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<description><![CDATA[Polish police want to question two Swedes over the theft of the "Arbeit macht frei" sign from the Auschwitz death camp.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Police are investigating the suspected theft of thousands of euros from Air France business class passengers as they slept on a Tokyo to Paris flight.]]></description>
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<title>Iceland to draw up Icesave vote</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Iceland's government and opposition agree to plan a referendum on a controversial bill to repay billions in lost savings.]]></description>
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<title>EU pay dispute goes to top court</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The European Commission goes to the EU's highest court to push through an inflation-busting 3.7% pay rise for EU staff.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Loyalist paramilitary group the Ulster Defence Association announces that it has put its weapons beyond use.]]></description>
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<title>Pi calculated to &#x27;record number&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The mathematical constant pi is calculated to a record  2.7 trillion digits using a desktop computer, a French researcher claims.]]></description>
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<title>Mona Lisa eyes suggest she had high cholesterol</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A close examination of Mona Lisa's eyes suggests she could have had too much cholesterol in her diet, according to one Italian doctor. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[France's controversial immigration minister visits the banlieues]]></description>
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<title>Briatore maintains his innocence</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Former Renault team boss Flavio Briatore maintains his innocent of any wrongdoing after the overturning of his lifetime ban from Formula 1.]]></description>
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<title>Murray and Robson defeat Germany</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Andy Murray and Laura Robson earn a 2-1 win over Germany after a straight sets victory in the mixed doubles of their Hopman Cup tie in Perth.]]></description>
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<title>Man of mystery</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Why England boss Capello has observers stumped]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[France debates identity in the Paris balieues]]></description>
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<title>Continental chill</title>
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<title>Marital bullying</title>
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<description><![CDATA[French may ban psychological abuse by spouses]]></description>
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<title>Underpowered?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[How Formula 1 is faring after the downturn ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[An Iranian diplomat in Oslo resigns in protest at his government's crackdown on opposition supporters, Norwegian TV says.]]></description>
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<title>Snow brings disruption in Europe</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Severe winter weather brings hazardous conditions and transport disruption to parts of northern Europe.]]></description>
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<title>&#x27;Flaws&#x27; in key Lockerbie evidence</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A BBC Newsnight investigation casts doubts on the key piece of evidence which linked convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi to the 1988 attack on Pan Am flight 103.]]></description>
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<title>Airport explosive plant goes awry</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Irish police release a man held over an explosives find, after Slovak authorities admit planting them in his luggage.]]></description>
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<title>Archbishop urges UK population cap</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey says immigrants should understand the UK's Christian heritage.]]></description>
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<title>Bulgaria mafia chronicler killed</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Boris Tsankov, a prominent crime journalist who reported on Bulgaria's mafia, is killed by gunmen in the capital, Sofia.]]></description>
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<title>Greece pledges deep cuts in debt</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Greece says it will have its budget deficit back under control in just two years, earlier than previously planned. 
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<title>Iceland leader vetoes bank bill</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Iceland's president refuses to authorise the repayment of money lost in the country's banking crisis, demanding a referendum. ]]></description>
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<title>EU seeks rules on body scanners</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The EU will host talks on Thursday on the use of body scanners at airports, in response to the attempt to blow up a US-bound jet.]]></description>
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<title>Spain chides Cuba over MEP&#x27;s trip</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Spain complains to Cuba for refusing to let a Spanish Euro MP visit - but Madrid says this will not obstruct efforts to improve ties.]]></description>
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<title>Cocaine cargo in Spanish shops </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Drug smugglers appear to have made a major slip-up, after huge quantities of cocaine were delivered to supermarkets in Spain hidden in boxes of bananas.]]></description>
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<title>New year bug strikes German cards</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Millions of Germans are facing problems using their credit and debit cards due to a new year software bug.]]></description>
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<title>Cadbury investors reject Kraft</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Cadbury shareholders overwhelmingly reject the initial hostile takeover offer tabled by Kraft Food.]]></description>
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<title>Nestle rules out bid for Cadbury</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Food giant Nestle says it does not intend to table a bid for Cadbury, while Kraft changes the terms of its takeover offer.]]></description>
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<title>How are you coping with the weather? </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Millions are facing their final chance to get away for Christmas. Have your travel plans been affected?
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<title>Britain&#x27;s fascist mothers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[How the children of Britain's Blackshirts cope with guilt ]]></description>
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<title> Italian helps Afghan amputees</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Images of an Italian in Kabul who helps Afghan amputees.]]></description>
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<title>Breaking Russia&#x27;s vodka dependence</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Moscow raises vodka prices in bid to cut alcoholism]]></description>
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<title>Putin&#x27;s 10 years at the top</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ten years since Vladimir Putin took the reins in Russia ]]></description>
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<title>Spain takes reins of revamped EU</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/8435991.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Madrid to steer EU in tandem with president]]></description>
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<title>Irish move on after football blow</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Football team forced to move on after eventful year]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[It was the deadliest such attack in months in a region where assassinations of police officers is a defining characteristic of the local militant Islamist movement.


