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France: Taxing the Internet to support the arts
feature President Sarkozy is considering levying a tax on Internet ad revenue earned by Google, Yahoo, and other major web companies in order to fund arts programs.
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United Kindom: Defending the right to be a bigot
feature Which is more important, gay rights or property rights? asked Neil Midgley in The Daily Telegraph.
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Austria: A mother of 10 galvanizes the far right
feature Prominent Austrians are appalled at the views of Barbara Rosenkranz, the far right Freedom Party candidate who will challenge incumbent Heinz Fischer in April's presidential election.
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Iceland: Balking at paying back foreigners
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United Kingdom: Losing Cadbury to the Americans
feature Will the corporate bigwigs of "a tacky Yankee cheesemaker" appreciate the “uniquely creamy mouth feel” of a Cadbury's chocolate bar?
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Spain: Prosecuting a judge who championed victims
feature Baltasar Garzón, the Spanish judge who pursued criminals from other countries, will be tried this summer for investigating the abuses of the Franco era in contravention of a 1977 amnesty law.
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Poland: Jail time for wearing a Che shirt?
feature Last week, the government amended the penal code to outlaw the display of communist symbols, said Marek Domagalski in Rzeczpospolita.
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European Union: Everybody’s mad at the bankers
feature Europeans have taken to the streets because they believe they are footing the bill for the banking crisis.
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European Union: Held hostage by Russia’s Gazprom
feature The dispute between Russia and Ukraine over gas prices has ramifications for the European Union because its supply comes from pipelines that cross Ukraine.
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Nationalizing banks: Europe shows the way
feature European finance ministers agreed to work together to inject billions of euros into struggling banks in hopes of restoring confidence in the financial system.
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United Kingdom: When a prince utters racial slurs
feature Prince Harry has put his foot in it again, said Yasmin Alibhai-Brown in The Independent.
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France: A justice minister shuns maternity leave
feature France's justice minister, Rachida Dati, is encountering criticism for returning to work just five days after giving birth by Caesarean section.
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Guantánamo detainees: Not in Europe’s backyard
feature The complications Europeans discovered discussing a proposal to take Guantánamo detainees off President Obama's hands
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Spain: Is the queen entitled to her opinion?
feature In an authorized biography published to coincide with her 70th birthday, Queen Sofia of Spain broke the monarchy's traditional silence on social issues by giving her opinion on everything from gay marriage to abortion.
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