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Latest news from: The Local in Italy » Italian Ebola patient's health worsens The health of an Italian doctor who contracted Ebola in west Africa is deteriorating, the specialist clinic in Rome treating him said Saturday. READ »		Latest news from: The Local in Spain » Migrants scale Spain's border fence at Melilla Ten African migrants managed to scale the border fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla in broad daylight Friday, a day after 500 tried to storm the barrier. READ »

Latest news from: The Local in France » Sarkozy tipped to lead French presidency bid France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy was on Saturday tipped to win the leadership of his right-wing UMP in party elections, a position seen as a potential springboard back into high office. READ »		Latest news from: The Local in Germany » Bayern eager to extend Guardiola deal Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge says the Bundesliga leaders are eager to extend coach Pep Guardiola's contract after describing the Spaniard as the "best coach" for the Bavarian giants. READ »

Latest news from: The Local in Sweden » Swedish store sweeps shelves of Nazi toys A department store in western Sweden is to clean up its toys section after customers complained over a number of miniature soldiers bearing Nazi symbols. READ »		Latest news from: The Local in Norway » Norway sets new fireworks world record The Norwegian town of Søgne in South Norway set a new Guiness World Record for the biggest ever fireworks display on Saturday. READ »

Latest news from: The Local in Switzerland » Refugee agency raises alarm on Nigeria attacks Up to 50 people were killed in an attack carried out by suspected Boko Haram Islamists in a northeast Nigeria border town this week, a Geneva-based United Nations agency said on Friday. READ »		Latest news from: The Local in Austria » Hijack alert sees Turkish plane's jet escort A Turkish Airlines pilot's mistaken activation of a hijack alarm triggered a high-octane security deployment at Vienna airport on Friday, Austrian police said. READ »

Latest news from: The Local in Denmark » Greenland's social democrats win tight election In a nail-biting election dominated by harsh economic realities, the social democratic Siumut remained Greenland’s largest political party. READ »

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