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Sat, 18 May 2013 17:45:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2095192-plane-catches-fire-landing-moscow-injuries.html 2013-05-18T17:45:25Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2093906-us-slams-russian-anti-ship-missiles-going-to-syria.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration denounced Russia on Friday for providing Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime with anti-ship missiles, saying the weapons would only worsen a war that Washington and Moscow have been promising to work together on stopping. Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, criticized what he called an ... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:31:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2093906-us-slams-russian-anti-ship-missiles-going-to-syria.html 2013-05-17T20:31:53Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2092700-woman-describes-berlusconis-bunga-bunga-parties.html MILAN (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi's private disco featured not only aspiring showgirls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but one woman dressed up as President Barack Obama and a prominent Milan prosecutor whom the billionaire media mogul has accused of persecuting him, according to the first public sworn testimony by the Moroccan woman at the center of the sca... Fri, 17 May 2013 18:37:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2092700-woman-describes-berlusconis-bunga-bunga-parties.html 2013-05-17T18:37:09Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2093610-homesick-pope-vatican-opens-argentine-gaucho.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — If Pope Francis is feeling a bit homesick these days, he need only go downstairs to St. Peter's Square. The Vatican on Friday opened an exhibit on Argentine gauchos, the legendary horsemen of the pampas — a show that's been years in the works and coincidentally opened under the first Argentine pope. Officials weren't sure when Francis ... Fri, 17 May 2013 18:06:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2093610-homesick-pope-vatican-opens-argentine-gaucho.html 2013-05-17T18:06:10Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2093588-uk-police-leads-missing-girl-case.html LONDON (AP) — British police say they are investigating new leads in the case of Madeleine McCann, the Briton who disappeared six years ago in Portugal at the age of three. Scotland Yard said it has identified several "persons of interest" and "both investigative and forensic opportunities" in the case. The force said Friday its work is under way to suppo... Fri, 17 May 2013 17:54:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2093588-uk-police-leads-missing-girl-case.html 2013-05-17T17:54:51Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2092556-man-us-quiet-uzbekistan-terrorism-plot.html BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Uzbekistan national pleaded not guilty and said little during his first court appearance Friday on U.S. charges that he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in his home country plan a terrorist attack there. Fazliddin Kurbanov, 30, was arrested Thursday. Prosecutors have said little about the d... Fri, 17 May 2013 17:07:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2092556-man-us-quiet-uzbekistan-terrorism-plot.html 2013-05-17T17:07:18Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2093272-official-10-killed-explosion-turkey.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Officials say a container of fuel being smuggled into Turkey from Syria has exploded, killing 10 people. The governor's office in Hatay province said Friday's blast occurred in Tunisma village when the smuggler set the tank on fire after realizing Turkish security forces had rushed to the scene. Hatay is the Turkish border province w... Fri, 17 May 2013 15:47:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2093272-official-10-killed-explosion-turkey.html 2013-05-17T15:47:12Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2093118-2-danes-sentenced-stealing-wwii-documents.html COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Two Danish men have been sentenced to prison after confessing to stealing World War II documents from Denmark's national archives. The Copenhagen City Court on Friday gave sentences of two years to one man and 21 months to the other for stealing 1,045 documents between 2009 and their arrests in late 2012. The men told the court ... Fri, 17 May 2013 14:56:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2093118-2-danes-sentenced-stealing-wwii-documents.html 2013-05-17T14:56:02Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2092780-gay-pride-rally-georgia-derailed.html TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Thousands of anti-gay protesters, including Orthodox priests, occupied a central street in Georgia's capital Friday, with some threatening to lash with stinging nettles any participant in a gay pride parade which was to take place there. Police in Tbilisi guarded several dozen gay activists and bused them out of the city center sho... Fri, 17 May 2013 13:56:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2092780-gay-pride-rally-georgia-derailed.html 2013-05-17T13:56:13Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2092612-eu-survey-reveals-gays-live-fear.