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<description><![CDATA[Fethiye Cetin, a human rights lawyer, believes that Turkey and Armenia can finally confront the ghosts of history.


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<description><![CDATA[The quarrel, over an oil subsidy that has helped prop up Belarus’s leader, appears to be an attempt by Russia’s prime minister, Vladimir V. Putin, to settle a political score.


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<description><![CDATA[Villagers are having to ask hard questions about their churches as the number of parishioners dwindles and the cost of upkeep mounts.


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<description><![CDATA[Cartoon versions of Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin and President Dmitri A. Medvedev on a television show may be a sign that political humor is returning to Russia.


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<title>British Prime Minister &#x2018;Appalled&#x2019; by Protest Plan</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A radical Islamic group plans to protest in Wootton Bassett, a town that has been honoring the passing hearses of British soldiers killed in Afghanistan.


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<title>World Briefing | Europe: Serbia: Lawsuit Is Filed Against Croatia</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=e18c02694d0eb76b0ad6dac436e06f1c</link>
<description><![CDATA[Serbia was responding to a similar lawsuit that Croatia filed in 1999, claiming that Serbian attacks during the 1991-95 Balkan war amounted to genocide.


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<title>Ihor Sevcenko, Byzantine and Slavic Scholar, Dies at 87</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=4d3cb97879ea35d34a19baa937c79756</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mr. Sevcenko was a leading scholar of Byzantine and Slavic history and literature who persuaded George Orwell to collaborate with him on a Ukrainian translation of “Animal Farm” for distribution to refugees.


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<title>Freya von Moltke, Who Resisted the Nazis, Dies at 98</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=a20321ae2db88d6d2815e67631360d65</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ms. von Molkte was a prominent member of the anti-Nazi resistance in World War II.


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<title>Britain Informed U.S. About Nigerian, Official Says</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=312d1a16acc363e803bf6c5f3f87b751</link>
<description><![CDATA[A government spokesman said Monday that British officials had passed information about Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to American authorities before the bombing attempt.


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<title>Russia-Belarus Oil Dispute Threatens Europe&#x2019;s Supply</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=d778c997dc284c855e15c5af91c39369</link>
<description><![CDATA[The two countries failed to renew an agreement on crude oil export tariffs that expired on New Year’s Eve, raising the prospect of another midwinter fuel shut-off.


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<title>Danish Police Start Inquiry in Cartoonist Attack</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f8c6636106930b20a7fd920feac60191</link>
<description><![CDATA[Danish police ransacked three apartments, two of which belonged to relatives of the suspects, in connection with Friday’s attack on a newspaper cartoonist.


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<title>Harsh Storm Batters Island Off the Coast of Russia</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=9e8aba805b6ec8cd69f8b9a476466307</link>
<description><![CDATA[Five days of blizzards and avalanches cut off air and sea links to the mainland, stranded dozens of motorists on highways, and even buried a train.


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<title>Cartoonist in Denmark Calls Attack &#x2018;Really Close&#x2019;</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=7d294553192844a849d99daf12ef11b8</link>
<description><![CDATA[An attack that followed years of threats to kill a Danish cartoonist appeared to have come close to succeeding.


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<title>Freed Captive Is Reunited With His Family in Britain</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=5126ae288bb09fb952fb03e8458d18f4</link>
<description><![CDATA[Peter Moore was to be taken to an undisclosed location for a “period of decompression,” keeping him from becoming the focus of questions about his kidnapping and release.


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<title>Attempt to Kill Danish Cartoonist Fails</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=eb132794470e5e9d7c958d22539f78ea</link>
<description><![CDATA[A Somali man with ties to the Shabab rebel group and Al Qaeda tried to kill the cartoonist whose drawings of the Prophet Muhammad incited outrage in the Muslim world.


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<title>After Failed Attack, Britain Turns Focus to Yemen</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=1d3030dccd376fe9998f7ef373b614e4</link>
<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Britain would host a summit meeting on combating radicalization.


