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Murdered Polish nurse came to the UK looking for a better life It was in the little notes she wrote home to her family in Poland that Magda Pniewska revealed the silent anguish behind the smiling face of a young woman who had travelled to Britain in search of a better life. "I wish I could be back home with you," Magda wrote to her parents in the little town of Brzeg. "I love you, I miss you."	Turkey's 'creeping Islamisation' divides nation It could have been a scene from any beach in Turkey: a cluster of young women reclining on sun-loungers, soaking up the midday rays, thumbing through novels and smoking cigarettes, while fellow holidaymakers splashed in the sea.	Come, friendly bombs, say the people of Putin's outpost in the West 'Das ist uncool' - Germans fight back against English invasion Who's been shooting my brother? Germans plead Second World War hangover Talk of wedding bells as Sarkozy clangs in the polls Separated by Stalin, lovers are finally reunited after 60 years Iceland fears bears that go with the floe Brown feels the squeeze over Europe as old foes re-group
Putin rearms his Cold War military Russia is determined to recover its status as a global superpower.	Illegal immigrants ready at EU's new border The deputy commander of the European Union's new border post was anxious. "Is the camera switched on?" he whispered to his colleagues. Heads shook. "Sort it out," he ordered them quietly, not realising he was being overheard.
Quelle difference! Since his election 100 days ago, Nicolas Sarkozy has swept like a whirlwind through France and across the international arena	Czech Cold War survivors on front line They made it through one cold war on the side of the Soviet Union, but now the people of the Czech Republic have been thrust back on to the front line of a new nuclear stand-off - this time on the side of the West.
Power struggle after PM admits tax cut lies Power struggle follows demonstrations after prime minister admitted lying over tax cuts.	Secret deal to persuade Ireland on EU treaty Leaked memos and French threat to Celtic Tiger economy could scupper Brussels-Dublin manoeuvring over EU treaty
Ethnic 'cleansing' threat to Serbs in Kosovo Tens of thousands of Serbs are preparing to flee the troubled Balkan province of Kosovo because of fears that the region is on the brink of a devastating war. Talks to find a political solution to the future of the region collapsed last week, eight years after Nato intervened to end violence that left more than 2,000 dead.	Serbia on a knife edge THE MAN who would be president of a new Greater Serbia had his head in his hands. Each time he started to speak, troublesome sidekicks interrupted to quibble over points of historical accuracy, a constant obsession in a country still fixated on grievances of the past.

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Blood of Beslan's innocents The roof came down, fires started. Bodies lay charred and burned beneath the debris and children in their underwear fled from the building as gunfire crackled around them. Smoke poured from the wrecked building. More than 100 bodies were said to be lying in the gym while outside the bodies of more dead children lay on stretchers. Mothers held them and wept.	Mass murder in Madrid The bombs started exploding about 7.30am yesterday - three days before Spain is due to go to the polls - in a train arriving at Atocha station, a bustling hub, and at trains or on platforms at two stations on a commuter line leading to Atocha. It was carnage.	British targets under attack - 27 die in Istanbul carnage

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