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Across Europe, gay couples are scared of publicly engaging in even the most basic expression of their affection: Holding hands. Released Friday, the largest ever EU survey of hate crime and discrimination targeting members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in the 27-nation bloc and Croatia showed many of... Fri, 17 May 2013 13:42:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2092612-eu-survey-reveals-gays-live-fear.html 2013-05-17T13:42:58Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2092680-briton-sentenced-to-8-years-uk-soldiers-death.html LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — A Cyprus criminal court on Friday sentenced a British teenager to eight years in prison over the stabbing death of a British soldier during a nightclub brawl on the east Mediterranean island. The court said that Mohamed Abdulkadir Osman was provoked and "lost self-control" when he pulled out a switchblade and fatally stabbed in the ... Fri, 17 May 2013 10:22:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2092680-briton-sentenced-to-8-years-uk-soldiers-death.html 2013-05-17T10:22:44Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2090300-un-14-iranian-exiles-moved-iraq-to-albania.html BAGHDAD (AP) — The first exiles from an Iranian opposition group have moved to Albania from a camp near Baghdad as part of a relocation process, the United Nations said Thursday, a step toward defusing an explosive dispute left over from the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s and the U.S.-led ousting of the regime of Saddam Hussein. In a statement, the U.N. envoy... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:50:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2090300-un-14-iranian-exiles-moved-iraq-to-albania.html 2013-05-16T20:50:23Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2090462-greek-hotel-entertainer-charged-with-stabbing-boy.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A young entertainer at a Greek island hotel was charged Thursday with attempted murder and theft for allegedly stabbing a Russian guest's child 20 times after the 12-year-old confronted him over a theft. The savage attack at a popular resort on Crete drew broad condemnation in the tourism-reliant country, and Greek hoteliers said the... Thu, 16 May 2013 17:34:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2090462-greek-hotel-entertainer-charged-with-stabbing-boy.html 2013-05-16T17:34:59Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2090056-greek-police-arrest-2-accused-racist-abuse.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police on Thursday arrested two Greek men on suspicion of attacking a Cameroonian national and setting fire to his coffee bar in a central Athens neighborhood that has become a flashpoint for racist violence. The suspects, both 34, appeared before a prosecutor later in the day and were formally charged with deliberate arson, illegal ... Thu, 16 May 2013 17:01:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2090056-greek-police-arrest-2-accused-racist-abuse.html 2013-05-16T17:01:56Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2090866-report-moroccan-italy-convicted-attack-plot.html MILAN (AP) — Italian media are reporting that a 22-year-old Moroccan man has been convicted and sentenced to five years and four months in jail for plotting a terror attack against a Milan synagogue. The man was arrested in March 2012 after police noted that the suspect had used a Google maps application to case security at the synagogue. Police have also... Thu, 16 May 2013 16:54:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2090866-report-moroccan-italy-convicted-attack-plot.html 2013-05-16T16:54:42Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2090622-uk-court-jails-4-lulzsec-hackers-cyberattacks.html LONDON (AP) — Four young computer hackers who masterminded cyberattacks on targets from the CIA to Sony Pictures and Rupert Murdoch's News International were sentenced to up to 32 months in prison on Thursday. The hackers, who were affiliated with the group Lulz Security, had all pleaded guilty to hacking charges. Prosecutors say they also targeted the we... Thu, 16 May 2013 16:34:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2090622-uk-court-jails-4-lulzsec-hackers-cyberattacks.html 2013-05-16T16:34:31Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2090048-danish-teenager-rare-viking-find.html COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish museum officials say that an archaeological dig last year has revealed 365 items from the Viking era, including 60 rare coins. Danish National Museum spokesman Jens Christian Moesgaard says the coins have a distinctive cross motif attributed to Norse King Harald Bluetooth, who is believed to have brought Christianity to N... Thu, 16 May 2013 16:27:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2090048-danish-teenager-rare-viking-find.html 2013-05-16T16:27:28Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2090312-thai-authorities-arrest-swiss-bank-robbery-suspect.html BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police have arrested a Swiss man charged with robbing a bank in his homeland before fleeing to live with his wife in Thailand. Department of Special Investigation Director-General Tharit Pengdit says police found 42-year-old Enzo Gerber on Thursday in the seaside resort town of Hua Hin, 200 kilometers (120 miles) south of Bangkok. ... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:21:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2090312-thai-authorities-arrest-swiss-bank-robbery-suspect.html 2013-05-16T14:21:57Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2089916-man-shoots-head-paris-school.html PARIS (AP) — A dozen students and a teacher saw a man kill himself with a shot in the head at a private Catholic school on Thursday, Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe said. The mayor said his thoughts were with "all the little Parisians who were present, their parents and all the educational community." Police said the suicide happened shortly before noon as c... Thu, 16 May 2013 13:46:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2089916-man-shoots-head-paris-school.html 2013-05-16T13:46:51Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2089860-yemen-3-red-cross-workers-2-egyptians-released.html SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Three Red Cross workers and two Egyptian technicians who were abducted by