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<description><![CDATA[EU leaders are to discuss multi-billion-euro rescue plans for Europe's ailing banks at a two-day summit in Brussels. ]]></description>
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<title>Georgia-Russia talks &#x27;collapse&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Talks between Georgia and Russia on the recent conflict over South Ossetia collapse in Geneva, Georgian officials say.]]></description>
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<title>Haider &#x27;drunk&#x27; in fatal car crash</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Austrian far-right politician Joerg Haider was drunk at the time of his fatal car crash, an official from his party says.]]></description>
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<title>Bush to host crisis talks with EU</title>
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<description><![CDATA[US President George W Bush is to hold economic talks on Saturday with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and EC President Jose Manuel Barroso.]]></description>
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<title>Aliyev claims Azeri poll victory</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Supporters of Azeri President Ilham Aliyev claim victory in an election boycotted by the main opposition parties.]]></description>
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<title>Turkish plane &#x27;hijacker&#x27; subdued</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Passengers overpower a man who apparently tried to hijack a Turkish Airlines plane to St Petersburg in Russia, officials say.]]></description>
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<title>Mafia author vows to flee Italy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Roberto Saviano, author of an expose of the Neapolitan mafia, the Camorra, says he wants to quit Italy amid death threats.]]></description>
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<title>Jersey&#x27;s time zone poll under way</title>
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<description><![CDATA[People in Jersey vote in a referendum on whether the island should adopt Central European Time instead of British time. ]]></description>
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<title>Iceland &#x27;working day and night&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Iceland's government is working "day and night" to solve the country's financial crisis, Prime Minister Geir Haarde tells the BBC.]]></description>
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<title>&#x27;Grumpy&#x27; French sue over use of name </title>
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<description><![CDATA[A French court rejects an attempt by people with the surname Bougon, which means "grumpy", to change the title of a new TV series.]]></description>
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<title>Uganda to raze Brussels mission, after it becomes &#x27;drug den&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Uganda is hoping to demolish the derelict ex-residence of its Brussels ambassador which is reportedly being used by drug addicts.]]></description>
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<title>France make anthem threat to fans</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The French sports minister says football matches in France will be called off if spectators jeer during their national anthem.]]></description>
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<title>Barca to launch MLS franchise bid</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Spanish club Barcelona is set to launch a bid to become co-owners of a Major League Soccer franchise in Miami. ]]></description>
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<title>&#x27;Paperless&#x27; paper</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/7670371.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Reading your newspaper could be about to change ]]></description>
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<title>Mardell&#x27;s Europe</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Brown returns to heart of Europe in bank crisis]]></description>
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<title>The big chill</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7667920.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Icelanders save up their hate for unsuspecting Brits]]></description>
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<title>Eastern promise</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/7668976.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Romanians push for greater access to UK jobs ]]></description>
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<title>Border bargains</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/7670658.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Why folk from the Republic of Ireland are heading north ]]></description>
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<title>Clock watch </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Will Jersey move with the times - towards Europe?]]></description>
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<title>Germany &#x27;on brink of recession&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Germany's economy is heading for recession and will only expand by 0.2% in 2009, the country's four leading economic think tanks warn.]]></description>
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<title>Russian rights lawyer &#x27;poisoned&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[French police investigate claims that a prominent Russian human rights lawyer may have been poisoned in Strasbourg.]]></description>
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<title>Turkey apology over prison death</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Turkey's justice minister issues a rare apology over the death of a human rights activist allegedly beaten by prison officers.]]></description>
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<title>Ice hockey prodigy dies in match</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Alexei Cherepanov, 19 years old and already one of Russia's top strikers, dies after collapsing during a game.]]></description>
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<title>Spain returns artefacts to Peru</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7669264.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Spain returns some 243 priceless artefacts to Peru, more than a decade after they came to light at an exhibition in Spain.]]></description>
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<title>UK backs down on terror detention</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The UK government is forced to abandon plans to extend the period terror suspects can be held without charge.]]></description>
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<title>Closure call for tuna &#x27;disgrace&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Major tuna-fishing nations back calls for a temporary closure of the Mediterranean tuna fishery.]]></description>
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<title>Depardieu&#x27;s actor son dies at 37</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The son of French actor Gerard Depardieu has died from pneumonia, hospital officials confirm.]]></description>
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<title>Whale deal falls at last minute</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Hope for consensus between environmentalists and whalers in Barcelona is derailed by a last-minute Australian intervention.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/7669005.stm">
<title>Colombian police find stolen Goya</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/7669005.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[An engraving by Spanish master Francisco de Goya is discovered a month after it was stolen, Colombian police say.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7663753.stm">
<title>Austria witnesses new gold rush</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7663753.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Austria's mint flat out as investors seek safety]]></description>
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<title>Growing algae for biofuel</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7661975.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A Dutch company cultivates algae for use in biofuel]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7659500.stm">
<title>Finns yearn for sharp winter</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7659500.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Finns yearn for return of sharp winters]]></description>
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<title>Is the credit crisis hitting you?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Failure of the US financial  bailout has had a volatile effect on  financial markets. Is the global crisis affecting you?]]></description>
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<title>Iceland&#x27;s central bank cuts rates</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Iceland's central bank cuts the country's interest rate by 3.5% from a record high of 15.5%.]]></description>
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<title>Russia suspends regional airlines</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7671189.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russia's national aviation authority is to suspend the flights of nine regional carriers because of  unpaid debts.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/world/europe/15brown.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>British Prime Minister&#x2019;s Stock Rises as His Bank Plan Lifts Stocks Worldwide</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/world/europe/15brown.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[After devising a bank rescue plan that has now been endorsed by European and American officials, Gordon Brown is seeing a revival to his political career.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/world/europe/16georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Russia and Georgia Begin Talks</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/world/europe/16georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russia and Georgia began direct talks for the first time since their five-day war in August, but Russia’s negotiator arrived nearly an hour late.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/world/europe/16russia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Toxic Pellets Found in Russian Rights Lawyer&#x2019;s Car</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/world/europe/16russia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The lawyer was taken ill days before pre-trial hearings into the murder of one of her clients, Anna Politkovskaya.    

