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United Kingdom: Prime minister’s judgment in question
feature David Cameron's director of communications resigned due to allegations that he allowed the illegal hacking of celebrities’ telephone messages when he was editor of the tabloid News of the World.
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France: Can Sarko get his groove back?
feature When Sarkozy first ran for president, back in 2007, he was “like a rock star,” pouring dynamism into his campaign rallies, said Raphaëlle Bacqué and François Fressoz at Le Monde.
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Germany: Should the Greeks be rewarded?
feature Greek voters heeded Germany's advice and elected the two sanest parties to parliament.
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European Union: Do Roma have a home?
feature France's recent expulsion of Roma has brought the plight of this group of traditionally nomadic people into the limelight.
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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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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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Germany: A neo-Nazi terror cell
feature Police in Germany have just discovered a group of neo-Nazi terrorists—a National Socialist Underground network—that has been commiting crimes for the past 13 years.
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Italy: The leader we loved to mock
feature Berlusconi mesmerized us, said Massimo Gramellini at La Stampa.
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United Kingdom: Examining the hacking scandal
feature The government started hearing public testimony on phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch’s now-defunct News of the World.
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France: So long, Sarko. Hello, socialism
feature The victory of François Hollande brings a Socialist president to France for the first time in 17 years.
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Rupert Murdoch: ‘Not fit’ to lead News Corp.
feature A parliamentary committee has found the Australian tycoon “not a fit person” to run a major media empire.
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France: Sarkozy rails against illegal immigrants
feature At a campaign rally, Sarkozy threatened to close France's borders to visa-free travel.
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Norway: A sane killer is scarier than a psycho
feature It’s more comforting for our society to simply dismiss Anders Behring Breivik as crazy.
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