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Legendary Soviet spy dies at 87

BBC News - Europe — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:13:46 +0000

Gevork Vartanian, a legendary Soviet spy who helped foil a Nazi plot to kill Allied leaders in Tehran in World War II, dies in Moscow aged 87.

SS hitman begins jail term at 90

BBC News - Europe — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:07:24 +0000

A 90-year-old man begins a life sentence for shooting dead three Dutch civilians while a member of a Nazi SS hit squad during World War II.

Renault heirs challenge seizure

BBC News - Europe — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:37:42 +0000

Heirs of the founder of the French car company Renault demand in court compensation for the nationalisation of the firm after World War II.

Germans defuse huge wartime bomb

BBC News - Europe — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:53:32 +0000

Bomb disposal experts in Germany successfully defuse a 1.8 tonne British bomb from World War II found in the Rhine near the city of Koblenz.

WWII bombs force German evacuation

CNN.com - Europe — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:50:34 +0000

Life has come to a standstill in the western German city of Koblenz, where 45,000 people — nearly half of the city´s population — have been evacuated after the discovery of several dangerous World War II bombs.

VIDEO: WWII bomb evacuation in Germany

BBC News - Europe — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 04:38:08 +0000

Officials in the western German city of Koblenz are evacuating about 45,000 people as work begins to defuse a World War II bomb found in the River Rhine.

Croat held over Tito-era deaths

BBC News - Europe — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:02:33 +0000

Croatia’s first post-independence interior minister is arrested at the age of 89 in connection with mass killings shortly after World War II.

Japan intervenes to weaken yen

CNN.com - Business — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:30:13 +0000

The Japanese government stepped in Monday to weaken the yen, after it climbed to a post-World War II high against the dollar.

Poland reopens Auschwitz probes

BBC News - Europe — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:36:24 +0000

Polish authorities reopen investigations into crimes committed at Auschwitz and its satellite Nazi death camps during World War II.

St Paul’s closed by Occupy demo

BBC News - Europe — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:52:51 +0000

St Paul’s Cathedral is forced to close to visitors for the first time since World War II because of the Occupy London protest camp outside.