The European Union’s executive body said Thursday that the bloc should try to obtain its fair share of oil, gas, minerals and fish exposed by the melting of the Arctic ice cap.

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Amsterdam faces an ingrained problem of violence against gay men, despite its reputation as a haven of tolerance, according to a study released Thursday.

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Attention all culture-craving couch potatoes: Cultural riches from over 2,000 years of European civilization are going digital.

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Attention all culture-craving couch potatoes: Cultural riches from over 2,000 years of European civilization are going digital.

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Michael Jackson’s lawyer says the pop star has agreed to come to London to respond to a Bahraini sheik’s $7 million lawsuit.

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Researchers said Thursday they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton and hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer’s books.

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Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a 6,500-year-old farming settlement in an antiquities-rich area of central Greece.

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The British government announced plans Wednesday to make it illegal to pay for sex with women forced into prostitution and to name men who solicit sex on the streets.

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The British government announced plans Wednesday to make it illegal to pay for sex with women forced into prostitution and to name men who solicit sex on the streets.

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Swedish health officials say they will remove transvestism, fetishism and sadomasochism from the country’s official list of diseases and mental disorders.

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