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The Swedish parliament has adopted a resolution calling the slaughter of more than a million Armenians by the Ottomans an act of genocide. Turkey has recalled its ambassador and cancelled an upcoming bilateral summit.
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Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych has formed a new coalition and appointed a cabinet with ally Mykola Azarov at its head. The events come a week after Yulia Tymoshenko was ousted from her post as Prime Minister.
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The trial of three alleged members of the left-wing Turkish terrorist group DHKP-C began in Dusseldorf on Thursday. The three face charges of financing a terrorist organization and recruiting and training new members.
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On the first anniversary of a school shooting in the southern town of Winnenden, German president Horst Koehler demanded tougher gun laws to prevent a recurrence of last year's massacre, in which 15 people died.
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Afghanistan and Greece were on the agenda for Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to the Netherlands. Merkel, who met Queen Beatrix and Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, praised relations between Berlin and The Hague.
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As Greece implements further austerity measures to reduce debts and consolidate its deficit, the people have reacted with another round of strikes. Experts remain divided on how Greece can rescue itself from its deficit.
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The European Union is close to reaching a free trade deal with Colombia. But human rights watchdogs, trade union organizations and some politicians believe the agreement would send all the wrong signals to Bogota.
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The world's largest tourism fair ITB Berlin is on. One of the growing trends in this industry is corporate social responsibility. But more steps need to be taken for tourism to lastingly benefit developing countries.
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Every soldier killed in war leaves behind grieving relatives. Many of them find comfort by talking to others who have also lost someone. But getting in touch can be difficult - so two widows founded their own network.
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A subsidiary of British bank HSBC is the first Swiss bank to confirm that a CD with tax data on thousands of clients was stolen by a former employee. The CD contains information on roughly 15,000 bank clients.
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Antiquarian bookshops are closing every year because small business owners cannot compete with internet platforms. The solution, it seems, isn't to go completely online, but to mix old strategies with modern methods.
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Felix Magath's Schalke 04 have been there or thereabouts at the top end of the Bundesliga all season but now they look poised to mount an assault on the summit. Just don't talk about them actually winning anything yet.
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As a new solar cycle of activity begins this year, the Earth will once again be bombarded with increased radiation from the sun. This effect may damage satellites and interfere with GPS, television and communications.
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