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Cold weather claims more victims across Europe, thousands cut off
Feb 13, 2012, 21:17 GMT
Belgrade - Frost and snow continued to claim dozens of lives across Europe on Monday, while snow cut tens of thousands off in smaller settlements and triggered deadly avalanches. ... more
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Germany indicts former vice-consul in Dubai for corruption
Feb 14, 2012, 17:15 GMT
Berlin - A member of Germany's foreign service is to go on trial on charges of corruption for allegedly taking bribes worth thousands of euros in return for providing visas to Afghans heading for Germany, prosecutors in Berlin said Tuesday. ... more
Djokovic awarded Serbia's highest honours
Feb 14, 2012, 16:11 GMT
Belgrade - President Boris Tadic on Tuesday honoured Serbia's superstar tennis player Novak Djokovic with the country's top medal. ... more
Italian prosecutors appeal Amanda Knox acquittal
Feb 14, 2012, 16:09 GMT
Rome - Prosecutors in Italy on Tuesday formally lodged an appeal against last year's acquittal of Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend for the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher. ... more
Merkel urges Greece and Macedonia to compromise on name dispute
Feb 14, 2012, 15:49 GMT
Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday urged Greece and Macedonia to reach a compromise over their long-standing name dispute as she offered support for Macedonia's drive to join NATO and the European Union. ... more
Sports minister admits that Spain has "a problem with doping"
Feb 14, 2012, 14:49 GMT
Madrid - Spanish sport has 'a problem with doping,' the nation's Sports Minister Jose Ignacio Wert said Tuesday. ... more
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- Russian tanks to go to Algeria and Turkmenistan for 500 million
- Nowitzki's Mavericks in talks over pre-season game in Berlin
- Gazprom sacks radio board members critical of the Kremlin
- Former agriculture ministers convicted of corruption in Romania
- Bulgaria freezes ratification of ACTA
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Is Liechtenstein's prince too powerful?
Feb 14, 2012, 13:38 GMT
Zurich - No one elected Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein, but he always has the final word in his tiny mountainous realm, to the chagrin of some of his subjects. ... more
ANALYSIS: US focus turns to Asia, Europe questions its defence future
Feb 4, 2012, 14:57 GMT
Munich - No European leader would willingly return the continent to Cold War conditions, when it was split in two by a border bristling with troops and nuclear weapons. ... more
