HealthFinland: No deadly bird flu yet
Finland's Agriculture Ministry said on Saturday Europe was not yet suffering the highly pathogenic strain of bird flu that has killed people in Asia after the country discovered a possible outbreak in seagulls.
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Europe's textile war with China - and itself
Chinese-made bras, blouses and T-shirts are piling up at customs checkpoints across Europe, having already bumped up against import limits set earlier this year. The European Union has sent a team of officials to Beijing to negotiate a way out of the crisis. But European retailers are just as annoyed at the quotas as the Chinese
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PerspectivesLondon tube shooting
Journalist: "Piano man, you popped up lost in England. Why did you decide do unveil your identity?"
Piano Man: "Because here, if you're not recognized, you might get shot in the metro"
- Cartoon by Idígoras & Pachi for El Mundo (Madrid)
Innocent Brazilian's shooting in London metroWhere are the images?
Police officers and station managers were at odds last night over the existence of crucial CCTV-footage of the shooting of a Brazilian man wrongly suspected of being a suicide bomber. None of the cameras at the scene of the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell Tube station on 22 July were working, a police document revealed.
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Portugal wildfires out of controlDozens of wildfires are still raging out of control across Portugal, despite desperate efforts to contain them. The blazes have left at least 15 dead and 140,000 hectares destroyed.
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3 die in Alps floods, hundreds flee
Three people died and hundreds were evacuated from their homes as Switzerland and its neighbours struggled with flooding after days of torrential rainfall in the northern Alps.
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Dutch poultry sent indoors as bird flu approachesAll free-range commercial poultry in the Netherlands must be kept indoors from today, under a ban introduced to protect the country's fowl from avian flu, which is spreading towards Europe through migrating flocks.
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This is EuropeSiena, Italy
It was the perfect way to begin the day in Siena. As I lay back on the sun-warmed bricks of the Piazza del Campo, staring up at the cloudless Tuscan sky, waiting for my four-shot due doppio espresso to kick in, it was almost impossible to imagine the chaos of the famed Palio in this tranquil space.
Travel report by Pableaux Johnson for The New York Times
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German election getting emotiveI should have been an easy homecoming for Angela Merkel. Instead, as the boos and catcalls rose from the crowd in Wittenberg marketplace, a shadow of panic crossed the face of the German conservative leader and she suddenly resembled a frightened schoolgirl who had strayed into the bad part of town. Her hand, held aloft in a friendly wave, curled into a soft fist.
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Europeans support giving deadline to Iran
Britain, France and Germany are close to obtaining consensus on a resolution at the United Nations' nuclear agency, in Vienna (Austria), that would impose a September deadline for Iran to resume the suspension of its nuclear program.
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After IRA anounced the end of fightingRoyal Irish units to be disbanded
That's good news for the Europeans who dream with the end of violence. The Northern Ireland-based battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment are to be disbanded as part of the Army response to the IRA ending its armed campaign.
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