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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BAUMHOLDER, GERMANY AND DRAWSKO POMORSKIE, POLAND In Drawsko Pomorskie, a decaying Polish farm town nestled between the German border and the Baltic Sea, weary residents are finally feeling hopeful.
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Hopes of finding 15 Polish coal miners alive appeared to fade, a day after they were trapped deep underground by one of Europe's deadliest mining accidents for years.
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Several European dailies predict good news for EU membership hopefuls Romania and Bulgaria, while two dailies are unconvinced by UK premiership hopeful Gordon Brown
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Hopes are fading for four sailors missing after a French fishing vessel sank off Cornwall.
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BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- They were hoping for a sporting miracle yesterday, only it didn't materialize. Now, American Ryder Cup players must hope for a diplomatic miracle.
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Many European leaders gasped with relief  on Monday after Poland's Kaczynski twins suffered an election  defeat that should swing the country's pro-Washington outlook  more towards Brussels.
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Hopes of finding about 50 migrants missing after their boat capsized in rough seas off Africa dimmed Friday as Spanish rescuers resumed a major air and sea search, authorities said.
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Europe is reeling from the waves, not just because of the ever-rising death toll but because of the growing realization that among the dead could likely be several thousand tourists who had traveled to southern Asia for the holidays.
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BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan  - The words were there  but the conviction was missing as members of the U.S. team  vowed to produce another Ryder Cup miracle Saturday.
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Europe was briefly united in silence yesterday. Tens of millions of people interrupted their busy daily lives, from the Arctic Circle to the Mediterannean, to reflect for three minutes on the tens of thousands ...
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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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Good news has been in short supply for Europe&#39;s traditional industrial economies like Germany and France. Growth remains weak, unemployment high, labor markets are still rigid and the euro is soaring, pricing their exports out of the market.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 17 (IPS) - When Marek and his wife Ania, both unemployed  Polish nationals in their thirties, left their home country for  Denmark on May 1 -- the day of EU enlargement -- they hoped to  get dream jobs and start on a new life.
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Various European officials are trumpeting a substantial drop in the number of African migrants crossing the Mediterranean.
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The five Europeans who were freed after being kidnapped in Ethiopia are due to fly back to the UK.
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As Bulgaria prepares for EU entry, people queuing for visas outside the UK embassy doubt there will be an exodus of migrants.