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• Bush expresses doubts about rationale for Iraq war

  Dec 2 2008:

  In an interview with ABC, outgoing president admits going to war on the basis of flawed intelligence was his biggest regret

• Nato allies divided over Ukraine and Georgia

  Dec 2 2008:

  At least six members oppose US push for new formula that would put countries on slow path to membership

• Tijuana's bloody weekend ends with discovery of nine headless corpses

  Dec 2 2008:

  As Mexican drug war intensifies, unofficial death toll approaches 5000, almost double 2007 figure

• Protecting seafarers from pirates has always been our top priority

  Dec 2 2008:

  Response: The shipping industry has long asked governments for help in preventing attacks, says Simon Bennett

• Let there be light

  Dec 2 2008:

  The EU Court of Justice is a shining beacon in grey old Luxembourg - and for €500m, so it ought to be, says Jonathan Glancey

• The long fight against prejudice in sport

  Dec 2 2008:

  Letters: Rugby league's continuing commitment to tackling prejudice and discrimination should be highlighted more frequently

• Gender roles in the Cinderella story

  Dec 2 2008:

  Letter: Adam Phillips's analysis of Cinderella is interesting and, up to a point, plausible.

• $200m suit claims discrimination by Compass in Philadelphia complex

  Dec 2 2008:

  British catering group hit by claims that 11 black workers were subjected to racial abuse from a colleague

• The mafia's very own minstrel comes clean

  Dec 2 2008:

  John Hooper: Gigi D'Alessio was only able to disentangle himself from the Camorra's embrace after a breakthrough concert in 1997

• UK plans 'to join euro' dismissed

  Dec 2 2008:

  EU commission president's claims dismissed despite warm praise for single currency from government minister

• News in brief

  Dec 2 2008:

  More stories from around the world

• Storm brews over 'surprise' flood

  Dec 2 2008:

  Officials criticised after high tide surges into Venice, flooding city

• Irish papers gagged over corruption reports

  Dec 2 2008:

  Newspapers silenced by legal threats over printing of preliminary report into political corruption

• Study finds Antarctic seas richer in life than tropics

  Dec 2 2008:

  Scientists brave freezing weather to record 1,224 new species in waters around Antarctic archipelago

• Barack Obama: hawk or dove?

  Poll, Dec 2 2008:

  By appointing Hillary Clinton and other military hawks to his national security team, is Barack Obama betraying his promise to break with the past or reviving the true spirit of liberal interventionism?

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