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- Why are the Irish still leaving the land of their birth?Ireland's economy is showing growth, but those born on the Emerald Isle still leave in greater numbers than they return to it.
- First LookExplosive bus crash kills 43 in French countrysideDozens of retirees and a young boy were killed in the crash, France's worst road accident in more than 30 years.
- Portugal's center-right government returns to power, despite riskThe political environment in Portugal has introduced a note of uncertainty into the 19-country eurozone that could rattle investors.
- If Kremlin doesn't fight Islamists in Syria, will it have to in Russia?Radical Islamists are a legitimate threat to Russia's security, particularly via its post-Soviet neighbors to the south. But the risk of blowback is high too.
- Two dead after stabbing attack at Swedish schoolDagens Nyheter, one of Sweden's largest newspapers, posted a photo of a helmeted man with a dark mask, a dark outfit and a sword in his hand, claiming it was the attacker, who was later shot and killed by police.
- Inside the Kremlin's velvet grip, Russia's civil society struggles to surviveWorkers at Memorial, Russia's leading human rights monitor, live under constant, unyielding pressure from the government, which is trying to stymie dissent.
- New refugee path through Balkans swamps tiny SloveniaSlovenia says it is overwhelmed with refugee flow from Croatia and appeals to EU for help, even as Europe begins to eye Turkey for a larger solution.
- In English countryside, visitors get taste of refugees' experience on the runJoe Howson's eight-room exhibit is designed to place visitors in the shoes of those seeking asylum in Europe.
- EU offers Turkey possible $3.4 billion for help in migrant crisisAt a summit in Brussels, EU leaders said they agreed on an "action plan" with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan聽to cooperate on improving the lives of Syrian refugees in Turkey.
- Scottish prosecutors: 2 Libyans are Lockerbie bomb suspectsA bomb shattered the New York-bound Boeing 747 as it flew over Scotland on Dec. 21, 1988, killing all 259 people aboard the plane and 11 on the ground.
- Why isn't Russia singling out ISIS in Syria? Because it never said it wouldMany in the West have criticized Russia's intervention in Syria for not targeting IS. But Russia does not view 'moderate' rebels as any better than their IS counterparts.
- Russian missile downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, says Dutch reportMalaysia Airlines Flight 17 was destroyed by a Russian-made Buk surface-to-air missile fired from the rebel-held Ukraine village of Snizhne. Russia denies the finding.聽
- Nobel Peace Prize throws curve with award to Tunisian QuartetThe Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, which helped Tunisia peacefully transition from dictatorship to pluralist democracy, was completely off the radar of Nobel watchers.
- The ExplainerNobel 101: How does the Peace Prize get picked?A five-person committee selected by Norwegian lawmakers decide the winner of an annual prize that has long generated debate and controversy.聽
- In egalitarian Denmark, tide of refugees challenges 'social contract'Despite the Danish government's overt rejection of migrants, many Danes would welcome refugees. But they worry that newcomers would undermine the country's Nordic model.
- Tsipras insists he can lead Greece out of crisis by 2019The left-wing prime minister聽was elected on a four-year mandate Sept. 20, despite ditching the anti-austerity rhetoric that first got him elected in January.
- Hollande, Merkel call for 'more Europe' to fight crises afflicting EUIn the first joint French-German address to the European Parliament since 1989, the two leaders argued that to shy from the EU project now would mean 'the end of Europe, our demise.'
- EU Safe Harbor ruling a blow to tech companiesEurope's top court declares invalid a pact聽allowing thousands of companies to transfer to the US information on users in the European Union's 28 countries聽鈥 such as when someone clicks 'like' on Facebook or an advertisement link.
- What the EU Safe Harbor ruling means for data privacyThe聽Court of Justice of the European Union on Tuesday invalidated a data transfer deal between the US and EU in a move that could have broad repercussions for thousands of American businesses.
- Ukraine creeping toward peace? Kiev, rebels pull back tanks, artilleryThe simultaneous withdrawal of materiel by the government and Russia-backed rebels builds on a cease-fire that both sides have largely abided by.