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Russia dismisses Nato's 'empty words'

Reacting to a Nato statement Russia’s Foreign Minister said troops could now be withdrawn within three or four days

Bruni's support for bears angers farmers

Anti-bear camp dismiss singer and supermodel as typical animal-loving city slicker, ignorant of damage bears can inflict

Plane crashes in Madrid - deaths feared

News agency reports that a passenger jet has shot off the runway at Madrid airport and deaths are feared

Russia to back Georgia region's breakaway

Georgia's rebellious region of Abkhazia to win Russian backing for its independence, as new Caucasus crisis looms

US and Poland sign missile deal in Warsaw

Condoleezza Rice signs defence shield pact with Poland that will see missile base just 115 miles from the Russia border

Sarkozy vows to keep troops in Afghanistan

French President told forces in Kabul he was 'shocked' at deaths of nine soldiers, but it would not shake his resolve

New Algeria suicide attack kills 11

Islamist attacks on a hotel and military headquarters in Bouira came a day after 43 people were killed in another attack

Folic acid 'does not prevent heart attacks'

Study suggests that taking folic acid to reduce homocysteine levels in blood is no protection against heart disease

'The Georgians were no challenge at all'

A dusty provincial town dwarfed by the Caucasus mountains, Tskhinvali is now engulfed in a whirlwind of Russian activity

Georgian national squad spirited to Swansea

Whatever the result of the friendly football match in Swansea, just putting out a team is a big victory for the visitors

A compromise deployment gone wrong

President Sarkozy sent combat troops to the east of Afghanistan where there has been a 40 per cent increase in attacks

Taleban launches bloody new strategy

The Taleban killed ten French troops in a battle just outside Kabul and launched a frontal assault on a big US base

Russians flex muscles in Georgian Black Sea port

Georgian servicemen seized and Georgian flagship towed away in day of mixed signals for trans-Caucasian republic

Ten French soldiers killed in ambush

President Sarkozy will travel to Afghanistan after the deadly attack which will stiffen resolve against his policy

Russia and Georgia exchange prisoners

However, little sign of Russian withdrawal from Georgia as Nato foreign ministers discuss the crisis in Brussels

Medvedev: cross us and we'll crush you

The threat will compound the fears of former Soviet states, which are concerned that they could be next after Russia’s attack on Georgia

'IRA Semtex' used in terror attack

The revelation appears to confirm a long-held suspicion that the Provisional IRA never surrendered all their weaponry

Russia defies the West and the ceasefire

There is no sign of a withdrawal from Georgian soil despite a declaration from Moscow that a pullout of troops had begun

Peace and quiet in Beijing's protesting parks

Authorities have turned down 77 applications from 149 people wanting to hold demonstrations in areas designated for protests

Vandals attack monument to gay victims of Nazis

Politicians say that 'cowardly and shocking act' is an attack on the image the city has of itself as a tolerant and open