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Dictator's home town says goodbye Stalin as statue is torn down
Georgian authorities have removed a massive statue of Joseph Stalin from the main square of his hometown, Gori, in a secret late-night operation underlining their determination to sever ties with their Soviet past.
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Belgium condemned for archbishop raid
Saturday, 26 June 2010
The Vatican says it is astonished and outraged that Belgian police investigating priestly sex abuse conducted raids that also targeted the graves of two archbishops.
£4bn 'rogue trader' trial concludes
Saturday, 26 June 2010
The former Société Générale trader Jerome Kerviel was a pawn in a mind-boggling financial system that pushed him to take risks, his lawyer Olivier Metzner argued on the last day of his trial.
German court legalises assisted suicide on request
Saturday, 26 June 2010
Germany's top criminal court issued a landmark ruling yesterday legalising assisted suicide where it is carried out based on a patient's prior request.
Dominatrix arrested after motorsport boss dies
Friday, 25 June 2010
A dominatrix offering bondage, humiliation and torture has been arrested after a British motor racing boss was found dead in Belgium.
French unions protest at pensions reform
Friday, 25 June 2010
French unions laid down a powerful challenge to President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age yesterday by bringing an estimated two million protesters onto the streets.
'Future of France' at stake as Sarkozy meets Henry
Friday, 25 June 2010
President Nicolas Sarkozy cleared his schedule yesterday morning to talk to a Very Important Person about no less significant a matter than "the future of France".
Italians exit amid tears and recriminations
Friday, 25 June 2010
In yesterday's papers, Italy's manager Marcello Lippi was exhorting his team to rediscover "the spirit of Dortmund" that brought the Azzurri back from the dead in Germany four years ago and took them all the way to triumph in the World Cup final.
Carnage at Spanish station as party-goers are hit by high-speed train
Friday, 25 June 2010
The last thing they heard was the piercing whistle of an oncoming train. Moments later, dozens of mostly Latin American immigrants who crossed the tracks instead of using an underpass to reach a beach party in the seaside resort of Castelldefels were dead or injured, their body parts strewn across the rails.
Jewish dancers hit with stones in Germany
Friday, 25 June 2010
A Jewish dance group was attacked with stones by a group of children during a performance at a street festival in the Germany city of Hanover, police said yesterday.
Home of retired archbishop searched in sex abuse case
Friday, 25 June 2010
Police raided the home and office of the recently retired archbishop of Belgium yesterday, carrying off documents and a personal computer as part of an investigation into the sexual abuse of children by Roman Catholic priests, officials said.
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