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<title>Russian Gas Executives Visit Palin&#x2019;s Turf</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/world/europe/15alaska.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A high-level delegation from the Russian energy company Gazprom met in Anchorage with state officials to talk about investing in Alaskan energy projects.    

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<title>Novel About India Wins the Man Booker Prize</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/world/europe/15booker.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Aravind Adiga, 33, won the 40th Man Booker prize on Tuesday night for his debut novel, “The White Tiger,” a vivid exploration of India’s class struggle.    

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<title>Italians Outraged by French Mercy to Ex-Member of Red Brigades</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/world/europe/15italy.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[France’s decision not to extradite Marina Petrella, a former Red Brigades member convicted of murder, has provoked outrage in Italy.    

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<title>Bleak Numbers Stoke Fears of Recession in Europe</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/business/worldbusiness/15euecon.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[With the financial sector’s problems weighing directly on the broader economy, many economists say Europe is already in recession and will be lucky to get out of it by summer.    

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<title>World Briefing | Europe: Italy: Mafia Threat Investigated</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Naples anti-Mafia prosecutor opened an investigation into new death threats against a muckraking journalist.    

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<title>World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Retreat on Detention Plan</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/world/europe/15briefs-RETREATONDET_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The government said that it had drafted a new law to permit the police to hold terrorism suspects for 42 days without filing charges but that it would hold the draft in reserve.    

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<title>Iceland Turns to Neighbors to Prevent a Collapse</title>
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<description><![CDATA[As its stock market dropped almost 80 percent, Iceland said it drew $273.2 million from the central banks of Norway and Denmark.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/world/europe/14britain.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>British Lords Reject Plan to Lengthen Detentions</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The House of Lords overwhelmingly rejected a Labor government proposal that would have allowed authorities to hold terror suspects for 42 days without charges.    

