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French ship rescues 217 migrants off Libya coastOn Saturday, the French patrol ship turned the rescued migrants and the suspected people smugglers over to the Italian authorities.
It's a girl! Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to princessThe name of the newborn wasn't expected to be announced immediately, but聽Alice and Charlotte are the clear favorites among bet takers.聽- Why are proud Hungarians mastering English? Simple pragmatism.Hungarians and other Central Europeans are mastering English at a much greater clip than many of their continental peers, in part due to a lack of 'lingual baggage' over learning another language.
Witches Night: Crone-burning season comes to the Czech RepublicCzechs, like much of northern Europe, celebrated the end-of-winter festival Thursday night with Halloween dress code and 4th of July fare.
Turkish police use tear gas, water cannon on May Day protestersIstanbul police said that nearly 140 people had been detained, although activists said the number was nearly double that.
Pampered pensioners vs. lazy youth? European battle comes to UK electionsAs party leaders debate government spending ahead of the May 7 vote, some argue pensioners are being overprotected to the detriment of unemployed youth.
German police arrest pair in Islamist terror plotLocal media reported police found explosives, material for making bombs, an assault rifle and ammunition at their home near Frankfurt.
How a hidden past changed an anti-Semitic leader into a Jewish seekerThree years ago, Csan谩d Szegedi was part of Hungary's far-right Jobbik party, a bloc often accused of anti-Semitism. That changed when he learned his family's secret.
Northern Ireland could play rare role in British elections: kingmakerWith neither the Conservatives nor Labour likely to win a majority in the May 7 elections, a coalition is almost certainly in the cards 鈥� and Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party a possible partner.
Oligarchs out, regional governments in? Ukraine eyes power reshuffleUkraine's reformers are figuring out how to move the levers of power from Kiev and the oligarchs to the individual regions 鈥� but without fracturing the country.
Could military action help solve Europe's Mediterranean refugee crisis?Though striking the refugee-smugglers might briefly disrupt the flow of migrants from Libya to Italy, it doesn't address what's causing the crisis in the first place.
Safe for whom? France considers legal safe houses for drug usersThe National Assembly voted earlier this month to approve the opening of three trial centers in the hope of keeping heroin addicts off the street.聽
Russian 'Night Wolves' bikers banned from Germany
From the Monitor Archives: Invasion of Gallipoli begins in WWIThe Allied invasion of Ottoman-controlled Gallipoli was meant to lay the groundwork for the capture of Constantinople, but ended in failure. Still, the campaign had a profound effect beyond its military significance.
Was there an Armenian genocide? It depends on Turkish 'intent.'On the 100th anniversary of the massacres of Armenians during World War I, the debate is not simply a he-said-she-said between modern Turks and Armenians.
'Pro-Russia' Chechen leader threatens to kill Russian cops on his turfChechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov has turned the nominally Russian region into a legal black hole where Russian law doesn't apply. On Wednesday, he told his forces to shoot any Russian federal officer in the territory without his permission.
Islam finds a place in Germany's classroomsGermany is beginning to grant Muslims the sort of entitlements given to 海角大神s and Jews, including having their religion taught in schools and universities 鈥� something that could be key for fighting radical Islam.
Does France's proposed surveillance law go too far?The anti-terrorism bill includes everything from tapping phones and email accounts without a judge's approval to collecting metadata from mobile phones.
France arrests suspect over planning of 'imminent' church attackAn Algerian man suspected of planning an attack on a church聽was detained on Sunday after he apparently shot himself by accident and called an ambulance. He was not named.
Walled off: In non-rebel eastern Ukraine, frustrations with Kiev mountNo one in Russian-speaking Kharkiv wants to follow rebels into open revolt. But locals say Kiev has no idea how badly it's aggravating the region with its initiatives, including the 'Great Wall of Ukraine.'
