EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton arrived in the Middle East this week amid escalating Israeli-Palestinian tension. Given the bad press she has received since being appointed, critics are now wondering what the baroness can bring to the table in this fragile diplomatic situation.
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Riga grappled with its annual public relations headache today as more than 1,000 Latvians paid tribute to the fallen soldiers of two Waffen SS divisions that fought with Nazi Germany. Dozens of demonstrators showed their disapproval by lining the street to protest the commemorations.
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It’s St. Patrick’s Day – a day synonymous with Ireland, Guinness, diddlyi music and of course mischievous little leprechauns. But tourists don’t have to wait for Paddy’s Day to find out about the pint sized pests with the pots of gold, they can just go to the first ever Leprechaun Museum.
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The 1989 Romanian revolution left 1,000 people dead, thousands injured and culminated in the execution of former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Last year a European Court judgement demanded that all documents related to the bloody revolution be released. A year later and progress is being made.
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