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<title>European Union Temporarily Suspends Travel Ban for Belarussian Leader</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/world/europe/14belarus.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[European foreign ministers decided to relax travel restrictions on the Belarussian government in the hope of luring the country away from Moscow’s sphere of influence.    

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<title>Italy&#x2019;s Attacks on Migrants Fuel Debate on Racism</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/world/europe/13italy.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A recent spate of violence against immigrants across Italy is fueling a national conversation about racism and tolerance.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/world/europe/13russia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Stock Slump Imperils Putin&#x2019;s Effort to Pump Up Russian Wealth, and His Legacy</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/world/europe/13russia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Vladimir V. Putin is facing a threat to his legacy of bringing growth, stability and a renewed swagger to this nation.    

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<title>Austrian Was Speeding Before Crash</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Jörg Haider, the leader of the right-wing Alliance for Austria’s Future, who died in a car crash this weekend, was driving at more than twice the speed limit, court officials said.    

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<title>A U.N. Charm Offensive Topped Off by Dessert</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/world/12nations.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Iceland, locked in a tight race against Austria and Turkey, campaigns for two rotating seats on the Security Council that are reserved for the mostly European bloc.    

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<title>Strong Earthquake in Caucasus Kills 5</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/world/europe/12quake.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The earthquake killed at least five people and disrupted power supplies in the Chechnya region of Russia, local news reports said.    

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<title>J&#xF6;rg Haider, Austrian Rightist, Is Dead at 58</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/world/europe/12haider.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mr. Haider was a controversial and charismatic far-right politician known for his strong anti-immigrant and anti-European Union stances.    

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<title>Former Finnish President Wins Nobel Peace Prize</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/europe/11nobel.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Martti Ahtisaari has worked to end conflicts in troubled spots around the world for more than three decades.    

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<title>Russian Compliance in Georgia Is Disputed</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/europe/11georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[European leaders confirmed Friday that Russians had met a deadline to withdraw troops from buffer zones outside South Ossetia and Abkhazia.    

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<title>British Military Investigates Loss of Hard Drive</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/europe/11britain.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A portable computer hard drive that may have carried personal details on 100,000 British military service members is missing, the Ministry of Defense said.    

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<title>Russia to Spend Billions Buying Shares on Stock Exchanges to Bolster Confidence</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/business/worldbusiness/11ruble.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The move would support one of the world’s hardest-hit markets from the credit crisis, as the country suffered fresh blows from plunging commodity prices.    

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<title>Leader of Austrian Right Dies in Crash</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/europe/11austria.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Jörg Haider, the leader of Austria’s far right, was killed in a car accident, the national news agency APA reported.    

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<title>World Briefing | Europe: France: Agency Rules That Burqa Violates Values</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/europe/11briefs-AGENCYRULEST_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The French agency devoted to combating discrimination has determined that the burqa inhibits integration into French society.    

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<title>World Briefing | Europe: Portugal: Bills to Legalize Same-Sex Marriages Fail</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/europe/11briefs-BILLSTOLEGAL_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Parliament rejected by a large majority on Friday two proposals to allow same-sex marriages.    

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<title>Ukraine&#x2019;s Leader Schedules Vote After Disbanding Parliament</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/europe/10ukraine.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The move raises uncertainties about Ukraine’s tilt toward the West at a time when the country has become a focal point of rising tensions with Russia.    

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<title>A Slow, Wary Return for Georgian Refugees</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/europe/10georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Though government officials urged refugees to wait until their villages have been cleared of unexploded ordnance, it was impossible to stop them from heading home.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/10nuke.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Nuclear Aid by Russian to Iranians Suspected</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/10nuke.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[International nuclear inspectors are investigating whether a Russian scientist helped Iran conduct experiments on how to detonate a nuclear weapon.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/business/worldbusiness/10global.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>As Crisis Spreads, Global Approach Weighed</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/business/worldbusiness/10global.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. and Britain appear to be coming to a common solution a day before a meeting of financial leaders.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/business/worldbusiness/10icebank.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Iceland, in Financial Collapse, Is Likely to Need I.M.F. Help</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/business/worldbusiness/10icebank.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Iceland’s financial system collapsed Thursday, and analysts said the country would have to turn to the International Monetary Fund for help.    