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<title>In Russia, a New Year and a New Price for Vodka</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=086e283bddfa6b845eb91686cb1d8d10</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russia’s cheapest thrill disappeared at dawn on Friday, when the minimum price for a half-liter of vodka nearly doubled as part of an anti-alcoholism campaign.


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<title>Cardinal Cahal Daly Dies at 92; Led Irish Church</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=c1bd47fa579096472b9ea7138c391988</link>
<description><![CDATA[Cardinal Daly led the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland during some of the worst years of violence, and was best known as a trenchant critic of the Irish Republican Army.


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<title>Business Briefing | Economy: British House Prices Rose in December</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=3edf0c1a666ee1bf9de5d1893c3fb09a</link>
<description><![CDATA[British house prices rose for an eighth straight month in December as a scarcity of homes for sale and signs that the economy was emerging from the worst recession on record pushed up prices.


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<title>Hamburg Journal: Grand New Concert Hall Tests a City&#x2019;s Frugal Ways</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=46c4954e4eab416bf67c5a8c31f3bc63</link>
<description><![CDATA[This affluent but unassuming German city is seeking recognition with showpiece architecture, but its residents are gulping as the project’s cost soars.


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<title>In Spain, a Soaring Jobless Rate for Young Workers</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=4598a59af4a73cc2aee3e3cc23f29f6f</link>
<description><![CDATA[Many aged 16 to 24 who took jobs when the Spanish economy was healthy are now out of work as the unemployment rate for the group nears 43 percent.


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<title>World Briefing | Europe: Finland: 6 Dead After Shooting Rampage at Mall</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=247e505c83dbc2548efb328c91e9a6aa</link>
<description><![CDATA[A man killed his former girlfriend in an apartment and four of her co-workers at a nearby shopping mall before turning his gun on himself, the police said.


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<title>World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Rights Protesters Detained</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=a41f52b5d3c0c71c805a3d09ddb9e6d2</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of police officers broke up an anti-Kremlin protest in Moscow and detained dozens of people, including a recipient of the European Union’s top human rights award.


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<title>Russia to Plan Deflection of Asteroid From Earth</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=ee5fb22260a9428a2eb43428759ecf5e</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russia’s top space researchers will hold a meeting to plan a mission to deflect 99942 Apophis, an asteroid that could conceivably hit the Earth two decades from now.


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<title>Full-Body Scans to Be Used for Flights From Amsterdam to U.S.</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=35bbf0cc4b6ee6ac69802f5e9adb178f</link>
<description><![CDATA[New security measures were announced as the Dutch interior minister discussed the government’s investigation into a thwarted bombing.


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<title>Briton Kidnapped in 2007 Is Freed in Iraq</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=244e38bad029f50f20c360477d81a1a7</link>
<description><![CDATA[Peter Moore, who was kidnapped with four other Britons, is believed to be the only survivor.


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<title>Council in France Blocks a Carbon Tax as Weak on Polluters</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=52b8839b502eb81bbfcfa2a413bfb267</link>
<description><![CDATA[The decision, which said the proposed law contained too many exceptions for polluters, is a blow to President Nicolas Sarkozy.


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<title>China Executes Briton Despite Appeals</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=a865235532e57a3018c1fa3ab46eeaac</link>
<description><![CDATA[After Akmal Shaikh’s drug smuggling conviction, British officials pressed China to consider his psychiatric history.


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<title>Terror Inquiry Looks at Suspect&#x2019;s Time in Britain</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=946ec811b7514e1ccbb6c972a3a61a1f</link>
<description><![CDATA[A look at Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s years in London points out a difficulty in preventing terrorist attacks: no one can identify a trigger moment.


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<title>Putin Sounds Warning on Arms Talks</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f2c34337814afe14f0326c678ea70aea</link>
<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said the main obstacle to replacing START was the U.S. missile defense plan.


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<title>Yves Rocher, Cosmetics Pioneer, Dies at 79</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=234869480096ecef023890cd7a05d439</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mr. Rocher founded the company that bears his name in 1959 and transformed it into one of France’s most well-known beauty brands.


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<title>Isaac Schwartz, Soviet Composer, Dies at 86</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=b25ea11a58c7eeee7dff25e94d171bfe</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mr. Schwartz composed the scores for some of the most popular movies of the Soviet era.


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<title>World Briefing | Europe: Russia: No Jail for Tax Fraud Suspects</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=531a9caee23edc2bd9fbf9a88f23a361</link>
<description><![CDATA[President Dmitri A. Medvedev amended the criminal code to make the tax evasion charges used to hold a lawyer who died in pretrial detention no longer punishable by jail time.


