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Tuesday, 01, Jul 2008 05:59
A spokesman for Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe has told critics of last week's runoff election they can "go hang".
George Charamba's comments came at an African Union (AU) summit in Egypt where leaders have been forced to confront Mr Mugabe's legitimacy on the second day of their summit.
"They can go and hang a thousand times, they have no basis, they have no claim on Zimbabwe politics at all," Mr Charamba said of the international community.
He rejected calls to organise a powersharing deal with the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), as was seen earlier this year in Kenya.
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At least five Chinese police officers have been stabbed to death after a man stormed a police station in Shanghai.
Four other policemen and a security guard were also injured in the attack and are being treated for stab wounds.
Local reports claim a 28-year-old Beijing man has been arrested after the attack in the Public Security Bureau office.
The man is said to have been arrested last year for stealing bicycles, the BBC reports.
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Reforms of the EU's institutions seem further away than ever after Poland's announcement it does not plan to ratify the Lisbon treaty.
Polish prime minister Lech Kaczynski told the Dziennin newspaper such a move would be "pointless" given the Irish rejection of the treaty in its referendum on the issue last month.
"For the moment, the question of the treaty is pointless," he said. "If one breaks the rule of unanimity one time, it will never exist again."
French president Nicolas Sarkozy said: "Europe worries people and, worse than that, I find, little by little our fellow citizens are asking themselves if after all the national level isn't better equipped to protect them than the European level."
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Portugal's attorney general has claimed that no decision has been taken on the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
Portuguese newspapers claimed this morning that police were closing the investigation into the missing girl.
Fernanado Pinto Monteiro said this afternoon though that the case continued to be assessed.
Both the Correio da Manha and Journal de Noticias newspapers claimed on Tuesday that the case will be officially closed in the next few days, but the claim was denied.
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Back in Britain, Police have arrested four people in connection with the stabbing of sixteen-year-old school boy Ben Kinsella.
The teenager was stabbed to death over the weekend after reportedly being involved in a pub fight in York Way, Holloway, north London.
The four arrested are reported to be in their late teens and are being held in four separate police stations.
The BBC reports one of the youths was arrested on Monday afternoon, two others later that day and one on Tuesday.
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And finally, in sport, Newcastle United midfielder Joey Barton has been given a four-month suspended sentence after admitting attacking a former team-mate.
Barton, 25, pleaded guilty to repeatedly punching Ousmane Dabo during a training ground altercation while they were both playing for Manchester City last year.
Yesterday, the England international admitted a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
In handing down the sentence, the judge branded Barton's behaviour as "disgraceful" and told Barton he has "a responsibility to act as a role model" given his profession.
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