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Portuguese nurses strike over pay, working hours 13 Oct 2016 - 08:54 pm
A nurse prepares a H1N1 flu vaccine shot at a hospital in Budapest, Hungary, November 20, 2009. (REUTERS / Karoly Arvai)
Scottish leader unveils new independence plan 13 Oct 2016 - 03:49 pm
Scotland's First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), Nicola Sturgeon, speaks at the party's annual conference in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain October 13, 2016. (Reuters/Russell Cheyne)
Some facts about Bob Dylan - winner of 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature 13 Oct 2016 - 02:57 pm
This file photo taken on June 11, 2009 shows US singer Bob Dylan performing during the 37th AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Michael Douglas at Sony Pictures in Culver City, California. (AFP / Getty / Kevin Winter)
Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize for Literature 13 Oct 2016 - 02:07 pm
Peninsula
Jaber al-Bakr was not deemed 'acute' suicide risk: German official 13 Oct 2016 - 01:27 pm
The prison in Leipzig, eastern Germany, is pictured on October 13, 2016. AFP / dpa / Sebastian Willnow
German authorities under fire over bomb plot suspect suicide 13 Oct 2016 - 11:30 am
Journalists stand in front of the prison in Leipzig, eastern Germany, on early October 13, 2016. Germany OUT / AFP / dpa / Sebastian Willnow
'Extremely dangerous' Hurricane Nicole threatens Bermuda: NHC 13 Oct 2016 - 09:12 am
This NOAA-NASA Goes East project satellite image shows Hurricane Nicole (R) at 1137UTC on October 12, 2016. AFP PHOTO / NOAA-NASA GOES PROJECT
French centrists back presidential hopeful Juppe 12 Oct 2016 - 07:33 pm
This file photo taken on September 13, 2016 shows Right-wing Les Republicains (LR) party's candidate for the LR party primary ahead of the 2017 presidential election, Alain Juppe, gesturing during a campaign meeting in Strasbourg, eastern France. Alain Ju
Merkel, Hollande urge Putin to push for Syria ceasefire: France 12 Oct 2016 - 07:23 pm
Angela Merkel delivers a speech near Francois Hollande in the Douaumont Ossuary during a centenary of the battle of Verdun in Douaumont, France. 29 May, 2016. (EPA)
French mayor sparks row with anti-migrant posters 12 Oct 2016 - 07:17 pm
A woman walks by a poster reading
Some Calais migrants accept resettlement before bulldozers clear “Jungle” 12 Oct 2016 - 07:07 pm
Nasir, aged 23, a migrant from Afghanistan's Baghlan province, leaves his caravan and the
Ex-UN news service vows to expose foreign aid waste 12 Oct 2016 - 06:58 pm
Peninsula
Eight face charges over Austria migrant truck deaths 12 Oct 2016 - 04:12 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on August 28, 2015 shows a refrigerated truck, in which bodies of 71 migrants have been found on the A 4 Austrian highway, parked in a facility which used to be a veterinary station at the border in Nickelsdorf, Austria.  / A
Germany records 213,000 new asylum seekers this year 12 Oct 2016 - 04:04 pm
File photo (Reuters)
Muslim prayer room receives arson attack in Sweden 12 Oct 2016 - 04:01 pm
Well-wishers place flowers and cards outside a mosque after a fire in Eskilstuna, Sweden. Photograph: Pontus Stenberg/AP
Honour Syrian 'heroes', German govt urged 12 Oct 2016 - 03:55 pm
A view of a residential bulding in Leipzig, Germany October 10. 2016 where German police had captured a man suspected of planning a bomb attack. REUTERS/Oliver Ellrodt
Spain celebrates first national day without government 12 Oct 2016 - 03:18 pm
(L to R) Spain's King Felipe IV, Spain's Queen Letizia, Spain's princess Sofia, and princess Leonor watch troops and a mascot march during the Spanish National Day military parade in Madrid on October 12, 2016. / AFP / JAVIER SORIANO
Bear roaming around Romanian town shot dead 12 Oct 2016 - 03:09 pm
A policeman takes pictures of a bear lying in a flower box after he was shot dead in downtown Sibiu, Romania, on October 12, 2016. The brown bear has walked several hours in the morning through central Sibiu before being shot, local authorities said. / AF