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<title>World Briefing | Europe: Turkey: 8 in Conspiracy Inquiry Let Go</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f447b8194d114ab94d228effd22ee30f</link>
<description><![CDATA[Eight soldiers detained in an investigation into a possible antigovernment conspiracy were released without charge on Tuesday.


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<title>World Briefing | Europe: Poland: Sweden&#x2019;s Help Sought in Theft</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=722131c14d688403820d4facd364972e</link>
<description><![CDATA[Poland will formally seek Sweden’s help in investigating the theft of the “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign from the Auschwitz memorial.


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<title>Concern That Airport Scans May Be Pornographic</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=00de9ac6ad78bc13adb20fae34f8f108</link>
<description><![CDATA[If full-body scans of airport passengers are not so complete as to be pornographic will they be ineffective?


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<title>World Briefing | Middle East: Israel: Officials Cancel British Visit</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=8fa97358f42c89758d077713305813b3</link>
<description><![CDATA[The cancellation by an Israeli military delegation is the latest in a string of officials to put off travel there because of fears of war crimes prosecution over the Gaza war of last winter.


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<title>Touring the Temples of German Automaking</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In the last five years, four leading German automakers have opened or reworked the museums dedicated to each brand’s heritage and history.


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<title>News Analysis: The Worst May Not Be Over for Europe</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=9e305210b9c552f22ec91a83a5881afc</link>
<description><![CDATA[The latest concern is that Greece or another weak economy might default on its sovereign debt, potentially fracturing the euro zone.


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<title>Politicus: Still Waiting for a Brave New Europe</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=e541ec3f32127fc4478379f8093edc59</link>
<description><![CDATA[If this is Week One of the rest of the European Union's new life, then it looks pretty much like the same place that has struggled so long to demonstrate its relevance and leadership.


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<title>Showcase: Romania, Still Beneath a Cloud</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=da33823e0d9a404ddf23a2c413b8b1f5</link>
<description><![CDATA[On the 20th anniversary of the Romanian revolution, Nadia Sussman reports, Cristian Movila depicts his country as a land of perpetual winter.


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<title>After the War, Before the War</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=8b4866b4f9eda39632676b24a3766f21</link>
<description><![CDATA[An account of Britain in the 1920s and ’30s, when it saw itself as a civilization in crisis.


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        Iraq frees Shiite militant in exchange for Briton, followers say</title>
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<description><![CDATA[High-level Iraqi officials refuse to confirm the release of Qais Khazali, which had been billed as a key step before his group would hand over Peter Moore, an abducted Briton who was freed last week.
                        
                    
                    The Iraqi government freed a leading Shiite Muslim militant on Tuesday, his followers said, part of an exchange that saw a longtime  British hostage  freed last week.

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<title>

        Afghanistan cemetery holds memories of foreigners</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The cemetery memorializes soldiers and others who lost their lives in 'the graveyard of empires.' The British adopted it after the fall of the Taliban, putting on salary a faithful groundskeeper.
                        
                    
                    
                        The heavy wooden gate to the British Cemetery is kept locked. To get inside, the curious must bang their fists and shout their intentions over the sounds of boys yelling in the streets, the call to prayer from the local mosque and the roar of foreign military planes overhead.

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        Britain to start full-body scans at Heathrow Airport</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The machines will be used on a random basis to enhance security in the wake of the failed Christmas Day attack on a U.S.-bound airliner. Critics worried about civil liberties have been outspoken.
                        
                    
                    
                        Despite privacy concerns, authorities will start using full-body scanners at Heathrow Airport, one of the world's busiest, in about three weeks, the British government announced Tuesday.

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        Buffett opposes Kraft bid to buy Cadbury</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The billionaire's Berkshire Hathaway, Kraft's biggest shareholder, votes against a plan to issue 370 million new shares to fund the purchase of the British chocolate maker.
                        
                    
                    
                        Kraft Foods' bid to buy chocolate maker Cadbury hit a roadblock Tuesday after Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway voted against a proposal to fund the deal by issuing millions of new shares.

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        Confusion in Europe after US demands more security</title>
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<description><![CDATA[LONDON -- Airline passengers bound for the United States faced a hodgepodge of security measures across Europe on Monday, and airports did not appear to be following a U.S. request for increased screening of passengers from 14 countries.

