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Tuesday, 09 June 2015 01:00
Finland: Terminal care lacking
Finnish palliative care is well behind other European countries, with doctors and nurses receiving inadequate training for treating terminally ill patients. Finnish patients who are living out the final months, weeks or even days of their…
Tuesday, 09 June 2015 01:00
France: Islamists had Jewish store 'hit list' and nuclear bomb manual
Fourteen members of a banned Islamic group stood trial in Paris on Monday on terror charges after police found a ‘hit list’ of Jewish stores marked ‘targets’ in files belonging to its leader. Several of the…
Tuesday, 09 June 2015 01:00
Germany: G7- Merkel and Obama and Russia sanctions
The US and German leaders say sanctions on Russia must stay until it implements a deal to end fighting in Ukraine. President Barack Obama and Chancellor Angela Merkel held talks as the G7 summit of economic…
Tuesday, 09 June 2015 01:00
Gibraltar: 300-year-old tradition of military governors could end
Britain's failure to tackle Spanish aggression over Gibraltar has sparked the shock resignation of the governor of the Rock. Lieutenant General Sir James Dutton took the unprecedented step of quitting the overseas territory after less than…
Tuesday, 09 June 2015 01:00
Greece: Leaders lash out as tempers fray
As talks between Greece and its creditors drag on and pressure mounts on both sides to find a deal, relations between Athens and its European partners are getting worse. Tensions over reforms-for-aid negotiations came to a…
Tuesday, 09 June 2015 01:00
Holy See (Vatican City State): Pope against computers in children's bedrooms
Pope Francis has warned of the dangers of allowing children to have computers in their bedrooms, saying it can lead to them watching pornography. He approved of parents putting them in a communal room in the…