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Merkel: Erdogan's 'Nazi' jibes 'trivialise' suffering

German chancellor Merkel told MPs on Thursday that Turkey's jibes about "Nazi-type practices" must "stop" because they amounted to "trivialisation of the crimes against humanity committed by national socialism". She called Turkish leader Erdogan's comments on the subject "unjustifiable", but said Germany and Turkey should maintain close ties. Erdogan made the Nazi comments after some German towns had said Turkish ministers could not hold political rallies with Turkish expats.

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Aid agencies clam up in Congo sex-for-work scandal

The European Commission has 25 documents, including emails, in its possession that contains "information about potential crimes" involving aid agency staff in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. EUobserver received a partial disclosure of the documents.

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Why do 83% of Albanians want to leave Albania?

As autocracies collapsed across Eastern Europe in the early 1990s, Albanians had high expectations that democracy and a free-market economy would bring a better life. But Albania's transition from dictatorship to democracy has been uneven and incomplete.

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