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        Yemen dismisses Al Qaeda threat as &#x27;exaggerated&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[But the U.S. and Britain, citing evidence of a viable threat, close their embassies in the Yemeni capital.
                        
                    
                    
                        Yemeni officials on Sunday dismissed the threat posed by Al Qaeda in their country as "exaggerated" and downplayed the possibility of cooperating closely with the United States in fighting Islamic militants, even as the U.S. and Britain temporarily closed their diplomatic outposts in Yemen because of unspecified Al Qaeda threats.

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<title>

        There&#x27;s something backward about this date</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/GHbuiAkq-oo/la-na-palindrome2-2010jan02,0,6958437.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[01-02-2010 can be read the same way in both directions. One math geek's really got its number.
                        
                    
                    
                        Some people are into cars. Some people dig the ocean. Aziz Inan, a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Portland in Oregon, loves numbers.

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<title>

        Russians lap up the tale of a shadowy spy couple</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Even though little has been disclosed about the missions of Mikhail and Yelizaveta Mukasey -- a.k.a. Zefir and Elza -- the longtime agents who traipsed the world are now heroes at home.
                        
                    
                    
                        For five years, as the world convulsed with war, the unassuming Soviet couple rubbed elbows with the likes of Walt Disney and Orson Welles. They took in a private screening of "The Great Dictator," at the invitation of Charlie Chaplin.

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        British hostage freed in Iraq</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Computer consultant Peter Moore is released after more than two years as the U.S. hands over to Iraqi authorities Qais Khazali, leader of the group suspected of kidnapping him.
                        
                    
                    
                        A British hostage held for 2 1/2  years by a militant Iraqi Shiite Muslim group was freed Wednesday in a move his family hailed as "the best Christmas present ever."

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        &#x27;Defend the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5&#x27; by Christopher Andrew</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This gives a fascinating and instructive account of the history of the British Security Service by a noted Cambridge historian.
                        
                    
                    
                        From Erskine Childers and Joseph Conrad to Ian Fleming and John le Carre, some of the last century's most gripping -- not to mention, entertaining -- fiction has had its roots in the real world of espionage.

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<description><![CDATA[Science students from Russia and Ukraine have been taking part in a United Nations-backed practical training programme to enhance the protection of people and the environment against radiation exposure from nuclear power plants while responding to safety and security-related needs.]]></description>
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<title>Leaders quicken pace at UN-backed reunification talks for Cyprus</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders are intensifying their United Nations-backed talks aimed at reunifying the Mediterranean island, scheduling two three-day series of discussions next month after a senior UN official said they had made good progress over the past year.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The head of the United Nations agency tasked with safeguarding intellectual property rights today welcomed the European Union's ratification of the so-called Internet Treaties.]]></description>
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<title>Cyprus: UN peacekeeping mission extended for another six months</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Security Council today renewed for another six months the 45-year-old United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cyprus, citing "a rare opportunity to make decisive progress in a timely fashion" to reunify the Mediterranean island after a history of fighting between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today welcomed a new European Union (EU) asylum programme, but urged the body of nations to ensure the rights of refugees are protected.]]></description>
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<title>UN World Court ends public hearings on the question of Kosovo&#x27;s independence</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Public hearings wrapped up today in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the question of Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia early last year, with the court now ready to begin its deliberations.]]></description>
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<title>UN official voices cautious optimism on progress of Cyprus reunification talks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders are finding "growing convergence" on many of the issues that have divided the two sides on the Mediterranean island, a United Nations official said today as he expressed cautious optimism that UN-backed talks aimed at reunifying Cyprus will succeed.]]></description>
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<title>Landmark UN climate change conference kicks off in Copenhagen</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The highly-anticipated United Nations climate change conference kicked off in Copenhagen, Denmark, today with countries issuing urgent calls for action to curb global warming.]]></description>
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<title>Ban reports &#x91;solid&#x27; progress in UN-backed Cyprus talks, urges parties to forge ahead</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot sides are making headway in the United Nations-backed talks aimed at reunifying the Mediterranean island, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reports, urging the parties to do their utmost to ensure a successful outcome.]]></description>
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<title>General Assembly President expresses concern at Swiss ban on minarets</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The President of the General Assembly today added his voice to a chorus of United Nations concern over the weekend referendum in Switzerland which outlawed the erection of new minarets.]]></description>
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<title>Suicide Bomber Strikes at Police in Caucasus</title>
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<description><![CDATA[It was the deadliest such attack in months in a region where assassinations of police officers is a defining characteristic of the local militant Islamist movement.


