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Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Europe
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Oleg Bebenin's friends and colleagues mourned his passing at Monday's funeral and said they couldn't believe that the 36-year-old journalist and family man killed himself. Bebenin was an outspoken government critic.
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The Spanish government has urged the Basque separatist group ETA to renounce all violence, calling its offer of an unspecified ceasefire insufficient.
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Moldovans stayed away from the polls in a referendum on whether the voters should elect their president directly. The low turnout has dashed hopes of a resolution to the political deadlock in the country.
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Eggs and shoes were hurled at former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in Dublin by anti-war protestors angry at his new book which defends Blair's decision to invade Iraq.
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EU trade commissioner Karel de Gucht has said he didn't mean to cause offence to the Jewish community after he was criticized for comments blaming the "Jewish lobby" in the US for blocking Mideast peace.
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Thousands of people have been rallying across France and in some European cities to protest against the deportation of Roma as well as other new security measures adopted by French President Nicolas Sarkozy's government.
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A new series of forest and bush fires have started up in southern Russia, killing an estimated eight people and leaving hundreds of people homeless.
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With coalition talks deadlocked in Belgium and the Netherlands, both European countries have been plunged into political crisis.
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