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Report: Russian billionaire buys Hitler's car
A German newspaper is reporting that Adolf Hitler's original Mercedes has been sold to an unidentified Russian billionaire for several million euros.
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UK's Thatcher sweeps back to Downing Street
Margaret Thatcher returned to London's Downing Street for good Monday — in the form of a portrait installed at the official residence of Britain's prime minister.
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Blast at Russian arsenal kills 8 during cleanup
Russia's Defense Ministry says eight military personnel were killed when a truckload of ammunition exploded as they cleaned up after a huge conflagration at a munitions depot earlier this month.
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EU: Nearly half of unemployed out of work a year
Nearly half of Europe's unemployed stay out of work for at least a year, a European Union report said Monday, far more than in the U.S.
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Romania's president, rival in runoff election
Romania's centrist president will face a socialist former foreign minister in a Dec. 6 runoff election, partial results showed Monday, in a race key to helping the country emerge from a political and economic crisis.
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Residents return to N. England homes after flood
Residents of flood-battered northern England are struggling back to work, school and homes after swollen rivers inundated roads and caused several bridges to collapse.
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French ship Russia wants to buy in St Petersburg
A French navy ship of the type that Russia hopes to buy arrived Monday for a visit to St. Petersburg, fueling concern in Georgia and other ex-Soviet nations that it may be used to intimidate its neighbors.
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UK checks safety of 1,800 bridges after storms
Police and army experts say they're urgently checking the safety of about 1,800 bridges in northern England amid some of the worst storms ever recorded in Britain.
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Scientist: Leak of climate e-mails appalling
A leading climate change scientist says the leak of documents stolen from a British research institute may be aimed at undermining talks at next month's Copenhagen global climate summit.
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Report: Leaked UK documents detail Iraq war chaos
Leaked British government documents call into question ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair's public statements on the buildup to the Iraq war and show plans for the U.S.-led 2003 invasion were being made more than a year earlier, a newspaper reported Sunday.