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A trial has begun in Aachen, Germany of a former member of Hitler's Waffen-SS who is accused of murdering three Dutch civilians during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II.
Published Oct 28, 2009 by ■ Chris Dade in World
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Radovan Karadzic has many faces. He was a doctor, a psychiatrist, a poet, and a writer of kids books. He also was the man who in the 1990s drenched Bosnia, Herzegovina and Serbia in blood and hatred - events for which he now stands trial in The Hague.
Published Oct 26, 2009 by ■ Miriam Mannak in World
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Animal activists struck at least four different fur farms in Spain and France earlier in October, releasing approximately 20,000 of the animals. Some mink were recaptured.
Published Oct 25, 2009 by ■ Stephanie Dearing in Business
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The singer Morrissey has been dramatically rushed to hospital after collapsing on stage during a concert in Swindon in the UK.
Published Oct 24, 2009 by ■ Gemma Fox in Entertainment
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After the collapse of the Iceland economy, the Icelandic government has reached a comprehensive deal that would reimburse Great Britain and Netherlands more than $5 billion.
Published Oct 18, 2009 by ■ Andrew Moran in Business
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India, home to over one third of the world's hungry, has been criticized in a report by an international anti-poverty agency over its efforts to tackle the problem of hunger within its population.
Published Oct 17, 2009 by ■ Chris Dade in Health
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Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders has won his appeal against a ban on him entering the U.K., imposed due to his outspoken views on Islam. Wilders wrote the film Fitna, which says the Koran advocated extreme violence.
Published Oct 13, 2009 by ■ Chris Dade in Politics
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According to the United Nations human development index, Norway takes the number one spot. The UN human development index makes judgments based on the country's life expectancy, literacy, school enrollment and gross domestic product (GDP) per capita.
Published Oct 5, 2009 by ■ Joe Gullo in Lifestyle
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The European Union has written to American Airlines, British Airways (BA) and the Spanish carrier Iberia to express concern that the three airlines' plan for a partnership on transatlantic flights would be in breach of antitrust regulations.
Published Oct 2, 2009 by ■ Chris Dade in Business
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Almost 60 years after Anne Frank died of typhoid in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, video footage - probably the only moving images of the famous diarist - has been released for the first time.
Published Oct 1, 2009 by ■ Miriam Mannak in World
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