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Trial told of Srebrenica chaos
Thu, 17 May 2012 08:59:02 GMT
War crimes prosecutors describe the chaos leading up the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, on the second day of Bosnian Serb ex-army chief Ratko Mladic's trial.
Spain set to pay more on bonds
Thu, 17 May 2012 04:39:52 GMT
Spain's borrowing costs look set to spike in a bond auction on Thursday, as the Greek crisis saps confidence in other indebted economies.
Cannes jury denies 'sexism' claim
Thu, 17 May 2012 07:27:17 GMT
The Cannes jury responds to claims of sexism prompted by the lack of female filmmakers in the running for this year's Palme d'Or.
Spanish queen cancels UK visit
Wed, 16 May 2012 21:17:23 GMT
Spain's Queen Sofia cancels a visit to the UK for the Diamond Jubilee following disputes with London over the territory of Gibraltar.
French PM Ayrault names cabinet
Wed, 16 May 2012 18:13:38 GMT
France's new Socialist Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault names his government but party leader Martine Aubry will not join the cabinet.
Olympic flame to be handed over
Thu, 17 May 2012 07:43:45 GMT
The Olympic flame is to be officially handed over to organisers of the London Games at a ceremony in Athens.
Vauxhall car plant 'saved by GM'
Thu, 17 May 2012 08:57:59 GMT
Workers at Vauxhall vote in favour of a new pay deal, clearing the way for owner General Motors to invest in the Ellesmere Port plant, securing 2,100 jobs.
Greek leftist attacks EU 'poker'
Thu, 17 May 2012 00:15:44 GMT
Greek leftist leader Alexis Tsipras accuses the EU and Germany of "playing poker with people's lives", as millions of euros are withdrawn from Greek banks.
Italy's Bossi in fraud probe
Wed, 16 May 2012 15:19:37 GMT
Umberto Bossi, the founder of Italy's main opposition party the Northern League, is under investigation for fraud, authorities say.
Spain rejects Eta talks request
Wed, 16 May 2012 11:39:34 GMT
The Spanish government rejects a request from the Basque militant group Eta for talks, seven months after its truce, and calls on it to disband.
US rendition 'torture' case heard
Wed, 16 May 2012 12:27:25 GMT
A German man who alleges he was subjected to "extraordinary rendition" by the CIA takes his case to the European Court of Human Rights.
Flight delay payments move closer
Wed, 16 May 2012 13:02:13 GMT
Airlines are likely to be told they must pay compensation to passengers whose flights are delayed by three hours or more.
Giraffes die after zoo break-in
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:09:45 GMT
Two female giraffes die of stress in Lodz Zoo in central Poland after vandals broke in and threw debris into enclosures, officials say.
Turks take bird for Israeli spy
Wed, 16 May 2012 14:38:47 GMT
Villagers in south-eastern Turkey sound the alarm after mistaking a migratory bird - a common European bee-eater - for an Israeli spy.
Euro at four-month low on Greece
Wed, 16 May 2012 15:25:01 GMT
The euro hits a fresh four-month low against the dollar as political uncertainty in Greece fuels speculation it could leave the single currency.
Greece pays bond swap hold-outs
Tue, 15 May 2012 15:48:41 GMT
Greece agrees to pay off some of the investors who rejected its bond swap earlier this year.
Federer and Nadal through in Rome
Thu, 17 May 2012 06:15:47 GMT
Roger Federer beats Carlos Berlocq to reach the third round of the Rome Masters, where he is joined by Rafael Nadal.
VIDEO: European Parliament
Wed, 09 May 2012 17:57:18 GMT
MEPs have welcomed a deal to cut mobile phone data roaming charges in Europe, during a debate in the European Parliament.
Albania profile
Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:50:22 GMT
Provides an overview of Albania, including key events and facts about this European country
Andorra country profile
Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:44:59 GMT
Provides an overview of Andorra, including key events and facts.
Armenia country profile
Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:36:05 GMT
Provides an overview of Armenia, including key events and facts about this eastern European country
Country profile: Austria
Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:33:26 GMT
Key facts, figures and dates
Azerbaijan country profile
Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:43:50 GMT
Provides an overview of Azerbaijan, including key events and facts.
Belarus country profile
Thu, 03 May 2012 13:09:05 GMT
Provides an overview of Belarus, including key events and facts about this east European country
Belgium country profile
Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:39:25 GMT
Provides an overview of Belgium, including key events and facts about this European country
Bosnia-Hercegovina
Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:25:03 GMT
Provides an overview of Bosnia, including key events and facts about this European country which used to form part of Yugoslavia.
Bulgaria country profile
Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:51:38 GMT
Provides an overview of Bulgaria, including key events and facts about this eastern European country
Croatia country profile
Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:22:28 GMT
Provides an overview of Croatia, including key events and facts about this European country which used to be part of Yugoslavia
Cyprus profile
Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:01:05 GMT
Provides an overview of Cyprus, including key events and facts about this bitterly divided island.
Czech Republic profile
Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:18:16 GMT
Provides an overview of the Czech Republic, including key events and facts about this European country which was part of the former Czechoslovakia.
Denmark country profile
Wed, 02 May 2012 15:29:23 GMT
Provides an overview of Denmark, including key events and facts about this European country
Estonia country profile
Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:25:34 GMT
Provides an overview of Estonia, including key events and facts about this small country on the Baltic sea
Finland country profile
Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:37:44 GMT
Provides an overview of Finland, including key events and facts about this northern European country.