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<title>World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Punishment for a Prisoner</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/europe/10briefs-PUNISHMENTFO_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russia’s most famous prisoner has been confined to the isolation ward in his Siberian prison after a magazine published his correspondence with a writer.    

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<title>World Briefing | Europe: Italy: Pope Defends Pius&#x2019;s Efforts During World War II</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/europe/10briefs-POPEDEFENDSP_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Pope Benedict XVI said that Pope Pius XII had worked “secretly and silently” to save Jews during World War II, and he said he hoped that Pius’s beatification would “proceed happily.”    

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<title>Estonia&#x2019;s Let-It-Be Economy Is Rattled by Worldwide Distress</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/business/worldbusiness/10estonia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Estonia, the former Soviet republic that has embraced capitalism, is reluctantly turning to state intervention as it confronts an economic slowdown.    

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<title>World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Terrorism Trial Begins in London</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/europe/10briefs-TERRORISMTRI_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two doctors accused of plotting car bombings in 2007 in London and Glasgow wanted to commit “indiscriminate and wholesale” murder, prosecutors said.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/europe/09georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Russians Vacate Buffer Zones in Georgia</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/europe/09georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russia removed its last checkpoints from the buffer zones outside the breakaway enclaves of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, fulfilling a key requirement of a cease-fire agreement.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/europe/09gates.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Europe Asked to Send Afghanistan More Troops</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/europe/09gates.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The call by U.S. defense secretary, Robert M. Gates, came as NATO struggles to combat an emboldened Taliban in the region.    

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<title>Meltdown of Iceland&#x2019;s Financial System Quickens</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/business/worldbusiness/09icebank.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The country was on the verge of going bankrupt as the government shut down the stock market and seized control of its last major independent bank.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/europe/09turkey.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Turkey Authorizes Extension of Military Strikes in Iraq</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/europe/09turkey.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The approval, by a vote of 497 to 18, had been largely expected, and came amid a flurry of attacks in the country’s largely Kurdish southeast.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/europe/09nations.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Serbia Wins Bid to Review Independence of Kosovo</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/europe/09nations.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a polarized vote in the U.N. General Assembly, Serbia won a bid to have the World Court review the manner in which Kosovo declared its independence.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/europe/08unity.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Facing a Financial Crisis, European Nations Put Self-Interest First</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/europe/08unity.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[As the financial storm spread, some of the 27 nations that make up the European Union have broken ranks to protect their own citizens and banks.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/europe/08albania.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Speculation Surrounds Case of Albanian Whistle-Blower&#x2019;s Death</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/europe/08albania.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Kosta Trebicka, who uncovered evidence of public corruption in the export of ammunition from the Communist era, was found dead on a rural roadside.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/science/08nobel.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Three Physicists Share Nobel Prize</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/science/08nobel.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The prize was awarded to an American and two Japanese physicists for their work exploring the hidden symmetries among elementary particles.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/europe/08italy.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>U.N. Says Biofuel Subsidies Raise Food Bill and Hunger</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/europe/08italy.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a new report, the United Nations joined a number of environmental groups in calling for an end to — or at least an overhaul of — subsidies for biofuels.    

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<title>Gates, in Kosovo, Highlights U.S. Balancing Act on Russia</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/europe/08gates.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Robert M. Gates’s visit was the first by a U.S. cabinet member since Kosovo’s independence declaration and the first of an American defense secretary since 2001.    

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<title>Russia Gives Israel No Firm Word on Arms Sales</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/europe/08russia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel apparently failed to win a firm pledge that Moscow would halt advanced weapons sales to Israel’s enemies.    

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<title>Putin&#x2019;s Tips for What to Do When Negotiations Collapse</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/europe/08putin.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin of Russia is flexing his muscles again, this time in an instructional martial arts video.    

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<title>Germany Frees 2 Terrorism Suspects</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/europe/08germany.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The authorities have released two men who were arrested at the Cologne airport last month on suspicion that they were planning to take part in terrorist attacks.    

