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Anti-immigration party set for election gains as Sweden swings right

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Swedes voted on Sunday in an election dominated by fears over asylum seekers and welfare, with the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats vying to become the biggest party in a country long seen as a bastion of liberal values.

A crowd of young people are gathered. Two hold up two large signs in Russian.

There are no surprises in Russia’s upcoming elections. Putin will win.

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An activist wearing a mask of Forza Italia party leader Silvio Berlusconi poses during a tour, the day after Italy's parliamentary elections, in Rome, Italy March 5, 2018.

How the murder of a young woman turned Italy’s elections into a referendum on immigration

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Leader of the People's Party Sebastian Kurz addresses the media after formally being asked to form a government by Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen in Vienna.

Conservative Austrian ‘whiz-kid’ tapped to form government

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An image of Westminster Cathedral, which a local branch of the UK Independence Party mistook for a mosque.

When is a mosque not really a mosque? Ask the UK Independence Party

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Richard Holbrooke: The Man Who Knew How to End a War

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Richard Holbrooke, President Obama’s special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan and famed diplomat, died of heart failure yesterday. He was 69. Holbrooke was the man that many presidents had turned to when they wanted to find a way to end a war. In the mid-1990s, Holbrooke helped broker the peace accords that ended the war […]

An anti-immigration party gains momentum in UK elections

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Britain’s UKIP party is winning over voters with its anti-immigration platform. And it’s a trend that’s spreading across Europe.Britain’s UKIP party is winning over voters with its anti-immigration platform. And it’s a trend that’s spreading across Europe.

Italy’s Berlusconi spends his first day performing community service

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Silvio Berlusconi started his community service Friday. Italy’s flamboyant former prime minister showed up for his first shift at a clinic for Alzheimer’s patients near Milan. The billionaire tycoon will be working there a few hours a week for the next year as punishment for committing tax fraud.

Italy’s Berlusconi spends his first day performing community service

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Silvio Berlusconi started his community service Friday. Italy’s flamboyant former prime minister showed up for his first shift at a clinic for Alzheimer’s patients near Milan. The billionaire tycoon will be working there a few hours a week for the next year as punishment for committing tax fraud.

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President Obama starts this week’s trip to Europe in a country where his popularity is huge

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The Dutch have the oldest and largest Obama fan club in Europe, according to an analyst there. The reason? He stands for diversity and cooperation with Europe —and the Dutch get his problems with the Tea Party.