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PKK 'sets date for withdrawal' from Turkey

The withdrawal comes after the PKK's jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan ordered a ceasefire on March 21 [EPA]The Kurdish rebel group the PKK has announced it will withdraw its thousands of fighters from Turkey starting on May 8.

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Serbia president 'apologises' for massacre

Serbia's nationalist President Tomislav NikolicSerbia's nationalist President Tomislav Nikolic has personally apologised for the first time for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Muslims, but stopped short of calling it genocide.

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Centre-left's Letta named Italian premier

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has nominated centre-left deputy leader Enrico Letta to form a new government, since elections in the euro zone's third largest economy in February.

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Trial resumes of Russia opposition leader

The trial has resumed in the case against a Russian opposition leader who led protests against President Vladimir Putin and exposed alleged corruption in his government.

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France parliament adopts gay marriage law

France's parliament on Tuesday defied months of protests by approving a bill that would make France the 14th country legalising same-sex marriages.

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Serbians protest Kosovo deal

Thousands of demonstrators have marched against the Serbian government to protest against an agreement to normalise relations with breakaway Kosovo.

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EU lifts sanctions against Myanmar

European Union has lifted the last of the bloc's trade, economic and individual sanctions against Myanmar, in response to the South Asian country's political reforms.

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Italy re-elects Napolitano as president

Italy has re-elected President Giorgio Napolitano for a second term following a last-minute deal between party chiefs to break the deadlock after five previous ballots failed to produce a winner.

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Italy's president to run for second term

Giorgio Napolitano, 87, makes surprise announcement Giorgio Napolitano has put forward his candidacy for another term as Italy's president after the main political parties appealed for him to help resolve a deepening crisis.

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Investigations over Sarkozy corruption begins

Paris prosecutors have begun investigating whether the winning presidential campaign of former President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007 may have received illegal funding from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime.

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