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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website German chancellor Angela Merkel presides over closed-door policy meeting German government ministers, cloistered in a country retreat outside Berlin, have agreed to a 12-month extension of the German military in Afghanistan and to bring down public debt after record state borrowing in 2010. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Prague re-enacts historic march that toppled Communist regime Some 10,000 people gathered in central Prague to retrace a student march which triggered the fall of communism in former Czechoslovakia exactly 20 years ago. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Germany picks up the pieces after Enke's death One week after the suicide of national goalkeeper Robert Enke, Germany's national team were back at training on Tuesday, ahead of a friendly against Ivory Coast. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Motorists in the Netherlands must expect to pay as they drive from 2012 The Dutch government has approved a bill to impose a tax on drivers for every kilometre they are on the road, which it says will reduce traffic jams, fatal accidents and carbon emissions. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Student unrest in Austria and Germany Austria is being hit by student protests about underfunding and overcrowding at universities, echoing similar protests in Germany. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Humanitarian groups criticize UN food security summit On the fringes of the UN "hunger" summit in Rome, a street theatre group of African and Asian farmers act out the injustices of 'land-grabbing' in which rich companies buy up cheap land in developing countries. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Debate over court on crucifixes in Italian classrooms spills over into Poland The ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that crucifixes should be removed from school classrooms in Italy has touched a nerve in Poland, reopening rifts over Catholic influence in Polish society. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kosovo stages first elections since declaring independence Local elections will be held in Kosovo on Sunday, the first poll since independence was declared last year. Belgrade has appealed to minority Serbs to boycott the vote, but some may well decide to participate. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website German 'vaccination tourists' head for Austria Germans are crossing the border into Austria to get illicit swine flu jabs. Austria's immunisation program is normally only available to residents, but health workers have little time to do background checks. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website European Commission strives to boost and protect innovation European inventors face an uphill battle trying to get their products to market. Now Brussels has sounded the alarm, fearing valuable talent and resources are being lost to Europe's competitors. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website France introduces new measures to curb youth binge drinking People in France are starting to consume alcoholic beverages at a much younger age and parents find it difficult to lay down the law to their children. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Suicide of top German goalkeeper sparks soul-searching about depression Robert Enke was being treated for depression and he wanted his illness kept secret. His death has drawn to attention to the estimated 9000 suicides in Germany every year that are triggered by depression. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website