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Hundreds of thousands of homes in Europe are without heat in a cold snap as the Russia-Ukraine gas row continues. |
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Leonidas Vargas, a once powerful Colombian drug trafficker, is shot dead in his hospital bed in the Spanish capital Madrid. |
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French Justice Minister Rachida Dati comes under fire for returning to work five days after giving birth to a baby girl. |
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The Czech Republic warns the European Union against borrowing its way out of the global slowdown. |
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Four more EU countries lift restrictions on access to their job markets for Bulgarian and Romanian workers. |
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Production in Spanish factories fell by 15.1% in November, the biggest fall on record, as the downturn gathers pace. |
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Rwandan official Rose Kabuye tells the BBC she must return to France for her trial and prove her innocence. |
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Commerzbank, Germany's second biggest bank, is to be partly nationalised, with the government taking a 25% stake. |
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Ex-Juventus football club general manager Luciano Moggi is given an 18 month suspended sentence for corruption. |
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Descendants of one of England's most unlikely sporting legends prepare to gather in Suffolk to unveil a statue in his memory. |
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Britain's Andy Murray will face Roger Federer in the semi-finals of the Qatar Open after a 6-4 6-2 win over Sergiy Stakhovsky. |
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Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo writes off his Ferrari in a crash near Manchester Airport. |
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Arsenal's attempt to sign Andrei Arshavin from Zenit St Petersburg is being held up by the Russian club's demands, according to the player's agent. |
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Record winter chill grips large parts of Europe |
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Europeans tell BBC of their hardship in sub-zero cold |
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Norway's farmers are content not to join the EU herd |
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Russian gas cut hits Bulgarian homes and businesses |
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Chinese Uighur's search for safety after Guantanamo |
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Christmas time for Orthodox Christians around the world |
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The head of the Basque regional government in Spain goes on trial over contacts with a banned party linked to Eta separatists. |
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The Bank of England cuts rates to 1.5%, the lowest level in its 315-year history, as it continues efforts to help the economy. |
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Computer giant Dell is to shed 1,900 of the 3,000 jobs at its manufacturing site in Limerick in the Irish Republic. |
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Spain's unemployment total hit a 12-year high in 2008, while jobless numbers in the eurozone rose further in November. |
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Car maker Nissan announces it is to axe around 1,200 jobs at its Wearside plant - around a quarter of the workforce. |
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A gunman shoots dead a school principal and another teacher at a school in Budapest, Hungarian police say. |
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The Vatican's justice minister criticises Israel's actions and compares Gaza to a "big concentration camp". |
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President Sarkozy plans to scrap investigative magistrates, bringing French justice closer to the English-speaking world. |
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Calls for compulsory helmets after fatal Austrian crash |
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Police shooting fuels fears of Greek terror revival |
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The BBC's Oana Lungescu looks at how the economic crisis is hitting Romania hard. |
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Talks to resolve a row over Europe's gas supplies end with no apparent progress. Are you affected? |
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German unemployment levels rose for the first time in nearly three years in December, according to government figures. |
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Exports of Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine stop altogether with both countries accusing each other of turning off the tap. |
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There are hopes that gas flows through Ukraine may be resumed after the first EU monitors arrive to check pipelines from Russia. |
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There is an "unprecedented increase" in measles cases in England and Wales, experts report. |
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Baffled by the cult of Tintin? Why you're not alone |
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Daniel Craig shows Defiance in extreme conditions |
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Bulgarians angry about being left to freeze in gas row |
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Was dictatorship better than the rise of anarchy? |
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Police in Greece clash with protesters in a resumption of the violence that flared over the killing of a teenager last month. |
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Andy Murray takes on Roger Federer for a place in the final of the Qatar Open. |
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Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez claims Man Utd counterpart Sir Alex Ferguson is "the only manager who will not be punished" for criticising referees. |
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Prosecutors in Turkey open an investigation against the authors of an online apology for the Armenian massacres. |
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Grave find adds 600 years to Istanbul's age |
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Russian leader Vladimir Putin accuses Ukraine of "aggravating" their gas row despite intensive EU efforts to resolve it. |
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Russian and EU officials sign an agreement on how the flow of gas from Russia to Europe through Ukraine will be monitored. |
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Liverpool prepares to hand over the title of European Capital of Culture to Linz in Austria and Vilnius, Lithuania. |
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David Beckham will start as a substitute in his first competitive outing for AC Milan on Sunday. |
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Rob Gauntlett, the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest, and another British climber have been killed in the French Alps. |
