Separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine reported heavy casualties on Tuesday after a second day of fighting with government forces, as authorities in Kiev vowed to continue the military offensive "until not a single terrorist" was left.
The driver was on the phone with a colleague and apparently looking at a document as his train barreled ahead at 95 mph (153 kph) _ almost twice the speed limit. Suddenly, a notorious curve was upon him.
People slide down a huge water pipe at a public swimming pool on a hot sunny day in Vienna July 29, 2013.
Swiss television, citing local police, reports that 44 people have been injured, four of them seriously, in a head-on train collision in the west of the country.
Temperatures in Serbia have risen up to 40 degrees Celsius, according to official meteorological data.
Fugitive US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden could be placed in a temporary refugee shelter outside Moscow if his asylum request was approved, the Russian Federal Migration Service (FMS) said Monday.
A man jumps from the Old Bridge in Mostar July 28, 2013. Diving competitions have been traditionally held here every year since the bridge was built 447 years ago.
A robber carrying an automatic pistol stole jewellery and watches worth millions of euros from the luxury Carlton Hotel in Cannes on Sunday.
The driver of a Spanish high-speed train that derailed and killed 79 people was released pending trial on charges of reckless homicide, a judge ruled on Sunday night.
A participant attempts to control his craft during the Red Bull Flugtag Russia 2013 competition on the outskirts of Moscow, July 28, 2013.
At least 39 people died after a tourist bus crashed through a guard rail in southern Italy Sunday evening, local media reported.
Russian military inspectors will carry out inspection flights on Sunday over the United States under an international treaty on open skies.
China and EU sealed a deal Saturday to end their long-term trade dispute over Chinese solar panels that has threatened to escalate into a full-blown trade war involving European wines. 
Exporters 'not dumping solar panels in EU'
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