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Europe
Norway Asks Sweden To Rent Vacant Prisons
Sweden has closed some prisons as incarceration rate has fallen
Kremlin Appoints Gay-Bashing Anchor to Lead Its Media Empire
The government of Russian President Vladimir Putin has disbanded long-running state news agency RIA Novosti and reorganized it under a new, even more propagandistic operation — a sign, critics fear, of Putin’s deepening authoritarianism
Ukraine Authorities Storm Opposition Party Offices
Hundreds of riot police were deployed earlier Monday as tensions run high
Putin Dissolves State News Outlets
Folded into new entity in effort to bolster Russia’s global image
Watch: George Clooney Backs Ukraine Protests
‘We wish you the government that you want’
Can Europe Stop the Mediterranean From Turning Into a Graveyard?
New EU proposals to prevent the dangerous practice of boat migration could hurt, rather than save, refugees trying to reach Europe say human rights groups
Ukraine President Agrees to Talks Aimed at Defusing Protests
Talks with three ex-presidents to try and defuse mass protests that have swept the capital
Ukraine Protest Largest Since Orange Revolution
Lenin statue toppled and decapitated
Air Traffic Control Problems Jam U.K. Airports
Hundreds of flights delayed or canceled
WATCH: A 777 Tries to Land Sideways Before Aborting
Passengers reportedly watched the landing unfold on seat-back monitors
Two Dead as Britain Hit by Extreme Tidal Surge
Thousands of homes evacuated as water breaches sea defenses
France Under Hollande: Europe’s Next Big Headache
French President Francois Hollande must learn taxes alone can’t solve the problems of Europe’s second-largest economy