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Switzerland: We’re keeping our guns
feature The Swiss rejected a new gun-control law that would have forced them to turn in their army-issue guns for storage in public arsenals.
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Britain: Where nothing you say is private
feature Two sportscasters were suspended after an off-camera conversation of theirs was made public.
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Czech Republic: Remembering Vaclav Havel
feature His “first commitment was to common decency and the common good, not to holding power,” said Jiri Pehe at the Toronto Star.
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United Kingdom: What you need to know to be a citizen
feature The U.K. citizenship exam doesn't require aspiring citizens to know anything of our history or literature, of Britain’s imperial past or traditions, said Libby Purves at The Times.
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Europe: The failure to tackle climate change
feature There are doubts about the likely success of the U.N. summit in South Africa, which met this week to craft a replacement to the Kyoto Protocol.
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Netherlands: Protect the rights of pedophiles
feature An outright ban would “only drive the pedophiles underground,” said Wierd Duk at Elsevier.
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United Kingdom: Kicking God out of public services
feature An uptight atheist, one Clive Bone, is suing a city council for opening its meetings with a prayer, said Cristina Odone at The Telegraph.
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Slovakia: How not to fight corruption
feature It’s a tragedy, really: the Defense Minister's hubris led him to defy the very constitution he thought he was defending, said Martin Simecka at Respekt.
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United Kingdom: Isolated within Europe
feature The British Prime Minister will not go along with changes to the European Union treaty that require member countries to submit their national budgets to bureaucratic oversight.
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France: The man Sarkozy pushed aside
feature Dominique de Villepin has been acquitted of all charges of trying to smear Sarkozy—charges Villepin says were trumped up—and has just announced that he will run for president, said Sophie Pilgrim at France24.com.
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Germany: Epidemic of rhino robberies
feature This year alone, robbers have stolen rhinoceros horns from museums, antiques stores, and even private collections in at least eight European countries, said Stefan Ulrich at Süddeutsche Zeit.
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France: Was Renault the worst collaborator?
feature The lawsuit by the grandchildren of Louis Renault has “rekindled the old debate” about the extent of French collaboration during World War II, said Marie-Amélie Lombard at Le Figaro.
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Turkey: Mass trial ends in mass convictions
feature Many Turkish lawmakers say the Ergenekon trial was nothing but an excuse for the prime minister to put away his rivals and silence his critics.
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Germany: Why Merkel aims to be boring
feature The euro is in crisis and the Middle East is blowing up, yet Germany’s election season could not be more boring.
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