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France, keen to avoid student anger, plans one billion euro university reform 30 Oct 2017 - 08:24 pm
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe (L) and French President Emmanuel Macron take part in a meeting with New Caledonia representatives in the Murat lounge, at the Elysee palace in Paris on October 30, 2017.  AFP /Ludovic Marin
Man in Armenia takes child hostage at pre-school 30 Oct 2017 - 06:09 pm
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Spanish prosecutors go after Catalonia's axed leaders 30 Oct 2017 - 05:43 pm
A man sporting a Catalan typical 'barretina' hat plays guitar as other people wave Catalan flags in front of the 'Generalitat' palace (Catalan government headquarters) in Barcelona on October 30, 2017.  AFP / LLUIS GENE
Crunch day for Catalonia as Madrid takes control 30 Oct 2017 - 08:39 am
Protesters with Spanish flags stage a pro-unity demonstration at Passeig de Gracia in Barcelona, Spain on October 29, 2017. Anadolu Agency/ Burak Akbulut.
Merkel, party leaders meet to rev up German coalition talks: media 29 Oct 2017 - 10:58 pm
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‘Margaret Thatcher is my role model’ -German far-right AfD leader 29 Oct 2017 - 10:02 pm
Alice Weidel (Reuters file photo)
#Metoo campaign moves to French streets 29 Oct 2017 - 10:02 pm
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Mass unity rally in Barcelona 29 Oct 2017 - 02:16 pm
Protesters wave Spanish flags and hold balloons bearing a heart-shaped collage of the Spanish, Catalan Senyera and EU flags during a pro-unity demonstration in Barcelona on October 29, 2017.  AFP / LLUIS GENE
Heathrow probes how security data found on London street 29 Oct 2017 - 02:05 pm
FILE PHOTO: British Airways planes are parked at Heathrow Terminal 5 in London, Britain May 27, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo
At least three dead as storm hits central Europe 29 Oct 2017 - 01:38 pm
Photo Credit: Szczecin Airport
"Not unrealistic" for Catalan leader to get asylum in Belgium: Minister 29 Oct 2017 - 11:07 am
Sacked Catalan President Carles Puigdemont (R) walks with his wife Marcela Topor as he greets a supporter after leaving a restaurant the day after the Catalan regional parliament declared independence from Spain in Girona, Spain, October 28, 2017. Reuters
VPN law latest step in Kremlin online crackdown: experts 29 Oct 2017 - 08:22 am
A file photo of a protester with tape covering her mouth takes part in the March for Free Internet in central Moscow in July. AFP / Mladen ANTONOV
Iceland's PM poised to fend off challenge from left 29 Oct 2017 - 08:03 am
A file photo of Icelandic Prime Minister Bjarni Benidiktsson of the conservative Independence Party addresses supporters at the Grand Hotel on October 28, 2017 in Reykjavik, Iceland. AFP / Halldor KOLBEINS
Leftists on cusp of power as weary Icelanders go to polls 28 Oct 2017 - 03:47 pm
Left Green Movement candidate Katrin Jakobsdottir casts her vote during a snap parliamentary election in Reykjavik, Iceland October 28, 2017. (REUTERS/Geirix)
Catalan leader to speak as Spain seizes control 28 Oct 2017 - 03:39 pm
Catalan regional President Carles Puigdemont attends a plenary session after Catalonian Parliament declared unilateral independence following the secret ballot at Catalonian Parliament in Barcelona, Spain on October 27, 2017. Burak Akbulut - AA
The Mooy the merrier as Aussie gets unexpected bonus 28 Oct 2017 - 01:48 pm
A file photo of Aaron Mooy. Reuters.
British Navy fires nine sailors from nuclear submarine 28 Oct 2017 - 01:02 pm
File photo: Reuters
Spanish government sacks Catalan chief of police operations 28 Oct 2017 - 11:21 am
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