France country profile
Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:17:20 GMT
Provides an overview of France, including key events and facts about this European country.
Georgia country profile
Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:26:30 GMT
Provides an overview of Sri Lanka, including key events and facts about this
Germany country profile
Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:07:39 GMT
Provides an overview of Germany, including key events and facts about this European country
Greece country profile
Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:10:42 GMT
Provides an overview of Greece, including key events and facts about this European country
Hungary country profile
Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:41:29 GMT
Provides an overview of Hungary, including key events and facts about this eastern European country
Iceland country profile
Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:39:14 GMT
Provides an overview of Iceland, including key events and facts about this
Ireland country profile
Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:37:32 GMT
Concise information about Ireland and its people, including figures for area, population, main languages, religions, exports, and more.
Italy country profile
Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:21:24 GMT
Provides an overview of Italy, including key events and facts about this European country
Latvia country profile
Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:37:28 GMT
Provides an overview of Latvia, including key events and facts about this country which lies on the Baltic Sea
Liechtenstein country profile
Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:22:20 GMT
Provides an overview of Liechtenstein, including key events and facts about this tiny European country
Lithuania country profile
Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:22:31 GMT
Provides an overview of Lithuania, including key events and facts about this small country on the Baltic Sea
Luxembourg country profile
Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:13:57 GMT
Provides an overview of Luxembourg, including key events and facts about this tiny but very wealthy European country
Macedonia country profile
Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:10:50 GMT
Provides an overview of Macedonia, including key events and facts about this European country
Malta country profile
Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:02:19 GMT
Provides an overview of Malta, including key events and facts about this small island state in the Mediterranean Sea
Moldova country profile
Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:39:36 GMT
Provides an overview of Moldova, including key events and facts about this small eastern European country
Monaco country profile
Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:11:00 GMT
Provides an overview of Monaco, including key events and facts about tiny kingdom on the Mediterranean Sea
Montenegro country profile
Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:02:00 GMT
Provides an overview of Montenegro, including key events and facts about this Mediterranean country which used to be part of the former Yugoslavia
Netherlands profile
Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:59:32 GMT
Provides an overview of the Netherlands, including key events and facts about this European country
Norway profile
Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:06:48 GMT
Provides an overview of Norway, including key events and facts about this north European country
Poland profile
Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:32:21 GMT
Provides an overview of Poland, including key events and facts about this European country
Portugal profile
Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:01:40 GMT
Provides an overview of Portugal, including key events and facts about this European country
Romania profile
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:08:27 GMT
Provides an overview of Romania, including key events and facts about this European country
Russia country profile
Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:50:37 GMT
Provides an overview of Russia, including key events and facts about this major world power
San Marino country profile
Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:49:51 GMT
Provides an overview of San Marino, including key events and facts about this tiny European country
Serbia country profile
Tue, 01 May 2012 14:16:44 GMT
Provides an overview of Serbia, including key events and facts about this European country which used to be part of Yugoslavia
Slovakia country profile
Wed, 02 May 2012 14:35:27 GMT
Provides an overview of Slovakia, including key events and facts about this European country
Slovenia country profile
Wed, 02 May 2012 09:04:14 GMT
Provides an overview of Slovenia, including key events and facts about this European country which used to be part of Yugoslavia
Spain country profile
Thu, 03 May 2012 16:59:21 GMT
Provides an overview of Spain, including key events and facts about this tropical island off India's southern tip.
Sweden country profile
Fri, 04 May 2012 14:52:36 GMT
Provides an overview of Sweden, including key events and facts about this European country.
Switzerland country profile
Mon, 07 May 2012 11:34:56 GMT
Provides an overview of Switzerland, including key events and facts about this European country
Turkey country profile
Tue, 08 May 2012 13:03:15 GMT
Provides an overview of Turkey, including key events and facts about this country which straddles Europe and Asia
Ukraine country profile
Thu, 10 May 2012 09:10:48 GMT
Provides an overview of Ukraine, including key events and facts about Europe's second biggest country
United Kingdom country profile
Thu, 10 May 2012 16:50:25 GMT
Provides an overview of the United Kingdom, including key events and facts about this European country
Vatican country profile
Tue, 08 May 2012 15:25:04 GMT
Provides an overview of the Vatican, including key events and facts about the world's smallest independent state
Regions and territories: Abkhazia
Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:41:39 GMT
