BBC News - Europe

20 October 2011 Last updated at 06:13 ET

Street protests resume in Athens

Thousands march on Greece's parliament on the second day of a general strike as MPs prepare to take a final vote on tough austerity measures.

Carla Bruni gives birth to girl

Carla Bruni, wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, gives birth to a girl in a Paris clinic where crowds of well-wishers have gathered, reports say.

'European GPS' lift-off delayed

The launch of the first satellites for Galileo - Europe's version of GPS - is delayed because of an anomaly detected during the fuelling of their Soyuz rocket.

Turkey pursues rebels into Iraq

Turkish troops are pursuing Kurdish rebels into northern Iraq after overnight rebel attacks in which at least 24 Turkish soldiers died.
Market nerves over euro strategy

World stock markets fall on fears that eurozone leaders are divided over how to tackle the region's debt crisis.
French woman held in Somalia dies
Violence at UK traveller evictions
Serbs retain barricades in Kosovo
Irish boy band Westlife to split 'amicably'
France begins Afghan withdrawals
UK MPs to vote on referendum on EU

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