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C.Africa president asks France to stay till polls The leader of the strife-torn Central Africa Republic asked French troops Monday to stay until polls due in early 2015, as unabated sectarian violence wrecked Paris' hope of a quick exit.
18 February 2014
Pyjamas and traffic signs at London Fashion Week Paul Smith brought Paisley prints and pyjamas to the catwalk at London Fashion Week on Sunday, while Vivienne Westwood took a look through her back catalogue for a thoroughly English collection.
17 February 2014
Emir Baigazin and producers Anna Vilgelmi and Alex Chang Wounded Angel, Emir Baigazin's new project, gains ARTE award at European Film Market 2014 Wounded Angel, a new project of Kazakhstan film director Emir Baigazin, has won the ARTE award at the European Film Market 2014.
17 February 2014
Gregory Vallianatos. Photo courtesy of youtube.com Athens mayoral candidate says he is HIV positive One of Greece's best-known proponents of gay rights, who is running for mayor of Athens, on Sunday said he is HIV positive in a taboo-breaking move.
17 February 2014
Pride and puzzlement as unreleased Chinese film wins in Berlin A top European prize for Chinese movie "Black Coal, Thin Ice" provoked curiosity and questioning Monday with the film not yet released at home and some asking whether political sensitivity might block it.
17 February 2014
Free Syrian Army fires military chief over leadership 'paralysis' The rebel Free Syrian Army said Sunday it had fired Selim Idriss as its military chief, citing the "difficulties faced by the Syrian revolution" in its battle with the regime.
17 February 2014
Renzi to be picked as Italy's youngest PM Italian leftist leader Matteo Renzi is to be nominated Italy's youngest-ever prime minister after a daring power grab that has been welcomed by investors but has left many Italians sceptical.
17 February 2014
Wolf hunt stand-off in Sweden heightens rural tensions Farmers and hunters in Sweden are crying foul over a wolf hunt ban which they say threatens their way of life and may lead to civil disobedience.
15 February 2014
International court to hear Croatia, Serbia genocide claims The UN's highest International Court of Justice is to hear arguments next month in a long-running genocide case that threatens to sour relations between Croatia and Serbia.
15 February 2014
Protests over Hungary farright rally in former synagogue A political rally of the Hungarian farright party Jobbik in a former synagogue sparked protests Friday by anti-fascist demonstrators who accused the group of "provocation".
15 February 2014
100,000 households without power in France storm Nearly 100,000 households were without power in western France on Friday as a storm slammed into Brittany packing winds of up to 140 kilometres (90 miles) per hour.
15 February 2014
Britain's Prince William (C), Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Harry. ©Reuters/Paul Hackett British princes help flood victims as new storm hits Britain's Princes William and Harry pitched in to help flood victims Friday as a new winter storm barrelled into the country, causing fresh misery after the wettest start to the year for 250 years.
15 February 2014
Quitting smoking makes you happier, says study Moderate or heavy smokers who quit tobacco get a boost in mental wellbeing that, for people who are anxious or stressed, is equivalent to taking anti-depressants.
14 February 2014
Japan's Rakuten paying $900 mn for Cypriot app-maker Rakuten, Japan's largest online shopping mall operator, said Friday it would buy Cyprus-based application maker Viber Media for $900 million, as its expands an overseas empire that includes Canadian e-reader company Kobo.
14 February 2014
Failure to agree agenda 'very bad omen' for Syria talks: diplomat The failure of Syria's warring sides to even agree to an agenda for ongoing peace talks in Geneva does not bode well for the process.
14 February 2014
Italian PM Letta to resign, Renzi poised to step in Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta will resign on Friday in a lightning political crisis and his 39-year-old leftist challenger Matteo Renzi is poised to win the nomination to replace him.
14 February 2014
German film director and artist Wim Wenders. ©Reuters/Herwig Prammer If buildings could talk? Berlin film fest asks in 3-D If buildings could talk, what would they tell us?
14 February 2014
'Letter bombs' sent to British military recruiters The British government held an emergency meeting Thursday after a string of crude but potentially viable explosive devices were mailed to armed forces recruitment offices.
14 February 2014
Belgium gives ill children of any age the right to die Belgium has become the first country to allow euthanasia for terminally ill children of all ages, after a heated debate in which critics questioned a child's ability to make the decision to die.
14 February 2014
Mass power cuts, man dead in storm-battered Britain Hurricane-force winds from an Atlantic storm left tens of thousands of Britons without power Thursday and one man dead, adding to widespread misery after devastating floods caused by the wettest winter in 250 years.
14 February 2014

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