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As the world celebrates the International Day Against Racism, the EU has disengaged itself from the fight against racism, says, ENAR - European Network Against Racism.

Soldiers loyal to a local commander shot and killed Afghanistan's aviation minister yesterday in the western city of Herat, setting off vicious factional fighting with guns and tanks in which as many as 100 people died, the commander said.

NATO has begun reinforcing its 17,000-strong peacekeeping force in Kosovo and approved the use of force to end the worst violence between Serbs and ethnic Albanians in the province in five years.

The militant Basque separatist group ETA today proposed talks with the incoming Socialist government, but a party spokesperson quickly rejected the call, saying it was "a communique by a terrorist group".

Twenty-six men have been transferred from a US military detention centre in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to their home countries for release.

Spain's Socialist Party today vowed to put the fight against terrorism at the heart of the country's new government at the same time firing criticism at the war on Iraq.

Greece appealed to NATO today for help safeguarding the Olympics as the deadly train bombings in Madrid sent nations around the world scrambling to protect transportation networks and sports events from potential terror attacks.

Britan's Science Museum is considering a particularly gruesome new exhibit - a decomposing human body displayed in a glass box.

An Al-Qaeda claim of responsibility for the deadly Madrid bombings, if verified, is the nightmare scenario the United States Iraq War allies feared, most experts say.

Switzerland is thinking about slapping a tax on fats and sugar to curb a national trend towards obesity, Swiss newspaper reported today.