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 Italy |
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Income details posted on web There has been outrage after the outgoing government published every Italian's declared earnings and tax contributions on the internet
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Austria |
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'Second man' went to abuse cellar
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 London |
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Jury sees video of London bombings Videos of the chaos and horrified reactions after the July 7, 2005, transit bombings were shown in the trial of 3 men charged with conspirac...
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St. Petersburg |
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Zenit crush Bayern to reach UEFA final
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Italy |
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Penalties give Rangers dream ticket |
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 England |
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Labour suffers big council losses Labour is suffering a grim night in local elections in England and Wales, losing more than 140 seats so far, falling into third place nation...
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| May.2 |
London |
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New mayor is eccentric, offensive| London's new Mayor Boris Johnson is a maverick lawmaker loved for his eccentric wit but often maligned for his abrasive tongue. The Conservative candidate won with 1,168,738 first and second preferenc... | |
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| May.3 |
 Austria |
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Incest father was 'tyrant' Josef Fritzl who imprisoned his daughter in a dungeon cellar for 24 years may have started sexually abusing her when she was as young as 12
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Northern England |
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United triumph to close on EPL title |
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Portugal |
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Police: Hunt for Madeleine goes on
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Czech Republic |
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Vivaldi work revived 278 years on
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| May.4 |
Barcelona |
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Nadal makes it 4 straight in Barcelona |
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Austria |
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Cellar man 'mentally ill'
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 Bavaria |
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Bayern clinch 20th Bundesliga title Munich completed the German double with a 0-0 draw at VfL Wolfsburg with unassailable 10-point lead over nearest challengers
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Spain |
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Real Madrid leave it late to claim title
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| May.5 |
Austria |
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Cellar plan 'from 1978' Police: Josef Fritzl may have planned the dungeon in which he incarcerated his daughter Elisabeth as early as 1978 - when she was 12
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| May.6 |
Italy |
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Sprint king Petacchi given doping ban |
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| May.7 |
Rome |
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Nadal suffers rare loss on clay |
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 Spain |
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Real Madrid celebrated league title Real Madrid celebrated its 31st title with a 4-1 victory over FC Barcelona to sweep the classic derby series for the first time in 24 years
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| May.8 |
Austria |
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Incest dad: I cared for my secret family
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| May.9 |
Georgia |
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EU: Ministers to visit Georgia
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Austria |
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Judge prolongs Fritzl's custody
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| May.11 |
Northern England |
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United claim 10th Premier League title Manchester United claimed the title with a 2-0 victory at Wigan Athletic on a dramatic final day of the season
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Rome |
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Djokovic claims Rome Masters glory |
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| May.13 |
Barcelona |
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Drought forces Barcelona to ship in water Spain's worst drought in decades forced the city to begin shipping in drinking water in an effort to avoid water restrictions
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| May.14 |
Belgium |
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World number one Henin quits at the top |
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Northern England |
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Zenit shuts out Rangers for UEFA Cup| Zenit St. Petersburg won its first European trophy, and Russia's second, by beating Glasgow 2-0 in the UEFA Cup final | |
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| May.16 |
 France |
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France angered by Burmese delays France's ambassador has accused Burma's government of being on the verge of committing a crime against humanity by not accepting foreign aid
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London |
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Brown: Burma 'guilty of inhuman action' Gordon Brown: Burma's government has been guilty of 'inhuman' treatment of Cyclone Nargis survivors by refusing to allow aid to get through
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| May.17 |
Southern France |
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Lyon clinch 7nth straight French crown |
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London |
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Kanu goal wins FA Cup for Portsmouth |
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| May.18 |
 Milan |
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Super-sub Ibrahimovic seals title for Inter Inter Milan clinched a 3rd successive Serie A title in the final match of the season, as Zlatan Ibrahimovic came off the bench to net both g...
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Southern Italy |
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Naples rubbish crisis sparks health fears 
The U.S. military in Naples is testing tap water and soil because of health worries from that city's pileup of smoldering rubbish
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Hamburg |
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Nadal foils Federer's Hamburg title bid |
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| May.19 |
Southern Italy |
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Neapolitans torch rubbish piles
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| May.20 |
Berlin |
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Blaze at orchestra venue
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Southern France |
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ETA 'political leader' arrested
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| May.21 |
Paris |
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Fishermen clash with police
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Moscow |
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United victorious after shoot-out drama Manchester United have won the Champions League 6-5 on penalties over Chelsea after final finished 1-1 after a dramatic rainy night
| Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 42nd goal of the season with a header in the 26th minute. Chelsea tied it in the 45th when unmarked Frank Lampard scored from 12 yards. Chelsea captain John Terry had struck the post with his penalty; Substitute Nicholas Anelka's spot-kick was saved by Edwin van der Sar to hand United victory
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France |
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France braces for day of strikes Workers at the national rail company, SNCF, have begun strike action against President Sarkozy's plans to reform public-sector pensions
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London |
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Dalai Lama sees change in China
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| May.22 |
Northern England |
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Tories snatch Crewe from Labour
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Scotland |
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Celtic clinch hat-trick of Scottish titles |
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| May.24 |
Southern Italy |
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Violence breaks out over trash crisis Map of Naples Italy Police and protesters furiously clashed at government plans to dump mountains of uncollected trash from Naples in their towns
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London |
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Chelsea hands pink slip to Grant
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Rome |
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Roma defeat Inter to retain Italian Cup |
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| May.25 |
 Belgium |
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Boeing 747 splits in two on take off A large cargo plane crashed at the end of a runway and split in two while trying to take off at Brussels airport. 4 crew members were injured
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Monaco |
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Hamilton overcomes blunder to win
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| May.26 |
Paris |
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Federer, Jankovic advance to 2nd round
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| May.27 |
Berlin |
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Berlin remembers persecuted gays
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| May.28 |
France |
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Life sentence for French killer| 66-year-old Michel Fourniret has been sentenced to life in prison by a court for murdering seven girls and young women | |
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Paris |
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Sharapova survives big scare
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Germany |
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Grisly baby murder cases shock Germany
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 Ireland |
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Deal reached to ban cluster bombs 
More than 100 nations meeting in Dublin agreed on a treaty that would immediately ban all cluster bombs
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UN hosts key conference on Iraq Envoys from nearly 100 countries are gathering for a forum on economic and political reform in Iraq and to review a five-year package
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| May.29 |
Austria |
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Ex-hostage to make TV debut
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Milan |
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Mancini dismissal confirmed by Inter
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Estonia |
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Navy hopes to solve WWII plane mystery
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| May.30 |
 Portugal |
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Europe fuel protests spread wider Fuel protests triggered by rising oil prices have spread to more countries across Europe, with thousands of fishermen on strike
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Paris |
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Serena and Venus make shock exits
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| May.31 |
Germany |
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ECB set to mark 10 years
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Paris |
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Federer through but Davydenko crashes
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