2 July 2003

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Berlusconi

Silvio Berlusconi got the Italian presidency of the EU off to a diplomatic start by likening a German MEP to a Nazi concentration camp commandant.

Has the Italian Prime Minister just blown the "new European" atlanticist agenda out the water in only day two on the job?

Click here for David Loyn's report

Women in Iraq

Sixty per cent of Iraqis are female and yet under Saddam Hussein they were vastly under represented at a public level. In a special report, David Loyn looked at the issues facing Iraqi women two months after the fighting was declared to be 'over'.

Over-70s work rights

Old, gifted and back - in employment until at least 70. That's what a new government proposal, announced today, will mean for older workers. Are we really tackling the scourge of "ageism" or simply facing up to the reality of a society that doesn't have enough children?

Berlin

And just to cheer up the Germans (again) Stephanie Flanders reported on the financial disaster that is Berlin.

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