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RUSSIA Russian prosecutors fought back July 23, accusing the United Kingdom of playing a political game with its recent expulsion of four Russian diplomats, Reuters reported. The UK said the expulsion was in retaliation for Russia’s refusal to extradite a suspect wanted in the poisoning death of Russian exile Alexander Litvinenko in London. On July 19, Russia responded by expelling four UK diplomats.

BULGARIA Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor arrived in Sofia July 24 after spending more than eight years in a Libyan jail, convicted of infecting more than 400 children with HIV, a charge they denied. Under a deal with the European Union, Libya commuted their death sentences to life imprisonment July 17, paving their return home under a prisoner exchange deal, Reuters reported. Bulgaria’s president has pardoned them.
TURKEY The ruling Justice and Development Party (AK), which has Islamist roots, boosted its parliamentary power in elections July 22, receiving about 47 percent of votes, according to unofficial results. The opposition had warned a strengthened AK could derail Turkey’s secular government. The results of the vote give the AK 341 seats in the 550-seat Parliament.
SERBIA A measure proposing Kosovo’s independence was withdrawn July 20 from the United Nations Security Council after Russia vowed to veto the plan, The New York Times reported. A six-nation panel, including Russia, will meet separate from the council to further discuss the contentious issue. Kosovo, a province of Serbia, has been under UN administration since 1999.
ITALY Police arrested an imam and two aides suspected of training children in guerrilla combat and bomb-making, The New York Times reported July 23. Imam Korchi el-Mostapha, of a mosque in Perugia, had been under investigation for two years. Police said up to 60 types of chemicals and files on weapons training and explosives were found in his home.
DENMARK The secret airlift to Denmark of some 200 Iraqi civilians with ties to the Danish Army is complete, the Danish government said July 20. In the group were interpreters, other Army employees and their families, who would have been targeted by insurgent violence if left behind, the Defense Ministry said. Denmark is scheduled to withdraw most of its troops from Iraq next month.
ROMANIA Officials declared a state of emergency July 23 after the death toll from a weeklong heat wave rose to 18, Reuters reported. As temperatures continued to hover above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), the government banned outdoor work during peak hours of sun. In the region, Greece and Bulgaria have also taken measures to prevent a health crisis.
FRANCE At least 26 Polish Catholic pilgrims were killed July 22 when their bus plunged off a mountain road while returning from a holy site in the French Alps, the Associated Press reported. Forty-three pilgrims died in a crash at the same site in 1973, and another 29 in 1975. The Polish bus did not have the special permit needed to travel the steep road, AP reported.
MALTA Two people drowned and one went missing after a boat carrying 29 North African migrants was intercepted by a Maltese Army patrol in Mediterranean waters July 22, AP reported. The migrants’ boat capsized when its occupants rushed to one side in an attempt to flee their sinking vessel.
UNITED KINGDOM Thousands of homes have lost electricity and water supplies as floods reach crisis levels in England, BBC News reported June 23. The Environment Agency has said this magnitude of flooding had never been seen before. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he would set up a review of the crisis to assess drainage and provide funding for emergency work.


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