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Britain grapples with surge of knife attacks

AFP - 2 hours 17 minutes ago

LONDON (AFP) - - Britain is struggling to get to grips with a surge of fatal knife attacks, which analysts say reflects a growing sense of insecurity on the country's streets. More »

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Chechen strongman calls on Russian army to give up premises
AFP - Sunday, July 20
MOSCOW (AFP) - - Chechnya's pro-Moscow president Ramzan Kadyrov on Saturday called on Russia's military to give up land and buildings it has occupied "without legal basis" in the war-torn republic, Interfax reported. More »
Missing explosives site had no protection: police chief
AFP - Sunday, July 20
PARIS (AFP) - - A storage site from which a large quantity of powerful plastic explosive went missing was virtually unprotected, the regional official in charge of security said Saturday. More »
Sarkozy says Irish visit to understand EU No vote
AFP - Sunday, July 20
DUBLIN (AFP) - - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said in an interview published Saturday he would "listen and understand" why Irish voters rejected the European Union's reform treaty when he visits the country. More »
Mixed reviews for German Georgia peace plan
AFP - Saturday, July 19
MOSCOW (AFP) - - Germany got mixed feedback Friday on a plan to resolve escalating tensions between Georgia and Russian-backed separatists in the breakaway region of Abkhazia. More »
Brussels set to slam Bulgaria over use of EU funds
AFP - Saturday, July 19
BRUSSELS (AFP) - - The European Commission will condemn Bulgaria's corrupt administration and judiciary in a scathing report next week on Sofia's handling of EU funds, according to draft text seen Friday. More »
Spain expects 100,000 immigrants to return home
AFP - Saturday, July 19
MADRID (AFP) - - Spain's government predicted Friday that about 100,000 unemployed immigrants will take take advantage of a new programme providing them with financial incentives to return home. More »
Swedish museum says Lichtenstein, Warhol works nabbed
AFP - Saturday, July 19
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - - Thieves broke into a Swedish art museum early Friday and made off with several works by American icons Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol worth some 320,000 euros (503,000 dollars), the museum said. More »
First knife crime figures published
AFP - Friday, July 18
LONDON (AFP) - - Britain on Thursday published its first detailed figures on the extent of knife crime, which has been causing mounting concern here because of the number of teenagers killed by weapons this year. More »
Georgia pokes holes in German peace plan
AFP - Friday, July 18
BATUMI (AFP) - - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili rejected key elements of a German plan Thursday aimed at ending a dangerous dispute with Russia over the separatist Georgian region of Abkhazia. More »