An overview of Abkhazia including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media.
Regions and territories: Ajaria
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:39:05 GMT
An overview of Ajaria including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media
Regions and territories: Ceuta, Melilla
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:31:31 GMT
A profile of the Spanish north African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla
Regions and territories: The Channel Islands
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:35:16 GMT
An overview of the Channel Islands including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media
Regions and territories: Chechnya
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:14:57 GMT
Key facts, figures and dates
Regions and territories: Corsica
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:24:08 GMT
An overview of Corsica including key facts and notes on the media
Regions and territories: Crimea
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:23:33 GMT
Key facts, dates, events
Regions and territories: Dagestan
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:46:14 GMT
Key facts, dates and events
Regions and territories: Faroe Islands
Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:21:24 GMT
An overview of the Faroe Islands including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media
Gibraltar profile
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:57:26 GMT
An overview of Gibraltar including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media
Regions and territories: Greenland
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:26:21 GMT
Key facts, figures and dates
Regions and territories: Ingushetia
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:53:14 GMT
Key facts, figures and dates
Regions and territories: Isle of Man
Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:47:51 GMT
An overview of the Isle of Man including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media
Kabardino-Balkaria profile
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:08:45 GMT
A profile of the southern Russian republic
Regions and territories: Kaliningrad
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:45:57 GMT
Key facts, dates, events
Regions and territories: Kalmykia
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:56:08 GMT
Key facts, dates and events
Regions and territories: Karachay-Cherkessia
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:06:27 GMT
Key facts, dates, events
Regions and territories: Kosovo
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:42:57 GMT
An overview of Kosovo including key facts, leaders and notes on the media
Regions and territories: Nagorno-Karabakh
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:29:14 GMT
Key facts,dates and events
Regions and territories: North Ossetia
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:08:59 GMT
Key facts, dates and events
Regions and territories: South Ossetia
Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:42:02 GMT
An overview of South Ossetia, including key facts and political leaders
Trans-Dniester profile
Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:04:48 GMT
An overview of the breakaway region in eastern Moldova
VIDEO: Greeks withdraw millions from banks
Thu, 17 May 2012 05:47:01 GMT
Savers in Greece have been withdrawing hundreds of millions of euros from Greek banks, amid fears the country may have to withdraw from the single currency.
VIDEO: Spain's Queen cancels Jubilee visit
Thu, 17 May 2012 07:13:43 GMT
Queen Sofia of Spain has cancelled a visit to the UK to mark Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee because of disputes over Gibraltar.
VIDEO: ECB's 1-trillion-euro bank rescue
Thu, 17 May 2012 00:36:08 GMT
Benoit Coueure, from the European Central Bank, has been speaking about their decision to provide a loan of more than a trillion euros to hundreds of banks.
VIDEO: Soyuz spaceship docks at ISS
Thu, 17 May 2012 06:59:45 GMT
A Soyuz spacecraft has successfully docked with the International Space Station.
VIDEO: Adrenaline sports on dangerous volcano
Thu, 17 May 2012 01:54:00 GMT
A team of speed flyers have become the world's first to successfully descend Italy's Mount Etna.
VIDEO: Black box of Russian jet crash found
Wed, 16 May 2012 10:08:06 GMT
Indonesian officials have recovered part of the black box from a Russian Sukhoi Superjet plane that crashed killing all 45 people on board last week.
VIDEO: France vows to co-operate with Germany
Tue, 15 May 2012 21:37:12 GMT
Newly inaugurated French President Francois Hollande has pledged to work with Germany to resolve the EU's economic crisis.
VIDEO: Icelandic artist celebrates Jubilee
Wed, 16 May 2012 21:21:08 GMT
A new stained-glass window commissioned to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee has been installed in Southwark Cathedral.
France's new Socialist cabinet named
Wed, 16 May 2012 21:31:12 GMT
Names to watch in Francois Hollande's new cabinet
Swiss Army knife adapts to remain a cutting-edge tool
Wed, 16 May 2012 23:26:03 GMT
The Swiss Army knife had to adapt after the events of 9/11
Profile: The 'Hague Hilton'
Wed, 16 May 2012 09:41:45 GMT
Where Ratko Mladic and co spend their time - in relative comfort
Lightning jump-starts Franco-German motor
Wed, 16 May 2012 10:46:12 GMT
France's Hollande gets euro crisis baptism of fire
The euro's survival 'requires political union'
Thu, 17 May 2012 08:57:58 GMT
The day the ECB saved the eurozone's banks
My Business: Taking to the skies in Ukraine
Tue, 15 May 2012 23:00:44 GMT
Running an aerial tour business above Kiev
Italian university switches to English
Wed, 16 May 2012 09:49:59 GMT
Italian university switches to English for most courses

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 Word of the day 

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:

maffick • \MAF-ik\  • verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior

Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.

"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." — From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011

Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.

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