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Reports of bloodbath in Homs as UN struggles on Syria draft

Opposition activists have reported 260 civilian deaths due to mortar attacks in the Syrian city of Homs. The UN Security Council is preparing to vote once again on Saturday for a resolution to condemn the violence.

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Hungary's Malev airline halts operations

More than 7,000 people have been stranded after Hungarian national airline Malev announced it was grounding all its planes. Company officials say an EU order to pay back state subsidies made the business "unsustainable."

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Culture

Crowdsourcing: writing history on the Internet

Internet users have been generating content on social networks for a long time. Now, archives and libraries are tapping into that resource to fill information gaps.

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Germany wins battle in Nazi war crimes case

The UN's highest court has upheld Germany's immunity from being sued in Italian national courts for war crimes committed by Nazi soldiers during the 1943-1945 occupation of Italy.

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Merkel gets highest approval rating in two years

Criticism of Angela Merkel for her tough stance on austerity in Greece appears not to have reached her own constituents. A poll gave the chancellor high approval ratings, but no relief for her scandal-ridden president.

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Germany plans special court to try soldiers

German soldiers are tried under civil, not military law. Now, the government plans to set up a central court for the prosecution of German soldiers, especially for cases related to military conflicts abroad.

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German job creation miracle is not over yet

A number of big companies in Germany have recently announced substantial layoffs. But not all industries are concerned. Experts even maintain that employment will rise further in the course of 2012.

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German authorities arrest another suspected accomplice of neo-Nazi terror group

Another man has been arrested in Germany, accused of having ties to the neo-Nazi terror group known as the National Socialist Underground.

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Germany to hire more immigrants into civil service

Immigrants are far under-represented in Germany's public sector - a fact which Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she wants to change, after leading a national integration summit in Berlin.

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Voice recording of 19th-century German chancellor Bismarck found in US

An 1889 voice recording of Otto von Bismarck, Germany's Iron Chancellor, has been identified in the US. The sound is distorted, but Bismarck can be heard singing the French national anthem among others.

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Russians brave frigid temperatures in pro- and anti-Putin rallies

Russians have gathered in Moscow at rival demonstrations supporting and opposing Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, despite sub-zero temperatures. The anti-Putin rally is seen as a big test for the opposition movement.

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Cold snap takes heavy toll in Eastern Europe

Severe cold has killed at least 164 people in Eastern Europe as temperatures in some areas plummet to record lows. Ukraine has reported some 38 new fatalities while Poland has recorded eight additional deaths.

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Paris opens investigation into cause of Concordia shipwreck

French prosecutors have launched a probe into the cause of the Costa Concordia shipwreck. The cruise liner ran aground on January 13 and the half-sunken ship is posing an environmental threat.

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Culture

Polish Nobel poet Szymborska dies, aged 88

Wislawa Szymborska, the 1996 Nobel Prize-winning Polish poet, has lost her battle with lung cancer. Szymborska died in her sleep at her home in Krakow.

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Business

Human Rights - a joint mission

The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) prosecutes human rights violations worldwide. This has other international courts eager to find out how the ECHR operates.

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