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The Tajik government protests after the murder of one its citizens in Russia, in an attack which nationalists say they carried out.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is to meet Tibet's exiled spiritual leader Dalai Lama in Poland, in a move that has angered Beijing.

The Dalai Lama makes a speech to EU MPs, but China is angry at his European tour and threatens consequences for trade.

The Dalai Lama urges the European Union to stand firm on human rights to protect the interests of the Chinese people.

French divers find the cockpit voice recorder from the Air New Zealand plane that crashed in the Mediterranean, killing seven.

The Danish architect of the iconic Sydney Opera House, Jorn Utzon, dies at the age of 90, after suffering a heart attack.

French search teams sweep rough seas trying to find the bodies of five people missing after an Airbus jet crashed.

Two people are killed and five are missing after an Airbus A320 plane crashes during a test flight after maintenance work.

China says it has ''no choice but to postpone'' a planned summit with the EU because of the French stance on the Tibet issue.

China postpones a summit with the EU next week amid tension over contacts with the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.