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Q&A: The Doha Round of World Trade Organisation

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Girl’s fall from hotel window ‘broken by canopy

16-year-old Su Cangatin-Ripley suffered serious injuries when she fell from a window had her life saved by a canopy

Free trade: the sticky issue of bananas

On the eve of the world trade summit, negotiators have yet to reach agreement over imports of the fruit into Europe

The flashy playboys taking over the mafia

Sicily’s Cosa Nostra is stronger than ever – but its new young bosses are doing ‘business’ differently

From the archve: million Germans march to freedom in the West

November 12, 1989: Peter Millar on the fall of the Berlin Wall

Battleship Melnichenko heads to sea

Russian billionaire christens his futuristic superyacht 'A' so nothing can precede it in the list of all-time great vessels

Britons lose out as Spanish property firm folds

Thousands of British holiday-home owners are facing losses of as much as £150,000 each with the collapse of Martinsa-Fadesa

YSL art hoard to trouser £250m

The late French fashion icon's art collection is to go under the hammer and it could fetch millions for charity

Sarkozy 'won't bully Irish into new EU referendum'

Visit to Dublin by French President will be to listen, Foreign Minister says, as France backs tougher sanctions on Zimbabwe

EU rediscovers taste for bendy cucumbers

The European Commission is to reform strict rules governing standards on such matters as the bendiness of cucumbers

Iran rules out freeze on nuclear work

At a meeting being held today in Geneva the Iranian ambassador said it was not in Iran's agenda to discuss the issue

Frau mit Herz exclusive!

The Queen is to abdicate - at least in the world of German pulp ficition

Disgraced but France still loves le Tour

For its home nation the latest disgrace in the race does little to dim the magic of a Gallic rite that goes beyond sport

Bulgaria struggles to get a grip on mafia bosses

The bungled rescue of a football club's chairman is further proof of rampant organised crime in the EU's newest member state

The louder the music, the faster you drink

Study in France shows the louder the music in venues, the more swiftly drinkers finish their beer, ordered more – or left

Spanish children on cultural exchange attacked

The exchange students, aged 13-17, were chased before taking refuge in the Heritage Park Special School, Sheffield

Relatives of disabled win groundbreaking victory

Mother denied time off work to look after her disabled son wins landmark EU case that that will force employers into rethink

Fritzl case damaged as children 'refuse to testify'

Case against man accused of rape, incest and imprisonment weakened amid fear teenagers will not give evidence

Four cleared over Madrid terror blasts

Three Arab men and a Spaniard have had their convictions in connection to the bombings that killed 191 people quashed

Madeleine McCann: talks on revealing evidence

Parents may be cleared next week of involvement in their daughter's disappearance, with decision on investigation due Monday