Hopes fade for missing Europeans
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At least 5,000 Europeans are still missing - most of them presumed dead - after the tsunami wrecked Thai resorts.
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Most of Europe yesterday fell silent for three minutes at 11 a.m. GMT - noon in Malta - in remembrance of the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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A week after thousands of European holidaymakers went missing in Asian killer waves, hope was fading that they will ever be found but European countries were giving generously to alleviate what British Prime Minister Tony Blair called a "global catastrophe".
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Thousands of European tourists in Asian beach resorts were listed dead or missing in the wake of the tidal waves that engulfed the region after an earthquake.
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Five German tourists have been reported missing in Algeria&#39;s Sahara desert, where Islamic militants kidnapped 32 European holidaymakers last year.
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The European Union said that expansion would pause after the admission of two Balkan countries.
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Hopes dimmed for an agreement from the U.N. Security Council over the future of Kosovo, with Western diplomats saying negotiations were deadlocked Wednesday and talks would continue in European capitals.
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At least four skiers died in avalanches in the French Alps as hopes faded for a Canadian couple missing since Sunday while snowboarding in Switzerland, emergency services said.
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European countries were on the trail of  militants linked to the slaying of Dutch filmmaker Theo van  Gogh for months before the murder, but lacked evidence to break  up the cell until too late, security sources say.
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Anxious Europeans were flooding official hotlines in their home countries or calling embassies overseas in search of news of loved ones feared missing from the tidal wave disaster that swept Asia.
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STOCKHOLM  - Half a world away from the havoc of the tidal waves in Asia, Scandinavians desperate for information about loved ones gone missing while on holiday scoured the Internet for news amid reports that thousands of them may have perished.
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HAVANA, Nov 30 (IPS) - The release of five dissidents over the past two  days  could pave the way for an eventual patching up of ties  between Cuba and the  European Union, say diplomats and  activists.
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Property is a key factor in the march of expat Britons around Europe. But the reality is far removed from the dream of massive returns in former Eastern bloc nations.
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MEKELE, Ethiopia  - A search party scoured a remote northeastern region of Ethiopia on Monday looking for a group of kidnapped Europeans, all linked to the British embassy in Addis Ababa.
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Europe's papers today grapple with an empty handed WMD hunt, French occupation revisionism and Basque separatism
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MEKELE, Ethiopia -- At least a dozen European tourists were kidnapped in remote northeastern Ethiopia, a barren expanse of volcanoes and ancient salt mines where bandits and rebels operate, diplomats and local businessmen said yesterday.
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Scandinavian countries are preparing  themselves for national tragedies as realization dawns that  most of the Europeans missing after the south Asian tsunami are  from Sweden and Norway.