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<title>World Briefing | Europe: Greece: Broad 24-Hour Strike Planned</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/europe/08briefs-BROAD24HOURS_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Major transportation disruptions were expected after the country’s biggest labor union called for a strike over plans by the government to privatize Olympic Airlines.    

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<title>Generation Faithful: Youthful Voice Stirs Challenge to Secular Turks</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/world/europe/14turkey.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a country that built its modern identity on secularism, the embrace of religious identity is an act of rebellion.    

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<title>Report Says Acclaimed Czech Writer Informed on a Supposed Spy</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/world/europe/14czech.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The allegations that the young Milan Kundera may have informed on a Western spy could tarnish his legacy as one of the best-known Eastern European writers.    

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<title>

        Georgia-Russia talks off to shaky start</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/421688690/la-fg-russiageorgia16-2008oct16,0,2211071.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[The first high-level talks between Russia and Georgia since their war broke down today.]]></description>
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<title>

        Stephen Harper&#x27;s Conservatives prevail in Canada</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/421292155/la-fg-canada15-2008oct15,0,7352826.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[The party overcomes comparisons to Bush, but fails to win a majority. Liberals' green stance doesn't win over voters.
                        
                    
                    
                        Canadians stuck with their ruling party in parliamentary elections Tuesday, as Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper overcame opposition attempts to tether him to "Bush-style policies" that would allow the financial crisis in the United States to spread to Canada.]]></description>
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<title>

        World Briefing</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/421292159/la-fg-briefs15-2008oct15,0,972864.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Southeast Asia: Thailand, Cambodia trade threats / El Salvador: U.S. pledges funds for gang control   / Britain: One less test for schoolchildren
                        
                    
                    Thailand, Cambodia trade threats]]></description>
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        Drop in TB funding could set back fight against AIDS</title>
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<description><![CDATA[About 11 million of 33 million HIV-positive people have TB, a Nobel laureate warns, and if financially troubled nations renege on aid pledges, it would deprive the poor of treatment.
                        
                    
                    
                        Fearing that the global economic crisis could cause nations to renege on commitments to fight tuberculosis, new Nobel laureate and HIV co-discoverer Francoise Barre-Sinoussi warned that a drop in TB funding could wipe out gains made against AIDS because so many people suffer from both diseases.]]></description>
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<title>

        Londoners learn basketball has far more net gains than soccer</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/421292154/la-sp-briefing15-2008oct15,0,5512024.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Daily Telegraph notes the 'nonstop on-court action' in NBA game played abroad, saying it keeps 'you entertained every minute the ball is in play.'
                        
                    
                    
                        An NBA game was played Sunday in London, and the Daily Telegraph noted, "As far as value for money goes, not much can beat basketball. Nonstop on-court action breeds scores that reach triple figures, keeping you entertained every minute the ball is in play."]]></description>
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        Padraig Harrington named PGA Player of the Year</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/421292160/la-spw-golf15-2008oct15,0,257734.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[The No. 4 player in the world claimed the PGA Championship and British Open this year.
                        
                    
                    
                        MIAMI -- Irishman Padraig Harrington has become the second European to win the prestigious PGA Player of the Year award, the PGA of America announced today.]]></description>
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        Sweeping bank bailouts unite Europe</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/420266682/la-fi-europe14-2008oct14,0,2204266.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Governments, done with squabbling, unveil packages that surpass $2 trillion. Britain puts demands on recipients.
                        
                    
                    
                        Like soldiers falling into step, governments across Europe offered up a series of sweeping bailout plans for their banking systems Monday, pushing past $2 trillion the amount of taxpayer money that has been pledged to shore up the continent's floundering financial sector.]]></description>
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        Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider killed in car crash</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/417806670/la-me-haider12-2008oct12,0,7011363.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Far-right politician Joerg Haider was speeding at more than twice the posted limit before the car crash that killed him, investigators said Sunday as his grief-stricken party appointed a successor.]]></description>
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        Israelis unhappy over Jerusalem plot&#x27;s return to Russians</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/420266683/la-fg-jerusalem14-2008oct14,0,222005.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Ehud Olmert settled a long-standing dispute over the historic Sergei Compound by handing over the deed to Russia, but many Israelis fret over the precedent it sets.
                        
