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French pupils strike against phantom holiday cut
Schoolchildren in several French towns have joined wildcat strikes against a government plan to cut a month from their summer holidays.
Child only survivor of airliner crash
The Netherlands has gone into mourning over the deaths of at least 61 Dutch citizens among the 104 people on a plane that crashed in Libya.
EU ministers work through the night on euro rescue plan
EU ministers struggled overnight to work out a new rescue mechanism for troubled governments in an attempt to keep markets from targeting weaker eurozone members before Asian markets open this morning.
Big test ahead for Euro
The opening of Europe's financial markets tonight will unleash a battle that may decide the fate of the single currency.
Three dead in Greek riots
Riots over harsh new austerity measures left three bank workers dead and engulfed the streets of Athens overnight.
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
Britain's general election tomorrow night will be closely followed elsewhere in Europe.
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.
Greece agrees to savage cuts
Greece and the wider eurozone scrambled back from the brink of disaster again on Friday as the outline of an IMF/eurozone rescue package emerged.
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.