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      <title>Assange vows to stay in embassy</title>  
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      <title>Angela Merkel: G8's lady of the lake</title>  
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      <description>Provides an overview of Greece, including key events and facts about this European country</description>  
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      <title>Hungary country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Hungary, including key events and facts about this eastern European country</description>  
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      <title>Iceland country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Iceland, including key events and facts</description>  
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      <title>Ireland country profile</title>  
      <description>Concise information about Ireland and its people, including figures for area, population, main languages, religions, exports, and more.</description>  
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      <title>Italy country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Italy, including key events and facts about this European country</description>  
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      <title>Latvia country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Latvia, including key events and facts about this country which lies on the Baltic Sea</description>  
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      <title>Liechtenstein country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Liechtenstein, including key events and facts about this tiny European country</description>  
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      <title>Lithuania country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Lithuania, including key events and facts about this small country on the Baltic Sea</description>  
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      <title>Luxembourg country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Luxembourg, including key events and facts about this tiny but very wealthy European country</description>  
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      <title>Macedonia country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Macedonia, including key events and facts about this European country</description>  
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      <title>Malta country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Malta, including key events and facts about this small island state in the Mediterranean Sea</description>  
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      <title>Moldova country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Moldova, including key events and facts about this small eastern European country</description>  
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      <title>Monaco country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Monaco, including key events and facts about tiny kingdom on the Mediterranean Sea</description>  
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      <title>Montenegro country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Montenegro, including key events and facts about this Mediterranean country which used to be part of the former Yugoslavia</description>  
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      <title>Netherlands profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of the Netherlands, including key events and facts about this European country</description>  
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      <title>Norway profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Norway, including key events and facts about this north European country</description>  
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      <title>Poland country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Poland, including key events and facts about this European country</description>  
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      <title>Portugal profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Portugal, including key events and facts about this European country</description>  
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      <title>Romania profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Romania, including key events and facts about this European country</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17776265#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 10:12:09 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Russia country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Russia, including key events and facts about this major world power</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17839672#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <title>San Marino country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of San Marino, including key events and facts about this tiny European country</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17842338#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <title>Serbia country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Serbia, including key events and facts about this European country which used to be part of Yugoslavia</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17907947#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <title>Slovakia country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Slovakia, including key events and facts about this European country</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17847682#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <title>Slovenia country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Slovenia, including key events and facts about this European country which used to be part of Yugoslavia</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17846376#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:26:43 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Spain country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Spain, including key events and facts about this tropical island off India's southern tip.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17941641#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <title>Sweden country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Sweden, including key events and facts about this European country.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17955808#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <title>Switzerland country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Switzerland, including key events and facts about this European country</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17980650#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <title>Turkey country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Turkey, including key events and facts about this country which straddles Europe and Asia</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17988453#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <title>Ukraine country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Ukraine, including key events and facts about Europe's second biggest country</description>  
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      <title>United Kingdom country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of the United Kingdom, including key events and facts about this European country</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18023389#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <title>Vatican country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of the Vatican, including key events and facts about the world's smallest independent state</description>  
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      <title>Abkhazia profile</title>  
      <description>A profile of Abkhazia, which declared itself independent but which Georgia considers a break-away region</description>  
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      <title>Regions and territories: Ajaria</title>  
      <description>An overview of Ajaria including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media</description>  
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      <title>Catalonia profile - Overview</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Catalonia, including key events and facts about this culturally and politically distinct region of Spain.</description>  
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      <title>Regions and territories: Ceuta, Melilla</title>  
      <description>A profile of the Spanish north African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla</description>  
      <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/4209538.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <title>Channel Islands profile</title>  
      <description>An overview of the Channel Islands, which are possessions of the British Crown and have independent administrations</description>  
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      <title>Chechnya profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview, key facts and history of this Russian republic which was the scene of a major separatist conflict in the 1990s</description>  
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      <title>Regions and territories: Corsica</title>  
      <description>An overview of Corsica including key facts and notes on the media</description>  
      <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/3028038.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:24:08 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Crimea profile</title>  
      <description>Provides and overview, basic facts and key events for the semi-autonomous region of Ukraine</description>  
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      <title>Dagestan profile - Overview</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Dagestan, including key events and facts about this diverse and volatile republic in Russia's North Caucasus.</description>  
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      <title>Faroe Islands profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview, basic facts and key events for this island belonging of Denmark</description>  
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      <title>Gibraltar profile</title>  
      <description>Provides and overview of Gibraltar, plus key facts and dates for this British territory which is claimed by Spain</description>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:31:23 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Greenland profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Greenland, including key events and facts about this Danish dependent territory</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18249474#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:21:01 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Ingushetia profile - Overview</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Ingushetia, including key events and facts about this republic in Russia's North Caucasus.</description>  
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      <title>Isle of Man profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of the Isle of Man, including key events and facts about this wealthy possession of the British Crown</description>  
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      <title>Kabardino-Balkaria profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview, basic information and key events for this Russian republic</description>  
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      <title>Regions and territories: Kalmykia</title>  
      <description>Key facts, dates and events</description>  
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      <title>Karachay-Cherkessia profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview, basic facts and key dates for this Russian republic</description>  
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      <title>Kosovo profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview, basic facts and key events for this territory which unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008</description>  
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      <title>Nagorno-Karabakh profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview, basic facts and key events in this break-away republic completely surrounded by Azerbaijan</description>  
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      <title>North Ossetia profile</title>  
      <description>Provides and overview, basic facts and key events for this territory</description>  
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      <title>South Ossetia profile</title>  
      <description>Provides and overview, basic facts and key events for this territory which has claimed independence from Georgia</description>  
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      <title>Trans-Dniester profile</title>  
      <description>Provides and overview, basic facts and key events for this break-away region which has proclaimed independence from Moldova</description>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Lourdes evacuated after flash floods</title>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Obama to speak at Brandenburg Gate</title>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Seven guilty of killing Dutch linesman</title>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Barroso: Trade deal will bring jobs</title>  
      <description>The president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, has told the BBC that the proposed trade deal between the US and the EU would create jobs, but may take up to two years to negotiate.</description>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Swiss dilemma over bank secrecy</title>  
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      <title>AUDIO: Silent protester: 'My idea is important'</title>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Missing for more than 30 years</title>  
      <description>Sharon Lee, whose daughter Katrice went missing more than thirty years ago, speaks to the BBC's Babita Sharma about her daughter's disappearance.</description>  
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      <title>How Israel keeps Holocaust memories alive</title>  
      <description>As witnesses die, will the Holocaust be forgotten?</description>  
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      <title>Hague in turmoil amid claims of manipulation</title>  
      <description>Claims of manipulation rock Hague's Balkans tribunal</description>  
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      <title>Murder, media and naked ambition</title>  
      <description>The naked ambition behind a TV star's role in killing her boss</description>  
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      <title>Will the Boeing and Airbus duopoly crack?</title>  
      <description>Will the Airbus/Boeing duopoly ever be broken?</description>  
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      <title>Russia: Faberge eggs symbol of power</title>  
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      <title>Does Paris need new skyscrapers?</title>  
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