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Liverpool ends its year as European Capital of Culture, handing over to Linz in Austria and Vilnius, Lithuania. |
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Observers head to gas pumping stations in Ukraine to monitor the flow of Russian gas to Europe that was halted by a row. |
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Prince Harry's racist comment about a Pakistani army colleague sparks widespread criticism. |
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Defending champion Maria Sharapova pulls out of the Australian Open because of her on-going shoulder problem. |
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Swedish engineering firm Alfa Laval says it is going to cut 1,000 jobs worldwide due to falling orders. |
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Reigning constructor champions Ferrari unveil their 2009 Formula One car at their Italian headquarters. |
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A Greek shipping magnate is kidnapped at gunpoint near his home on the outskirts of Athens. |
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Petrol bombs have been thrown at a synagogue north of Paris, police say, days after another French synagogue was attacked. |
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A court in Spain dismisses the trial of the Basque government leader over contacts with separatists. |
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A strategy to protect the UK's fungi is set up by some of the UK leading conservation and research organisations. |
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Brian Wheeler heads off to sample a Euro MP's life |
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Italian's comet finds give Nasa sky survey a boost |
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Europeans uneasy despite 'deal' on gas supplies |
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Germany has agreed a stimulus package worth about 50bn euros, senior ministers say. |
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Russia says it will resume pumping gas through Ukraine to Europe, under a monitoring deal to end a dispute over transit. |
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Italy's troubled national carrier begins a new lease of life with Air France-KLM holding a 25% stake in the firm. |
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Land earmarked for the construction of Heathrow's third runway is bought by anti-expansion protesters. |
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Stricter EU rules on the use of pesticides are expected that could threaten UK food production and push up prices, warn farmers. |
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French film-maker and producer Claude Berri, director of Jean de Florette, dies at the age of 74 following a stroke. |
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Economic slump taking toll on daily life, readers say |
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Russian gas giant Gazprom says Ukraine has blocked deliveries of gas to Europe, hours after it resumed some supplies. |
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UK satellite maker SSTL is bought up by Europe's biggest space company, EADS Astrium, in a deal approved by the EC. |
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What do young people think about Barack Obama? |
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Gaza conflict fuels Arab-Jewish tensions in France |
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Europe unable to agree safe balance in pesticide debate |
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A court in Paris convics 11 men linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Party, for attacks on two cafes and a cultural organisation in France. |
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Hundreds of demonstrators clash with police in Latvia's capital, Riga, after an anti-government protest. |
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Britain imports more wine than any other country in the world, according to figures from an industry body. |
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An new art installation poking fun at European stereotypes angers EU members as it goes on display at the European Council building in Brussels. |
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Royal Bank of Scotland raises $2.34bn (£1.6bn) by selling its entire stake in Bank of China, the mainland's third biggest lender. |
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European countries renew pressure on Russia and Ukraine over gas supplies which remain cut off amid payment disputes. |
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An exhibition of maps proves an Englishman saw the moon through a telescope months before Galileo, say experts. |
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Europe's largest economy sees economic growth in 2008 of almost half the previous year.
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Day 3 of our man's mission to discover what Euro MPs do |
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Chess champ Garry Kasparov on taking on the Kremlin |
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Spanish motorbike rider Cristobal Guerrero falls into a coma after crashing during the 10th stage of the Dakar Rally. |
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The sickening of Roma families living by lead mines
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The former Czech President Vaclav Havel is in a serious but stable condition after undergoing surgery on his throat. |
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A left-wing militant group claims to have been behind two recent attacks on police in Greece, police say. |
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Debt fears may undermine huge German rescue plan |
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Anti-government protesters attending a rally in Bulgaria's capital clash with police outside the parliament. |
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Labour MEPs elect Glenis Willmott as their new leader in the European Parliament. |
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Google Earth zooms in on art at Spain's Prado |
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Top seed Novak Djokovic beats Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-1 6-2 in the second round of the Sydney International. |
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The Chinese economy grew more than first thought in 2007, overtaking Germany's to become the world's third largest economy. |
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The rapid mass privatisation after the break up of the Soviet Union raised death rates among men, research suggests. |
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Brazilian superstar Kaka is "very close" to a world record-breaking transfer to Eastlands, Manchester City assistant manager Mark Bowen tells BBC Sport. |
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Russian starts pumping gas to Ukraine and on to Europe, raising hopes of an end to weeks of shortages. |
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Italian carmaker Fiat signs a global strategic alliance with Chrysler, taking a 35% share in the troubled US giant. |
