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src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38812000/gif/_38812799_sport_mod_banner.gif"/></a></div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401223831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/england/2905237.stm"> Turkish spy films England </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401223831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/2904931.stm"> Safin 'lacks champion's desire' </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401223831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/2905719.stm"> Delay delights Schumacher </a> <br/> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <img height="10" border="0" width="629" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/ffffff.gif"/> <table width="629" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="pb"> <div class="o"> <a href="/web/20030401223831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2907087.stm" class="pbl"> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="66" alt="Lew Rywin" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39037000/jpg/_39037735_rywin_66_ap.jpg"/> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" border="0" width="5" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> <b>Poland's big story</b><br/> The film producer, the publisher, the PM and "the bribe" </a><br clear="all"/> </div> </div> </td><td width="10" valign="top" class="gddddbb"> <img height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="10" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> </td><td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="pb"> <div class="o"> <a href="/web/20030401223831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2897365.stm" class="pbl"> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="66" alt="Why US Secretary of State Colin Powell has fences to mend with Turkey" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39035000/jpg/_39035905_pointafppf.jpg"/> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" border="0" width="5" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> <b>Talking Turkey</b><br/> Powell seeks to mend war rift with Ankara </a><br clear="all"/> </div> </div> </td><td width="10" valign="top" class="gddddbb"> <img height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="10" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> </td><td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="pb"> <div class="o"> <a href="/web/20030401223831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2907701.stm" class="pbl"> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="66" alt="British war cemetery at Etaples defaced with anti-war slogans" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39038000/jpg/_39038377_graf66afp.jpg"/> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" border="0" width="5" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> <b>Cemetery attack</b><br/> French PM pleads for tolerance after war graves are defaced </a><br clear="all"/> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <img height="10" border="0" width="629" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/ffffff.gif"/> <table width="629" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="416" valign="top"> <div class="nlp"> MORE EUROPE NEWS </div> <img height="5" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="1" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/><br/> <table width="416" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="213" valign="top"> <table width="213" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401223831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2901399.stm"> Srebrenica finally buries its dead </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401223831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2906357.stm"> Toxin threat to Inuit food </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401223831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2903887.stm"> Bosnian Croat war criminals jailed </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401223831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2902723.stm"> Milosevic wife denies murder role </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401223831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2903597.stm"> German Muslims deplore war </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401223831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/2905177.stm"> Man Utd profits dip </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401223831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/2902011.stm"> UK's 'uphill PR battle' on Iraq </a> <br/> </div> <div class="nlp"> BUSINESS </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401223831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2908133.stm"> Oil firms fined for price fixing </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401223831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2907261.stm"> Corus bonuses under fire </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401223831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2904119.stm"> Commerzbank sheds jobs </a> <br/> </div> </td><td width="10" valign="top" class="gffffff"> <img height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="10" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> </td> </tr> </table> </td><td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="nlp"> FEATURES </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401223831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2881291.stm"> Moldova's economy spirals down </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401223831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2896083.stm"> The EU gets its gun </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401223831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2892943.stm"> De Villepin in the lion's den </a> <br/> </div> <div class="nlp"> NEWSPAPER ROUND UP </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401223831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2904969.stm"> European press review </a> <br/> </div> <img height="10" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="1" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/><br/> <div class="o"> <div class="nlp"><a href="/web/20030401223831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm" class="lp"> COUNTRY PROFILES </a></div> <div class="nlp"> A GUIDE TO EUROPE </div> <div class="ddt"></div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><form method="post" action="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/openurl.pl"><tr><td> <select name="link" class="formatStyle" onchange="if (this.options[selectedIndex].value != '') location.href=this.options[selectedIndex].value"> <option value="#">Choose a country</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1004234.stm">Albania</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/992562.stm">Andorra</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1108052.stm">Armenia</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1032215.stm">Austria</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1235976.stm">Azerbaijan</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1102180.stm">Belarus</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/999709.stm">Belgium</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1066886.stm">Bosnia-Herzegov</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1059735.stm">Bulgaria</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/2565049.stm">Chechnya</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1097128.stm">Croatia</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1016541.stm">Cyprus</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1108489.stm">Czech Republic</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1032760.stm">Denmark</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1106425.stm">Estonia</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1023629.stm">Finland</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/998481.stm">France</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1102477.stm">Georgia </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1047864.stm">Germany</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1009249.stm">Greece</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1023393.stm">Greenland</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1049641.stm">Hungary</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1025227.stm">Iceland</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1038581.stm">Ireland</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1065345.stm">Italy</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1106666.stm">Latvia</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1066002.stm">Liechtenstein</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1106095.stm">Lithuania</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1061821.stm">Luxembourg</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1067125.stm">Macedonia</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1045691.stm">Malta</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1108492.stm">Moldova</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/2530481.stm">Monaco</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1043423.stm">Netherlands</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1023276.stm">Norway</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1054681.stm">Poland</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/994099.stm">Portugal</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1057466.stm">Romania</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1102275.stm">Russia</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/2669927.stm">San Marino</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1039269.stm">Serbia/Montenegr</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1108491.stm">Slovakia</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1097296.stm">Slovenia</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/991960.stm">Spain</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1021823.stm">Sweden</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1035212.stm">Switzerland</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1022222.stm">Turkey</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1102303.stm">Ukraine</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1038758.stm">United Kingdom</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1066140.stm">Vatican</option> </select> <input border="0" type="image" src="/web/20030401223831im_/http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/go_button.gif" value="GO"> </td></tr></form></table> <div class="nlp"> Compiled by BBC Monitoring </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <img height="10" border="0" width="416" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/ffffff.gif"/> <table width="416" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="pb"> <div class="o"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/default.stm" class="pbl"> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="66" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39023000/jpg/_39023547_milosevic2_66.jpg"/> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" border="0" width="5" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> <b>On This Day</b><br/> 2001: Ex-Yugoslav leader Milosevic is arrested after siege </a><br clear="all"/> </div> </div> </td><td width="10" valign="top" class="gddddbb"> <img height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="10" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> </td><td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="pb"> <div class="o"> <a href="/web/20030401223831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2902941.stm" class="pbl"> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="66" alt="Anti-war protests are encouraging consumers to boycott US goods" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39032000/jpg/_39032237_protestors6666.jpg"/> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" border="0" width="5" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> <b>Shopping for peace</b><br/> Anti-war campaigners call for a boycott of certain US goods </a><br clear="all"/> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td><td width="213" valign="top"> <table width="213" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="10" valign="top" class="gffffff"> <img height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="10" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> </td><td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="o"> <div class="avh">WATCH/LISTEN<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831/http://www.real.com/products/player/bbc.html"><img height="8" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="100" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/real_media.gif"/></a></div> <div class="avsh"> PROGRAMMES </div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831/http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/europetoday.ram"><img height="13" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="2" border="0" width="60" alt="" src="/web/20030401223831im_/http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/audionews.gif"/>Europe Today</a><br clear="all"/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831/http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/europe.ram"><img height="13" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="2" border="0" width="60" alt="" src="/web/20030401223831im_/http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/audionews.gif"/>World Today Europe</a><br clear="all"/> <a href="javascript:void request_launch('ukfs');"><img height="16" vspace="2" border="0" width="203" alt="Launch console" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/more_av_news.gif"/></a> <div class="miiit"><img height="2" hspace="0" vspace="3" border="0" width="203" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/666699.gif"/></div> </div> <img height="10" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="1" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401223831im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/><br/> <div><img height="15" border="0" width="203" alt="BBC World Service" 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