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<title>A Family Tree Uprooted by a 60-Year-Old Secret</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Fethiye Cetin, a human rights lawyer, believes that Turkey and Armenia can finally confront the ghosts of history.


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<title>Bulgarian Journalist Gunned Down in Sofia</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The shooting adds to a lengthy list of apparent contract killings that have stained the country’s reputation since it achieved membership in the European Union in 2007.


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<description><![CDATA[The Slovak interior minister, Robert Kalinak, expressed “profound regret” to the Irish government for the oversight and the three-day delay in alerting Irish authorities.


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<description><![CDATA[British officials made statements Tuesday to assuage concerns about intelligence lapses involving the man accused of trying to bomb a flight to Detroit.


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<description><![CDATA[Snowfall took its toll on travel across Britain as the country suffered through its longest cold snap in decades.


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<description><![CDATA[The maneuver highlighted disarray in the party as it fights a rear-guard action to stave off defeat in elections.


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<title>Russian Parliament Weighs Stiffer Penalties for Protesters</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Russian parliament will consider increasing fines and lengthening maximum prison sentences from 15 days to two years for protesters who block traffic or railway tracks.


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<description><![CDATA[Russia is fighting an escalating Islamist insurgency in the North Caucasus, which it considers its biggest domestic problem.


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<description><![CDATA[The $5 billion compensation deal would have repaid the Britain and Dutch governments for their loans to compensate depositors.


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<title>In Russia, a Bankrupt Town Keeps Humming</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Russian government must address the future of 300 or so “monocities,” where a single plant supplies heat, income and social security.


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<description><![CDATA[The quarrel, over an oil subsidy that has helped prop up Belarus’s leader, appears to be an attempt by Russia’s prime minister, Vladimir V. Putin, to settle a political score.


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<description><![CDATA[Villagers are having to ask hard questions about their churches as the number of parishioners dwindles and the cost of upkeep mounts.


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<title>Making a Little Fun of Russia&#x2019;s Powerful</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Cartoon versions of Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin and President Dmitri A. Medvedev on a television show may be a sign that political humor is returning to Russia.


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<title>British Prime Minister &#x2018;Appalled&#x2019; by Protest Plan</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A radical Islamic group plans to protest in Wootton Bassett, a town that has been honoring the passing hearses of British soldiers killed in Afghanistan.


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<title>World Briefing | Europe: Serbia: Lawsuit Is Filed Against Croatia</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Serbia was responding to a similar lawsuit that Croatia filed in 1999, claiming that Serbian attacks during the 1991-95 Balkan war amounted to genocide.


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<title>Ihor Sevcenko, Byzantine and Slavic Scholar, Dies at 87</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Mr. Sevcenko was a leading scholar of Byzantine and Slavic history and literature who persuaded George Orwell to collaborate with him on a Ukrainian translation of “Animal Farm” for distribution to refugees.


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<title>Freya von Moltke, Who Resisted the Nazis, Dies at 98</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ms. von Molkte was a prominent member of the anti-Nazi resistance in World War II.


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<title>Britain Informed U.S. About Nigerian, Official Says</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A government spokesman said Monday that British officials had passed information about Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to American authorities before the bombing attempt.


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<title>Russia-Belarus Oil Dispute Threatens Europe&#x2019;s Supply</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The two countries failed to renew an agreement on crude oil export tariffs that expired on New Year’s Eve, raising the prospect of another midwinter fuel shut-off.


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<title>Danish Police Start Inquiry in Cartoonist Attack</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Danish police ransacked three apartments, two of which belonged to relatives of the suspects, in connection with Friday’s attack on a newspaper cartoonist.


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<title>Harsh Storm Batters Island Off the Coast of Russia</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Five days of blizzards and avalanches cut off air and sea links to the mainland, stranded dozens of motorists on highways, and even buried a train.


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<title>Cartoonist in Denmark Calls Attack &#x2018;Really Close&#x2019;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[An attack that followed years of threats to kill a Danish cartoonist appeared to have come close to succeeding.


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<title>Freed Captive Is Reunited With His Family in Britain</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Peter Moore was to be taken to an undisclosed location for a “period of decompression,” keeping him from becoming the focus of questions about his kidnapping and release.


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<title>Attempt to Kill Danish Cartoonist Fails</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A Somali man with ties to the Shabab rebel group and Al Qaeda tried to kill the cartoonist whose drawings of the Prophet Muhammad incited outrage in the Muslim world.


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<title>After Failed Attack, Britain Turns Focus to Yemen</ti