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Scientists take the first step in unlocking origins of universe
After 10 years – and £6bn – the first particles finally smash into each other in the Large Hadron Collider.
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Bailiffs stole ID to lure Russian debtors
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
A Moscow hairdresser is suing bailiffs from the Russian region of Udmurtia after they found a picture of her on a social networking site and used it to lure unsuspecting debtors into meetings.
France's crisis of national identity
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
John Lichfield: The country's failure to come to terms with its ethnic mix has been exposed by events on the football field.
Faith leaders call for calm as murdered priest is buried
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Religious tensions rise after death of man who converted Muslims to Christianity
Sex and cheese as Sarkozys meet The Simpsons
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni have entered the only real pantheon of international celebrity – by being parodied in The Simpsons. A short clip of their unauthorised, and rather uncomplimentary, appearance has become one of the most-viewed clips on the French-language internet in the past few days.
Italian stallions: The sex lives of Mussolini and Berlusconi
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Mistress's diary reveals Mussolini's lust, while memoir tells all on Berlusconi.
Taxpayers ride to rescue of Paris bike-hire scheme
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Public funds used to bail out Vélib project after 26,000 bicycles are stolen or wrecked
Incumbent president wins first round of Romanian vote
Monday, 23 November 2009
Incumbent President Traian Basescu won the first round of Romania's presidential election last night, and will face leftist leader Mircea Geoana in a Dec. 6 runoff, exit polls showed
Tony Paterson: The bratwurst is yet to come
Monday, 23 November 2009
Berlin Diary: Today sees the opening of the first of the 60 Christmas fairs that have mushroomed throughout the city
Tearful Knox hears prosecutor demand life sentence for her
Sunday, 22 November 2009
She killed a British student because she hated and resented her, says lawyer
The accidental uprising: How 'corpse' killed Communism
Sunday, 22 November 2009
Twenty years after the Velvet Revolution, Victor Sebestyen recalls how the Czech regime fell to a hapless secret plot.
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5 Bailiffs stole ID to lure Russian debtors
6 Faith leaders call for calm as murdered priest is buried
7 Sex and cheese as Sarkozys meet The Simpsons
8 Taxpayers ride to rescue of Paris bike-hire scheme
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6 Herman who? The world greets new EU President
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4Osborne: we will pay people to recycle
5Italian stallions: The sex lives of Mussolini and Berlusconi
6George Osborne: The Treasury should lead the fight against climate change
7World on course for catastrophic 6° rise, reveal scientists
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