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Judge to lead Greece to fateful June 17 vote

ATHENS - Greece put a senior judge in charge of an emergency government on Wednesday to lead it to new elections on June 17 and bankers sought to calm public fears after the president said political chaos risked causing panic and a run on deposits. | Video

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Applauded by Serbs, Mladic still divides Bosnia

SARAJEVO - Twenty years after Ratko Mladic's forces began raining artillery fire on Sarajevo, the former Serb general looked down again on the Bosnian capital's main square from a giant screen showing the start of his genocide trial live from The Hague.

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Bahrain protests Iran criticism of GCC union plans

DUBAI - Bahrain has summoned Iran's charge d'affaires to protest against what it called a "gross violation of its sovereignty" in a row after Tehran criticised efforts by Gulf Arab states to forge closer political and military union.

Bahrain 3:32pm BST

Breivik killed with joyous "battle cry" - survivors

OSLO - Anders Behring Breivik screamed a "battle cry" and appeared both angry and joyous as he shot his victims one by one, survivors of the Norwegian far-right killer's massacre told a court on Wednesday.

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Egypt vote monitors say state hindering their work

CAIRO - Foreign observers of Egypt's first real leadership contest will be unable to say whether the process is free and fair because their movements are being restricted by election authorities, one of the groups supposed to be monitoring the vote said.

Egypt 1:08pm BST

Greeks vote with wallets in fear of euro zone exit

ATHENS/BERLIN - Greeks are voting with their wallets and pulling euros out of the banks in fear that their country may leave the European single currency despite the declared determination of EU powers Germany and France to keep Athens in the monetary union.

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France's presidential election

Full multimedia coverage of the 2012 French presidential election including latest news, analysis and polls.  Full Coverage