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Work began on a 700-metre tunnel down to the refuge where the miners were discovered on August 22

Led by Germany, performances of many of the continent’s main economies have improved noticeably in recent weeks, as shown in the ninth edition of the Financial Times’ economic weather map

Rwanda is threatening to withdraw from a peacekeeping mission in Darfur in reaction to a leaked UN report suggesting its forces may have been responsible for “crimes of genocide” in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Two men of Yemeni descent who flew from Chicago to Amsterdam are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit terrorism, Dutch officials said on Tuesday

Three players alleged to be involved in a betting scandal on the team’s England tour will meet the country’s officials in London on Wednesday as talks continued to find a way for the tour to continue

India’s economy grew a brisk 8.8 per cent from April to June, its fastest pace in two-and-a-half years, highlighting the strength of India’s economic recovery despite high inflation now acting as a drag on consumer spending

Indonesia is seeking $2.4bn in damages from a Thai drilling company alleging it is responsible for a leak in the Timor Sea that has severely hit the livelihoods of fishing communities along its south-east coast

Well-known writers and intellectuals have urged a cultural and academic boycott of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, throwing a stark light on the country’s divisions at a critical time for regional diplomacy

India’s Supreme Court is reopening the Bhopal gas disaster case, after a public outcry at the lenient sentences recently given to the former top management at the blighted Union Carbide pesticide plant

Lending to businesses fell for the eleventh month in a row in July, in a sign of how weak credit persists as a threat to the recovery, Bank of England data show

Last ditch efforts to patch up differences between Japan's prime minister and a powerful Democratic party rival have failed, setting the stage for a leadership challenge that could split the ruling party

A run of bad news on the US economy was broken by data showing a rise in consumer confidence in August, as newly released minutes showed Federal Reserve divisions about the outlook for growth

Robust growth in the eurozone has failed to put a dent its near-record unemployment rate, which remained flat for a fourth consecutive month in July, although prospects are brighter for the revived German economy

Mexican police on Monday arrested one of the country’s top drug traffickers in one of the biggest victories for the government since it declared war on organised crime almost four years ago

Concerns that the depressed US housing sector will remain a drag on the US labour market have mounted following the loss of nearly 120,000 jobs in construction and related businesses in the last three months for which statistics were available

Iceland’s Keflavik airbase, a bulwark of western security during the cold war, would be home to two squadrons of Russian-made fighter jets under plans being considered by Reykjavik

Germany’s Bundesbank has warned that its image has been damaged by provocative comments on immigration by a member of its board but it stopped short on Monday of demanding his immediate departure

Barack Obama will declare the war in Iraq is ending, on the final day of the US combat mission in the country, saying he has kept his campaign promise to oversee an orderly withdrawal of American troops from the country

The US announced some of its toughest sanctions against North Korea, targeting Pyongyang’s alleged drug trafficking, counterfeiting and military activities, as well as “slush funds” used by the country’s elite

Research in Motion and India’s government avoided a standoff on Monday by agreeing to extend for two months talks over a demand to open all BlackBerry services to scrutiny by the country’s intelligence agencies