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The EU on Friday failed to agree on a general approach to fight racism and xenophobia in the EU states, mainly due to Italy's opposition.

Central bank governor hints at more interest rate cuts Stoltenberg prepared to rule aloneUnemployment most important issue Petroleum Fund to pull out of ethical bad boys Immigrants behind six out of ten robberies in OsloRebuke for police chief from within the force Voters give top marks to Kristin Halvorsen Proposals for closure of Centre for Gender EqualityToday’s comment from Dagens Næringsliv

France has launched a key referendum that may decide the fate of the new European Union constitution.

Uganda's army will not extend a ceasefire with rebels in the north which has just ended.

Minister of International Development Hilde F. Johnson attended the signing of an agreement on wealth-sharing in Naivasha, Kenya, on Wednesday, which will be part of the final peace agreement between the Sudanese Government and the SPLM.

US forces have made a major advance into a mainly Shia area in Baghdad, a stronghold of the radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr.

Demanding NOK 1 billion for the unemployedIsrael stopped Norwegian diplomat Agricultural settlement reachedMunicipalities praised for investing in schoolsIncreased poverty leads to more warsToday's comment from Dagens Næringsliv

Zimbabwe's independent judiciary came under renewed attack yesterday as it was announced that President Robert Mugabe had suspended an outspoken High Court judge for alleged legal misconduct.

Trucks carrying food and medical supplies have begun arriving in the areas affected by the earthquake which hit northern Pakistan and India.

Childbirth remains an untold risk throughout the developing world, bringing death and permanent disability to the world's poor. Two million women suffer from fistulae, a degrading condition which makes them outcasts in their own society - and which could be treated... In Nigeria the situation is particularly grim, with 1 in 25 dying of childbirth complications.