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Gambling Robin Hood to the rescue »
When Kurt and Megan Kegler’s phone rang at their mobile home outside Detroit, the future looked grim.
Berlin’s Jewish cemetery gets new lease of life »
The giant Weissensee cemetery is getting a facelift, thanks to €1 million ($A1.63 million) each from the federal and Berlin governments.
Europe 2009: excesses of a few in the name of many »
Outrageous political rorts, sexual scandals and general bad behaviour have become a European trend.
Israeli operations kill six in West Bank, Gaza »
Israeli troops killed six Palestinians on Saturday in two separate operations, including a raid in the West Bank targeting members of president Mahmud Abbas’s Fatah party.
Croatia to elect president amid economic crisis »
Croatians go to the polls Sunday amid a deepening economic crisis and concerns over high-level corruption to elect a president to steer the Balkans country into the European Union.
Obama getting Christmas ’sports stuff’ »
US President Barack Obama is getting “sports stuff” for Christmas.
American flight overran runway in Jamaica: airline »
The American Airlines flight that crashed in Jamaica with 148 passengers and six crew members on board “overran the runway on landing,” an airline spokesman said.
Tsunami-hit Samoans face bleak Christmas »
Even in deeply Christian Samoa, Christmas promises little joy for the thousands trying to rebuild their lives after September’s devastating tsunami.
Coastal dwellers ‘may forget tsunami’ »
Five years on from the tsunami that battered Asia’s shores, experts fear a new generation of coastal dwellers will be ill-prepared to face another giant wave.
Leading China dissident tried, verdict due Friday »
Leading Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo went on trial on subversion charges Wednesday, in a case criticised by the United States, the European Union and rights groups as politically motivated.