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Thursday, April 19, 2007 (PARIS)
Nicolas Sarkozy.
Claude Paris/AP Photo
Nicolas Sarkozy.
French presidential candidates make final appeals

The four leading candidates held their last big campaign rallies Thursday.
France's far left commands more influence than votes
Tired of mudslinging, French company wants clean image
EU adopts measure outlawing Holocaust denial

But national laws will take precedence, if a member nation chooses.
Romanian Parliament votes to suspend president

Lawmakers voted Thursday to suspend President Traian Basescu from office on grounds that he had abused his powers.
German legislator warns U.S. not to act prematurely on Kosovo

He says any rush toward recognition of the province as independent would lead to trans-Atlantic divisions.
Kosovo leader says Parliament will declare independence following UN resolution
U.S. seeks European support for missile shield

In briefings, officials try to reassure NATO allies and Russia that the system would not create new divisions or threaten Russia.
Palestinian president convinced abducted BBC reporter is alive

Mahmoud Abbas said during a visit to Sweden that the abductors of Alan Johnston, had been identified, though the Palestinian Authority had not been in contact with the group.
Russian police raid U.S.-funded Educated Media Foundation

Russian police have raided a non-governmental organization that receives U.S. funding, seizing documents and equipment in a search its director said Thursday was likely linked to the government's growing distaste for Western-funded NGOs.
5 held in Turkey after killings in Bible publishing house

3 victims' throats were cut in a town with a reputation for nationalism.
Royal openly woos the women's vote in France
Poland and Ukraine count the benefits of soccer championships
European shares hit by fears weak dollar will hurt exporters
U.S. seeks to sway NATO and Russia on antimissile plans
Polish prime minister takes aim at EU charter
EU officials give final approval to visa travel rules with Russia
U.S. labor union explores a merger with British unions
Drama at Vienna opera: Who will be its new leader?
EU's satellite navigation system loses its way
Russia plans tunnel to link Siberia and Alaska
Gazprom completes Sakhalin-2 takeover
Volkswagen profit doubles
Attacks in Serbia raise fear of a return to extremism
Kosovo's future sparks flurry of diplomacy
U.S. missile plan stirs Cold War embers in Europe
UN attacks climate change as threat to peace
Barroso warns Ukraine on EU ties
2 arrested in Ulster mortar attack plot
2 Swedish 'spies' happy after release by Iranians
German Army dismisses instructor over African-American comment
Hans Koning, a prolific writer with a broad sweep, dies at 85
France's frivolous campaign nears its overdue close  Times Select
Kremlin dashes notion of a 3rd term for Putin
Inert, moldy - and a sensation
'War on terror' phrase emboldens extremists, Briton says
Life is grim for Spain's Roma
From reality TV, video games
Children dying in developing world from lack of AIDS treatment
Russia hopes a legal hunt will protect polar bears
French Socialists fear Royal won't make it into runoff
French intelligence agency heard early rumblings of a Qaeda plot
Blair rejects an EU constitution in favor of a no-referendum treaty
Politicus: The politics of fear  Times Select
Kidnapped BBC journalist's family begs for end to Gaza ordeal
British journalists call for boycott of Israeli goods
AT&T drops offer to buy into Telecom Italia
Knives out in ABN AMRO bidding war
Prodi sees benefits for the European economy from euro strength
The Workplace: Profiting from diversity
Kremlin again sends police to disrupt opposition
Lark to Africa descends into Somali nightmare
France commemorates a dark chapter in World War I history

Europe Slide Shows

 Series: To Europe at all costs
A ticket home
Lies and grief for illegal Indian migrants.

Gangs profit from smuggling of illegal immigrants into Europe
Path to Europe
Asians join Africans on dangrous sea route.

Fear and hope for African migrants in Canaries

South Tuscany
Small Italian towns suffer from depopulation.

  - Slide Show: Empty villages in Tuscany
The ritual of Fado
The Portuguese soul music.

- Audio Slide Show: A song form is updated
Beaten to a pulp
In Italian town, civics lesson from annual orange battles.

  - Slide Show: Battles stain streets orange in Italy
Icelanders divided
A hydropower project in Iceland arouses opposition

  - Slide Show: Iceland
Cityscape: Istanbul
A modern business woman in an ancient city.

  - Slide Show: Istanbul real estate
Young Europe
Ireland faces problems of excess of youth.

- Slide show
The damaged Napoli
Ship spilling oil and cargo off England.

  - Slide Show: Stricken ship

In-Depth Coverage

French elections
A three-way presidential race heats up.
Congestion charges
Tighter controls on traffic.
Madrid train bombings
Coverage of the trial.
What happens at the other end when you throw your trash into a recycling bin?
Russian press review
A summary of top stories in Russian newspapers.

Culture & More

A frenzy for furnitureas art
But what of the test of time?

  - Slide Show: Marc Newson's 'design-art'
Menswear in Paris
A new wave of nonchalant elegance.

  - Slide Show: On the streets of Paris
Georgia
Cultivating vineyards - and tourists.

  - While visiting, 2 regions to avoid
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Germany: ZDF

Spain: El Pais (in Spanish)

Greece: Kathimerini

France: Le Monde

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