                    
                    
                        Nearly 150 years after Russian Czar Alexander II bought a large plot of land in Jerusalem from the Ottoman Empire, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrived in Moscow last week bearing a gift: the deed.]]></description>
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<title>

        Nadia Nerina, 80, dies; enchanting and virtuosic ballet dancer</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/420759046/la-me-nerina14-2008oct14,0,4245068.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Nadia Nerina, an enchanting and virtuosic ballet dancer who inspired choreographer Frederick Ashton's enduring comedy "La Fille Mal Gardee" and outperformed Rudolf Nureyev, died Oct. 6 at her home in Beaulieu-sur-Mer on the French Riviera. She was 80.]]></description>
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<title>Ban urges patience, stressing that dealing with Georgia situation will take time</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appealed for patience as high-level talks take place today on the situation in Georgia, stressing that it will take time to address all the various aspects of the conflict that broke out in the Caucasus country in August and resolve outstanding issues.]]></description>
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<title>UN food agency teams up with European football leagues to fight hunger</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28573&#x26;Cr=FAO&#x26;Cr1=HUNGER</link>
<description><![CDATA[The United Nations food agency partnered with the European Professional Football Leagues today to kick off a campaign aimed at raising funds and awareness of the global fight against hunger and malnutrition at a ceremony in Rome.]]></description>
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<title>Ban arrives in Geneva ahead of talks on Georgia</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders made progress today in talks focusing on the issue of the presidency and vice-presidency in a new power-sharing government, the top United Nations envoy to Cyprus told journalists.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has joined forces with a Dutch university to promote education and research in developing countries to build momentum towards reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight ambitious anti-poverty targets with a 2015 deadline.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) today urged European Union (EU) Member States to take practical steps in preventing sexual violence against women in conflict and post-conflict situations.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The Security Council today extended for another four months the 14-year-old United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) entrusted with overseeing the ceasefire accord between the Government and Abkhaz separatists in the country's north-western region.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The General Assembly voted today to ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for a non-binding advisory opinion on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The United Nations war crimes tribunal set up after the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s today upheld a 35-year jail sentence of a former political leader of rebel Serbs in Croatia who was convicted for his role in a campaign of ethnic cleansing.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Leaders of the world's economic powers said Wednesday that they favored an ambitious campaign to revamp the structures that have governed global finance for more than 60 years.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[After devising a bank rescue plan that has now been endorsed by European and American officials, Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain is seeing a revival to his political career.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Continued assaults on mark-to-market accounting standards and short-sellers show that many still think that suspension of disbelief is the key to fighting the financial crisis.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The first high-level talks between Russia and Georgia since their war in August broke down Wednesday, but international sponsors said the negotiations had only hit a procedural snag and would resume next month.]]></description>
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<title>In German-French relations, looks can be deceiving</title>
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<description><![CDATA[After squabbling publicly over how to deal with the global financial crisis, Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy put aside their differences and gave the impression of friendship.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Three months after President Nicolas Sarkozy of France took over the bloc's rotating presidency, the very characteristics that made British and German officials cringe have proved effective, even essential, in forging a swift European response to major crises.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A drunk man claiming to have a bomb tried to hijack a Russian-bound Turkish Airlines plane on Wednesday but was quickly overpowered by fellow passengers, officials said.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The far-right politician Jörg Haider was drunk at the time of his fatal car crash, his spokesman said Wednesday.]]></description>
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<title>A debut novel about India wins the Man Booker prize</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Aravind Adiga, 33, won the 40th Man Booker prize for his debut novel, "The White Tiger," a vivid exploration of India's class struggle.]]></description>
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<title>Tension with Italy as France refuses to extradite ex-Red Brigades member</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The decision also raised questions about the role played by the first lady of France, Carla Sarkozy, who had visited the former member, Marina Petrella, last week and assured her that she would not be extradited.]]></description>
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<title>10 detained in France in Taser spy ring inquiry</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ten people, including police officers and the head of a company that distributes Tasers, have been detained in an investigation of spying on a far-left politician.]]></description>
