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The extent of support in Britain for the far-right British National Party (BNP) was revealed Wednesday with the publication of the personal details of more than 12,000 members and supporters on an internet site.
The list, published on the website Wikileak, gave the names, addresses, and in some cases the professions, of members who include serving and former... |
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A Spanish discotheque Thursday cancelled a prize draw which had sparked a storm by advertising a breast augmentation operation as the jackpot.
The discotheque in the eastern city of Valencia apologized to those who might have felt offended, after the local authorities and the health ministry announced the possibility of...
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A Danish air force plane with Foreign Minister Per Stig Moller on board made an emergency landing Thursday at a small airport of the Cypriot coastal city of Paphos.
The semi-official Cypriot agency CNA said the plane landed safely after the pilot requested to make an emergency landing, realising that there was a crack in the cockpit...
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The main AEX index on the Amsterdam stock exchange remained stuck on Thursday around the level of this year's record low.
After opening at an absolute low of 231.09 points on Thursday, down 2.9 per cent from the previous day's closing, the index dropped to a low of 228.30 points by 11:30 (1030 GMT).
It recovered only slightly to...
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A silver medal minted for collectors by Germany's post office caused outrage in Germany Thursday with the discovery that it honours a 1946 act of communist dictatorship.
German Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee demanded that the Deutsche Post company melt the "scandalous" medals down.
The medal shows the faces of...
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Zimbabwean prime minister-designate Morgan Tsvangirai said Thursday he was confident of an end to the political impasse holding up the formation of a government of national unity.
Speaking after talks with German officials, he said this would come after issues relating to the definition of the prime minister's powers and the...
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A right-wing Ukrainian nationalist party on Thursday accused the Kremlin of complicity in the recent hijacking by Somali pirates of a Kiev-sponsored arms shipment.
According to statement by UNA-UNSO, Ukraine's top nationalist political party, Russian secret services ordered and financed the September intercept of the MV Faina, loaded...
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The Swedish parliament Thursday began to debate ratification of the European Union reform treaty, with opponents scrambling to postpone the ratification.
Five of the seven parties in the foreign affairs committee a week ago supported approval of the Lisbon Treaty in accordance with the government's recommendation.
In addition to...
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Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca announced Thursday that it was planning to cut 1,400 jobs and close three plants in Europe in a programme to "improve efficiency across the business."
AstraZeneca will close sites in Spain (Porrino), Belgium (Destelbergen) and Sweden (Umea), executive vice-president David Smith said in...
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Spanish judicial experts expect no major new investigations into alleged human rights abuses during the 1936-39 civil war and General Francisco Franco's ensuing 36-year dictatorship, the daily El Pais said Thursday.
High-profile judge Baltasar Garzon's decision to drop the first such inquiry on Tuesday was described as a big blow by...
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Hungary, one of Europe's hardest-hit nations in the global financial crisis, could begin talks aimed at adopting the euro as early as 2009, Finance Minister Janos Veres said Thursday.
Veres said he was envisaging negotiations for Hungary to join Europe's Exchange Rate Mechanism, known as ERM-II. Nations have to meet ERM's currency...
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Today is Thursday, June 5
the 157th day of 2008 with 209 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and...
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 General Petraeus Set for Central Command
It appears that U. S. President George W. Bush’s favorite
general has been handed the task of winning the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
as well as confronting the...
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 A culinary journey through Crete
Almost as soon as you set foot on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete the poignant smell of oregano, wild flowers and wild teas tickles your senses while the...
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