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Austria's new right-wing government has scrapped the country's planned smoking ban before it could enter into effect. The far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), part of the new governing ...

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A woman who insistently tried to order a breakfast sandwich from a prison security booth which she mistook for a drive-through restaurant has been jailed for driving ...

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French cheese-makers have been left outraged after a Canadian cheese was named the best "Camembert" in the world. L'Extra, produced near Montreal, was crowned best Camembert at ...

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The remains of renowned Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí have been re-buried following their exhumation to test a paternity claim. Pilar Abel, a self-professed psychic in Catalonia, has ...

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A man who presented himself before a court to prove that he is still alive has been refused the annulment of his death certificate. Constantin Reliu, 63, ...

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Police have seized around 2.5 tonnes of cocaine sealed in bricks and stamped with the logo of gangster movie The Godfather. Ten people have been arrested in ...

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A one-time lottery winner has been jailed after admitting four bank robberies just two decades after he won a £13.6 million jackpot. James Hayes, 55, has been ...

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A lawyer who allegedly retaliated to a tense e-mail exchange with another lawyer by shooting up his office has been arrested. Erik Graeff, 42, has appeared in ...

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A judge in Texas has been sharply criticised for delivering electric shocks to a defendant to enforce courtroom decorum. An appeal court has now thrown out Terry ...

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A massive operation to produce fake Harry Potter merchandise in China for sale in Barcelona has been broken up by Spanish police. The Guardia Civil raided the ...

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A Labour MP has called for sex toys to be regulated amid fears they could be hacked to reveal intimate data. Chi Onwurah, 52, MP for Newcastle ...

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A far-right politician has lost his lawsuit for slander against a group of left-wing activists who gave him the finger. Heinz-Christian Strache, leader of Austria's Freedom Party ...

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A couple in France are facing a court ban on naming their daughter "Liam" because it could "create a risk of gender confusion". France's public prosecutor is ...

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Germany's equality commissioner has sparked a national controversy by suggesting the word "fatherland" in the German national anthem should be replaced by a gender-neutral term. The suggestion ...

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Chefs have been ordered to stun lobsters before boiling them instead of cooking them conscious as they traditionally do. From 1 March, "the practice of plunging live ...

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