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is due to travel to Europe next week - but his trip will pointedly exclude France. |
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Employees on long-term sick leave are entitled to take all holiday accrued when they return to work, European judges say. |
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Germany's largest retailer, Metro, is planning to cut 15,000 jobs or 5% of its workforce due to the economic slowdown. |
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Two Spanish Mirage F1 warplanes crash on a routine air force training mission, killing all three crew members on board. |
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A man who fathered two children with his daughter after raping her and sexually abusing her sisters is sent to prison. |
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Greek shipping magnate Pericles Panagopoulos, who was kidnapped at gunpoint last week, is freed, police say. |
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The cut in VAT helps to push UK inflation down in December to 3.1% from November's rate of 4.1%. |
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Part of a Brussels artwork that depicts Bulgaria as a toilet is covered up, following the country's protest. |
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Two doyens of design, Italian fashion houses Armani and D&G, row over a pair of padded trousers shown during Milan Fashion Week. |
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Top seed Roger Federer and third seed Novak Djokovic reach the last 32 of the Australian Open. |
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England and Bath prop Matt Stevens fails a drug test and is suspended from all competition. |
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Russia becomes the latest country to declare an interest in hosting the 2018 World Cup. |
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Impasse broken, but Europe still needs Russian gas |
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Latest shooting delivers new blow to rights activists |
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UN focuses minds in Cyprus - and clears mines |
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Why German and UK views of economy clash |
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Five questions for Ken Clarke on Europe |
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Crisis-hit Russians learn how to survive a downturn |
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Shares in Ireland's three remaining publicly-listed banks plunge as the government presses ahead with plans to nationalise Anglo Irish Bank. |
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A lawyer for the family of a Chechen woman murdered by a Russian army officer is shot dead in Moscow. |
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in Brussels for talks on his country's flagging bid to join the EU. |
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Luxury brand Burberry is to close a facility in Rotherham in a restructuring which could cost 290 UK jobs. |
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The eurozone economy will shrink 1.9% in 2009 and grow by only 0.4% in 2010, the European Commission forecasts. |
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Russia says it is ready to help Afghanistan's defence sector by supplying equipment to the armed forces. |
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Italy's troubled airline Alitalia has to cancel flights after facing its first official strike less than a week after its relaunch as a privately-owned company. |
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Romanian tinkers fall victim to the global downturn |
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Fierce criticism of the Gaza offensive has come from Turkey - a country Israel has regarded as an ally, the BBC's Sarah Rainsford reports. |
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Italy's focus at the Kercher murder trial is on Amanda Knox |
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Short and fond of women - is Sarkozy the new Napoleon? |
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Why Europe's gas game has reached stalemate |
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Tell us how you've been affected by the economic downturn. |
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Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson says it will cut 5,000 jobs to cut costs as it expects a reduction in spending from its customers |
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France is considering providing car firms with up to 6bn euros in additional state aid, a french news agency reports. |
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Russian starts pumping gas to Ukraine and on to Europe, raising hopes of an end to weeks of shortages. |
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Italian carmaker Fiat signs a global strategic alliance with Chrysler, taking a 35% share in the troubled US giant. |
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is due to travel to Europe next week - but his trip will pointedly exclude France. |
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Employees on long-term sick leave are entitled to take all holiday accrued when they return to work, European judges say. |
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Germany's largest retailer, Metro, is planning to cut 15,000 jobs or 5% of its workforce due to the economic slowdown. |
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Two Spanish Mirage F1 warplanes crash on a routine air force training mission, killing all three crew members on board. |
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A man who fathered two children with his daughter after raping her and sexually abusing her sisters is sent to prison. |
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Greek shipping magnate Pericles Panagopoulos, who was kidnapped at gunpoint last week, is freed, police say. |
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The cut in VAT helps to push UK inflation down in December to 3.1% from November's rate of 4.1%. |
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Part of a Brussels artwork that depicts Bulgaria as a toilet is covered up, following the country's protest. |
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Two doyens of design, Italian fashion houses Armani and D&G, row over a pair of padded trousers shown during Milan Fashion Week. |
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Top seed Roger Federer and third seed Novak Djokovic reach the last 32 of the Australian Open. |
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England and Bath prop Matt Stevens fails a drug test and is suspended from all competition. |
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Russia becomes the latest country to declare an interest in hosting the 2018 World Cup. |
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Impasse broken, but Europe still needs Russian gas |
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Latest shooting delivers new blow to rights activists |
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UN focuses minds in Cyprus - and clears mines |
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Why German and UK views of economy clash |
