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Fiasco over Athens Ferris wheel that won't turn 30 Dec 2016 - 11:11 am
Workers dismantle Athens Ferris wheel at the central Syntagma Square on December 29, 2016. A senior Athens official has resigned in an unprecedented fiasco over a Ferris wheel that was erected for Christmas but then dismantled before ever operating over s
Tall order: Rare giraffe calf born in UK zoo 30 Dec 2016 - 10:55 am
An undated handout picture released by Chester Zoo on December 29, 2016 shows a rare Rothschilds giraffe calf, born on Boxing Day at Chester Zoo, in north west England. The six-feet-tall youngster, which is yet to be sexed or named, arrived to first-time
Belgium boy critical after freezing balcony punishment 29 Dec 2016 - 06:43 pm
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Tunisian suspect in Germany truck attack freed 29 Dec 2016 - 06:17 pm
Firemen inspecting the truck that crashed the evening before into a Christmas market at Gedaechtniskirche church in Berlin on December 20, 2016 (AFP / Tobias SCHWARZ)
Two migrants die in traffic accident in Serbia's south : police 29 Dec 2016 - 01:17 pm
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Russia plane crash: Second black box found in Black Sea 28 Dec 2016 - 10:48 pm
A diver looking at a piece of the crashed military plane during searches in the Black Sea outside Sochi, yesterday.
Britain cracks down on illegal nail-salon workers; 97 held 28 Dec 2016 - 10:12 pm
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Greece to improve migrant camps 28 Dec 2016 - 10:12 pm
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Hollande pardons woman who killed husband 28 Dec 2016 - 10:04 pm
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Rise in migrants leaving Germany 28 Dec 2016 - 10:04 pm
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German police detain alleged contact of Berlin truck attacker 28 Dec 2016 - 04:44 pm
This file photo taken on December 20, 2016 shows firemen inspecting the truck that crashed the evening before into a Christmas market at Gedaechtniskirche church in Berlin. German police on December 28, 2016 detained a Tunisian national on suspicion of ha
Another black box from Russian plane found in Black Sea 28 Dec 2016 - 03:30 pm
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Soviet Afghan war made radical groups: Russian diplomat 28 Dec 2016 - 01:12 pm
Photo: AA.
Romania's president blocks proposal for country's first female & Muslim PM 28 Dec 2016 - 12:58 am
Klaus Iohannis gave no reasons for his rejection of Sevil Shhaideh, put forward by the Social Democrats (PSD), but there was speculation that it was due to her Syrian husband's background.
German lawmakers urge tough security measures 28 Dec 2016 - 12:35 am
A handout photo released yesterday by the Italian Police allegedly shows Anis Amri, the suspected Berlin truck attacker, on a CCTV frame grab taken at 00.58am (local time), as he arrives on December 23 in Milan's Central Station.
Wing flap fault main theory behind Black Sea Russian jet crash 28 Dec 2016 - 12:32 am
Russia's coast guard officers lay a wreath at a makeshift memorial in Sochi, yesterday.
Opinion: The hidden force of current international uneasiness 28 Dec 2016 - 12:06 am
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George Michael's partner heartbroken 27 Dec 2016 - 11:19 pm
People gather and pause outside the home of British singer George Michael where tributes of flowers, messages and candles have been piled in the village of Goring, southern England, yesterday.