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Oscar-winning Swedish director Malik Bendjelloul dies at 36
Swedish film director Malik Bendjelloul, who directed the 2012 Oscar winning documentary Searching For Sugar Man, has died aged just 36. According ...Seven Ukrainian soldiers killed in separatist ambush
An ambush by pro-Russian separatists has killed seven Ukrainian soldiers, the heaviest loss of life for government forces in a single clash ...Italy: Lazio offers €800 reward for home births
The president of Rome\'s Lazio region has signed a decree to pay €800 to mothers who choose to give birth at home, ...African migrant boat sinks off Italian coast
At least 14 people were killed when a ship carrying migrants sank about 100 miles off southern Italy Monday, the state-run ANSA ...Pro-Russian separatists declare victory in east Ukraine vote
Organizers of Sunday\'s independence referendum in Ukraine’s eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk say 89 percent of those who cast ballots voted in ...Lithuanian president faces second round in elections
Lithuania\'s presidential election is to go to a second round run-off after President Dalia Grybauskaite fell short of the 50 percent of ...Rebels claim mass turnout in east Ukraine vote for self-rule
Pro-Russian rebels have claimed a massive turnout in a vote for self-rule they held in two regions of eastern Ukraine amid fears ...Pro-Russian rebels hold referendums in Donetsk and Luhansk to split from Ukraine
Residents of two restive regions in eastern Ukraine engulfed by a pro-Russian insurgency cast votes Sunday in contentious and hastily organized independence ...Russian deputy PM sends bomber tweet after Romania airspace ban
Romania asked Moscow for an explanation on Saturday after Russia\'s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Rogozin, reacting to being barred from its airspace, ...Austria wins Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Austrian drag artist Conchita Wurst has won the Eurovision Song Contest, despite causing controversy in Eastern Europe.