to supply the "technical gas" needed by Ukraine to keep
pressure up in its pipes to transfer gas to Europe. He said a deal was being brokered between Russia's Gazprom and other European firms, including Germany's E.on,
Gaz de France and Italy's Eni, under which they would supply the technical gas. It is not clear whether Ukraine would accept such a deal. Germany's Chancellor
Angela Merkel, following talks with Mr Putin, said moves to resume gas supplies through Ukraine's pipelines could soon enter a "test phase". CLICK HERE:
15.01.2009 London, England - EX-KGB SPY IN BID TO BUY UK NEWSPAPER - A Russian ex-KGB agent could soon be in control of London daily newspaper the Evening
Standard. Billionaire businessman Alexander Lebedev is believed to have made an offer for a 76% share of the paper. He has previously revealed that he used the
paper to find out information when he was a young spy based in London. Owner Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) is believed to be considering the offer,
although the company has made no official comment. DMGT chairman Lord Rothermere is thought to have already rebuffed a bid Mr Lebedev made for the paper
last month. BBC media correspondent Torin Douglas said the paper had been hit by the advertising downturn and a fierce free newspaper battle in London. ...
Mr Lebedev has described the Standard as a "very good newspaper" with some "brilliant journalists". His fortune, which is reported to be worth around $3.1bn
(�2.1bn), was made mostly through banking, insurance companies and from his stake in the Russian airline Aeroflot. In 2006, he teamed up with ex-Soviet leader
Mikhail Gorbachev to buy the Russian paper Novaya Gazeta. CLICK HERE:
