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Diana Wallis leaves European Parliament

British Liberal MEP Diana Wallis has announced her resignation from 31 January 2012 following her failure to be elected president of the European Parliament. She ran as an independent earlier this week, but only received half the votes obtained by German Socialist deputy Martin Schulz, who became president.

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Brussels denies having no 'concern' on Spain's amnesty law

The Spanish government remains secretive about its negotiations with pro-independence Catalans, but claims the EU Commission has "zero concerns" about their proposed amnesty law for Catalan separatists. The EU executive denies that.

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Dubai's COP28 — a view from the ground

Discussion of the biggest existential threat humanity has ever faced is barely mentioned on billboards or signage in Dubai — yet visitors are made aware quite quickly that t world rugby sevens tournament is imminent.

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