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Is far-right rise in German city an echo of the past?
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A row is going on in Austria over who brings presents to children at Christmas.
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Photographer Johan Bävman profiled 45 dads in Sweden, arguably the most father-friendly country in the world.
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Several thousand people marched through the centre of Athens in Greece, calling for Europe to open its borders.
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A UN plan for Syria is a "milestone" in the efforts to end the conflict there, says US Secretary of State John Kerry.
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The Tokyo 2020 Olympics will cost £9.98bn, six times more than the original estimate, it has been claimed.
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Cars are forced off the road and factories closed in Beijing as the city is once again hit by a wave of hazardous smog.
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China accuses the US of "serious military provocation" with a B-52 bomber flight over the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.
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A US-led coalition air strike during an offensive against so-called Islamic State killed nine Iraqi soldiers, Iraq's defence ministry confirms.
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The US Senate adopts long-awaited reforms designed to give emerging economies a greater say in how the International Monetary Fund is run.
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India's opposition Congress party leaders, Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, are bailed after appearing in court in connection with corruption allegations.
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Nigeria's military announces that death sentences handed to 66 soldiers for munity have been commuted to 10-year prison terms.
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Tens of thousands of people protest against Poland's new government for the second weekend in a row, saying they are defending the constitution.
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Three people have been killed and many others injured by a car bomb in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
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Turkey says around 70 Kurdish militants have been killed since Wednesday as it fights against "chaos" in south-eastern cities.
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At least 68 people are reported killed in fresh clashes in north-west Yemen, despite a ceasefire and peace talks being held in Switzerland.
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A federal judge in Brazil blocks the assets of mining giants BHP Billiton and Vale in the country over the collapse of a dam last month.
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President Vladimir Putin says Russia is using "far from everything we are capable of" in its military operations in Syria.
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Kurt Masur, the German conductor who led the New York Philharmonic orchestra for 11 years, dies in the US at the age of 88.
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Swiss authorities investigate a leading figure in a prominent Muslim organisation on terror-related charges over videos made in Syria.
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An Italian cardinal has donated €150,000 to a Catholic charity which allegedly footed the bill for renovations to his luxury flat.
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Turkey says it will move more of its troops out of northern Iraq, acknowledging a "miscommunication" with the Baghdad government.
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Prosecutors in southern Italy put on hold a cull of olive trees in Puglia, ordered by the European Union over fears of a bacterial infection.
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An avalanche has hit the main settlement on Norway's Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, killing one person and injuring nine others.
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