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Cribs, fantastic fable-like cribs

Sunday, 21 December 2014, 12:47 Last update: about 11 years ago Marika Azzopardi

A group of men have joined forces to launch something which they've been repeating every year for the past six years. This being its seventh Christmas on show, their collection of unique handmade...

Hungary is new hot spot on migrant route into European Union

Sunday, 21 December 2014, 08:24 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

With the Mediterranean Sea becoming too treacherous and other routes blocked by barbed-wire fences, would-be migrants are taking a new route into the Europe Union: through Hungary. Coming from as...

'Allahu Akbar' attacker shot by French police

Saturday, 20 December 2014, 20:30 Last update: about 11 years ago

Police in central France have shot dead a man who attacked them with a knife and shouted "Allahu Akbar!" ("God is great!"), French media report. They quote a source as saying the attacker injured...

Azerbaijan’s dubious honour: Abundance of political prisoners

Saturday, 20 December 2014, 13:01 Last update: about 11 years ago

Azerbaijan currently holds a dubious distinction of holding almost double the number of political prisoners than those held in Belarus and Russia combined. The Azerbaijani government's use of criminal...

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