armed men in Yemen's southern province of Abyan have all been released, Yemeni security officials said Thursday. The three staffers from the International Committee of the Red Cross had been held since Monday morning, when armed men stopped their ICRC-marked vehi... Thu, 16 May 2013 10:59:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2089860-yemen-3-red-cross-workers-2-egyptians-released.html 2013-05-16T10:59:38Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2089632-6-russian-crew-killed-ship-fire-north-japan.html TOKYO (AP) — Six Russian crew members have died in a fire aboard their freighter in a northern Japanese port. Takashi Kagaya, a police officer in Wakkanai, on the northern tip of Hokkaido island, says the 497-ton Taigan caught fire just after 1 a.m. Thursday. It took about 12 hours for firefighters to put out the blaze. Kagaya says two... Thu, 16 May 2013 08:20:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2089632-6-russian-crew-killed-ship-fire-north-japan.html 2013-05-16T08:20:16Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2089490-red-cross-3-workers-kidnapped-yemen-released.html GENEVA (AP) — Three Red Cross workers who were kidnapped by armed men in the southern Yemeni province of Abyan have been safely released, the organization said Thursday. The three staff members for the International Committee of the Red Cross had been held since Monday morning when the armed men stopped their ICRC-marked vehicle in the vicinity of Jaar, n... Thu, 16 May 2013 08:07:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2089490-red-cross-3-workers-kidnapped-yemen-released.html 2013-05-16T08:07:15Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2088120-greece-girl-6-drowns-migrant-boat-sinks.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A 6-year-old girl drowned when a small boat crammed with immigrants trying to enter Greece illegally sank off an eastern Aegean Sea islet. Greece's Merchant Marine Ministry says 21 people, mainly Syrians, were rescued after the vessel foundered for unknown reasons Wednesday off Farmakonissi. The nationality of the drowned child was n... Wed, 15 May 2013 18:53:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2088120-greece-girl-6-drowns-migrant-boat-sinks.html 2013-05-15T18:53:51Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2087430-cyprus-moon-rock-40-years.html NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus may finally get its piece of the moon. Some 40 years ago, the Mediterranean island nation was supposed to receive a 1.1 gram piece of moon rock from the United States. The rock was one of 270 such lunar samples U.S. astronauts brought back from Apollo moon missions in 1969 and 1972 that the Nixon administration gave as gifts ... Wed, 15 May 2013 16:57:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2087430-cyprus-moon-rock-40-years.html 2013-05-15T16:57:13Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2087568-wigs-map-strange-stuff-alleged-us-spy-kit.html MOSCOW (AP) — A couple of wigs, sunglasses and a compass? Really? Some of the items Russian authorities say they seized from a U.S. diplomat who they accuse of spying look like they came from Austin Powers' arsenal rather than James Bond's. But while the old-fashioned items might seem clownish or reminiscent of Cold War intrigues, they could in some ways ... Wed, 15 May 2013 16:12:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2087568-wigs-map-strange-stuff-alleged-us-spy-kit.html 2013-05-15T16:12:47Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2087520-polish-walkway-named-woman-who-saved-jews.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish officials have honored Irena Sendler, a Polish woman credited with saving 2,500 Jewish children from the Holocaust, by naming a walkway in a symbolically important spot after her. Sendler was a social worker who smuggled Jewish children out of the Warsaw ghetto during World War II, when Poland was occupied by Nazi Germany. The... Wed, 15 May 2013 15:49:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2087520-polish-walkway-named-woman-who-saved-jews.html 2013-05-15T15:49:31Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2086714-russian-boy-stabbed-while-vacation-crete.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A 12-year-old Russian boy was stabbed nearly two dozen times while on vacation on the island of Crete, allegedly by a Dutchman working as an entertainer at the child's hotel, Greek authorities said. The boy was airlifted to Athens on a military plane and hospitalized in serious condition Wednesday. The medical examiner who inspected ... Wed, 15 May 2013 13:53:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2086714-russian-boy-stabbed-while-vacation-crete.html 2013-05-15T13:53:37Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2087120-dutch-sociologist-spains-asturias-prize.html MADRID (AP) — A Dutch sociologist has been awarded Spain's Prince of Asturias social sciences prize for her work in the field of globalization and urban sociology. The jury said that one of Saskia Sassen's greatest scientific contributions was "her concept of the 'global city', now accepted and used worldwide." The concept describes cities that are center... Wed, 15 May 2013 13:13:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2087120-dutch-sociologist-spains-asturias-prize.html 2013-05-15T13:13:45Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2087064-photo-essay-czech-taxidermist-success.html SAKVICE, Czech Republic (AP) — At just 13, Radomir Franz already knew he wanted to be a taxidermist. He credits a boyhood trip to a natural science museum with capturing his imagination. More than three decades later, he's one of central Europe's most sought-after experts in the field — and says he has stuffed animals from every country except, perhaps, G... Wed, 15 May 2013 12:46:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2087064-photo-essay-czech-taxidermist-success.html 2013-05-15T12:46:21Z