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FRANCE Ingrid Betancourt announced her intention to re-enter Colombian politics and possibly run for president again, Reuters reported July 6. She wants to continue fighting for the release of about 700 hostages still held by the rebel group FARC. Betancourt was given a clean bill of health by French doctors a few days after her rescue from a FARC camp.

SPAIN One man died and some nine people were injured in the opening hours of Spain’s annual bull-running festival in the northern town of Pamplona, the BBC reported July 7. While many of the injuries were caused by a bull, the death resulted from the man’s fall from a wall during celebrations Sunday.
UK Londoners marked the third anniversary of the suicide bomb attacks July 7 that killed 52 bus and subway passengers, the Associated Press reported. Mayor Boris Johnson and City Minister Tessa Jowell were among those who laid flowers outside King’s Cross railway station. Survivors and victims’ families visited the three underground stations where the bombs went off, and Tavistock Square, where another bomb destroyed a bus.
ITALY The Italian government declared a year-long “state of emergency” in a bid to save the ancient city of Pompeii, the BBC reported July 7. Analysts say the ruins are suffering from a lack of investment and mismanagement. Officials also intend to appoint a commissioner to oversee the site. The ruins are one of the nation’s biggest tourist attractions.
GERMANY A man was arrested after tearing off the head of a wax figure of Adolf Hitler at a newly opened branch of Madame Tussauds in Berlin, the BBC reported July 5. Hitler’s inclusion in the exhibition was controversial since it is illegal in Germany to display Nazi symbols, but organizers said that without him the exhibition of German history would not be complete.
AUSTRIA Vice Chancellor Wilhelm Molterer said July 7 that he will recommend an early election, indicating that the days of the country’s “grand coalition” government are over, the Associated Press reported. Austria has a so-called grand coalition government between the People’s Party and the Social Democrats. Speculation about new elections has circulated for some time.


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