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<title>Toxic pellets found in car of Russian lawyer</title>
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<description><![CDATA[She falls ill a day before Moscow opens pretrial hearings into shooting death of a journalist, her client.]]></description>
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<title>From Paris, an ad hoc, urban ballet</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Seven friends in the suburbs of Paris invented an art of moving nearly two decades ago. Today, it is an international phenomenon.]]></description>
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<title>A young woman leads Turkey to examine modernity and devotion</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Havva Yilmaz, as one of the eloquent young voices in Turkey's furious debate over head scarves, forced the society to consider the lines between modernization and faith, between freedom and tradition.]]></description>
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<title>In Russia, a second home for U.S. astronauts</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Those who work side by side with their Russian counterparts say that strong relationships and mutual respect have resulted from many years of collaboration.]]></description>
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<title>Report says the Czech writer Milan Kundera once exposed a Western spy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The allegations could diminish Kundera's moral stature as a spokesman against totalitarianism's corrosion of daily human life.]]></description>
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<title>EU powers favor changes to global financial system</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Leaders of the world's economic powers said Wednesday that they favored an ambitious campaign to revamp the structures that have governed global finance for more than 60 years.]]></description>
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<title>Brown&#x27;s stock rises as world adopts his bank plan</title>
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<description><![CDATA[After devising a bank rescue plan that has now been endorsed by European and American officials, Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain is seeing a revival to his political career.]]></description>
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<title>Officials start to face reality</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Continued assaults on mark-to-market accounting standards and short-sellers show that many still think that suspension of disbelief is the key to fighting the financial crisis.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The first high-level talks between Russia and Georgia since their war in August broke down Wednesday, but international sponsors said the negotiations had only hit a procedural snag and would resume next month.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[After squabbling publicly over how to deal with the global financial crisis, Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy put aside their differences and gave the impression of friendship.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Three months after President Nicolas Sarkozy of France took over the bloc's rotating presidency, the very characteristics that made British and German officials cringe have proved effective, even essential, in forging a swift European response to major crises.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A drunk man claiming to have a bomb tried to hijack a Russian-bound Turkish Airlines plane on Wednesday but was quickly overpowered by fellow passengers, officials said.]]></description>
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<title>Haider&#x27;s blood-alcohol level was over limit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The far-right politician Jörg Haider was drunk at the time of his fatal car crash, his spokesman said Wednesday.]]></description>
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<title>A debut novel about India wins the Man Booker prize</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Aravind Adiga, 33, won the 40th Man Booker prize for his debut novel, "The White Tiger," a vivid exploration of India's class struggle.]]></description>
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<title>Tension with Italy as France refuses to extradite ex-Red Brigades member</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The decision also raised questions about the role played by the first lady of France, Carla Sarkozy, who had visited the former member, Marina Petrella, last week and assured her that she would not be extradited.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Ten people, including police officers and the head of a company that distributes Tasers, have been detained in an investigation of spying on a far-left politician.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[She falls ill a day before Moscow opens pretrial hearings into shooting death of a journalist, her client.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Seven friends in the suburbs of Paris invented an art of moving nearly two decades ago. Today, it is an international phenomenon.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Havva Yilmaz, as one of the eloquent young voices in Turkey's furious debate over head scarves, forced the society to consider the lines between modernization and faith, between freedom and tradition.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Those who work side by side with their Russian counterparts say that strong relationships and mutual respect have resulted from many years of collaboration.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The allegations could diminish Kundera's moral stature as a spokesman against totalitarianism's corrosion of daily human life.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Murky business groups are waging a murderous struggle for their cut of everything from real estate to aid funds.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The stock market slump in Russia is threatening President Vladimir Putin's legacy of bringing growth, stability and a renewed swagger to the nation.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A high-level delegation from the Russian energy company Gazprom met in Anchorage with state officials to talk about investing in Alaskan energy projects.