Updated: 8am GMT -- 2007/12/07

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EU-Africa talks a ‘turning point’
INSIGHT José Manuel Barroso ALMOST four years after it was initially planned, the Second Summit between the European Union and Africa, to be held in Lisbon this weekend, marks a decisive turning-point in relations between our two continents. It is ...

The pain – and joys of Christmas
ANDREW TRENCH HANDS up all of you who promised to do gift shopping before the Christmas rush. Now, hands up, all those who kept the promise. I thought so. Tsk, tsk. Why do we never learn? Now let me rub my crystal ball and see where you will be f...