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Manuel Valls, a tough-talker with French presidential ambitions 05 Dec 2016 - 07:34 pm
Francois Hollande and Manuel Valls attend a meeting following Brexi at the Elysee Palace in Paris, June 24, 2016 (REUTERS / Alain Jocard)
In Italy referendum, pollsters finally got it right - sort of 05 Dec 2016 - 03:46 pm
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Spain smashes fake police ring that robbed tourists 05 Dec 2016 - 02:49 pm
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Britain's Supreme Court begins hearings on Brexit challenge 05 Dec 2016 - 02:20 pm
Protesters wearing judges' wigs and robes ride an open top bus past the Supreme Court ahead of the challenge against a court ruling that Theresa May's government requires parliamentary approval to start the process of leaving the European Union, in Parlia
German dispatcher jailed for fatal train crash 05 Dec 2016 - 01:46 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on February 9, 2016 shows firefighters and emergency doctors working at the site of a train accident near Bad Aibling, southern Germany. A German court on December 5, 2016 sentenced a rail dispatcher to three and a half years
Swiss restaurant still in world's top 10 despite chef's suicide 05 Dec 2016 - 12:51 pm
A picture taken on May 15, 2012 shows Benoit Violier, chef of the Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville in Crissier near Lausanne, Switzerland (AFP Photo/Marcel Gillieron).
Italy referendum: three scenarios for what happens next 05 Dec 2016 - 08:53 am
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Italy's Renzi quits after crushing referendum defeat 05 Dec 2016 - 08:50 am
Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announces his resignation during a press conference at the Palazzo Chigi following the results of the vote for a referendum on constitutional reforms, on December 4, 2016 in Rome. AFP / Andreas SOLARO
Analysis: Italy's referendum: A specter haunting Europe? 04 Dec 2016 - 07:39 pm
Francesca Pascale (L), fiancee of Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, leaves a polling station after voting for a referendum on constitutional reforms, on December 4, 2016 in Rome. Italians began voting today in a constitutional referendum on
Bowing out, Hollande leaves successor to fix French economy 04 Dec 2016 - 06:17 pm
French Socialist Party First Secretary Jean-Christophe Cambadelis (C) gives Francois Hollande standing ovation during the convention of the Belle Alliance Populaire (Nice Popular Union), a gathering aiming at uniting democrats, socialists, ecologists, int
Three women shot dead by gunman in Finland town 04 Dec 2016 - 04:24 pm
Police investigators work at the area were three people were killed in a shooting incident at a restaurant in Imatra, Eastern Finland after midnight on December 4, 2016. / Reuters.
Five Ukraine police killed in friendly fire mix-up 04 Dec 2016 - 04:16 pm
An armed policeman guards as the police experts examine crime scene in the small town of Knyazychy, some 30 kilometres east of Kiev, on December 4, 2016. Five Ukrainian police were killed by friendly fire on December 4, 2016 in a deadly accident at a cri
Italians vote in referendum; Renzi vows to quit if he loses 04 Dec 2016 - 02:17 pm
A man leaves a voting booth with his ballot during a referendum on constitutional reforms, on December 4, 2016 at a polling station in Milan. AFP / MARCO BERTORELLO
Europe holds its breath as Italy votes for change 04 Dec 2016 - 09:37 am
A polling station officer prepares ballots on the eve of a crucial referendum on constitutional reforms, on December 3, 2016 in Rome. AFP / Andreas Solaro
Polls open in Italy's constitutional referendum 04 Dec 2016 - 09:31 am
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Romania leftists likely to win parliamentary election: poll 03 Dec 2016 - 06:42 pm
Romanian president Klaus Iohannis takes part in the Romanian National Day parade, Thursday, December 1st, 2016, in Bucharest, Romania. ( Andrei Pungovschi - Anadolu Agency )
Ugly Austrian 'election of hate' draws to a close 03 Dec 2016 - 05:53 pm
Norbert Hofer, presidential candidate of Austria's right-wing Freedom Party, FPOE, speaks during his last election campaign rally in Vienna, Austria on December 2, 2016, two days before presidential elections. Irregularities in ballot counting, faulty glu
Nazi POW leaves estate to 'kind' Scottish village 03 Dec 2016 - 05:46 pm
Heinrich Steinmeyer, a Waffen SS soldier during World War II, was captured in France and held in the Cultybraggan POW camp near Comrie in the Scottish highlands, where the 19-year-old received an unexpectedly warm welcome.

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Traditional groups play traditional instruments next to Djidji Ayokwe, also known as the talking drum, that was taken by French Colonial troups from Ivory Coast in 1916, during an official presentation to the local population in Adjamé village in Abidjan on August 7, 2026 after the repatriation of the Talking Drun fron France in March 13, 2026. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP) Ivorians set eyes on talking drum for first time
File photo strictly for representational purposes only. Freepik. Ethiopia posts record 5.7-bln-USD annual mining export revenue
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This aerial view shows rescuers searching for survivors amid the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Cali, Colombia on August 11, 2026. (Photo by JOAQUIN SARMIENTO / AFP) Colombia earthquake death toll rises to at least 218
This aerial view shows a collapsed building after an earthquake in Cali, Colombia on August 10, 2026. Photo by JOAQUIN SARMIENTO / AFP Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 132
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People look for survivors amid the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Cali, Colombia on August 10, 2026. (Photo by JOAQUIN SARMIENTO / AFP) Colombia declares state of emergency after quake kills 111

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