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[For some young people in a secular Turkey, freedom means the right to practice Islam, and self-expression means covering their hair.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[After devising a bank rescue plan that has now been endorsed by European and American officials, Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain is seeing a revival to his political career.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The recent decision by President Nicolas Sarkozy of France not to extradite Marina Petrella, a former Italian Red Brigades member, has provoked outrage in Italy.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Relief over the success of Europe's intervention in the banking crisis will give way Wednesday to discord over climate change.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A Russian human rights lawyer whose clients have included leading Kremlin opponents said Tuesday that she had found poisonous mercury in her car in France and believed it may have been a warning to her.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[To win in a game where U.S. players long ago set the rules, European business schools must adopt "a dual strategy of catching up and differentiating," say the authors of a new book.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Muriel Mayette, the administrateur général in charge of the Comédie-Française, is embroiled in a headache-inducing controversy about her hope to extend the Comédie's activities to the MC93 theater in Bobigny.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The House of Lords voted to reject a contentious plan to extend the amount of time the police can hold terror suspects without charge.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The European Union has temporarily lifted a travel ban on the president of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Leftist government rebuffed as center-right parties are expected to discuss a coalition.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Germany and Italy led the campaign to resume discussions on trade, energy and political ties after Moscow withdrew its forces from parts of Georgia, but Britain and a few other countries have called for more progress before a decision is made.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A recent spate of violence against immigrants across Italy is fueling a national conversation about racism and tolerance.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the EU External Relations Commissioner, said her meeting Monday with Foreign Minister Sergei Martynov could be seen as a reward after Belarus freed political prisoners.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Swiss authorities say they have found high concentrations of melamine in biscuits from Thailand and Sri Lanka, and have called on other European countries to withdraw the products.]]></description>
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<title>Communism&#x27;s ghosts haunt Moscow streets</title>
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<description><![CDATA[As Russia faces economic distress, a demonstration by aging Communists in Moscow was a reminder that it would be foolish to forget how thin the film of wealth is in this society, and the vast ocean that lies below it.]]></description>
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<title>Memories of a failed coup: A specter returns to Moscow</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Fifteen years after Communists failed to reverse history, can a credit crunch succeed?]]></description>
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<title>Exit poll shows conservatives lead in Lithuania</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/12/europe/11lith.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[A conservative opposition party and a populist group made strong gains in the Lithuania parliamentary election, while the centrist government faltered.]]></description>
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<title>J&#xF6;rg Haider, Austrian far-rightist, killed in car crash</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Jörg Haider, the charismatic far-right politician who transformed Austrian politics, died of injuries sustained in a car accident.]]></description>
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<title>Sarkozy stops extradition of convicted Italian radical</title>
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<description><![CDATA[France has decided not to extradite to Italy a former member of the Italian leftist terrorist group the Red Brigades because she is in poor health, the president's office announced Sunday.]]></description>
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<title>U.S. space tourist blasts off in Russian rocket</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. video game magnate Richard Garriott went into space aboard a Russian rocket on Sunday as his father, a NASA astronaut who traveled to space at the height of the Cold War, watched.]]></description>
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<title>Uzbek rights activist is jailed for 10 years</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/12/europe/uzbek.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The conviction of the activist, Solizhon Abdurakhmanov, was on drugs charges. He says the illegal substances were planted on him.]]></description>
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<title>India gets its first female saint</title>
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<description><![CDATA[At a ceremony Sunday in St. Peter's Square for the canonization of Sister Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception, Pope Benedict XVI also denounced anti-Christian violence in India and Iraq.]]></description>
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<title>Russia test-fires ballistic missiles</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The firing Sunday of a long-range ballistic missile came as President Dmitri Medvedev pledged to build up the country's armed capabilities.]]></description>
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<title>Iceland turns on charm for UN voters</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Iceland is locked in a tight race with Austria and Turkey for two rotating seats on the Security Council that are reserved for the mostly European bloc, and the luncheon spread last week was part of its charm offensive.]]></description>
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