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Russia 'detains scores in sweep at mosque'

Russian law enforcement officers have detained 140 people at a Muslim prayer room in the capital, Moscow, as part of a search for extremist groups, Russian news agencies have quoted federal officials as saying.

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UK to honour Churchill with new banknote

Britain is set to honour Winston Churchill, its revered war-time prime minister, with a banknote featuring his portrait and the famous declaration: "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat".

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Four men jailed over UK suicide-attack plot

Three British men along with an associate have been jailed for planning mass suicide attacks in the UK in collaboration with al-Qaeda.

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Hitler's food taster shares her story

A German woman claims she was one of Adolf Hitler's food tasters but that, for more than half a century, she did not tell anybody what she did during the second world war.

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General election under way in Iceland

Iceland's voters tipped to punish ruling coalitionIceland goes to the polls in a general election expected to punish the ruling Social Democrat coalition over the austerity measures to bring the economy back from the brink.

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Dozens dead as fire destroys Russia hospital

Thirty-eight have been killed after a fire raged through a psychiatric hospital outside Moscow, Russian emergency officials and media reports said.

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Russia's Pussy Riot activist pleas for parole

Jailed Pussy Riot punk-rocker Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has pleaded to be released on parole from her two-year sentence, arguing that she had already spent enough time in prison for the group's protest against President Vladimir Putin.

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Spain protesters clash with police

Twenty-nine people have been injured in clashes between police and protesters in the latest street demonstrations sparked by anger at Spain's economic crisis, emergency services said.

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France unemployment hits new high

The number of unemployed people in France climbed to new record levels in March, according to official data.

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Poll-monitor group fined under new Russia law

A Russian court has handed down $13,000 worth of fines against the election monitor Golos, in the first ruling under a new "foreign agent" law that observers say will lead to the closure of many organisations across the country.

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