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Spain's Eta 'declares ceasefire'
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Armed Basque separatist group Eta says it has decided not to carry out "armed actions" in its campaign for independence, the BBC learns.
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Pope 'may appeal' in Iran stoning
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The Vatican says it could appeal diplomatically to Iran to spare the life of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery.
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Car bomb kills Russian soldiers
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A suicide car bombing at a military base in the southern Russian region of Dagestan kills five soldiers and wounds about 40 others.
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German meeting on nuclear power
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Leading members of Germany's coalition government are meeting to solve a row over the future of nuclear power stations in the country.
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French hostages 'in good health'
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Two French journalists kidnapped in Afghanistan in December are alive, says President Nicolas Sarkozy's chief adviser.
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Protests over French Roma policy
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Thousands attend rallies in Paris and other French cities to protest at the government's policy of deporting Roma people.
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Danish rocketeers postpone launch
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A group of Danish rocket enthusiasts trying to launch a dummy 30km into the sky abort the mission when a valve on their rocket freezes up.
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Four held over Blair egg pelting
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Four men are arrested after eggs and shoes are thrown at former Prime Minister Tony Blair at a book signing in Dublin.
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Belarus web activist found hanged
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A Belarus opposition website activist found hanged at his home outside Minsk committed suicide, officials say.
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Netherlands coalition talks fail
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Talks to form a coalition government in the Netherlands collapse as the leader of the far-right Freedom Party Geert Wilders walks out.
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Wawrinka beats Murray at US Open (AFP)
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AFP - Fourth seed Andy Murray crashed out of the US Open on Sunday, losing 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, 6-3 to Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland.
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3 killed in suicide attack on Russian base (AP)
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AP - A suicide car-bomber killed three soldiers and wounded 32 others in an attack on a military base in Russia's violence-plagued republic of Dagestan on Sunday, officials said.
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Get ready for break-up of Belgium: top minister (AFP)
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AFP - A top Belgian politician warned the country's citizens on Sunday to "get ready for the break-up of Belgium," as King Albert II seeks to relaunch knife-edge coalition talks.
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Accident at German flight show kills 1, injures 38 (AP)
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AP - A pilot of a small propeller-driven plane lost control of his aircraft while taking off at a flight show in southern Germany and crashed into a group of spectators Sunday, leaving one person dead and 38 injured, police said.
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Afridi blasts Hameed in Pakistan corruption row (AFP)
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AFP - Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi blasted Yasir Hameed as being mentally a teenager as the batsman insisted he was duped by a newspaper over betting scam claims which eclipsed the team's defeat to England.
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Pension age hike "untouchable" in France debate (Reuters)
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Reuters - The French government will consider changes to details of its pension reform proposals but will not back down from the basic plan to raise the retirement age, top advisers to President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Sunday.
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Berlusconi rival Fini "will not force election" (Reuters)
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Reuters - Gianfranco Fini, the former ally of Silvio Berlusconi turned bitter rival, made a fierce attack on the Italian prime minister Sunday but said he would avoid steps that could trigger an early election. Fini, the speaker of the lower house of parliament, was expelled in July from the People of Freedom (PDL) party he set up with Berlusconi, leaving the government without a secure majority after months of increasing friction between the two.
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Basque ETA call to halt attacks met with caution (Reuters)
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Reuters - The Basque rebel group ETA called a halt to armed attacks on Sunday but the government said the declaration was not enough and urged the weakened organization to renounce violence once and for all.
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Islamist threat to Germany is growing say police (Reuters)
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Reuters - The threat of Islamist attacks in Germany is growing as numbers of people returning from militant camps on the Afghan-Pakistan border rise, a senior police official said.
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ETA declares ceasefire in Basque independence battle (AFP)
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AFP - Basque separatist fighters ETA declared a ceasefire Sunday in their flagging, decades-long campaign of bombing and shooting for a homeland independent of Spain.
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