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Vote rigging fears ahead of Russian poll

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:11:07 +0000

Activists enraged by Putin party’s ‘dirty tricks’ in election(read article…)

The ‘new homeless’ of Greece

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:03:44 +0000

How poverty is changing the face of Greece’s poor(read article…)

French air workers to hold strike

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:40:18 +0000

Unions representing French pilots and aircrew plan to strike from Monday to Thursday.(read article…)

Ukraine cold snap: Homeless dying

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:37:28 +0000

Homeless in Ukraine struggle to stay alive in cold snap(read article…)

Tactical nukes ‘an anachronism’

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:42:23 +0000

Images of tactical nuclear sites still operating in Europe(read article…)

Russia criticises Syria UN draft

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:03:19 +0000

Russia’s deputy foreign minister says Moscow “cannot support” the current draft UN Security Council resolution on Syria, Russian media report.(read article…)

Google asked to pause rule change

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:40:16 +0000

An EU data protection group writes to Google to ask them to suspend changes to their privacy policy.(read article…)

Icy Poland targets its homeless

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:24:47 +0000

Poland delivers braziers and hot soup in bitter cold(read article…)

VIDEO: Maintaining Sweden’s equal society

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:48:56 +0000

Sweden is often referred to as one of the most equal societies in the world, however in the challenging economic climate, many wonder if it can retain this quality.(read article…)

UN faults Italy over WWII claims

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:02:46 +0000

The UN’s highest court rules that Italy was wrong to allow its courts to make claims for compensation against Germany for Nazi war crimes.(read article…)

Terry stripped of captaincy by FA

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:56:23 +0000

The FA will remove the England captaincy from John Terry, who faces trial for alleged racial abuse, BBC Sport understands.(read article…)

VIDEO: Big freeze kills 100 in Ukraine

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:44:46 +0000

More than 100 people have died as a result of freezing weather in Ukraine since last Friday, the government has announced in Kiev.(read article…)

France v Italy

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:20:46 +0000

Preview of Saturday’s Six Nations fixture between France and Italy(read article…)

VIDEO: Cold weather hits Greece homeless

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:08:40 +0000

Eastern Europe’s recent freezing weather has hit the poorest hard, particularly in Greece.(read article…)

VIDEO: Russian voters demand fair elections

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:17:06 +0000

This weekend, voters are expected to take to the streets in Russia, to demand free and fair elections.(read article…)

Olympics shoot for green medal

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:14:34 +0000

Will London 2012 fulfil its ‘Greenest Olympics’ pledge?(read article…)

Russia: Protests and opposition

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:01:11 +0000

Meet the diverse opposition to Vladimir Putin(read article…)

‘Magic’ made Greek debt disappear

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:57:46 +0000

The ‘magician’ who got Greece into the euro(read article…)

VIDEO: German eats 64-year-old US lard

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:49:40 +0000

A German pensioner who received a tin of American lard 64 years ago in an aid package has only just tasted it, after discovering that it is still edible.(read article…)

VIDEO: More than 20 dead in Ukraine freeze

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:58:19 +0000

As the cold spell continues in Europe, more than 20 people have died of hypothermia in the Ukraine in the last two days.(read article…)

Europe freeze strands thousands

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:46:36 +0000

Heavy snow leaves at least 11,000 people cut off in remote areas of Serbia as Europe’s cold snap claims more than 130 lives.(read article…)

Litvinenko’s father changes mind

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:37:55 +0000

The father of poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko says he regrets blaming Russia’s secret services for his son’s death in 2006.(read article…)

Costa woman ‘was on ship bridge’

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:19:35 +0000

A Moldovan woman who reportedly dined with the Costa Concordia captain has told police she was on the bridge when the ship ran aground, Italian media report.(read article…)

Euro MPs reject new food labels

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:10:20 +0000

Euro MPs block changes to food labels that would have allowed claims such as “now contains 15% less sugar”.(read article…)

Sports shirts may feature EU flag

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:49:34 +0000

The European Parliament votes after a heated debate to back a call for national sports teams to wear the EU flag on their shirts.(read article…)

German eats 64-year-old US lard

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:42:27 +0000

A German pensioner finally tastes some American lard imported 64 years ago, having got approval from food safety experts.(read article…)

Alarm over north Cyprus gay cases

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:30:40 +0000

Euro MPs voice alarm after two men are arrested in Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus under a British-era law criminalising gay sex.(read article…)

VIDEO: ‘Dutch godfather’ film is made

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:47:13 +0000

The most infamous crime carried out by Willem Holleeder, the man known as the ”godfather” of Dutch crime, has been turned into a film, soon to be released across Europe.(read article…)

VIDEO: How is Putin viewed outside Moscow?

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:32:48 +0000

One month before the presidential election, the BBC’s Steve Rosenberg reports from the industrial heartland of Russia, the Ural Mountains, to find out what people there think of Vladimir Putin.(read article…)

Rosenberg’s Russia: On the election trail

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:01:55 +0000

Grim industrial heartland embraces Vladimir Putin(read article…)