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Three dead in Greek riots
Riots over harsh new austerity measures left three bank workers dead and engulfed the streets of Athens overnight.
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Athens braces for strikes, rioting
A general strike in Greece over the next 24 hours is expected to paralyse the country.
![Europe to study UK election for policy shift](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Europe to study UK election for policy shift
Britain's general election tomorrow night will be closely followed elsewhere in Europe.
![Is that a candle - or a consignment of cocaine?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Is that a candle - or a consignment of cocaine?
Cocaine smugglers are literally turning the drug into innocent-looking plasticware and candles - the latest trick to fool customs officers.
![UK election gaffe: Brown calls voter a bigot](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
UK election gaffe: Brown calls voter a bigot
Britain's beleagured Prime Minister Gordon Brown has made a big gaffe in the lead-up to the election.
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No Easter cheer for US chocolate firms
Mars, Hershey, Cadbury and Nestle are being accused of conspiring to push up prices of their chocolate bars over most of the last decade.
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EU approves sale of F***ing beer
A new German beer, which incorporates the potentially derogatory name of an Austrian town, has just been given full European Union approval.